Three incorrect letters can already lead to problems and almost to disqualification in a tournament in WoW.
In World of Warcraft currently the Mythic Dungeon Invitational is taking place – a tournament where the best teams in the world try to complete the hardest mythic dungeons in the shortest possible time. A lot is at stake, as there is a prize pool of $100,000 – a considerable sum “for a few instances”.
According to Buffed, the race for the grand prize for one team was almost ended prematurely. The team “Carly’s Angels” was close to disqualification by Blizzard, as the name contained prohibited terms – the small word Sex. The rogue “Quinsex” was then contacted by a Game Master, who deemed the name unacceptable and stated that a new character must be created for the event.
No mercy for Sex in the name
Quinsex did try to defend himself, explaining that he would have to reset all his addons (since the settings are tied to the name). Neither this nor the mention that he did have that name on the live server could sway the heart of the Game Master. For that is “no excuse to have Sex in the name”.
For the sake of fairness, it must be said that Blizzard has officially always had quite strict naming guidelines regarding character naming – allusions to sexual acts (and even just the word Sex) are therefore not allowed.
Normally these guidelines are not enforced very strictly unless a player is reported by others. In an official tournament that is streamed, Blizzard presumably wanted to enforce these rules a bit more strictly.
The end of the story was that Quinsex then created a new rogue and named him Quinrex. However, this ultimately didn’t matter much, as his team did not get far in the tournament anyway.
