I think we're being too rash dubbing all those who received bans as being bigoted, terrible people. While questing in the wild, a few of those with bad names were the nicest to me and we're generally cool to hang around. I'm sure there are some bigots in there, but I feel like most people were just trying to be funny, even if it was in bad taste
Hard at work "reading" through that list, I see. The implicit condescension is not a good look for a dev at the heart of widespread backlash costing @Blizzard_Ent stockholders money.
@mortar_alert@Elgen_Strawn@FwoiblesWoW I think it's more of the consistent belittling and condescension he is expressing towards his playerbase, but to each his own
@Primordialmuk@whatiseventrue_ Blacklist isn't a factor. They claimed they read everyone's names from a list and manually banned people. Surely they wouldn't lie
@Waydots Everyone who made one of the racist, uncreative and unfunny names you gave an example of was fully expecting corrective action. The issue is how they addressed it, as well as catching people in the crossfire that didn't necessarily deserve it.
@SvartHette You're not alone, Unc. I've no doubt there are a lot of great fathers, husbands and upstanding members of society that were belittled for trying to have a little fun. I wanted to say we got hit with a stray, but it seems as though we were the targets.
Iโm a GREAT human being in real life and anyone that knows me can confirm, you smug pos
Great dad
Great friend
Great husband
Responsible
I help people
Im empathetic
Law abiding citizen
Now I see pieces of shits climb to the top everywhere. Assholes and psychopats. Our leaders, the billionaires - sending us to war, fucking up the economy etc
So what if I wanna have a regarded name and yell some shit in my free time in front of the computer
Fuck you for wanting to take that away from me
The community will police itself. Im not going to invite someone named "Ppin Urbutt" to my group. These people will naturally conform to the community. We DO NOT need or want Disney Adults with child's mentality, salivating at the mouth to enforce their morality on the rest of us. You are 1 week into the beta and are already trying to remove authenticity and agency. THIS WILL RESULT IN RETAIL AGAIN.
"Be a better human" is crazy. Sure, there are those that crossed the line, but most of the names I've seen bans for are completely harmless jokes that no one is offended by. Some I couldn't find anything that blatantly breaks TOS. Renames were not an option for many, it appears.