LOTRO’s Naming Policy vs. “Knights who say Ni”
May 15th, 2007 by MegaBuddy
The topic of player names and what violates the LOTRO Naming Policy has been the subject of debate in the forums before. When the game went live, there were a number of threads where players were debating player names. Some have even argued that bad names take away from their enjoyment of the game itself.
Well the latest story deals with a kinship who used “Knights who say Ni” as their kinship name. A couple weeks ago a GM changed their name to “RENAMED”. After failing to get a response, the GM posted on the forums about their dilemna. Later he was contacted by a GM who said that they were in violation because they used “Knights” in their name which violated the policy because it was a “Rank/Title”.
The following day he was contacted by a GM supervisor and had this to say.
I was contacted by a GM supervisor and was told that “Knights who say Ni” is a violation per popular culture. They are backing away of saying kinships with titles/ranks is a violation. It appears that any character name with a rank/title is in violation, however kinships are allowed to have a rank/title. The first GM I spoke to just made an error in telling me it was because of a rank/title.
A violation per popular culture? While I can’t really argue the popular culture angle, I would have never imagined a kinship using the name “Knights who say Ni” being forced to rename.
What do you think? Was this a violation and did Turbine do the right thing or did they go too far?
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Sounds good to me. That’s clearly a Monty Python reference and in no way belongs in Middle Earth.
I agree. I love Monty Python as much as the next guy, but it’s not exactly Tolkien-y, is it?
But then I’m a dork about names and having them be appropriate and fitting in with the game environment.