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User: [me]
Names Requested:
<Name 1>
<Name 2>
<Name 3>
<Name 4>
<Name 5>

Chat Name Rules:

 

[Added as of October 14, 2008
Adjusted as of July 21st, 2009


1) Name Claiming:
I should note that "Bonus Characters" do not count toward your CWA character names and must be registered if you wish to use them.
Since it honestly seems that it needs to be spelled out for some people, no, you cannot register a name that's already taken. It is "First come, first serve," etc.
However, if you'd like to claim a name which, normally, would be unclaimable due to a similar name being claimed (Ex. "Hope" and "Hope's Daughter"), consult the original claimee and have them approve of its use in this thread.

If it is a situation that would not warrant said user's permission (ex. A user creates a chara named Allison Sheppard, and Wilhelmina (Billie) Hatcher wishes to, or already has, registered her dark hax Bonus Character, Allison), the chara name gets priority, and the registered name must be altered or added to, in order to differentiate the two and tell them apart (aside from one being a chat mod). To be safe, though, contact the site staff to find out if it will be alright.


2) Abbreviation Claiming
If you register a name with an abbreviatable word in it, that will not prevent other users from using that abbreviatable word. This includes: Mr., Mister, Mrs., Jr., Junior, cm, GM, St., and many other well-knowns.


3) Rule of Subtraction (For CWA Character Names only):

Basically, to make things slightly easier for all in the chatbox, you may shorten your CWA character's full name.

For example, the user Danielle Chirel owns the name: "Danielle Chirel" only due to having a character on the site with that name. Dani may shorten the chatbox name to either "Danielle," "Dani," or "Chirel."
Those are the permitted limits to shortening a chatbox username.

As such, all names that are registered in this topic cannot be shortened.
For example: if the user Rina registers the name "Ru Emery," Rina cannot shorten it to "Ru" or "Emery." Likewise, if "Hopeless" is registered, it cannot be shortened to "Hope," or changed to "Hopeful"


4) Rule of Addition (For CWA Character Names only):

If you wish, you may add a few... general words before, or after, your CWA character's chatbox name. Such as, my chatbox username may be "Hatcher01" because I'm number one, or because I was secretly born in 1901. Or I could name myself "the Hatcher" because I'm so awesome and such.

Just, try not to overdo it.

On that note, all names that are registered in this topic cannot be expanded upon.
Example 1: If the user Rina registers the name "Ru," Rina cannot expand it to "Ru Emery." If Rina now wishes to use "Ru Emery," Rina must register that full name.
Example 2: If the user Rina registers the name "Hope," Rina cannot expand it to "Hopeful," or "Hopeless." As such, another user may claim the name "Hopeless," since registered names cannot be shortened or lenghtened to cause greater confusion between the two.