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My beloved Darnassian owl, which I've had since level 10 (well over a year now) has become a rare bird of sorts. I dubbed him "nicehooterz", and aside from a brief stint where I tried out a scorpion and a spider, has been my trusty companion through to Outlands (and beyond on the PTR).

I log in this evening and notice some new mail, OOoo! How exciting!






Not.



Account Action: Warning
Offenses: Naming Policy Violation - Inappropriate
This category includes both clear and masked names which:
* Are mildly inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions
* Are references to illegal drugs or activities
* Have neutral or positive racial/ethnic/national connotations
* Have neutral or positive connotations of major religions or religious figures (i.e. Jesus, Christianity, Buddha)
* Include names of World of Warcraft realms, zones, or names of major characters from Warcraft lore
* Are otherwise considered inappropriate for the game world

The name selected for this pet has been deemed as inappropriate for the World of Warcraft by the In-Game Support staff of Blizzard Entertainment. Your pet has been renamed to one of our choosing. Unfortunately we will be unable to offer name changes for pets.

For further information, please view the World of Warcraft Naming Policy and Terms of Use Agreement: (http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowgm/?id=agm01722p) and (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/termsofuse.shtml).

Any disputes or questions concerning this account action can only be addressed by Account Administration. To learn more about how Account Administration is able to assist you, please visit us at http://www.blizzard.com/support/wowaa/.

If you feel that you may have any additional names on your account that violate our Naming Policy, please submit an In-Game Petition with the name(s) in question. Doing so may prevent further actions on your account. Should you have any other names on your account that violate our Naming Policy and they are reported, the names will be changed and your account may incur further penalties. We will allow you a 7-day grace period to notify us of any potential naming violations on your account. Please take this opportunity to inform us of any further naming violations on your account so they can be resolved without further penalties to your account, by submitting an In-Game Petition on one of your characters that does not violate our Naming Policy.





Apparently either Blizz was real slow on tracking this heinous crime down, or some bible-thumper objected. He has now been auto renamed "Spot", of the rare NorthWestern variety I guess, and Blizz won't rename it.

Hooter: one who/that hoots. Owls hoot, and are therefore hooters. It's your pet, so I'd assume it's nice.

WTH?!

Well perhaps I'll go tame another one and name it that, if you don't mind. I like it, even though Blizzard will probably get all Samuel L Jackson on me and strike me down with furious vengeance for such an obvious act of defiance.

name your next one "niceWooterz"

they don't allow the name nicehooterz, but every female character on the game has like size DDDDDDD hooters. Go figure.

And yet I see cat names with very imaginative uses of the word "wussy with a "p" in front" all of the time...

Guess it just takes one humorless SOB.

edited: swear filter ate my post

Edited, Mar 10th 2008 1:03pm by SquigglyLine