Geez, whose next? Lord Nword wouldn't hurt a fly. This reminds me of when Breloom was frozen. Total innocents. Some of the nicest people on the planet--and now, you will be looked upon by some as a rascist. My heart goes out to you.
Ziggy wrote:
However, I must say that your name on PPT made me think of that 'word' immediately, and not nword like a sword. You'd have to explain your name to everyone on Neopets who looks at your userlookup, IMHO, for you NOT to get eventually frozen.
And, yet, I am just the opposite. I never even thought of that connotation--and my guess is that Lord Nword ever did either--otherwise, he wouldn't have made the name in the first place. I honestly thought of it as a cute variation of the word "sword." And, I have seen much worse--and people that aren't frozen in an instant like the ones Val just mentioned. How about smurf. I found that one today--been playing for 2 years. I found that very offensive because my daughter's name is Nat and she might be a pain in the neck, at times, but I would never dream of calling her a "pi__."
I really think that Neo should take much more into consideration before freezing someone--definitely the number of months the person had been playing, at the very least. I am not saying that there should be a special status for long-time players, but maybe that Neo should realize that if a person has been on for over a year, they must be trying really hard to obey the rules and wouldn't do anything to jeopardize all of the time put into their accounts.
And, if it was so bad, why did it slip through the filters. And, if they changed the filters after the fact, they should have let him know that they now felt the word was offensive and given him the opportunity of changing the name of the account (I mean, honestly, how darned hard could it actually be to change the name of the account--banks and financial institutions do it all of the time on their accounts when a woman marries, it isn't physically impossible to do. They act like it is akin to moving a mountain).
I am so sorry for you, Lord Nword. I have always, always looked up to you and valued your insight and opinion. If there is anything I can do, please PM me.
EDIT: Ha, PPT caught the badness in that username by inserting the word "smurf" above and yet it is on Neo without a problem. The user name I was trying to write is Natapi and then two more letters, both s right after it.
Tested made this fabulous set for me!!! Isn't it great?