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Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:06 pm
by GormanGhaste
Virginia is reserved, probably because it has 'virgin' in it.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:24 am
by Alice
LadyGaga is reserved.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:38 am
by Finduilas
This list only counts for Us-Servers?
I'm not sure, becaus some of the names from the list on the first page I already had/have on some of my pets on an EU-Server.
But I noticed Lotr-names don't work here, too (tried to name my spider Frodo).

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:48 am
by GormanGhaste
Finduilas wrote:This list only counts for Us-Servers?
some of the names from the list on the first page I already had/have on some of my pets on an EU-Server.
That's an interesting question. I imagine that the restricted names are region-specific, although there will be some overlap.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:37 pm
by Flyra
I swear I had a pet named Ashitaka once. O_o. Baron is a reserved name too, I think. (The hunter trainer's dog in Gilneas starting zone) . I remember wanting to name my dog after it but it wouldn't let me.

EDIT: I play EU.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 12:52 am
by Helsinki
Moscow is reserved.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Wed Dec 14, 2011 4:36 am
by Bristlenose
Lincoln is reserved. I was going to name Sambas that, ended up with Link.
Strangely Epic was not. I named Deth'tilac that.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 11:26 pm
by Evilwendy
Just an FYI. I tamed Sambas and named him Aslan. Name is not reserved, which I'm grateful for. I had him named long before I tamed him.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 6:41 am
by Knee-Sniper
Yukon is reserved.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:09 am
by Umbriel of Halaa
Knee-Sniper wrote:Yukon is reserved.
As was "Callisto," last I checked.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:45 pm
by mascarecrow
GungaDin (or Gunga Din) is reserved of all the crazy things to reserve... who knew

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:30 pm
by koi1686
Frylock is reserved as well.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 7:56 pm
by JuliaHB
Any idea when this whole mess started? I had a human hunter that I had not played for awhile (his name is Hagrïd, so I planned on going with Harry Potter "names" for my pets), and when I finally log back on to tame my fox for "Hufflepuff" (no badgers in the game...yet... ;)) It told me that was a reserved name! :( Yet I have a bird named "Ravenclaw", and a spider named "Aragog"... I have a suspicion that "Gryffindor" and "Slytherin" will be reserved too... <sigh>

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 9:59 pm
by Niabi
You can't name a pet "Havok" but the name "Havoc" is ok.
JuliaHB wrote:Any idea when this whole mess started? I had a human hunter that I had not played for awhile (his name is Hagrïd, so I planned on going with Harry Potter "names" for my pets), and when I finally log back on to tame my fox for "Hufflepuff" (no badgers in the game...yet... ;)) It told me that was a reserved name! :( Yet I have a bird named "Ravenclaw", and a spider named "Aragog"... I have a suspicion that "Gryffindor" and "Slytherin" will be reserved too... <sigh>
It's something that Blizzard consistantly updates to avoid any potential lawsuits from copyright infringment. The restricted names list has grown quite large ever since BC and Wrath as more and more hunters seek outside influences for their pet names.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 11:02 pm
by JuliaHB
Well, it turns out that "Gryffindor" was fine, so I suspect that maybe the "puff" part of "Hufflepuff" was the issue? "Puff the Magic Dragon", anyone? Lol... :lol:

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 9:37 pm
by GormanGhaste
Samara is a restricted name. *grump* I think it's because of the Frank Lloyd Wright house?

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:09 pm
by Lisaara
Legion is reserved. I suspect Legion and Samara are reserved because of Bioware's Mass Effect series.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:28 pm
by GormanGhaste
Oh ok, I didn't know. It's also the technical term for those helicopter seeds, which is why I wanted to use it.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:29 am
by Chimera
Jiggers apparently is restricted for offensive content. Or something like that. I just went with an alt code for the i cause honestly, the pet who i gave it to is crazy and insane in his activity levels and no other name worked for me.

Re: Reserved Pet Names (An updated version of Restricted Nam

Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2012 10:28 pm
by Yzzami
I can see why some are reserved, but others: What?