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As long as it doesn’t offend anyone. You may also read the Terms and Conditions.
“is using a racist nickname against the rules”
gee i dont know man, tough question there
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Here’s the whole thing:
Gaijin: Community Guidelines
2.2. Nicknames and avatars
It is forbidden to use the following words, images, and other content:
in your nickname:
words, phrases, and idioms that promote discrimination at all levels, including national, racial, ethnic, and sexual;
images or nicknames, in whole or in part, are composed of copyrighted trademarks or names;
nicknames that are misleading about their affiliation with the developers, Website Managers, and the Administration;
insults, obscene or abusive words in any language;
content that violates other provisions of these Guidelines.
in your avatar (profile picture), or any other element of the User’s Gaijin Account details (email address, place of residence, etc.):
obscene or abusive images or language, including words and consonants with the words and phrases in any language, including transliteration;
images, words, phrases, and idioms that promote discrimination at all levels, including national, racial, ethnic, and sexual.
images, words, phrases, and idioms related to psychotropic or narcotic substances and their use;
images, in whole or in part, are composed of copyrighted trademarks or names;
images containing religious, racist, or Nazi symbols;
content that is misleading about their affiliation with the developers, Website Managers, and the Administration;
avatars are judged to be insulting or inflammatory by the Administration or Website Managers;
insults, obscene or abusive words or images in any language;
content that contains pornographic material or is related to intimate types of the human body;
content that violates other provisions of these Guidelines.
The Administration and Website Managers reserve the right to unilaterally amend the User’s Gaijin Account details in case of such violation.
The restrictions and prohibitions of this paragraph apply to the images and media files (paragraph 2.5), and Users’ signatures (paragraph 2.6).
That’s the most ambiguous answer I could ever have expected. I could name myself TRUMPet and someone would get offended
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Well, that’s how it works. It’s obvious that it will offend a group of people and because of that shouldn’t be used, in precaution at least. And you can clearly see the use of TRUMP on that hypothetical name.
Necronomica will help you much better and he’s currently answering.
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If your uncertain and have to ask, you likely already know the answer. There is no reason to try to get as close to the line as possible without crossing it or be in any gray area. if you intend to change your name, then change it to something that isn’t even near to breaking the rules.
An important thing to point out when it comes to the rules regarding names is the last point it the list:
(Screenshot from the Rules)
ALL rules apply to names.
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May I ask how many complaints are needed per nickname for action to be taken?
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As always, one if it is valid.
Our system relies on actual content, not frequency of reports.
Oh, okay. Apparently the GM and I have very different attitudes towards “discrimination at all levels”.
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How so? If a name is against the rules, it’s against the rules.
Attitude has no influence here.
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^ As mentioned above by Schindibee… it is not very likely…
But, if you have any concerns you can always raise them with Senior Game Masters in PM, and two Senior GMs have been answering questions here, so feel free to PM them if you have concerns