Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 9:52 am
While enjoying time in your server, I noticed an interesting situation regarding admin policy.
Two people entered the server with acceptable origin names that included the number "420". They were immediately told that they needed to change their Origin name in order to play on the server while assuming the number referenced a drug and not, say, a reference to the area code in which they live. Without getting into the discussion that EA/Origin are updating their Terms of Service, which also apply to people who rent and administer BF3 servers, so that no server will be allowed to ask players to change their Origin Account name or will face penalties. Thankfully, this will be coming into affect very soon.
Anyhow, back to the topic at hand. An admin stated that 420 was not allowed because it referenced a drug and the server was populated by young players. I pointed out that one of the admins name was "marlboros" which is a famous brand of cigarettes which have, over the past several, several, decades, resulted in the deaths of millions of people. They are the source of high addiction and cause a magnitude of health problems. It is also illegal for advertisements in North America to be directed, in any shape or form, to children and minors.
I am curious how players can be asked to change their account names for supposedly having a drug reference while an admin can have a name that does no less and no more of a job promoting an equally horrible product that has plagued society, and has been exceptionally damaging to youths.
I am not here trolling, I just fail to see the logic behind these types of actions and hope to have a better response then "our server, our rules".
Two people entered the server with acceptable origin names that included the number "420". They were immediately told that they needed to change their Origin name in order to play on the server while assuming the number referenced a drug and not, say, a reference to the area code in which they live. Without getting into the discussion that EA/Origin are updating their Terms of Service, which also apply to people who rent and administer BF3 servers, so that no server will be allowed to ask players to change their Origin Account name or will face penalties. Thankfully, this will be coming into affect very soon.
Anyhow, back to the topic at hand. An admin stated that 420 was not allowed because it referenced a drug and the server was populated by young players. I pointed out that one of the admins name was "marlboros" which is a famous brand of cigarettes which have, over the past several, several, decades, resulted in the deaths of millions of people. They are the source of high addiction and cause a magnitude of health problems. It is also illegal for advertisements in North America to be directed, in any shape or form, to children and minors.
I am curious how players can be asked to change their account names for supposedly having a drug reference while an admin can have a name that does no less and no more of a job promoting an equally horrible product that has plagued society, and has been exceptionally damaging to youths.
I am not here trolling, I just fail to see the logic behind these types of actions and hope to have a better response then "our server, our rules".
