6.1 - Names no longer protected.

[IGG]

wow, I managed to grab Roflcopter. Also I think it's possible to take colors/numbers.

Country names are also available!!!

Huge fail by blizz... and funniest exploit I have ever seen

[Xazrael]

I just got

Thrall (orc shaman)
Proudmoore (Human Mage)
Lol (Worgen DK)
Wow (Gnome Warrior
Illidan (NElf Rogue)

SWEET

[Confucius]

I wish I had WoW downloaded so I could take Confucius as that was a protected name afaik.

[Smitten]

I wish I had WoW downloaded so I could take Confucius as that was a protected name afaik.

If you have an alright Internet connection, you can download the basic bit of WoW fairly quickly. I believe it's just over 1GB to actually log on. And you can play on any account now without a subscription, so you can log right on and create the character.

[Cecu]

Some random funny names, which seems open:

Venus, Virgin, God, Goddess, Christ, Buddha

Amazon, Ebay, Madonna, Adidas, Nike, Google, Microsoft

Mister, England, Kingdom, Spain, Russia ...

All of them on full EU servers ^^

Child, Kalimdor ....

[VoTuUS]

Some names I've manage to get: Stormwind, Ironforge, Silvermoon, Hyjal, GmIsland, Godmode, America, Google, Yellow, Black

Minor Violations
Minor violations include any names that:

Are trademarked or licensed by a company or an individual.
Consist of a string of letters which do not produce a pronounceable name (e.g. Asdfasdf, Jjxccm, Hvlldrm).
Consist of language existent only in online communication (e.g. Roflcopter, xxnewbxx, Roxxoryou).
Consist of any title prefix attached to a character's name, fantasy-based or not (e.g. Kingmike, Presidentsanchez).
Consist of any references to the real world, including people and places (Britneyspears, Newyork, Austinpowers).
Consist of a partial or complete sentence contained within the name (Hihowareyou, Ilikebeans).

Serious Violations
Serious violations include any names that:

Insultingly refer to other characters, players, Blizzard employees, or groups of people, be they in the game or external.
Include the names of any World of Warcraft customer support representative or employee of Blizzard Entertainment (both real names and aliases).
Are mildly inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions.
Are references to illegal drugs or activities.
Have racial, ethnic, or national connotations.
Have any connotations of major religions or religious figures (e.g. Jesus, Christianity, Buddha).
Include names of World of Warcraft realms, zones, or names of major characters from Warcraft lore.
Are otherwise considered inappropriate for the game world.
Advertise any organizations or websites.

Severe Violations
Severe violations include any names that:

Have any racial or ethnic connotations.
Have any national connotations.
Refer to extreme or violent sexual acts.
Refer to extremely violent real life actions.
Negatively refer to any aspect of sexual orientation pertaining to themselves or other players.
Are inappropriate references to human anatomy or bodily functions.
Are pornographic in nature.

[CreativeXtent]

All Pre-BC Class Names
All Pre-BC Race names
Roles - Damage, Tank, Healer

Major Lore characters
Major cities
Major raids
Major Blizzard employees (really wouldn't recommend this one)
Pop Culture - Superman, Hulk, Neo

Titles - General, Corporal, King, Prince, etc
Leet/Internet Speak - Leet, Lol, Rofl, etc

Basically anything on this list really - https://us.battle.net/support/en/article/naming-policy

haha thanks

[CreativeXtent]

wonder if they will actually ban us for having these names?

[Smitten]

wonder if they will actually ban us for having these names?

In the past when this happened, the non-offensive names stayed. No one was banned, and people still play those characters.

I can't really see why they'd ban for simply creating a character with no special process or 3rd party program, unless of course you're going out of your way to make names as offensive as possible. At worst I foresee characters being removed or force deleted.

[Grim32]

I had the name Aids. That shit writes itself. Had a forced name change by the time he hit level 5.
Aids the Hordebreaker, Aids the dragonslayer, Aids the Kingslayer. My favourite. Aids the Love Fool.

[Randomizer]

Bosses - WoWWiki - Your guide to the World of Warcraft - For idea's.


Juggernaut
Hulk
Warden
Captain
Warlord
General
Hostile
Peon
Grunt
are some other ideas

[HeavyFrost]

If you want more names on the same realm you can create new accounts and store them there.
Some of the names i've grabbed.
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[Gihelle]

Male Orc Warrior named Garrosh, Hellscream's Downfall.

[IGG]

Hmm, what about some advertising names? Were these allowed? Like mygoddotcom, mygoldcom etc?

Also I think it is important to play a bit with your character a bit, it will make harder to remove it imo. Bliz really value players' time and this might help to save your unusual names (for example when diablo 3 rmah overflow gold dupe happened, bliz didn't do a rollback but tried to remove all the duped gold manually). Maybe the trick is to take a very unusual name that does not violate any rules (bosses/realm/mobs names does ).

Got following names: wowgold, ownedcore

[Cecu]

Hmm, what about some advertising names? Were these allowed? Like mygoddotcom, mygoldcom etc?

Also I think it is important to play a bit with your character a bit, it will make harder to remove it imo. Bliz really value players' time and this might help to save your unusual names (for example when diablo 3 rmah overflow gold dupe happened, bliz didn't do a rollback but tried to remove all the duped gold manually). Maybe the trick is to take a very unusual name that does not violate any rules (bosses/realm/mobs names does ).

Got following names: wowgold, ownedcore

I doubt you can play long enough with the last one

I am curious if we could make some gold off them. In case they blacklist them, then it is not possible to recreate new characters with the same name, when we delete them?