arguile Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 last time i was caught up on these posts there was some talk about how the naming system would work. i remember something to the effect that only one person would be able to have a certain FIRST name, so that people could rp with family names. has that changed, because if it hasnt that means the chances of me getting the name i want have decreased significantly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Still is so. Mainly because the chat system would suck pretty badly if there were no unique first names. So yes, if you were aiming for a 'common' first name, you might be out of luck. But it will benefit everyone in the long run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arguile Posted February 24, 2003 Author Share Posted February 24, 2003 i was hopin for "sid"...but i dont guess thats gonna happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 If you are fast enough.... But no, with a name like that, you'll better have an alternative or two ready for the release, sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekJedi Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Yeah thats what i'm worried about. but i have 3 first names thought out. and they're all good. and since i'm getting the game when it first comes out i doubt ALL 3 will be taken. i wouldn't be supprised if the names aren't taken for a few weeks if not months. I do know Greek so i can pick Greek names too. so unless some other Greek SOB thinks of the names i'm thinking of then i should be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swediot=) Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 werent computer games band a while back in greece or was that somewhere else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deft Aklin Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I always have names, so if anyone has problems coming up with one, I can throw a couple out there for you. I will admit though, my last names are not nearly as good as the first names I come up with. I have a few names set aside for myslf though. Considering that I will be starting day one, on the east coast......all you Pacific people will have to find your own names, cause us east coasters get first dibs. Gotta love the time zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soromonu Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 names are unique to the server, correct? so even if ur name is taken on one server, it may not be on a diff server...unless you just wanna play on that server.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekJedi Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Yeah i did read that games were banned in Greece. i dont know if that was final and they really can't play or if they were thinking about it. But i haven't been to Greece since 96. And when my family calls family that live in Greece i'm not gonna waste there time and ask them if games are banned. I remember i talked to one of my cousins from Greece. and in 96 he bought a playstation when i was there in greece and like 2-3yrs ago when i talked to him on the phone the first think i asked him was if he still had the playstation. hahah he was like "what? you haven't talk to me in years and thats the first thing u say to me?" haha what can i say i didn't know what to ask him. ummmmm ok anyways i'm getting off topic. Yeah my name will be unique....ummmmmm so ..... i should be fine.. yeeeeah i'll be just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 GreekJedi: yes, there was a proposal to outlaw certain games with a too much violence in Greece, but the proposal got too much critique, and was abandoned, as far as I know. I'm not entirely up to date with Greek national politics, though. There are limits to my power. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 werent computer games band a while back in greece or was that somewhere else Almost correct. There was a proposal to remove all games really. Even playing on a GameBoy publically could result in $15-17,000 (or was it $70.000) in fine and/or up to 4 years in prison ... even if you were a tourist. If you search the Off-Topic forum waaaay back, you can find a thread about this which will give you much more detailed and accurate info than I just gave you. But essentially , the law was gonna be really strict. It was passed down however, cause of the outrage among the people, International gaming community, and even other countries I do believe, that it created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thew Rydur Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 I think the purpose of the law was to stop electronic gambling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Gaarni Posted February 24, 2003 Share Posted February 24, 2003 Ah yes, that was it. lol But the trouble was, the ones that sat and decided what was gambling and what wasn't, couldn't see what was and what wasn't, so they wanted to ban everything. ROFLMAO :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreekJedi Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Stupid Greeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swphreak Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 did you just insult yourself? j/k Unique names huh.... well, I wonfder if "Phreak will be taken.... if it is... then I will hunt down the guy that has my name and stalk him forever....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swediot=) Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Originally posted by Jan Gaarni Ah yes, that was it. lol But the trouble was, the ones that sat and decided what was gambling and what wasn't, couldn't see what was and what wasn't, so they wanted to ban everything. ROFLMAO :D i bet the people who decided that must be the stuupidest people in the world if they dont know the difference between games and gambling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendjir Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 You would be suprised at the stupidity of people sometimes. Not just in greece, but everywhere in the world a coalition of biased concerned moms and dads is rising up. They want to ban television, gaming and .....other evil stuff that does so called "bad things" to their children. Well, thats not entirely true.... , but it looks that way sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arguile Posted February 25, 2003 Author Share Posted February 25, 2003 you should have put "evil stuff" in quotes too, seeing as that is also a relative term... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setsuko Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Oooh, and don't forget music, we all know that music automatically turns happy, peaceloving teenagers into frenzied satanists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiedo Posted February 25, 2003 Share Posted February 25, 2003 Originally posted by setsuko Oooh, and don't forget music, we all know that music automatically turns happy, peaceloving teenagers into frenzied satanists! No, it doesn't. BeZeRkEr! F**k the system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arguile Posted February 26, 2003 Author Share Posted February 26, 2003 she was usin sarcasm there you silly silly man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zendjir Posted February 27, 2003 Share Posted February 27, 2003 Well....sometimes it does If you ever hear Gordon, or Replay.....you would go berserk too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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