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Carniflex Caldari StarHunt Fallout Project	Posted - 2008.08.14 08:35:00 - [1] Originally by: EVECitizen19821743 Originally by: The Herrick Remember kids, scamming and stealing is a-ok, but don't for a second think about impersonating everyones favorite miner. Thats exactly what i'm thinking. If it had been anyone else would CCP have done the same thing? EVECitizen Yep. They are very strict about it. And as all cases are handled by GM's on case by case basis it's almost impossible to spin a tale in a way to convince them. In a nutshell, as long as someone does not petition you you can sit with your similar name. As soon as someone does right for the name goes for the person who had it first and your's got removed. If scam was involved or you managed to profit from that similar name by some other mistake (say someone escrowed you a lot of stuff thinking you were the other person with very similar name) there is very good propability that the transaction will be reversed in case of petition.
Carniflex Caldari StarHunt Fallout Project	Posted - 2008.08.14 09:55:00 - [2] Originally by: Angelic Orange Edited by: Angelic Orange on 14/08/2008 08:47:13 Edited by: Angelic Orange on 14/08/2008 08:46:21 Originally by: Carniflex Originally by: EVECitizen19821743 Originally by: The Herrick Remember kids, scamming and stealing is a-ok, but don't for a second think about impersonating everyones favorite miner. Thats exactly what i'm thinking. If it had been anyone else would CCP have done the same thing? EVECitizen Yep. They are very strict about it. And as all cases are handled by GM's on case by case basis it's almost impossible to spin a tale in a way to convince them. In a nutshell, as long as someone does not petition you you can sit with your similar name. As soon as someone does right for the name goes for the person who had it first and your's got removed. If scam was involved or you managed to profit from that similar name by some other mistake (say someone escrowed you a lot of stuff thinking you were the other person with very similar name) there is very good propability that the transaction will be reversed in case of petition. look at this coming from carniflex... do you know how many different variations of your name there are in EVE? Are you the original or is carn1flex the original. Does carnifex have to worry about his name getting changed because someone sent him things that were ment for you? I call bullshit on it all. If people are to dumb to realize with whom they are dealing with that is their loss. It should not be up to CCP to police names that resemble another players name unless that name brakes the code of conduct for a characters name. edit spelling If he has been in game less than me then yes. He might get his name changed would I petition about it. However as I'm not aware of any impersonation attempts I see no reason to throw tantrum about it. Or I might get mine changed would any of the others who are older than me in game petition about it. In any case GM's will deal with it on case by case basis when and if it's petitioned. People I deal with write my full name in contracts and have to pick character over some corporation (I have no ties to that corporation whatsoever). Not very hard.
Carniflex Caldari StarHunt Fallout Project	Posted - 2008.08.14 10:57:00 - [3] Originally by: Neesa Corrinne If the OP had used a goon or (someone else that everyone loves to hate), then half the people here telling him he's an ******* for doing this would be cheering him on instead. I find it unlikely that anyone would use goons as trusted third party in any transaction. Anyway. Cribba is just very very prominent player and thus this case is somewhat 'high profile'. And as ill intent was clearly present then the op got what was coming for him. There is reason why real humans review all those petitons on case to case basis. There are prodedures in place to escalate petitions should one feel to suffer from some GM injustice. EULA is not juridical document you can take into court, GM's are those who are there judging what is and what is not allowed, they don't do so from their own infinite wisdom but follow CCP policies. EULA is just rough guideline so you would know what to expect if you do this or that.
Carniflex Caldari StarHunt Fallout Project	Posted - 2008.08.14 12:07:00 - [4] Originally by: Roshan longshot I thought scamming was allowed??? Scamming is. Impersonating is not.
Carniflex Caldari StarHunt Fallout Project	Posted - 2008.08.14 12:08:00 - [5] Originally by: viaticae Originally by: Roshan longshot I thought scamming was allowed??? We is the new era of care bear. CCP has forsaken vets. Vet's are the original owners of their names usually Would you not think ? Afterall hinting that one is vet kinda generates assumtion that he/she has been playing for a long while.
Carniflex Caldari StarHunt Fallout Project	Posted - 2008.08.14 14:09:00 - [6] Originally by: Seeing EyeDog Originally by: Akita T EULA, 2B "No player may use the character name of another player to impersonate or falsely represent his or her identity." While this is a bit far-fetched, it falls a bit under "gray area", and... well... eh, nevermind. This is easily the shittiest rule in the game. The rule says you cant impersonate ANYONE in game...but what it really should say, for clarification is "do not impersonate anyone who we think is an Eve-Celeb"...Regardless, no one should be held to a higher standard than the rest of this community. If someone falls for a scam involving a "fake" Chribba, thats no ones fault but the person who got scammed. It says excatly what it reads. You indeed are not allowed to impersonate any EVE player for whatever reasons. Be it then picking similar portrait and char name (not to mention coping his char name and creating corp with similar name and logo) or even just claiming 'I'm sir molle's alt'. No matter if your target is celebrity or some regular nobody.
Carniflex Caldari StarHunt Fallout Project	Posted - 2008.08.14 14:31:00 - [7] Originally by: Seeing EyeDog so then..why havent the 2023423832402334 variations of my mains name been banned yet?...again, if you're not an Eve-Celeb, you're not entitled to protection, end of story. Bcos you have not petitioned them ? Assuming you are 'the oldest' of all those variations you would not have problem getting some more 'citizen xxxxx' chars out there while keeping your own name. CCP yanks those chains only if anyone petitions the name.

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