Posted by Arolin on November 10, 2000 at 22:35:33:
In Reply to: Melven broke the mold in basic names getting immteraction. n/t posted by Oddjob on November 10, 2000 at 12:07:14:
> > To my knowledge, we've never busted common, everyday names. Robert, William, Jannet, Melvin, Jennie, Ryan, Eric, Tomas...I've seen all of these names. In fact, I think I heroed with a muter with a really common male J-name...joshua or something. Once I did bust the name Joey, because it is technically in the dictionary with the baby kangaroo definition. > > What we do try to bust is english words and english word sound-a-likes, for example I busted a Payne the other day. We also try to bust names from books (you throw one Pikel comment and I'm going to hunt you down and hurt you, EP). Lots of things slip through the cracks. Lots of times we think, eh, that name sucks but I'm it doesn't directly break a rule. Lots of things depend on who sees what and what kind of mood their in. It's a subjective thing...it's probably one of my least favorite duties as an Imm. > > As far as names like Ryan, the policy has always been to let them go. However, it's kind of a worse than death fate, because they're running around with a huge point against them. Chances of getting a tattoo, immteraction, a title, taken seriously...very little. > > Just worry about your own names and pick clean, original ones.