Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Names)

[Dr. Rockso]

people who Report for Pet names are sad little people

[Koriani]

Found another one yesterday - tried to name my Undead Hawk Hitchcock.

Hitchcock is reserved . I didn't try alternate spellings (like Hitchcok)

So I went with Alfred - that one is OK!

[Novikova]

people who Report for Pet names are sad little people

Hardly. I don't want to see a pet named P**is (Uncensor that in your mind) or TurboNegro or things like that. Or any variation of a racist term. I'll ignore most things, even if they make me cringe, but outright bad is bad.

[Felidire]

There is a simple way past it just use a different character to replace a Letter

for example the name Diablo could be spelled using a different o like Diablø
or the name Skywalker could be spelled using a different e like Skywalkér

There are so Manny ways around name restrictions

I agree, I always use á é í ó ú if there's a restricted name that I really like -- Players can't really complain, provided that it's not insulting and that the first 3-4 characters used are regular letters (like if something is named "ángrycat" then you can't /target it without knowing the á keystroke, whereas if it was named "angrýcat" then players can get away with typing "/tar angr".)

I consider this is common courtesy when naming, I can't express how much it annoys me when you're PvPing and some guy named "çræêpýløsèr" runs around the corner in WSG and I want to "/tar" him and check his health/casting/target - as to anticipate where he's running - I don't play priest but this would've especially be the case when using Mind Vision.

You won't get banned for using the - á é í ó ú - worst case, you'll have to rename the pet (I would just replace the á with an à), but i've never had to rename anything, ever, and it's been a little under 6 years now.

[Dr. Rockso]

people who Report for Pet names are sad little people

Hardly. I don't want to see a pet named P**is (Uncensor that in your mind) or TurboNegro or things like that. Or any variation of a racist term. I'll ignore most things, even if they make me cringe, but outright bad is bad.

Then Just ignore it i dont see how you can get so wound up you feel that you need to report them over a pets name

[Lisaara]

people who Report for Pet names are sad little people

Hardly. I don't want to see a pet named P**is (Uncensor that in your mind) or TurboNegro or things like that. Or any variation of a racist term. I'll ignore most things, even if they make me cringe, but outright bad is bad.

Then Just ignore it i dont see how you can get so wound up you feel that you need to report them over a pets name

We don't ignore it cause names like that are against ToS, whether you care about it or not.

[Gumballs]

people who Report for Pet names are sad little people

Hardly. I don't want to see a pet named P**is (Uncensor that in your mind) or TurboNegro or things like that. Or any variation of a racist term. I'll ignore most things, even if they make me cringe, but outright bad is bad.

Then Just ignore it i dont see how you can get so wound up you feel that you need to report them over a pets name

Hm.. let me quote the types of names deemed inappropriate by Blizzard themselves. These go against the ToU, and thus, ARE REPORTABLE.

Highly Inappropriate

Racial/Ethnic/National
Extreme Sexuality/Violence
Sexual Orientation
Obscene/Vulgar

Moderately Inappropriate

Harassing or Defamatory
Blizzard Employees
Inappropriate
Advertising

Restricted

Trademarks
Pure Gibberish
Contain "Leet" or "Dudespeak"
Titles (Does not apply to Guild, Arena Team or Pet Names)
Real World References
Partial or Complete Sentences (Does not apply to Guild or Arena Team Names)

Once again, not only are most of these things offensive and at the very least tasteless, it IS reportable.

So you're trying to say that if I see someone with a pet name (or character name for that matter) that is a racial slur, sexist, obscene, etc. etc. that it makes me 'wound up' and a 'sad little person' when I report them? I fail to see how. I pay my $15 a month for this game and I'd rather not have to deal with people who are racist/etc. and feel the need to display it on an MMORPG with the intent to offend people. Even if they think it's a joke, I don't, and neither does Blizzard.

I don't mind 'Ipwnyoo' or 'LOLCAT', or even people who don't name their pets. They are entitled to their own names because they pay their $15. But when I see someone with a rude, vulgar or prejudice name I will not hesitate to report it.

[Lisaara]

I agree with Gumballs 100%! You said it beautifully.

[Dr. Rockso]

Let Blizzard worry about it they will catch them no one likes a Tattle Tale

[Lisaara]

Let Blizzard worry about it they will catch them no one likes a Tattle Tale

Actually, it's blizzard that asks the players to help them keep an eye out for those things. Thats why we have the 'report' button just like on a forums. Mods/GMs cant see everything.

[Vephriel]

Just drop the subject. Rockso, if people want to report an offending name they can. If you don't want to then don't.

[Gumballs]

Yeah, I have a feeling we are being trolled at this point. I'm done with this conversation now since Rockso obviously didn't get the meaning of my post and l doubt anything that can be said at this point would even be productive.

[Necras]

Name list should be updated to this point!

Can someone confirm the Lion-King names? In vanilla I had a friend who had Mufasa. (Or a similar name.) For his cat pet.

[Lisaara]

Name list should be updated to this point!

Can someone confirm the Lion-King names? In vanilla I had a friend who had Mufasa. (Or a similar name.) For his cat pet.

I'll go check real fast.

EDIT: Here's a little updates on some names.....

Confirmed to be Reserved
Optimus
Simba
Mufasa

Confirmed to NOT be Reserved
Scar
Nala
Rafiki
Sarabi
Zira
Vitani
Kovu
Kiara
Zazu
Shenzi
Timon/Timone
Pumbah/Pumba
Bonzai
Ed

Dont think I forgot anymore. I can do a list of Transformers too if you'd like. XD

[Necras]

Okay, I believe I have anything. Notice any names I've missed on the thread?

[Trinia]

I think I had tried to name a pet, "Deadmire," and it wouldn't go through. I just wanted to name my Nether Ray after the subzone in Zangar. :[

If anyone else could attempt to confirm, that would be great. I want to help make this list as extensive as possible. ^__^

[Kryte]

"Duchess" is reserved.

Which is a real shame, because although I understand that Blizzard wants to prevent us from giving ourselves titles through our pets, things like "Duke" and "Duchess" actually are commonly used pet names.

[Kamalia]

'Gremlin' is also reserved. Shame, cause that would've been a great name for a warpstalker. : /

[MaximumOverdrive]

"Duchess" is reserved.

Which is a real shame, because although I understand that Blizzard wants to prevent us from giving ourselves titles through our pets, things like "Duke" and "Duchess" actually are commonly used pet names.

That's odd...I had a friend with a Devilsaur named Duchess...of course, that was in the earlier WotLK days...it might've been added later...

Dont think I forgot anymore. I can do a list of Transformers too if you'd like. XD

I have so many pets named of TFs, I'm not sure what could be taken...Rodimus, Jazz, Ravager, Barricade, Springer, Bluestreak, Blackout, Shrapnel, Rumble, Mirage, Ironhide, Nitro, Fireflight, Blurr, Airazor, Skywarp, Chromia, Excellion, Ruination, Drift, Safeguard, Skorponok, Gears, Magnus, Rewind, Steeljaw, Rosanna, Blaster, Soundwave...that's all the names I've used, and still currently use, for pets...it's really hard to block most TF names cause of how most TF names work...

But under that logic, I don't get why some names are blocked...like Duke...I wanted to name a pet Duke! After Duke Fire from J-Decker!


O, I forgot! I know of another reserved TF name I tried one time...Primus is taken too! EDIT - Oops, I see it's on the list already lol

[Lisaara]

"Duchess" is reserved.

Which is a real shame, because although I understand that Blizzard wants to prevent us from giving ourselves titles through our pets, things like "Duke" and "Duchess" actually are commonly used pet names.

That's odd...I had a friend with a Devilsaur named Duchess...of course, that was in the earlier WotLK days...it might've been added later...

Dont think I forgot anymore. I can do a list of Transformers too if you'd like. XD

I have so many pets named of TFs, I'm not sure what could be taken...Rodimus, Jazz, Ravager, Barricade, Springer, Bluestreak, Blackout, Shrapnel, Rumble, Mirage, Ironhide, Nitro, Fireflight, Blurr, Airazor, Skywarp, Chromia, Excellion, Ruination, Drift, Safeguard, Skorponok, Gears, Magnus, Rewind, Steeljaw, Rosanna, Blaster, Soundwave...that's all the names I've used, and still currently use, for pets...it's really hard to block most TF names cause of how most TF names work...

But under that logic, I don't get why some names are blocked...like Duke...I wanted to name a pet Duke! After Duke Fire from J-Decker!


O, I forgot! I know of another reserved TF name I tried one time...Primus is taken too! EDIT - Oops, I see it's on the list already lol

They may only reserve the REALLY well known ones like Optimus and Megatron.