Spindle tells you, "Greetings."

You tell Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide, "Hello."

Spindle tells you, "I'm going to have to ask that you find a more suitable name for these lands. NAMECHANGE to do so."

You tell Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide, "What's wrong with the name? It's like rose, crystal, or various other words."

Spindle tells you, "And those words are not allowed as names aswell."

You tell Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide, "So no words are allowed as names?"

Spindle tells you, "Not those words, maybe you need to read HELP NAMES."

4.23 NAMES: GOOD, OK, POOR, FORBIDDEN

(For giving a name to a loyal animal or the like, see HELP NAME)

We want you to think about your name and come up with a good one! What do we think a good name is? Great question. Your answer follows. How do you change your name if you want a better one? See HELP NAMECHANGE.


GOOD NAMES
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Good names are new, original, custom, created by you for Lusternia. Nobody has ever seen a truly new name before - it's not in the dictionary, it's not a common name or common word or words - it's NEW and unique.


OK NAMES
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- names you might hear in real life (Roger, Sally, Megan)
- a dictionary word, if not silly nor offensive

You tell Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide, "Not trying to be rude, but in "ok names", part two, it allows for a dictionary word, if it is not silly nor offensive, correct?"

Spindle tells you, "Your name is silly, if you argue this further, I will force the change."

You tell Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide, "Silly? I take offense to that!"

Spindle tells you, "When admin asks you to do something it is wise to do so, to argue does nothing but annoy us."

*after a bit*

You tell Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide, "Any good ideas?"

Spindle tells you, "It's best if you find a suitable name for yourself."

You tell Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide, "And I suppose that since my name has been declared unsuitable, I need to think of a suitable one... right now."

You tell Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide, "That's a difficult task. I mean, your
name is your name, and I can only do this once, so what if I mess up and pick a
stupid name? My entire life could depend on the conversation we're having.
Imagine if I grow to be a great warrior, and my name is recorded in the annals
of history as Great warrior, Snodgrass, The Master Swordsman?"

The Ring of Portals.
A shimmering sign levitates above the mist here. Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide
is here, wreathed in divine fire.
You see exits leading north and south.
You are transported by the power of the Divine.

You look up into the air for divine inspiration.

Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide says, "Ok, I'm sick of the sillyness."

You say, "I'll get right on that namechange."

Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide says, "No more remarks, change the name."

Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide says, "My next action will be to remove you."

You scratch your head looking for an idea.

You will now be known asname!

Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide says, "Thank you."

You say, "This is going to come back to haunt me someday. I'm going to get made
fun of, because I didn't put enough thought into it!"

Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide says, "Now if you do become famous here, you won't
be known for having a silly name."

You say, "If I ever find my mother, she'll probably disown me."

Mister Spindle, a Fate Guide says, "This name is FAR better than trance."

You say, "I can't imagine the time they spent coming up with Trance. That was a
fabulous name, and I think nameis less pleasing, aesthetically. It sounds
like, "Argh! word!""

You give a pained sigh.

You say, "Woe is me."

*****

I was on an alt for a bit (total playtime of alts over the last year is probably less than two hours, heh), and I was asked to change my name. I disagreed with it, but it doesn't really affect me, as I won't really play with alts usually. Ah well, it made me laugh.

I fail to see the funny.

It's late. It wasn't -that- funny.

What I find funny is that the name "spindle" is itself a noun that sounds a bit silly

Lolly's distant cousin and kin to Bobbins.

lolly and bobbins arn't Nouns!

Aww, so that's what happened to Trance... he was such a bright young lad, too.

Heh heh. And I was completely IC! And honestly, I expected to be left alone, so I could sit around and read the guild files without being swamped with questions and such. I didn't expect someone I knew to come and try to teach me!

You didn't have to quote the entire thing, really.

one again my vocab is enhance by a mud.. I thought lolly was just slang, and never heard bobbins before except in spoofs of LOTR.

Spindle and skein are nouns too. All three to do with weaving (/sewing, whatever.)

Yeah, my mom sews, so I knew about those three. I find it funny that they have real names, but Trance is unacceptable.

What was your name?
And man, I got annoyed just reading that.

Guides do not have a roleplay function any more then Administrators. Hence their names reflect this.

Trance sounds good. I wouldn't mind if it was accepted.

What I find amusing is Richter's flagrant disrespect for a piece of the administration.

Congratulations! You look like a total arse.

He wasn't really disrespecting him - just arguing for a valid point. His name, according to HELP NAMES, was valid. He had all the right to argue. Hell, my name is Gerald, a far less creative name than Trance, yet nothing has been done about me. So, I'm going to have to say Spindle should get smacked in the head for mistreating Ricther.

I fail to see whats wrong with Trance to be honest. I think Spindle over reacted.

Perhaps Spindle is an avid FF player, and is familiar with the "Trance" state. Perhaps he doesn't like it.

Either way, he's administration - and, as far as it is concerned, his word is law on newbie names. So, swallow. There isn't anything to be done about it.

And, it was exceptionally rude. He wasted a Guide's time and insulted him with these entire shenanigans. Honestly. I'm glad the Guides get payed. I imagine Richter made him work for his pay, at the very least. I mean, it's their job, right? Dealing with ignorant, childish, prick of a newbie pains like him?