Banned for Misconduct?

Yeah, but that's binary for something, most likely.

Anyway Mark, good luck resolving this.

Or trinary
Sucks that you got banned but at least you'll get unbanned. I suggest changing your ign before a GM bans you again

Okay here's the proof for those that want more.

Here is what I sent in:

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I was just on my level 76 Dragon Knight, MarkzDK. I was standing in the FM doing absolutely nothing. I was then disconnected, and upon trying to log back in, I noticed this ban message:

Your account has been blocked for misconduct. You can login after May/19/2009 1:44 PM.

I have never even heard of that ban before, and there was no reason for this ban.

I request to be unbanned, or at least an explanation as to why this ban took place.

And here is the response:

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05/06/2009 04:50:17 PM | GM Nebel





Thank you for contacting Nexon America's Customer Support team.

Unfortunately, your character was found with an inappropriate name. The name is in violation of our Terms of Use.

Additionally, your character's name may possibly be changed when the duration of the ban has been completed.

If possible, please provide us with a selection of 5 appropriate names that you would like to be renamed to. Please make sure that they abide by the terms of Service. If we do not hear from you soon then you may receive a generated name, and I am sure you would not like to be known as "cuddlywuddles" so please be prompt. (please note that said cuddly name may not be the name chosen but is a possibility)

I hope that answers your question.

Sincerely,

GM Nebel
Nexon America, Inc.

For security reasons any sensitive account information has been made private.

Fact: GM Nebel is reponsible for all of the Undead Mushrooms, and is not sorry.



Please do not give your password or pin number to anyone for any reason.

Nexon representatives will NEVER ask you for your password or pin.

That's 9 digits, and typically the standard ASCII table uses 1 character for 8 bits (technically a character is 2 bytes though). Who has a name that's only 1 letter long? An SS of the person in question would be helpful.

Or similarly, he said. lol

(Btw, it's the unicode-value for the character ĕ)

Or trinary
Sucks that you got banned but at least you'll get unbanned. I suggest changing your ign before a GM bans you again

Ternary, you mean? ᧼

Why do they add "Facts" at the bottom of their responses? That's so unprofessional. Imagine getting a business card that on the back said FACT: JIM, OUR BOSS, IS FAT AND SMELLS.

There IS actually a guy named something very close to this on Khaini.

ppl use w's, v's, L's, and i's for botter names so they are harder to xform and stuff.. such as lllvvwvll

That's 9 digits, and typically the standard ASCII table uses 1 character for 8 bits (technically a character is 2 bytes though). Who has a name that's only 1 letter long? An SS of the person in question would be helpful.

*shrugs*
It just seemed more likely to be binary than just random 0's and 1's.

Plus, it sounds pretty badass to say "I'm the letter (whatever)" D:

Mark, if you can't get unbanned, maybe you'll get a cuddly name.

[...] If we do not hear from you soon then you may receive a generated name, and I am sure you would not like to be known as "cuddlywuddles" so please be prompt. (please note that said cuddly name may not be the name chosen but is a possibility) [...]

I chuckled.

Undoubtedly you wouldn't like it, would you?

Why do they add "Facts" at the bottom of their responses? That's so unprofessional. Imagine getting a business card that on the back said FACT: JIM, OUR BOSS, IS FAT AND SMELLS.

They're sending "professional" response letters to average kids around the world. OMFG GROW UP AND BE AN ADULT BECAUSE THIS IS HOW WE ROLL!!

No.

They still have to sound good and conversational though xD

EDIT: "cuddlywuddles" is an invalid name because it's too long xD

The only thing I could think it would've been banned for is Markz since TECHNICALLY, using Z instead of S is leet speak. BUT, I guess GM's just suck at their jobs.

ppl use w's, v's, L's, and i's for botter names so they are harder to xform and stuff.. such as lllvvwvll

right click, save name

Plus, it sounds pretty badass to say "I'm the letter (whatever)" D:

My scania character is the letter S :p (01010011)

Or similarly, he said. lol

(Btw, it's the unicode-value for the character ĕ)



Ternary, you mean? ᧼

Yes. Ternary and trinary are both accepted forms of the word. Well maybe not "accepted" but you clearly understand what I was saying.

Nexon's TOS rule for IGNs basically eliminates 95% of the IGNs. xD

I wonder if XbtpX counts as gibberish? The Xs are only there to fit in with the name of my old character, and btp stands for something...

But yeah, I had heard they were changing names lately... But not banning, and not names that were this, well, normal.

Isaac's not named Isaac though.

How many GMs would spontaneously know that IsaacGS was a reference to Isaac from Golden Sun and not ban for it anyway?

right click, save name

not always possible when u got 3-4 of em sittin ontop of each other :3

A few years ago, I worked with a mate, and consequencely, I mucked around with him quite a bit. So I came up with this "glorious garbage" algorithm to tease him. One of my account's info are purely binary taken from that so-called "glorious garbage", which essentially is a lossy hash.

I know a few of my characters could wind up the same way.

On the other hand; when your running with an obscure reference, it tends to help a little bit. I'd be thankful if they didn't wind up having something similar to the naming conventions in WoW on the RP-PVP servers.

I'm assuming that somewhere in the ToS Nexon also states they reserve the right to terminate you're account and block you from the game at any point in time for with no justification at all. Thing is, I doubt they'd do that because of potential NX sales from you.

1.3 Username/Password.
As part of the registration process, you will also be asked to select a username and password for your Account which you will use each time you access the Service. We reserve all right to refuse to grant you or to terminate a username that: (i) impersonates someone else, including, without limitation, another user, Non Playing Character or Game Master ("GM"), (ii) is or may be illegal or is or may be protected by trademark or other proprietary rights laws, or may cause confusion, (iii) is or may be considered vulgar, defamatory, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise offensive, including any usernames which are sexual in nature, (iv) is comprised of or includes the name of a popular culture icon, persona or media personality (e.g., "SpiderMan" or "TigerWoods") or religious deity or figure or your real name or surname, (v) is comprised of or includes the names (including "street" names) of any drug, narcotic or other criminal activity, (vi) includes or is comprised of partial or complete sentences (e.g., "Youwillnotsurvive"), (vii) is comprised of or includes gibberish (e.g., "Akdnvprq"), (viii) is comprised of or includes "Leet" or "Dudespeak" (e.g., OMGnewb, xLOLx, AFKbotman), (ix) is comprised of or includes any rank and/or fantasy titles (e.g., "MajorMark" or "QueenQiana"), (x) includes any special characters (i.e., ASCII codes) and/or (xi) is otherwise inappropriate, regardless of our software's ability to disallow such usernames. You agree that you will not use misspellings or alternative spellings or take any other actions for the purpose of circumventing the foregoing restrictions. You understand and agree that, in addition to the foregoing restrictions, we reserve the right to change, remove, alter or delete any username at any time and for any reason in our sole discretion. You will be responsible for the confidentiality and use of your username and password and agree not to transfer your right to use or access the Service via your username or password to any third person (except if you are a parent or guardian to one (1) of your minor children). If you have reason to believe that your Account with us is no longer secure, you must promptly change your password by visiting http://www.nexon.net and immediately notify us of the problem by e-mailing our customer service department by using the E-mail of Inquiry form on the Site. YOU ARE ENTIRELY RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF YOUR USERNAME AND PASSWORD AND FOR ANY AND ALL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING PURCHASES AND CHARGES, AS APPLICABLE) THAT ARE CONDUCTED THROUGH YOUR ACCOUNT.

I'm sorry Nexon, but we're discussing so called "In-Game" names here, not usernames! GG