03-30-2003, 07:30 PM
Hi,
The topic was dupes and the people that make and use them.
It is an observational fact that people who use leet speak in their names are more prone to be part of the problem than of the solution. That's a large part of why Buzzard has eliminated the use of just about all non-alphabetic characters from accounts and user names. As an aside, I think that was mostly foolish. While it does force people to use names that are more easily typed and remembered, it doesn't address the underlying fact that the grief players will still be out there even if they can "decorate" their names.
In channel or game, if someone shows up with a name like "$pringh33led_J@<k", he would be considered a potential PITA unless he has proven himself otherwise. It's just the old "if it quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck . . ."
Now, the Lounge being a major refuge for people who not only don't cheat, but who (for the most part) don't tolerate cheating, coming into the Lounge with a name like "$pringh33led_J@<k" is almost like flashing gang signs on someone else's turf -- more likely to generate heat than friendliness.
Your name, your choice. But look around -- do you really want to advertise yourself as a pre-adolescent jerk? Because that is what that form of a name conveys to most of us. If you'd rather not, I'm sure the mods would be glad to change your name. Just drop them an e-mail and ask nicely.
--Pete
The topic was dupes and the people that make and use them.
It is an observational fact that people who use leet speak in their names are more prone to be part of the problem than of the solution. That's a large part of why Buzzard has eliminated the use of just about all non-alphabetic characters from accounts and user names. As an aside, I think that was mostly foolish. While it does force people to use names that are more easily typed and remembered, it doesn't address the underlying fact that the grief players will still be out there even if they can "decorate" their names.
In channel or game, if someone shows up with a name like "$pringh33led_J@<k", he would be considered a potential PITA unless he has proven himself otherwise. It's just the old "if it quacks like a duck and waddles like a duck . . ."
Now, the Lounge being a major refuge for people who not only don't cheat, but who (for the most part) don't tolerate cheating, coming into the Lounge with a name like "$pringh33led_J@<k" is almost like flashing gang signs on someone else's turf -- more likely to generate heat than friendliness.
Your name, your choice. But look around -- do you really want to advertise yourself as a pre-adolescent jerk? Because that is what that form of a name conveys to most of us. If you'd rather not, I'm sure the mods would be glad to change your name. Just drop them an e-mail and ask nicely.
--Pete
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