Aww noooo he bullied the poor americans whatever will we do how could he be so racist to the USA how sad 
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Iâve just listed the server rules as Blizzard currently outline them and thereâs nothing in there in regards to naming. Itâs concerningly vague. âImmersionâ is a very subjective term depending on who youâre speaking with, and it would be extremely easy for âZapdosKing52â to convince a moderator that his name abides by some form of personal RP standard. Iâm not saying I like it, but this is Blizzardâs current stance - as far I can find.
â On an RP realm other players may expect you to develop a backstory for your character, to stay in character when interacting with others, and to contribute to the fantasy immersion of the realmâs community as a whole.â
Realm Rule-Sets in general are extremely vague. They didnât used to be, but this is the time weâre playing in now. As thereâs nothing specific in regards to naming, we canât really say that theyâre in violation of the rules, particularly if those rules cannot be found on any current or official source by Blizzard.
Now, I can argue that the name âZapdosKing64â violates my immersion, and I can say I can speak on behalf of the realm communityâs collective immersion in my report, but how realistic is that, really? Again - Iâm not saying I like it, but this is what we have to work with at present.
Well no, we can report something, someone else will look into it and then they will decide what action or inaction to take. And as Iâve stated above, if they do not see a breach of the rules, they will not take action.
Then I think you need to appeal to Blizzard directly then. Theyâre the ones running the show. You vote with your wallet, and youâre paying to play their game and abide by the rules that they set down.
How dare we say bad things about anything outside of EU. Guess my freedom of speech is no more.
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Its the only reply I have for this argument.
Player made names must follow naming rules, whats so hard to understand about that?
Ah. My apologies. I found the appropriate page for naming violations. Didnât know mini-pets fell under that too, lol. Moderating that must be a nightmare.
That being said, hereâs what youâre advised to do in the same policy:
'Reporting a Bad Name
If you see a name that violates our naming guidelines, use the right-click option in-game to report it. If you want to report your own name, contact us.â
Was about to quote that very part.
âOur Naming Policy rules apply to all player-made names in-game, including characters, guilds, and pets.â
This comes from the naming rules policies.
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Yeah. I couldnât find them at first. I was specifically trying to find what I remembered to be the clearly defined rule-sets for role-play that Blizzard had on display, but they appear to have either vanished or simply been nerfed into a single crummy sentence.
Itâs a bit of a ball ache not to have a clear defined set of rules for role-playing servers all in one place on the official gameâs pages. Naming conventions should really be on the same page as the realm rule sets.
Yeah, they should.
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Where is âjade witchcraftâ happening exactly?
That makes me wonder why you are okay with that percentage tilting further.
Weird take, since you claim that you are a roleplayer yourself.
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It is inevitable that more and more RPers will quit since they are outnumbered 1 to 5. However, if instead of being aggressive to new players you speak to them in a polite way they are more likely to try RP in the future.
What are you basing this claim on?
Itâs not a claim, itâs a fact. If youâre aggressive to someone they sure as hell arenât going to listen.
Just because someone is polite, doesnât mean Iâm going to gain an interest in something they have interest in.
It isnât.
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You personally no, but itâs far more likely for someone to try RP if they arenât bullied into doing it.
Yes it is. Thereâs a thousand studies out there that show shaming/bullying does not work and, if anything, causes people to stick ever tighter to their beliefs.
Never about being bullied, literally about rolling on an RP server if you want to try RP or want to RP and otherwise donât do it. Can play on ANY server and play with your friends on any server, so thereâs really no reason of âI play here to play with my friends.â truly. Thatâs what cross-realm groups are for and bnet.
Wanna know what happens when an RPer tries to go on a PvE server and RP with people or just RP never do PvE? RP only in raid encounters and what would happen then? You can stop with the whole âitâs fine to bring all the non-rpers to the only RP server left because muh freedom to roll where I wantâ
Shaming does work quite often actually.
Different people react differently to various things.
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Show me a single study that says this.
No, I donât think I will. People are allowed to roll wherever they want. They pay the same sub as you.
Not really relevant in the least, being disruptive doesnât really get to exempt you from anything because âthey pay a sub fee tooâ.
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Youâd call never RPing as âbeing disruptiveâ despite it not being against the rules so you might want to fix your definition first.