Guilds / Names (Taken)

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To start this post, I know all the comments you the user will make because you don’t struggle, or need to find a Guild. Or just love to argue, we call that a keyboard warrior. So refrain from commenting if you want to:

“Do you think you have the right”
“Do you think you are entitled”
“Blizzard have the right to”
“Blablablabla”

I know it all, so don’t lecture me. Although things have rapidly taken a turn for the worst in regards to Guilds, and naming.

While back in the days 2006, and 2007, and up until around wotlk, Guild names were quite simple to come around, names were available. After WOTLK every possible name have been re-used. Or are in use, every possible catchy name that is, and of course they are taken, why not? they are great names, and they do have catchy tones to them.

I have been trying to come up with a name for a long time, and they’re all taken by existing Guilds, or not freed up, wether it be big guild names back in the day or small ones. I even looked up in a dictionary to find words, but every appealing word were taken, or putting words together, every possible name is already taken or in use.

Well, I be lying when i say every possible word or name, but every catchy, or decent name, everyone is re-using, copying old guild names, or other websites guild names, or games. And half of them are not active, even though a player in the Guild might be active on an alt inside the Guild, they have no plans for it. Its just a memory lane type of thing.

And fair, but let’s be real, to take up a name only out of memory lane sense, and keeping others from using them, is a bit rude. Also when the Guild is not planning anything, and especially in todays times, where every god darn guild name is taken.

Can we please get some talks about this going, or do anyone here agree, that we should get blizzard to re-evaluate how they look at freeing up names. I mean sure someone might be using it as a bank guild, or as said before memories, but we’re talking names here.

There can only be one name on the realm, and is it really fair to keep one name that isnt going nowhere to one person, over having an active guild use it and have fun.

I genuinely used to come up with 80% of all guild names by myself or found them in dictionaries or put them together before even looking at wowprogress, and I have come up empty handed. From Limit, to pieces, to After midnight, to star, paragon, Divided, fractured, bad alts, diverse, blood rage, claw, fang, dude on the moon, whatever the F every name is taken. dissonance, and any range really, and found many guild ideas from others. But they were also taken, curse of (???) All taken.

Penguins, dragon honkers, etc etc etc. You get me. Even deep fried chicken is taken. I used to come up with these names, or search my way, but today I look at wowprogress, and I have to think hard, and when I finally find a name, its taken.

And then once in a while I come around a name that is taken, but has one player on an alt using it sometimes to of course avoid a guild name erase, but plays on a different realm in a different guild. I find it a tad to pathetic that let us say.

By chance when classic comes out, trolls can take every possible name before the original creaters and leave it, and do nothing. just as an example. Blizzard should at least re-evaluate guilds that are not planning anything and is only used for bank purposes, or memory lane.

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It is really hard with char and guilds names .Aslong as bank guilds are daily active then they should keep theres but inactive ones should be freed up just like char names under certain conditions.

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In my oppinion blizzard should make a bigger personal bank area, instead of using guilds.

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realm wide regent bank then i could agree but atm nope bank guilds are a must .

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Well, Guild names unlike character names are not freed up. Last time I checked, they were actually held indefinitely and even after a guild had been disbanded.
They don’t follow the same automated processes in game unfortunately. Add to which a guild of a certain level cannot be disbanded, I am not surprised that we are reaching a point where it’s hard to get a guild name that suits you.

If you managed to find any guild names on your realm where the characters have been inactive for a long time or not contain any members, it may be worth opening a ticket to see if you can have it.

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Well, I don’t think it is hard for them to come up with a realm wide bank. But they can’t be arsed too. They would rather spend their time getting more money in. It should’ve been done from the start, using guilds as banks is not optimal.

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I hope they do not just open up the names… I have my “Schatzkiste” (german for treasure chest) guild storage, a guild just for me, to put in stuff, I don’t have space for on other characters

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I have not, and I do know they can free them up, if they’ve been in-active. As I said, I know it all. The fact is this post is about people deliberately keeping guilds as a memory lane, or bank thing when they could be used to run guilds that are active.

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Do you though? Lets say someone picks out a guild name before you, and uses it for a bank? So what? First come, first served. Why should they be kicked out of their guild and have it disbanded just because they’ve not played for a while? How do you expect Blizzard to tell who’s a memory lane inactive and who’s a bank? Do you want that handled by a bot?

These are all fairly simple obvious names. Up your game? Castellan Creed, Knights Valiant, The Swarm and The Blades of Redridge are all available on EVERY SERVER and that took me like 20 seconds to think of. (according to www.warcraftrealms .com/guilddisplay.php)
This next section is weird.

This seems like a perfectly valid question that would stand by itself and has basically nothing to do with the rest of your post.

This harks back to the rest of your post. Strange, strange jump.

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I’m occupying two guilds like these, and yeah it’s a difficult choice. One of mine(well, my other half if holding it atm), is one of my server’s top guilds from WotLK. I don’t really want that name to pop up again under a different membership, but I guess it wouldn’t bother me if it was clear when the new one was created. Though, I honestly don’t think anyone has tried to name their guild the same as that one.

The other one is my bank guild, which is called Junkyard. Others might have attempted that one. That’s active though, but only serve a purpose as my bank.

We renamed the one I am in about one and a half years ago. Was no problem. My server used to be one of the biggest servers in the EU many years ago, yet Path of Redemption wasn’t taken. Neither was it’s original name, which was fonded in 2016. My Horde guild(mirrior or the Alliance one) was not taken either, and it’s different than the Alliance name. All these guilds have been named by british players(adults), so I don’t think there’s many typos or bad sentences involved.

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Would you change your mind if they made a realm wide bank, for your characters.

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I guess, but I don’t think they will do that…
I have to say, I used special characters for my “Schatzkiste”… the name was already used on my server, so I had to put an “^” over the “i”…

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Unless they make it infinite, opening guilds is still by far one the best way to add storage to a character cluster.

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Not if they give you the same space, but as a personal bank. Its very simple and I have no clue why they have not done it. Make the personal bank bigger, and make it account wide. or realm wide. No harm done, can’t place soulbound anyway in the GB.

Then as for a personal bank, soulbound items would not be able to get placed in it, but in a seperate space. From your realm wide personal bank space. Sure it is very simple for them to do.

And again, taking up Guilds for storage is not optimal.

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I’d drop Junkyard for that, but the other one, no. There are characters in there that has been offline for years(tho a previous member did a cleanup some years ago, which means we lost many of those old friends I have no idea where they are now). Some of these people do occationaly log on, and I just think it is nice that they get to log on to our old guild and are still members. I do occationaly notice some of them having updated offline periods, meaning they are still around, just not that active, and yet they keep their char(often alts) in the guild.

And yes, I know you could argue why I don’t have them on RealID or something. Back then it just wasn’t that normal, and I don’t know… It’s just something nice about it, those nostalgia memberships.

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it might not be optimal, but currently the only way, to get more space for your mats

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Yeah.

I totally agree that Blizzard should perhaps look into adding account banks just for the sake of freeing up guild names. To me it seems that A LOT of players have their own bank guilds, and that would mean a lot of guild names taken just for storage in the end…

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The thing is, and I can see both ways, but let us be honest here. A Guild with no goals, only memory, where occasionally a player who probably has an ew account or is playing on another realm logs on, and/or is not playing.

Over populating a Guild that could be actively used by a Guild. Let’s say in the moral way, it would be proper and best to let those who want to use the name actively use it.

Not only in a superficial way as its more income to blizzard, but again the morals. Although I do see memories, but again… Your joy that might or might not happen, for a couple minutes, over the joy of 20 or more active players that are constantly, this is a heart question. think about it.

We do live in a world not made for us solely, a name might be a name, and memories, and names can be liked by many. Think if real names were taken, like samantha, let’s say only one child could be named that, but thousands of others wanned it, and samantha died, but out of memory you wouldn’t allow the thousands to get the name. or have a chance at it. I mean sure you have memories of the person still. but its a whole different thing, its just the action, this is game, so its way more superficial than a real life name. But meh you probably get it.

Past is the past, leave it like that. Let the future be shaped, and let others continue on legacies, or make new memories. Like you did, and when the time comes that they die out or find a new name, open it up for new people that see oppertunities.

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well, the easiest way around this naming issue (characters or guilds) would be to allow multiple words in the name (example name and surname for characters)

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Ok, and when I run that out, just as I did with my regent tab, guess what I’m going to do? The only solution to that problem is unlimited character storage (impractical server side) or removing guild banks.