LittleSoul wrote:So just because there are previous bad choices of introducing OOC names in Cantr that means it's okay to continue doing so?
Bad choices in whose opinion?
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LittleSoul wrote:So just because there are previous bad choices of introducing OOC names in Cantr that means it's okay to continue doing so?
Marian wrote:LittleSoul wrote:So just because there are previous bad choices of introducing OOC names in Cantr that means it's okay to continue doing so?
Bad choices in whose opinion?
Keep It Original!
Another good idea is to make your characters as original as possible. Using outside names of people and organizations is generally frowned upon by serious roleplayers. It shows a lack of imagination, and imagination is what makes Cantr so great. Even if your character does not assume the aspects of the real life person, your character will be taken much less seriously than a character with an original name.
Marian wrote:I see blatantly OOC character names all the time though? And blatantly OOC words and concepts used constantly. This feels to me like the 'English' and 'Polish' argument all over again. Players getting their panties in a twist about things their characters wouldn't bat an eye at.
One of the main people complaining has a character named after an RL country. And I'm sure I could look around any location in this game and find someone or something that doesn't belong. Something like 'Adolf Hitler' would be the obvious exception...but 'Britney Spears' or 'Miley Cyrus' would get an eye roll and that's it. Arguing to ban them is just silly. The characters would not recognize the name, nor care. Any IC reaction isn't IC at all and is way more disruptive than the name itself.
Marian wrote:Also mods please force all chars named 'John' 'Peter' 'Paul' 'Matthew' 'Joseph' 'Mary' 'Michael' and so on to change their name, it's a pretty blatant and disruptive reference to a RL religious text and has no place in Cantr.
*Wiro wrote:I think it's poor form and distracting, but not worth spending more than this single sentence on.
*Wiro wrote:To be honest... the only reason I don't think it's worth spending time on is because I think it's wrong, but it can't be regulated in a reasonable way so it's an argument that will end up satisfying no one.
LittleSoul wrote:*Wiro wrote:To be honest... the only reason I don't think it's worth spending time on is because I think it's wrong, but it can't be regulated in a reasonable way so it's an argument that will end up satisfying no one.
Aside from reports from players.
LittleSoul wrote:Aside from reports from players.
Optimus Christ wrote:LittleSoul wrote:*Wiro wrote:To be honest... the only reason I don't think it's worth spending time on is because I think it's wrong, but it can't be regulated in a reasonable way so it's an argument that will end up satisfying no one.
Aside from reports from players.
Why do I have a strange feeling that everyone got their report button out? GG.
Marian wrote:LittleSoul wrote:Aside from reports from players.
Where do you draw the line, though, and who gets to decide that? Because believe me, if we start going that route I'll start reporting the crap out of every single OOC thing I see, until Cantrians all speak and act like the spore-spewing aliens they were always meant to be.
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