Animal Names
- Thread starter Ararelin
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Yeah, this is something that is really annoying. I remember I had a pronghorn antelope before with a very common name (don't remember it now, but I think it was Virginia) but that name didn't work, and just now I tried to trade a crocodile called Molly, but it just said the name was unacceptable... but I just don't get what's unacceptable about it...
I suspect what the issue may be with the first example, but I know what the issue is with the second one. Surprising Frontier would go that deep though.
You wanna elaborate more?
Nope, I'm not sure if it's against the rules and I don't want to get banned. I'd suggest google..
Okey... I think I understand what they deemed "wrong" with those names...
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This filter is seriously ridiculous... I get it if you actually name your animal something that is really not okey, and try to trade it, but names that kinda reference something else? I mean, Molly is a pretty common name here in Sweden, I had no idea it had a different meaning, and Virginia... I'm guessing because it has the word "virgin" in it... like, seriously? That's ridiculous
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Yes, I get it: PZ is (also) an online game. Minors have to be protected from profanity and I don’t want to read political offensive names either.
However, as long as those animals are kept only in “local” enclosures, nobody but the zoo’s owner can read the name - and this person will hardly be offended by any name s|he gave.
The name only will be relevant, if other people are able to read it. Why not simply hide, change or even delete “suspicious” names, when these animals are offered for trade or actually traded?
However, as long as those animals are kept only in “local” enclosures, nobody but the zoo’s owner can read the name - and this person will hardly be offended by any name s|he gave.
The name only will be relevant, if other people are able to read it. Why not simply hide, change or even delete “suspicious” names, when these animals are offered for trade or actually traded?
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Yeah, I get where they are coming from with the issue, so someone don't hide something offensive in a name. But then again, these names, Molly and Simona for instance, are very common names. I get that I can't sell an animal called Virgin, but they should allow Virginia for instance. I didn't even see the problem until now and this was months ago. It just seems like such a stretch.
I agree, they should be able to change the name, so that if the game thinks the name is unacceptable, it will get changed automatically.
Can you sell an animal called Butterfly? Like this seems a bit ridiculous.
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Hey all! I responded to a similar thread about this today:
I also just had Azizi blocked as a game generated name for a Onyx
Maybe the profanity filter could be run on the game generated names too, so that this doesn't happen?
But the bigger issue is that the block seems to be permanent, trade option is now greyed out and doesn't go away when I rename my animal to Arthur
Edit: found a workaround: rename, send to quarantine and then back to the trade centre clears the block (the trip to quarantine seems to be the key)
Maybe the profanity filter could be run on the game generated names too, so that this doesn't happen?
But the bigger issue is that the block seems to be permanent, trade option is now greyed out and doesn't go away when I rename my animal to Arthur
Edit: found a workaround: rename, send to quarantine and then back to the trade centre clears the block (the trip to quarantine seems to be the key)
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