Ahhhhh offensive gamer names. Every time I read one, I can feel my brain cells die. I definitely know that my younger self would laugh at tags like that, back in the day.
Which reminds me, need to change my clantags from "CMEN" at some point.
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I keep seeing Hearthstone names that I want to report, but the process is confusing and I think it involves friending the person. I don't ever want to give the impression that I want to be friends with someone named "N-WORDFACTORY"
I keep seeing Hearthstone names that I want to report, but the process is confusing and I think it involves friending the person. I don't ever want to give the impression that I want to be friends with someone named "N-WORDFACTORY"
Is Hearthstone as full of Naga-as-the-N-word is WoW was? The fact Blizzard wouldn't crush those people really annoyed me.
Ahhhhh offensive gamer names. Every time I read one, I can feel my brain cells die. I definitely know that my younger self would laugh at tags like that, back in the day.
Which reminds me, need to change my clantags from "CMEN" at some point.
That's too bad. I find the older I get, the more appreciation I have for a well crafted offensive name. The less sense it makes the better. They're like little bits of your favorite batshit insane cartoon, except crafted out of racism.
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
Making you change your name was the right call, definitely.
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
A name doesn't become more or less offensive based on the genre of video game.
Oh man, offensive names. They used to be way, way more extreme back in the late nineties and early aughts. I remember this one guy I always used to run into while playing Team Fortress Classic named "Captain Clitoris". I always pictured a caped superhero who gives insanely good oral.
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
A name doesn't become more or less offensive based on the genre of video game.
Would naming his character after an actual real life Nazi from the time period be considered offensive*?
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
A name doesn't become more or less offensive based on the genre of video game.
Would naming his character after an actual real life Nazi from the time period be considered offensive*?
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
A name doesn't become more or less offensive based on the genre of video game.
Would naming his character after an actual real life Nazi from the time period be considered offensive*?
To me running around as XxVegeta_HitlerxX or Headshot_Himmler doesn't quite invoke the same reaction as Jewkiller.
I keep seeing Hearthstone names that I want to report, but the process is confusing and I think it involves friending the person. I don't ever want to give the impression that I want to be friends with someone named "N-WORDFACTORY"
Is Hearthstone as full of Naga-as-the-N-word is WoW was? The fact Blizzard wouldn't crush those people really annoyed me.
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
A name doesn't become more or less offensive based on the genre of video game.
Would naming his character after an actual real life Nazi from the time period be considered offensive*?
To me running around as XxVegeta_HitlerxX or Headshot_Himmler doesn't quite invoke the same reaction as Jewkiller.
I really wish I could find the WoW forum post where a player called Hebrew Hammer asked people to stop calling the ability Beacon of Light by its popular nickname, Bacon of Light.
it's a game where the end boss is literally Mecha-Hitler, it's not meant to be taken seriously
You are not Mecha-Hitler. You are a real life person that others are playing the game with. Many of whom the term jew killer is intensely offensive given their own personal backgrounds and histories.
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
A name doesn't become more or less offensive based on the genre of video game.
Would naming his character after an actual real life Nazi from the time period be considered offensive*?
I find context tends to matter but in general, as someone who plays a bunch of historic, grognardy games, people naming themselves after historical figures almost always do it as the 'wrong' side as a way to represent their shitty opinions in non-offensive ways or to be just on the edge of good taste so they can cause a fuss when someone takes their name as not appropriate.
Kinda like how you see people fly the Confederate flag 'to remember the history' but often there's a shittier motive about too.
I mean, if you're fighting mecha-Hitler I'd posit getting upset over a username is kinda pointless. There must be someplace in the world for people with that sort of humor, and that game seems as good a place as any.
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I mean, if you're fighting mecha-Hitler I'd posit getting upset over a username is kinda pointless. There must be someplace in the world for people with that sort of humor
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
A name doesn't become more or less offensive based on the genre of video game.
Would naming his character after an actual real life Nazi from the time period be considered offensive*?
To me running around as XxVegeta_HitlerxX or Headshot_Himmler doesn't quite invoke the same reaction as Jewkiller.
I mean, if you're fighting mecha-Hitler I'd posit getting upset over a username is kinda pointless. There must be someplace in the world for people with that sort of humor
Yes
the trash bin of history
Damn.
It's just wierd to me how much this matters to some people. The entire European side of my family save 1 was wiped out in concentration camps, but I can still see a silly name in a silly game and laugh. And yet we throw out this "trash bin of history" rhetoric, mostly because people like me might be offended by it?
I hate to think we're at the point where someone can't play a silly nazi game with a silly over-the-top name without the locals breaking out torches and pitchforks.
I had a Gnome warrior in WoW that I RP'd as a berserker. My Guild was called the Knocturnal Knights, and so I decided to call my berserker Gnome "Knuttjob". Knuttjob was in his 40's when I was messaged by an Admin that his name was offensive, I was going to be logged out, and in order to continue playing him I would have to rename him. A few seconds later I had been logged out, and I found myself staring at Knuttjob on the character selection screen with a pop-up window telling me to rename him.
To this day I still don't know what prompted someone to report the name, or why it was deemed offensive. If you think it may have been the KKK of his name & Guild initials combined, ALL of my WoW characters' names began with K, so they were all KKK, and yet Knuttjob was the only one reported.
I had a Gnome warrior in WoW that I RP'd as a berserker. My Guild was called the Knocturnal Knights, and so I decided to call my berserker Gnome "Knuttjob". Knuttjob was in his 40's when I was messaged by an Admin that his name was offensive, I was going to be logged out, and in order to continue playing him I would have to rename him. A few seconds later I had been logged out, and I found myself staring at Knuttjob on the character selection screen with a pop-up window telling me to rename him.
To this day I still don't know what prompted someone to report the name, or why it was deemed offensive. If you think it may have been the KKK of his name & Guild initials combined, ALL of my WoW characters' names began with K, so they were all KKK, and yet Knuttjob was the only one reported.
Now I am thinking of the South Park game where Token, as a member of Cartman's "Koopa Keep Kingdom" faction, busts down the door of the elf-kids' house/fortress and proudly announces: "We're the KKK!"
Which still almost makes me fall out of my chair thinking about it even now.
Randrew Jackson is one of the worst Randos; The reason for his Destiny idling is that he's busy killing native populations for their territory and creating depressions through misguided monetary policy.
I mean, if you're fighting mecha-Hitler I'd posit getting upset over a username is kinda pointless. There must be someplace in the world for people with that sort of humor
Yes
the trash bin of history
Damn.
It's just wierd to me how much this matters to some people. The entire European side of my family save 1 was wiped out in concentration camps, but I can still see a silly name in a silly game and laugh. And yet we throw out this "trash bin of history" rhetoric, mostly because people like me might be offended by it?
I hate to think we're at the point where someone can't play a silly nazi game with a silly over-the-top name without the locals breaking out torches and pitchforks.
Many people aren't as ready to laugh about this topic as you are.
I keep seeing Hearthstone names that I want to report, but the process is confusing and I think it involves friending the person. I don't ever want to give the impression that I want to be friends with someone named "N-WORDFACTORY"
Is Hearthstone as full of Naga-as-the-N-word is WoW was? The fact Blizzard wouldn't crush those people really annoyed me.
I've never seen it, but I've only ever seen a handful of bad names, I think people don't bother as much with offensive names since most people don't even notice what their opponent is called. It's not like you can meaningfully interact with them anyway.
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Which reminds me, need to change my clantags from "CMEN" at some point.
Is Hearthstone as full of Naga-as-the-N-word is WoW was? The fact Blizzard wouldn't crush those people really annoyed me.
To be or not to be?
That's too bad. I find the older I get, the more appreciation I have for a well crafted offensive name. The less sense it makes the better. They're like little bits of your favorite batshit insane cartoon, except crafted out of racism.
in Return to Castle Wolfenstein I named my nazi guy "jewkiller". they made me change it. not that I had any real attachment to the name but I mean... really? I'm on the nazi team, that's what nazis did, they killed jews. like, a ton.. it's a game about nazis and shooting and killing with guns. and flamethrowers. it's not a fantasy RPG or pokey-man card game or sci-fi space shooter...
Making you change your name was the right call, definitely.
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That's gross dude. It's not even clever or funny.
you can't be serious about that.
A name doesn't become more or less offensive based on the genre of video game.
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To me running around as XxVegeta_HitlerxX or Headshot_Himmler doesn't quite invoke the same reaction as Jewkiller.
naga, please.
You are not Mecha-Hitler. You are a real life person that others are playing the game with. Many of whom the term jew killer is intensely offensive given their own personal backgrounds and histories.
I find context tends to matter but in general, as someone who plays a bunch of historic, grognardy games, people naming themselves after historical figures almost always do it as the 'wrong' side as a way to represent their shitty opinions in non-offensive ways or to be just on the edge of good taste so they can cause a fuss when someone takes their name as not appropriate.
Kinda like how you see people fly the Confederate flag 'to remember the history' but often there's a shittier motive about too.
The classic the-offensive-thing-I-said-was-just-a-joke-you're-wrong-to-be-offended defense.
Yes
the trash bin of history
not?
Damn.
It's just wierd to me how much this matters to some people. The entire European side of my family save 1 was wiped out in concentration camps, but I can still see a silly name in a silly game and laugh. And yet we throw out this "trash bin of history" rhetoric, mostly because people like me might be offended by it?
I hate to think we're at the point where someone can't play a silly nazi game with a silly over-the-top name without the locals breaking out torches and pitchforks.
To this day I still don't know what prompted someone to report the name, or why it was deemed offensive. If you think it may have been the KKK of his name & Guild initials combined, ALL of my WoW characters' names began with K, so they were all KKK, and yet Knuttjob was the only one reported.
Now I am thinking of the South Park game where Token, as a member of Cartman's "Koopa Keep Kingdom" faction, busts down the door of the elf-kids' house/fortress and proudly announces: "We're the KKK!"
Which still almost makes me fall out of my chair thinking about it even now.
Many people aren't as ready to laugh about this topic as you are.