Yes, remember when everyone accused of being a troll? That should have been your first clue. There is so much subterfuge in this game, everyone is well, paranoid. Anything that makes them think you are not who you say you are will always be a better safe than sorry situation.

Really....just really...when you picked your name...you had NO clue about is.

When people have called you a troll because your name just gives it away too easily (p.s. I still think you are one)...no light above your head appeared.


Well, guess what, with the name you've chosen...yeah, it is a problem (well, at least to be taken serious at all). Good luck with it, you just found out...actions have consequences.

P.s. it is not the offensive part, it is the "well look at mr obvious spy/troll/awoxer" part.

P.p.s. doesnt matter if you arent one, as explained. From experience people are paranoid. They are rather safe then sorry and will already with a "normal" name distrust you, let alone with this one.

Really....just really...when you picked your name...you had NO clue about is.

You do see a lot of silly names in EVE but they tend to be on "throwaway" characters. Mainly alts that people don't care about the reputation of called things "Jita Dude" etc. It's also common for awoxing alts because they just get trashed once their reputation is ruined (though alt recycling for sec status purposes is frowned upon).

I don't think it will be insurmountable, but it will be an extra hurdle for you. First you have to convince them that you are actually a "main" and not some kind of malicious alt. As you get older and have more corp history (especially with higher profile corps) this will get easier for you, because most awoxing alts with silly names are freshly rolled for their purpose. May be a bit rough to get started though.

I could report it myself, but then it was suggested I might get a name like "Minmatar Citizen 720480257304423.

I believe if you are reassigned a name like that you can change it to something else afterwards.

Hey butts (sorry made me laugh).
1st. It's a cool name but in Oog services remember what you are gonna be called I have been called forest, or archer depending on the group. So what are they gonna call you, just because it is your oldest character doesn't mean it has to be your only character many players have alts become thier main.
2nd. Until you join a corp that can help you ask questions here, and if you really want send me a mail I'll be glad to help you with basics if you want when I get home from work tommorow.

If you do reroll or get a name change make sure you post and let us know. You seem like a good newbie to keep track of.

ty, I will. I do apologize to J'poll and the 1 other who thought I was a troll in my other post, b/c of my name I guess. Still learning the game and you have to try and think back to before you knew ANYTHING about the game and then take that reference when considering my questions. I don't think I was rude or anything, I guess my name+questions made them think I was trolling for some reason.

In any case, I do genuinely like this game a lot, and i have many many questions.


Actually, here's one:
If they do not allow a name change and I need to reroll, how do I give my assets to my new character? I see there is a "send money" option so I assume I can do that, but what about my meager belongings? My plan is to skip the tutorials (except adv military where you get the dessy) and optimize my skill training to get me back in my Thrasher and doing the SoE Epic Arc ASAP.

ty, I will. I do apologize to J'poll and the 1 other who thought I was a troll in my other post, b/c of my name I guess. Still learning the game and you have to try and think back to before you knew ANYTHING about the game and then take that reference when considering my questions. I don't think I was rude or anything, I guess my name+questions made them think I was trolling for some reason.

In any case, I do genuinely like this game a lot, and i have many many questions.


Actually, here's one:
If they do not allow a name change and I need to reroll, how do I give my assets to my new character? I see there is a "send money" option so I assume I can do that, but what about my meager belongings? My plan is to skip the tutorials (except adv military where you get the dessy) and optimize my skill training to get me back in my Thrasher and doing the SoE Epic Arc ASAP.

Congratulations, having your application to E-uni rejected was your first step on the path to joining a real corp that actually does something.

J I seem to remember you mentioning that you didn't intend a long term commitment when you picked your name and here you are still using that character. Correct me if I'm wrong. Drunken spur-of-the-moment decisions can have long term consequences in EVE. Always remember that...

Thank you for your thoughtful response; this has helped clarify things. This game truly is unique, and it seems every day I'm learning something. I really didn't realize how serious and heavy this game is when I started. I'm learning, and this is part of it I guess.

I could be wrong but I believe the reason people thought you were trolling is quite the opposite. Your questions were pretty in depth and not typically what a new player would be asking at your stage of the game. You basically sounded too smart.

Hey butts (sorry made me laugh).
1st. It's a cool name but in Oog services remember what you are gonna be called I have been called forest, or archer depending on the group. So what are they gonna call you, just because it is your oldest character doesn't mean it has to be your only character many players have alts become thier main.

The in game activities are just a small part of what is EVE.

In certain situations, it's even only a majority of what is "the game".

A lot of things are done "outside of EVE", for instance:

* Diplomacy
* Spying / stealing
* War stuff / propaganda


If you look at SOV null, when in state of wars, a lot of stuff happens "behind the scenes". Be it from diplomacy (getting allies and contacting enemies) to mass planning of war movement and tactics to making sure everybody is up to date on important things (like using jabber pings if some titan jumps instead of bridges and throws ***** at a rotary object).

True. And if I could start over, I would have picked a different name.

Thing with titans is that they allow other ships to jump in similar fashion as capitalships that have their their own jump drives.
How ever CCP being CCP titans have jump and bridge right next to each other in "the jump menu" and sometimes (as in almost never) the pilot accidentally jumps his titan along with the fleet which usually means that there will be blood, lots of blood, oceans of blood and even more kill hungry pilots eager for their first titan kill.

Since after that fubar titans life span and you bank roll ticking towards negative 114bil isk can be counted in minutes there's a need for a quick alert systems.

I gotta say, at least for the first 18 days of this game, so far it continues to baffle, intrigue and amaze me every day. I can only assume those are experiences that continue to occur for years and/or lifetime of career.

Just wait until you are so far down the rabbit hole, that you start to map out all the out of game websites and narratives trying to drive specific outcomes in-game and the "why?"s

Not exactly what I meant, but probably better to think that's what I meant.


For now anyways

Well infiltration is the most common activities, gives access to know what happens on comms routines, doctrines, fcs, forums, super pilots, and even can become directors and disrupt sov or poses.

LOL, here's some more terms I need to look up (with respect to EVE):
comm routines, doctrines, fcs, super pilot, sov, pos

LOL, here's some more terms I need to look up (with respect to EVE):
comm routines, doctrines, fcs, super pilot, sov, pos

I applied to join E-Uni and my application was rejected, before I even got an interview. They have a policy of not explaining the why, so I was left with a big question. I believe I followed all the instructions and I am generally an inquisitive and positive player. It was suggested to me that my player name may have been the reason. Then in the E-Uni chat room I was in, people kinda piled on that. So my question is this: Is my character name going to be a problem for me?

Let me just say first off, I'm a 32yr old manager and I'm not a child. I'm not 16 and I'm not a FPS player on voice who's constantly yelling things about people being gay, stupid, l2p etc. I realize my name is cheeky, but seriously, I didn't realize how "serious" this game is. I got a response to that of "welcome to the real world". My name comes from a cute thing my gf says instead of cursing sometimes, "butt salad". Okay, I get it; it's kind of childish. In almost any other MMO or game for that matter, i couldn't imagine that a name like mine would ever be questioned, and I have seen MUCH worse in the this game. I've never seen anyone get booted froma guild or group in Guild Wars 2 for a name like mine. I'm not an expert though, and this isn't GW2. When people started piling on that my name could be offensive to some and might cause problems for me, I was stunned. I was told corps might not accept me, or FCs in fleet chat might be annoyed at my name. But, that was just one chat room at one time. So, I'm reaching out to you guys.

I also briefly looked into name changing, but that probably isn't going to happen. It's been suggested that CCP doesn't do that unless the name is reported as offensive. I could report it myself, but then it was suggested I might get a name like "Minmatar Citizen 720480257304423". It was also suggested that I just create a new character, but I don't want to start over. I'm 17 days in and that's 17 days straight of training and such, and I realize that isn't very long in the grand scheme of this game, but idk, I don't really want to start from scratch at this point.

TLDR: Do you think my name is going to cause problems for me, given the serious nature of this game?

I wanted to use "Octave Arpegius" but both that and "Arpegius Octave" are taken! Neither has a picture when I bring them up, so I'm not sure what that means... somehow they reserved the name without creating a character, or hid their image somehow?

Same here. When I started the game it was on a Friday after work, and I just wanted to get into the game and see if I even liked it. I didn't spend too much time on my character's look (though it's def grown on me) and the name I just poached from one of my GW2 characters. I wasn't trying to be 12 or anything, just get into the game and see what it was all about. With RPG-ish games, I'll often skip character creation to get right into the game, see how it runs, see what it looks like and how it plays, and then go back and spend hours and hours making my character. 18 days later, I'm still playing and totally forgot to reroll.

No word from CCP yet on the name change, and given the reaction here I def want to change it, or reroll I guess. I don't want people making assumptions about me early on w/o a track record, and I don't really care about the name at all.

Thank you all for your comments, very much appreciated (esp J'Poll, your info supply is quite extensive)! I have been granted a name change exception, due to the newness of my char, and that fact that I haven't done much of anything yet except the tutorial and started SoE epic arc. I wanted to use "Octave Arpegius" but both that and "Arpegius Octave" are taken! Neither has a picture when I bring them up, so I'm not sure what that means... somehow they reserved the name without creating a character, or hid their image somehow? Anyway, I didn't have time yesterday to give it much thought after Discovery(ing) [anyone catch that?] that the names were taken.

EDIT: Odd, it shows my new name everywhere except on my posts. In the thread list, it shows my new name, as well as up top where it shows my signed-in player name. Tried logging out and in, no change. Ah well, some legacy of my old self lives on. Anyone else seeing this new post as being from "Butts Alad" to the left under my pic?

EDIT: Odd, it shows my new name everywhere except on my posts. In the thread list, it shows my new name, as well as up top where it shows my signed-in player name. Tried logging out and in, no change. Ah well, some legacy of my old self lives on. Anyone else seeing this new post as being from "Butts Alad" to the left under my pic?

Final thought: you should've change it to Asssa Lad IMHO.

You do see a lot of silly names in EVE but they tend to be on "throwaway" characters. Mainly alts that people don't care about the reputation of called things "Jita Dude" etc. It's also common for awoxing alts because they just get trashed once their reputation is ruined (though alt recycling for sec status purposes is frowned upon).

That's not entirely true.

You ever play Xbox Live? 14 year olds name themselves all kinds of things when their account isn't throwawar or "alt-able" at ALL.

It's a culture mismatch, one I think that condemns the culture of Eve players more than "casuals" or the much larger population out there who go against this "grain" and name themselves Jitaman or Flyboy or whatever else.

Not everyone wants to name themselves after NPC characters for some pseudo-roleplay.