Allow players more freedom to name characters.
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 19:46
I was making a alt the other day during your open beta and was unpleasently suprised how limited the naming system is: The no slash, dashes, underscore, and weird symbols was kindof expected, however I was bothers that you cant have two uppercase letters in a name like example:SwordsSlice would be Swordsslice. Doesn't read as well with two lowercase letters. I dont see why there has to be a rule limiting uppercase lettering in names. I'm hoping for public launch people will be allowed more leeway to name their characters. The beta way bothered me especially when you got two same letters to join a second word or phase in a character name.
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 21:39
#2
Slashes are annoying, dashes
Slashes are annoying, dashes are annoying, underscores are less annoying but still significantly annoying, and weird symbols will result in no one whispering them ever. Or inviting them to any guild. And will forever be forced to social outcasts.
If you want a name with two words, that's your choice to look absolutely silly!
Besides, single word names are much more attractive and promote creativity.
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 21:51
#3
I dont think people would
I dont think people would find that"annoying", I think players should be allowed to name their characters however they want, I see it in other mmo's why not this one? Personally I would be just happy that we can name characters without the one uppercase per character rule.(I do expect weird symbols to undersandably be rejected from input, by why uppercase limit in names?)
Besides if we are "promoting creativity", why are they limiting others from naming characters however they want?
I want to be able to name my knight however I want, and I'm sure others would want that too.
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 22:11
#4
A lot of people have more
A lot of people have more than a word in a name so I think it'd be good to satisfy a majority, especially since it doesn't bother anyone. (Okay, NarutoXSasuke is a god damn annoying name but I'm not going to just judge on that, plus it's the internet, tolerance is a must unless you want to explode) I think the example used was a good one since they look radically different. Although, all my names are single words except for two which I won't use here. (sircusa has no capitals)
I agree though that anything that isn't a letter that's used isn't really a name I want to whisper =/ (Numbers are okay)
Mon, 03/28/2011 - 22:12
#5
It's most likely to prevent
It's most likely to prevent the following in what appears to be a far left (casual) and far right (hardcore) game.
iLoVeCaTs
Although as long player names were not case sensitive (so I could send a message to ilovecats instead of having to type the case sensitive version) it would be a welcome addition.
As for:
If you want a name with two words, that's your choice to look absolutely silly!
Besides, single word names are much more attractive and promote creativity
Honestly that's not a good argument at all. Someone's name isn't going to affect your playing experience.
Tue, 03/29/2011 - 01:43
#6
Okay, how about this:
Would
Okay, how about this:
Would you like to try and ignore a guy named IlIllIlllIIIIllIlllIlIlllI that's spamming in zone chat or gold selling that you can't find anywhere so you can click and ignore him, and be forced to try and guess how to enter his name right, or would you prefer to avoid that?
Tue, 03/29/2011 - 01:59
#7
I think you being
I think you're being unnecessarily against this feature. I could counter that saying they could add in a feature where you can just click the person to ignore them. Though names probably won't be case sensitive when doing whispers and such (so don't need to put in caps for whispering). I've actually experienced gold sellers with only letters in their names, it's still bloody hard to type out. (Though the game ended up getting the said feature)
Plus with the relatively small size of Haven, I'm hoping gold sellers would be near non-existent.
Tue, 03/29/2011 - 02:24
#8
I think we shouldn't have
I think we shouldn't have forced capitals, but rather a feature to add spaces to our names with the first letter of every word capitalized.
Tue, 03/29/2011 - 02:34
#9
Being able to add spaces
Being able to add spaces isn't to bad until someone takes a perfectly typeable name and puts a space between every letter. Huge problem if you can have consecutive spaces too. I have however played quite a few mmos where you could have basically a first and last name by allowing a single space (some even require it). I've never seen a problem with that sort of setup.
Tue, 03/29/2011 - 21:34
#10
Regardless if a username is
Regardless if a username is annoying or stupid is your opinion, I believe the people who seriously support this wont abuse it and put awfully difficult names. Anyways if people abuse the games mechanics to harrass others... well thats what the complaint option is for.
Spiral Knights Dev. Team: Please make this happen.
Tue, 03/29/2011 - 21:45
#11
You wouldn't be able to
You wouldn't be able to whisper people with spaces in their name.
Tue, 03/29/2011 - 21:48
#12
@magnus why not?
If someones name is Magnus thug to whisper it could just be: /msg Magnus_thug Hi
But regardless only thing I would add to the whole name area is allowing people to space, and disagree with the slashes underscores and all those symbols since with that I agree with magnus its way too much.
Wed, 03/30/2011 - 11:38
#13
Personally, I think the naming system is pretty ok.
I'd think that special characters like: !@#$%^&*()_| and so on should not be allowed.
If doing spaces is too hard for technical reasons, I personally don't have an issue with that. Two-part names just don't appeal to me.
I do think that capital letters should be an option, not a requirement, but /tells and such should not be caps sensitive.
So:
providence, Providence, PROVidence, and pRoViDeNcE are all the same for chat commands (even though the last one makes you look like a 12 year old girl.)
If you really, really want to have two part names without breaking chat (as in Magnus and Njthug's space vs underscore issue) then add a "title" or "surname" system or something. Srsly, caps should be optional, but I really think that's all that needs to be changed about the naming system.
Wed, 03/30/2011 - 12:29
#14
I don't see why it's even a
I don't see why it's even a problem here. I looks like you never played any other Three Rings games. They dont allow special caracters neither spaces in your username. Having capital letters is useless. Threads have been done on YPP forums and this game is over 6 years old ad they still dont allow it.
Other MMO's allows it? Fine for them. I used to play some MMOs where you could have complete freedom in character name and i found it really annoying to type the name of that person to chat. Especially since in Spiral Knights, you cant copy/paste the chat box just like you can do on YPP.
Wed, 03/30/2011 - 13:43
#15
I am strongly against mid
I am strongly against mid name capitalization.
One, it encourages dumb names like xXxSlayerDudexXx.
Two, if they implement this it opens the potential for naming abuse, particularly with lower case "L"s and capital "i"s. Julia might have to contend with JuIia. If I'm not mistaken the in game font is sans serif and lacks crossbars on the I making a keen eye for kerning the only way to tell them apart.
Beyond even that, you can look forward to names like iLLiiLiLLiLi with the capitalization reversed (IllIIlIllIlI) and again, with sans serif capital "I"s...
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Wed, 03/30/2011 - 16:49
#16
Finally, someone else is
Finally, someone else is making sense in here.
Wed, 03/30/2011 - 17:08
#17
Um, no.
There is nothing unreasonable about the current naming scheme, and loosening the restrictions only create headaches for developers and other players.
Wed, 03/30/2011 - 17:38
#18
>Underscores
You know, most
>Underscores
You know, most people everywhere handle spaces in strings by just adding quotes. /tell "Firstname Lastname" message
I want my knight to be named: Robert'); DROP TABLE Accounts;--
Wed, 03/30/2011 - 17:47
#19
Little Bobby tables we call
Thu, 03/31/2011 - 03:27
#20
Have a first and last name,
Have a first and last name, no spaces within either name, no under scores, no symbols, no slashes etc. first letter of each name is the only capitalized letter in either name.
Thus you can have something like Silly Sally as a name.
Thu, 03/31/2011 - 06:59
#21
I would hate whispering to
I would hate whispering to you... actually... I would never whisper to you...
if they added alt symbols anyway
Thu, 03/31/2011 - 07:07
#22
I think it works fine as it
I think it works fine as it is. It's easy enough to come up with names that fit the naming convention.
Fri, 04/01/2011 - 01:45
#23
[quote]Have a first and last
[quote]Have a first and last name, no spaces within either name, no under scores, no symbols, no slashes etc. first letter of each name is the only capitalized letter in either name.
Thus you can have something like Silly Sally as a name.[/quote]
Dunno how to quote but anyways.
Maybe have the first name required, 2nd name not and also make the 2nd name none-unique. When sending messages between players etc. you only have to type there first name, not both.
Also add a filter option that disables the showing of players 2nd names (for people who want it).
I don't mind it. In fact, I kinda like it.