Why stop there? Let’s ban ThePoet because poets write evil crap sometimes and it might remind somebody of this fact and offend them. Banned.

Morg, I don’t understand your name. Things I don’t understand are insulting and are intentionally being said to disrespect me. Banned!

Kings are evil and have executed people before. To the chopping block ya go Game King Charles 1 Happy!

Riptides have killed people surely. imma go kms to avoid offending somebody ever again

Cmon man, grow up and stop letting the kiddos get to ya. you were 9 and stupid once too

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That’s great. If that’s the f’ing standard. Why am I banned? I created that name to comply with your standards. Suddenly censorship is the first response. Didn’t feel the need to explain or warn first? I was following what was explained in this room. Lift my mf’ing ban

Comparing poets, Kings and Riptides to Hitler is a bit of a stretch.

People naming themselves after say Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, King Leopold, Paul Bernardo, Jeffery Dalhmer, and perhaps worst of all Justin Beiber is more on the same line.

Again, it doesn't hurt my feelings, but if we are going to compare similar with similar.

There is a name or two that do irk me, but that is my own cross to bear.

But if anyone glorifies putting pineapple on Pizza, then we have a serious problem.

i am looking forward to the "hitler day" discount coupon to get my membership

Elon musket - you’re defending the use of the Hitler name in this game, but at the same time calling it things like suggestive and in poor taste. Would you agree that it’s also blatantly “disrespectful” to some people? And that the people creating the name know that when creating it?

Riptide- we had that discussion already in the chat. If they truly are a bunch of 12 year old Nazis, they need to know that glorifying Hitler and nazi-ism is not acceptable. Currently this app is part of the problem by normalizing their behavior as acceptable.

But my point on the rules remains and not one person has convinced me otherwise. The rules state that “you shall be respectful to other players at all times.” Using an Adolf Hitler name is extremely disrespectful to me and many others. It’s crazy for people on this app to tell me it’s not disrespectful to me.

It also seems some people have the position of “yes, it’s disrespectful, but it’s a world leader so it’s okay”. Well, that’s still in violation of the apps rules that it’s disrespectful.

The amount of people criticizing me for having a problem with this instead of criticizing the users who are making these names is baffling. It’s not about me being “pissed at a name”. But I cannot with a moral conscious and out of respect to my family only a few generations out participate in a GAME with people using that name. Unfortunately I was unable to boot this user of the lobby of a game I created or this post wouldn’t have even happened.

The ability to boot a player came up in forum last week, as a new thread.

Some advocated the ability to boot a player even after the game has started, and asked for that in the original post. Others were of the opinion that the game creator should only be able to boot a player while in Lobby stage, not after a game has begun.

I was not aware that a player could not be disallowed from a game, when in lobby stage.
Please confirm that you created a game, and could not prevent a player from participating while in the lobby stage, before the game commenced?

or was that player the last to join, and when that person named 'hitler" joined, the game automatically started?
As when I have been the last to join, it is my experience the game immediately begins.

I am confirming that I was unable to boot the player from the lobby of a public game that I created, while there were still open spaces to fill for the game.

From what I remember you can only kick someone out if they didn't join out of an open seat.
You can also add a specific player to a game before they even join. In that case it's possible to remove him while waiting in the lobby.

The person joined “the open seat” that I opened to the public. I didn’t know someone named Adolf Hitler 43 was going to be the person taking that open seat.

Brunson, you're saying two slightly different things.
It may be a fine point but we're getting closer to the truth.
but it's still not clear what it is.

You created a game.
the game had X numbers of open seats.
NO game creator knows who will join their game while in lobby mode.

for those that don't know,
1) The game creator can start any game with a minimum of two human players, before all seats are filled
2) the game creator should be able to remove any player, while in lobby mode.
3) the game does not automatically start until the last seat is taken
4) the game can be deleted by the game creator at any time as long as one seat is still available.

so you're saying;

a) you created a game with open seats
b) while there were still open seats, before the game started
you noticed a distasteful name, so you tried to disallow a player named "A Hitler 43",
you were prevented from doing so ...? (i find this questionable)
c) or you didn't notice the name of the player who took an open seat (which I find more likely)
d) regardless of b) or c), you continued to allow the game to remain in lobby rather than deleting the game.
so you allowed the game seats to fill up in open lobby with a player already registered as AH-43
then your game began with all players registered and none removed.

and so, now you are complaining about the person's War.App name.
Don't get me wrong, i went to school with a lot of classmates who were Jewish, so I understand your issue;

but my understanding is that
1) any game creator can remove a player wanting to participate in their game
2) any game creator can delete a game at any time while in lobby, before game-start.
And, once a game has begun,
3) any WZ.app player can surrender themselves and remove themselves from any game at any time.
and outside of any game,
4) any WZ player can block another player, or be blocked themselves at any time.


I have created games but never tried to remove someone after they have signed up.
if you couldn't remove them from your lobby, I would have simply deleted the game prior to all seats filling.

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you cannot remove players after they join a game
also Riptide TF is that comparison, ah yes poets are known for committing genocide, finally there does seem to be a double standard as according to "nice guy"

Point B is correct. I’m not sure what I’m miscommunicating. Let me know if you need any further clarification on that.

While this user was in the lobby taking up one of the open seats, and while there were still open seats available, I sent a message to the user asking if they remove themself from the game as I did not wish to play with someone with that name. Not sure if the user would have accommodated that request, but it didn’t matter because they hadn’t logged in time to even see my message. By that time, the game filled up and started

I did not delete the game while waiting for his response because I did not want to go through the hassle of re creating the game, + the time it takes in filling it back up again. Most of the open seats were already filled.

The game is still active and I have not surrendered because I don’t want to affect my stats for what should not be a real loss. I have asked all users to vote to end.

Thank you for your understanding with my issue. It sounds like based on that, you agree that the name is disrespectful to a user like me, which is against the rules of this app.

What each person considers offensive is subjective. Think of the precedent it sets. Start with one historical figure, then you deny them all or only allow "good" public figures. What counts as "good" is also subjective as well.

The "no politics" rule came to be because someone found the subject distressing, and what that does is it prevents anyone from discussing it anywhere, unless clearly disclaimed, even if discussion is civil.

I would counter-propose by having name filtering options that you can apply to yourself or anyone joining your games, rather than applying to everyone else. There could be a default preset that filters out names like "Hitler" by default.

A book, film, tv series, game, etc. being banned isn't just a ban for you, but a ban for everyone else, regardless of if they enjoy it.

Dan- the n word is not allowed in names.(Which I strongly agree with) I hope you do too. Or is that also “what each person considers offensive is subjective” therefore it should be allowed?

The fact that Hitler is a historical figure doesn’t negate the fact that it’s blatantly disrespectful to me (and many other users) which is against the rules of this game.

And your examples about banning elsewhere are irrelevant. I haven’t suggested that. A historical/educational ww2 documentary or book that mentions Hitler is not the same as glorifying Hitler by using them in a game like this, knowing that it is disrespectful and offensive to many other players that they are playing with. Two different things.

The filter is a potential partial solution.

I think Brunson used the perfect word to sum up my feelings on people’s response to his complaint on this. Baffling. The rules are laid out simple. This is simple. You obviously can change a screen name like it’s nothing. You did to mine yesterday in 2 seconds and then banned me for a day to boot. It is purposely disrespectful. I also find a general shrug to a Jewish person feeling disrespected by this in clear violation of the rule’s disheartening

And surely you are not suggesting whether or not Hitler is good is subjective Dan?

The N-word is a derogatory term. It can still be used in private with nuanced meaning, though shouldn't be used in public.

> And surely you are not suggesting whether or not Hitler is good is subjective Dan?
No. This is a war game. People should be allowed to name themselves after historical figures. I have already made my point above that if there is anything beyond just the name which is actual offence, that shouldn't be allowed.

I've reported names like "child m.......r" before in plain text without any kind of obfuscation techniques.

For clarity, if someone names themselves something like "hail hitler" or inserts swastikas, that is that should be disallowed.

Personally, I wouldn't name myself after him.

Would you agree that the people creating and using the Hitler name know that it’s blatantly offensive and disrespectful to many users?

Brunson. it has been posted elsewhere that some/many players are minors, some barely in high school. I would guess that some/many past "hitler" players are just young kids thinking up something that they think is funny. Young kids do all sorts of stupid things.

Personally, no self-respecting adult would choose anything to do with "hitler" as it's pretty boring and contrived. I'm sure most of the kids would choose "hitler" not to be offensive or disrespectful, they just know the name and can spell it without looking it up.

Don't assume that someone using the game-name Hitler is knowingly being offensive.
It's just a dumb name, of someone who blamed one religion of people to get power, AFTER an inequitable settlement after WW1 caused the german republic to go bankrupt, and gave them no choice but to start a second war.

and, to call a spade a spade, some argue that Hitler's rise to power was a result of the UK and the bankers and deep state that created borders in south asia and the middle east that were destined to result in a second war.

Either we rule out all past dictators and tyrants,
either we ask Fizzer to create a "name police"
or we sit down and decide in advance, what names are acceptable or not.

my thinking is the status quo will persist---Fizzer decided long ago to allow anything and everything.