[Bunktown Ballers]

Originally Posted by fleetwalker

users deserve a definitive list of forbidden league and team names so that custom league makers do not inadvertently trip the fail safes.

The consequences of having hundreds of hours of work randomly scrambled are obvious. It is completely unfair and disrespectful to implement such a draconian policy and then leave users to fumble in the dark over what may or may not be used in the game. This is entirely consistent with the purpose of this whole mess; those of us who are trying to avoid causing issues, need to know what is allowed. You can't forbid the use of certain words, not say what those words are, and the say gotcha and wreck the game when they are used. That is where we are now.

It is not true that "we know" what is allowed.

For instance, i have heard (and do not want to find out the hard way) that any use of the formal name of japan in a league name will cause the game to scramble the league. There is absolutely no reason to expect that behaviour if the word is not being used as part of the actual trademarked league name. Law school was a few years ago now, but i'm pretty sure no one can trademark the name of a country. I have multiple leagues that are named baseball countyname with both baseball and the country's name written as it's citizen write those words for local flavor. Am i allowed to do this or not?

What about the taiyo whales? That name is no longer used, but the mark may be owned by the team they later merged into; and so it may or may not be part of the license that caused this issue. Can we use that name? What about taiyo kujira—that's never been a team name in english, but kujira is the japanese word for whale and probably is/was trademarked in japan. Can use that team name. We need guidance!

We also need guarantees that the program itself has been fixed so that it will never generate any fictional names that will trip the fail safes. It's easy to imagine the name generator stumbling on a forbidden name and wrecking a whole league. This is particularly true for player names, but i have no idea how far ranging the restrictions are because we have been given no guidance.

I am angry and upset, but i am also trying to create leagues that are consistent with the policies implemented by ootp and still have baseball being played worldwide. That is not an unreasonable ask. As of right now i can't even be a good partner for ootp, because i do not know what i am allowed to do.

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