Name change exploit (one that works..)

[XxKajxX]

like what I said...

[D3115]

Taken from the Terms of Use;A. Rules Related to User Names.

Each user will either select a character name or allow the World of Warcraft software to automatically select a character name at random. Additionally, users may form "guilds" and such guilds will be required to choose a name for the guild. When you choose a character name, create a guild, or otherwise create a label that can be seen by other players of World of Warcraft, you must abide by the following guidelines as well as the rules of common decency. If Blizzard Entertainment finds such a label to be offensive or improper, it may, in its sole and absolute discretion, change the name, remove the label and corresponding chat room, and/or suspend or terminate your use of World of Warcraft.
In particular, you may not use any name:
1. Belonging to another person with the intent to impersonate that person, including without limitation a "Game Master" or any other employee or agent of Blizzard Entertainment;
2. That incorporates 'swear' words or which are otherwise offensive, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable;
3. Subject to the rights of any other person or entity without written authorization from that person or entity;
4. That belongs to a popular culture figure, celebrity, or media personality;
5. That is, contains, or is substantially similar to a trademark or service mark, whether registered or not;
6. Belonging to any religious figure or deity;
7. Taken from Blizzard Entertainment's Warcraft products, including character names from the Warcraft series of novels;
8. Related to drugs, sex, alcohol, or criminal activity;
9. Comprised of partial or complete sentence (e.g., "Inyourface", "Welovebeef", etc);
10. Comprised of gibberish (e.g., "Asdfasdf", "Jjxccm", "Hvlldrm");
11. Referring to pop culture icons or personas (e.g. " "Britneyspears", "Austinpowers", "Batman")
12. That utilizes "Leet" or "Dudespeak" (e.g., "Roflcopter", "xxnewbxx", "Roxxoryou")
13. That incorporates titles. For purposes of this subsection, "titles" shall include without limitation 'rank' titles (e.g. , "CorporalTed," or "GeneralVlad"), monarchistic or fantasy titles (e.g., "KingMike", "LordSanchez"), and religious titles (e.g., "ThePope," or "Reverend Al").
You may not use a misspelling or an alternative spelling to circumvent the name restrictions listed above, nor can you have a "first" and "last" name that, when combined, violate the above name restrictions.

Look at #9. 'Tis not an exploit.

[Enfeebleness]

Heh, for the few that do have a name like that, make sure you ninja AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE

Then just request a name change if your name breaks one of the rules ^^^ up there :P

[DJg]

My name did break one of the rules..but im on a pve server, (normal) and the GM said it didn't count anymore (rule 9) so he couldt change my name...

[Disphotic]

The method that I and my friends have personally used has worked perfectly.

1) Delete the character (the one needing the name change).....yes, you'll get it back.
2) Have a friend on another account create a character with your deleted character's exact name. (we usually wait about a day...but it probably doesn't really matter.)
3) Put in a GM ticket (from the account of your deleted character) explaining (frantic-sounding if you must) that you deleted the wrong toon, thinking it was an alt and it looked similar (make it sound like it was a very clumsy mistake).
4) A GM will try to restore that deleted character, but of course the name is now taken, and you will be given an oppurtunity to change the name.

Simple....trust me. I did this not too long ago. If for some reason they've taken steps to stop this very recently, then I apologize.

Otherwise, I haven't seen this out there anywhere (places like MMOwned)....it was just some common sense when I and my friend wanted a name change a long time ago. So, the chances of it not working are probably low.

lmao that doesnt work, tryed it long time ago. i had a char named Deagel (stupid name) and wanted to change it so my friend made a char with that name and i sended a ticket, they just changed it to Deagels >.<

[nightcoder]

Sorry for bumping the couple month old thread up but I just figured I would put my attempt at this for more information.

I had a character I didn't like the name of so I deleted my character and had a friend create a character (roughly 2 or 3 hours later) and play it for about 3 days. Sent my ticket to the GM on the third day stating very calmly that I had accidently deleted my character while trying to get rid of a old bank alt and about 2 hours after investigation (Yes, it tooks 2 hours so they must have to go through a whole series of checks; or he simply was busy with someone else atm) I got my character back with my original name. So my friend logged on to find out the GM had changed his name slightly so my attempt was a failure, but it might depend on server and GM.

[EDIT] Simply changed how old the thread was; failed to realise it was 3 months ago, not a few days.

[holomoloky]

im retarded hehe

[Cloud]

Here is another idea. When you change your character to another server, you can create a lv1 with the same name as the character you want to transfer. When the transfer is complete, your name will be something like "yourname74E29SEX98," and it will force you to change it.