Forced name change

General Discussion
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Hey all,

after 10 years of having account here on Battlenet and more than 12 years of using nick SexyDrugs (in Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2), I was now forced to change my nickname for violating code of conduct. Unfortunately, I was not able to find any concrete point the name violates because the conduct could not have been written more vaguely.

I find it quite sad and frustrating that I am now forced to either change my nickname or continue playing with PLAYER just because some people in Overwatch, which was not even around when I started using this nickname, decided to report my name after losing against me.

Since this game is PG12 rated, I am more than sure kids (12-18) already know what those two words mean. Now, some might think that I am promoting either of those, but reality is a little bit different as it is just a combination of those two words to make it sound cool.

This is literally my first time I am being punished for said nickname and I have used it in every single game I played since 2004. I heard some rumours that people in Overwatch are oversensitive, but I would never guess someone might actually feel offended or find my name inappropriate.

Anyway, I just wanted to hear community’s opinion whether my name indeed violates the conduct and if, then how?

Cheers

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You don’t know for sure you had to change your name because of people losing from you. (Unless they literally told you so?)
I’m sure they can know all suspicious names in less than 10 minutes.
More likely it’s a change in their stance and they are less likely to accept names like these from now on?

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You are right, I am just guessing based on one game from Friday in which we were destroying the other team quite heavily and all of sudden there was one guy spamming in all chat to report my name for being inappropriate. So basically if I had never bought Overwatch, my name would not have been changed.

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You had to change your name shortly after that guy was spamming this?

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‘‘Take note that acceptable names are determined by player reports and Blizzard’s decision, and role-playing servers may have distinct standards for using game-appropriate names.’’

-Blizzard's In-Game Code of Conduct - Blizzard Support

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Yes, after that one game it took only 12 hours until my name was changed.

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I don’t know if it’s You, but a friend of mine told me months ago about a couple in wow having same or similar nickname to yours and he said to me “Imagine if either of them ever started ow, they’d get banned in a blink”