@exselsior said in Discussing the "rename rule":
I could go play any other game and have an account name that looks like a famous player’s account and there are no rules against that. Not sure why FAF would be different
Impersonating another community member in a large community is much less impactful than doing the same in a small community such as FAForever. It's trivial to end up on a foe list on accident and then be unable to join a lobby because of that.
@nuggets said in Discussing the "rename rule":
In my opinion someone should only be banned on rename for these reasons:
(1) the player he renamed himself to reported him
(2) the name is racist or offensive
Won't you agree that (1) is a bit lame? Unless Maudlin (to continue the example) is around to report it himself then nobody else is able to report the fake Maudlin26 who's being a total douche bag and actively trying to be toxic within the boundaries of the rules? How does that contribute to a healthy environment?
I would personally not appreciate it if it would happen to me for sure.
@katharsas said in Discussing the "rename rule":
Having a clear rule that is in effect for everbody is MUCH better than just enforcing an arbitrary case-by-case subjective too-annoying vs. not-annoying-enough rule.
I agree with this. Just disallowing it in general is better than making it subjective. I also do not understand the origin of the discussion; did someone get banned over this?