The limits of clown names

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The limits of clown names

Post by vect0r » #686160

What is an acceptable name for a clown?
Last night I was playing a shift on Manuel, and I named my clown 'Ted Kaczynski'. I had a whole gimmick where I got the hop to title me 'unibomber', and get toxins access. I then walked around and talked about technology and how I was going to make some bombs. Everybody seemed to enjoy it; I asked OOC chat afterwards and the response was that it was a fun gimmick. I was bwoinked by Harricross, and told that next shift I should name my clown after that.

I understand why, and fully accept that picking somebody like Ted Kaczynski would be seen as trying to get outrage, and I would have different feelings about a clown named 'Osama Bin Laden' or something else like that, but I think that naming a clown something along the lines of "Ted Kaczynski" should be ok as long as you have a gimmick, and people are enjoying it.
What do you guys think?
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by datorangebottle » #686163

I'm divided on this. On one hand, clowns should have leeway to impersonate historical figures. On the other hand, I really don't want to see 'adolf hitler' running around in my 2d space station game because edgy shitlords think it's a funny joke, and it's unreasonable to expect the administration to maintain a blacklist/whitelist of names that clowns are allowed to impersonate.

I think the second point weighs more. I'd rather not change policy and allow it, personally.
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by vect0r » #686165

datorangebottle wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 5:59 pm I'm divided on this. On one hand, clowns should have leeway to impersonate historical figures. On the other hand, I really don't want to see 'adolf hitler' running around in my 2d space station game because edgy shitlords think it's a funny joke, and it's unreasonable to expect the administration to maintain a blacklist/whitelist of names that clowns are allowed to impersonate.

I think the second point weighs more. I'd rather not change policy and allow it, personally.
Yeah, fuck clown ‘adopt hitlers’, go to town on those guys.
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by Archie700 » #686166

I don't think naming your clown after a terrorist who killed 3 people with mailbombs would be a good idea.
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by kinnebian » #686182

The unabomber? Poor taste.
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by Vekter » #686184

Clowns get some leeway but I think we should be maintaining our ban on naming after controversial figures.
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by Not-Dorsidarf » #686185

1: Shock humour is only really funny once. A clown pretending to be a serial killer / terrorist might make people laugh for one round, after that the cringe factor catches up fast. Good call by the admin.
2: The general rule against famous people and especially controversial figures lives for a reason.
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by HeyHey » #686187

Lol, Lmao even. Should be fine as long the figure isn't literally (or equivalently) Hitler.
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by Vekter » #686196

Not-Dorsidarf wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 7:20 pm 2: The general rule against famous people and especially controversial figures lives for a reason.
I wouldn't have much of an issue with a clown named like Bill Clinton or Nicholas Cage. I might chrono legionnaire one of them once out of funny but nothing past that.

If I see a clown named John Wayne Gacy, they're getting gibbed.
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by vect0r » #686198

Yeah, I made this thread when I was tired, and I still am, just thought about this and agree w/everybody. I’ll keep this open for discussion, but I honestly agree it was a good call.
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by BlueMemesauce » #686215

Archie700 wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 6:08 pm I don't think naming your clown after a terrorist who killed 3 people with mailbombs would be a good idea.
We have a in game crate themed around the Cosa Nostra which is a literal terrorist organization that committed many bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_D%27Amelio_bombing
Why can't we name ourselves after terrorists if the game itself does it?
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by datorangebottle » #686230

BlueMemesauce wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 9:09 pm
Archie700 wrote: Wed May 17, 2023 6:08 pm I don't think naming your clown after a terrorist who killed 3 people with mailbombs would be a good idea.
We have a in game crate themed around the Cosa Nostra which is a literal terrorist organization that committed many bombings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_D%27Amelio_bombing
Why can't we name ourselves after terrorists if the game itself does it?
Coders and the administration clearly have a very different sense of humor.
Just because the coders think 'irish car bomb' is a funny joke and made an interaction with the clown car by having it blow up if you pick up someone who's been drinking that specific drink, doesn't mean you can larp as one of the IRA's many leaders.
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Vekter wrote: Tue May 16, 2023 4:45 pm At what point does someone's refusal or failure to improve become malice in and of itself? If you give someone a year to stop shitting on the carpet and they keep doing it but get slightly closer to the bathroom every time and sometimes they get to the toilet before it happens, at what point does it become acceptable to just ask them to go shit in someone else's house?
Timberpoes wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 7:00 pm I'm sorry, can we get a real player to resolve this appeal? I don't like this trial player. They can't even set their own name.
Chadley wrote: Thu Apr 27, 2023 4:00 am WENDEZ, cute, cute. I imagine the sleeper activation code when I hear it. That's pretty cool. qB). But I don't like that it doesn't line up to be anything obsurd like WEWLAD. 6/10

SUGMA, nevermind it makes sense now. fuckyou/10
kieth4 wrote: Sat Apr 15, 2023 2:34 pm If it goes to appeals I will stand as the shield and protect this man's right to shit himself. Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
sinfulbliss wrote: I almost prefer Rave's AI-generated "We cannot accept this appeal at this time. If you would like assistance appealing in the future, please dial 1-800-1984-1488."
Pandarsenic wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 2:25 pm I think we can all agree that someone throwing a reverse revolver at Zyb as a secret test of character, and Zyb immediately fucking himself with it, is the best thing we all could have received for Christmas this year
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by kinnebian » #686238

if youre gonna larp irish, go larp patrick pearse at the least
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Re: The limits of clown names

Post by kieth4 » #687029

We're pretty happy where the clown name rules stand at the moment. Going to post what timber said as I believe it encapsulates our feelings well.

"Really dumb names fall under existing rules. Dumb names can always be given discretionary passes to be used for a limited number of shifts, especially when linked to gimmicks."
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