The Smackdowm

Er MINE smackdown ... down. SO part of the problem of being on the computer and living life on the computer is that people really don't know you. SO when you say something and they assume that you are a 13yr old kid you really can't blame them, after all..... you are on the net which DOES infact have a lot of 13 yr olds on it. What I am upset about...... is that I have been playing on on-line game at Blizzard.

W.O.W as it is known by those of us who play is a fantsy roleplaying game. It is actually a pretty cool graphics game and it helped me waste alot of time while I was in a lot of pain. I had built a whole cast of charater based on the the name trouble..... like troubleme, troubletime, intoit, troubledog (had not been used yet but was created). Today I was told that they were taking away one name and charater for sure (troubletime) and that I should apply for all the rest to be changed or else...... because "has been deemed as inappropriate for the World of Warcraft Role Play Realms by the In-Game Support staff of Blizzard Entertainment." They didn't say in the email that I had to change my other names however the lady I talked to while on line said she recommended it or "Should you have any other character names on your account that violate our Naming Policy and they are reported, the names will be changed and your account may incur further penalties. We will allow you a 7-day grace period to notify us of any potential naming violations on your account." As I don't understand the problem with any of my names..... I don't see how I can judge when I would be in complince. They are not sexual in nature (many names are) , they are not religiouly offensive (tho' many are that too). As far as I know English has not changed so much that the words trouble would not exsit...... and I am pretty sure that trolls and elves would have been thought of as trouble by those in that period of imaginary time. They lady on line was very abrupt..... and pretty unkind and not very helpful. I am sure she didn't want to be. Roxandrea (that is a good name??) didn't seem to care..... and well she probably isn't getting paied enough to.

I am very very sad. This game helped me thru the boring days when I could not walk, and has helped me live thru' the pain that hurts so very badly. I suppose I could do a bunch of fussing and fighting with them but it is a private co. they can have whatever rules they want to..... they just can't have my money too. I will mostly miss the friends that I had finally made there...... I hadn't had such a fun crowd without the worry of work and politics for a very long time. They were a blast! And I have cried half the night in sorrow for my loss.