banned name

chuky_r_law

i play a bit of online poker. i use the same name as i do here, chuky_r_law. ive been playing the same site for about 6 or 7 years (poker stars). about a week ago i received a letter from them informing me that i would not have access to my account as my online poker name was deemed 'too offensive' and until such time as i change it i will not be able to play poker on their site.

i have tried to argue my case but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears at poker stars. should i go along with them and change my name or should i say feck them and cash out?

Sykk

Your English is more offensive than your username.

jester77

chuky_r_law wrote: »

i play a bit of online poker. i use the same name as i do here, chuky_r_law. ive been playing the same site for about 6 or 7 years (poker stars). about a week ago i received a letter from them informing me that i would not have access to my account as my online poker name was deemed 'too offensive' and until such time as i change it i will not be able to play poker on their site.

i have tried to argue my case but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears at poker stars. should i go along with them and change my name or should i say feck them and cash out?

What's your case, what did you argue? I can see where they are coming from.

sensibleken

Call yourself 'Chunky Orla'

The King of Moo

I would say "Fair enough, my name is a different spelling of an IRA slogan, which would be offensive to quite a few people."

Auvers

Sykk wrote: »

Your English is more offensive than your username.

dont be such a knob

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056526338

Amirani

Simply blast their site with piss.

davet82

why would you want a user name like that other than to offend?

r3nu4l

Yeah well in fairness, I'm sure you don't know this but the phonetics of your username actually make it sound similar to a popular slogan used by the republcan movement in Northern Ireland, particularly a proscribed organisation describing itself as Óglaigh na hÉireann or the Provisional Irish Republican Army! :eek:

I'm sure that's a complete coincidence but even so it's that fact that's probably caused the issue. Change your name to God Save the Queen! Sorted...

AeoNGriM

NiallSparky wrote: »

Simply blast their site with piss.

Whilst play an Atari Jaguar :pac:

giles lynchwood

There are plenty of poker site's out there,fcuk them and move on.I think it's a great name.

RichieC

Our day came. England is our closest ally.

chuky_r_law

i saw it on the back of toilet door once...thats where it came from! for some reason i ended up using it for the poker site (and here too)

anyway, ive had a few emails back and forth with pokers stars. they kept saying to me that under paragraph 7 of their terms and conditions that they were at liberty to freeze my account

7. OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE OR CONTENT
The User is prohibited from posting any unlawful, obscene, libelous, defamatory, threatening, or other material that would violate any law or generally be considered to be offensive, via the Service using the chat option, the player images option or in correspondence with PokerStars' staff.
When using the chat option offered to Users via the Service, Users are prohibited from making any statements which promote any service or product of any party except PokerStars. Further, Users shall not make statements about PokerStars or the Service that are untrue or would reasonably be considered to be derogatory or critical.



my point was that i felt there was nothing here in this paragraph that would allow them to ban me for my choice of name. i pushed them a bit on it, to point out exactly where it is stated but they just got back to me saying their decision is final

Sykk

Auvers wrote: »

dont be such a knob

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056526338

Don't*

Couldn't resist

Fart

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL if your boards.ie account gets banned now.

davet82

Fart wrote: »

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL if your boards.ie account gets banned now.

Don't laugh too soon Fart

jester77

chuky_r_law wrote: »

i saw it on the back of toilet door once...thats where it came from! for some reason i ended up using it for the poker site (and here too)

anyway, ive had a few emails back and forth with pokers stars. they kept saying to me that under paragraph 7 of their terms and conditions that they were at liberty to freeze my account

7. OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE OR CONTENT
The User is prohibited from posting any unlawful, obscene, libelous, defamatory, threatening, or other material that would violate any law or generally be considered to be offensive, via the Service using the chat option, the player images option or in correspondence with PokerStars' staff.
When using the chat option offered to Users via the Service, Users are prohibited from making any statements which promote any service or product of any party except PokerStars. Further, Users shall not make statements about PokerStars or the Service that are untrue or would reasonably be considered to be derogatory or critical.



my point was that i felt there was nothing here in this paragraph that would allow them to ban me for my choice of name. i pushed them a bit on it, to point out exactly where it is stated but they just got back to me saying their decision is final

Looks like your day has come and they are not going to back down!

POKERKING

I work in this industry. Names aren't monitored on sign up, action against offensive names are only taken after someone complained. So someone seen your name and complained and as you agreed to t&c's when you signed up they can do what they want. You can debate the offensiveness of the name(but i wouldn't) but for someone sitting in an office in London the easiest thing to do is to change the name on the off chance its in any way offensive.

Alot of poker players would see the change of a name as an advantage as players are not permitted to change names.

TheZohanS

chuky_r_law wrote: »

i play a bit of online poker. i use the same name as i do here, chuky_r_law. ive been playing the same site for about 6 or 7 years (poker stars). about a week ago i received a letter from them informing me that i would not have access to my account as my online poker name was deemed 'too offensive' and until such time as i change it i will not be able to play poker on their site.

i have tried to argue my case but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears at poker stars. should i go along with them and change my name or should i say feck them and cash out?

no way man. thats not fair atall atall we need to protest at this crowd whatever happened to freedom of speech? tell us where and when and well be there.

chuky_r_law

Fart wrote: »

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL if your boards.ie account gets banned now.

that wouldnt bother me as i havent invested the same amount of time in it as i have with my user name on poker stars

davet82

TheZohan wrote: »

whatever happened to freedom of speech?.

did we not loose that ages ago? :rolleyes:

TheZohanS

davet82 wrote: »

did we not loose that ages ago? :rolleyes:

dey say get back we say fight bak.

chuky_r_law

Fart wrote: »

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL if your boards.ie account gets banned now.

POKERKING wrote: »

I work in this industry. Names aren't monitored on sign up, action against offensive names are only taken after someone complained. So someone seen your name and complained and as you agreed to t&c's when you signed up they can do what they want. You can debate the offensiveness of the name(but i wouldn't) but for someone sitting in an office in London the easiest thing to do is to change the name on the off chance its in any way offensive.

Alot of poker players would see the change of a name as an advantage as players are not permitted to change names.

but they could not point out where in the t&c's that it mentions users names. there just seemed to be an attitude that its their site and they can do what they want (which, although annoying, it is, i suppose)

TeddyTedson

RichieC wrote: »

Our day came. England is our closest ally.

Don't forget about Wales too

Bad Panda

chuky_r_law wrote: »

i play a bit of online poker. i use the same name as i do here, chuky_r_law. ive been playing the same site for about 6 or 7 years (poker stars). about a week ago i received a letter from them informing me that i would not have access to my account as my online poker name was deemed 'too offensive' and until such time as i change it i will not be able to play poker on their site.

i have tried to argue my case but it seems to have fallen on deaf ears at poker stars. should i go along with them and change my name or should i say feck them and cash out?

I bet you're one of these 'die hards'..yet you can't speak Irish. Prove me wrong (without Google).

You also support Celtic and are fond of a shellsuit.

Change your name and get over it.

davet82

Bad Panda wrote: »

I bet you're one of these 'die hards'..yet you can't speak Irish. Prove me wrong (without Google).

You also support Celtic and are fond of a shellsuit.

Change your name and get over it.

wow you are a bad panda :eek:

LighterGuy

chuky_r_law ?

i dont get it ... a play on words or something?

AngryBollix

Play on full tilt or ultimate bet.

They'll see you right

Hank Scorpio

Just do whatever stars want, you`ll regret it in the long term. Best site out there and safest one too

chuky_r_law

Bad Panda wrote: »

I bet you're one of these 'die hards'..yet you can't speak Irish. Prove me wrong (without Google).

You also support Celtic and are fond of a shellsuit.

Change your name and get over it.

and your point being....?? im trying to query their terms and conditions


im by no means a die hard, ive never even voted sinn fein

and no i dont speak irish

i dont follow celtic

i dont own a shelllsuit

pretty much wrong on all accounts

so would you like to give me more orders, mr angry?

Bad Panda

chuky_r_law wrote: »

and your point being....?? im trying to query their terms and conditions


im by no means a die hard, ive never even voted sinn fein

and no i dont speak irish

i dont follow celtic

i dont own a shelllsuit

pretty much wrong on all accounts

so would you like to give me more orders, mr angry?

Well you would say that, now.

chuky_r_law

nuxxx wrote: »

Just do whatever stars want, you`ll regret it in the long term. Best site out there and safest one too

thats the problem. it is the best site! just being stubborn about it. just one of those things where you know it was just one person complaining and next thing im banned. if we listened to all the uber sensitive people out there we'd never get anywhere

(actually we ain't to far away from that anyway)

chuky_r_law

Bad Panda wrote: »

Well you would say that, now.

so what should i say?

johngalway

End game is you're gonna lose the argument, as it's their site. Argue the odds won't matter, been there, done that on a different site with a different issue.

If you want to stay on the site, ask to change your name to something else.

PseudoFamous

You should plant a bomb in their headquarters, that'll learn 'em.

Bruthal

chuky_r_law wrote: »

so what should i say?

You laid it out for them in black and white. You would think they would get that.

Orando Broom

johngalway wrote: »

End game is you're gonna lose the argument, as it's their site. Argue the odds won't matter, been there, done that on a different site with a different issue.

If you want to stay on the site, ask to change your name to something else.

The House; always wins.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoPWALM2riQ

chuky_r_law

johngalway wrote: »

End game is you're gonna lose the argument, as it's their site. Argue the odds won't matter, been there, done that on a different site with a different issue.

If you want to stay on the site, ask to change your name to something else.

was thinking of telling them to go **** themselves and to cash me out. wont achieve much but i'll feel a little bit better

ronan45

Dear Mr Poker King

Re Offensive Handle

After some reflective thought and consultation with my boardsies I have come round to the conclusion you are indeed correct, and that my handle on the site could indeed be seen as offensive

I am deeply sorry for any offence caused to both Poker King and any of the Poker King Members

I hereby authorize Poker King to change my name to B1G_P3N15_4U

Regards

B1G_P3N15_4U

longshanks

Just drop the r from your username, Chucky Law doesn't sound too bad.

Bluefoam

Let me understand...

Your username represents and promotes your support for an illegal terrorist group who murder people.... People on the site may have had family members and friends murdered by the group you are promoting... Yet you don't understand how it could be construed as offensive?


On the otherhand you claim it is not a sign of support for a terrorist organization, it's just something you read on a public bathroom door... 1. What were you looking for on the door of a public jax. 2. Are you really trying to claim that you use an IRA slogan as a username, because it looked good in a public jax? 3. Did you have to go to special classes in school?

KeithAFC

Don't blame them at all. It could upset some one.

Bruthal

Bluefoam wrote: »

What were you looking for on the door of a public jax.

Maybe the handle to get back out.

saywhatyousee

Send them a E-mail and say your username was made in memory of your uncle Chuck Robert Law who died and you find it very distressful that they would ask you to change it.

Mickey H

Dude, change it to Chucky Orlav.

Pretend you're Ukranian.

Lucy8080

dear porkerstars,

i accept ur decision. i cant be bothered thinking up a new play on words for my screename ..so just use the name on my bank account details,

i hope this is the end of the matter,

p. o'neill.

Zirconia

Why not suggest changing it to "Chuck_Yorlawe" perhaps - seems reasonable!

cocoshovel

Mods: I am highly offended by OP's user name. plz ban ok?

SafeSurfer

Change your username to Pokerstarsuckass.

wilkie2006

In fairness, this is a bit of a non-question. In an attempt to be all funny and clever you've offended someone. You've got no defence whatsoever. The poker site's told you to change your name and get on with it.

Cash out or change your user name. No one else gives a f@ck either way.

Carter P Fly

Change the name and get over it, Talk about first world problems

OMG they asked me to change my username and Ive found a loophole in their T&C's!!!11eleven!

a nice big captian picard facepalm is appropriate to this thread.