A little clarification about user names and village names
Since this is a GB / EN community, we ask the players to choose user names and alliance names accordingly. In particular, user and alliance names must be found on e.g. high score list when typed by an English player who uses a "normal" keyboard without diacritics (accent, cedilla, tilde, umlaut, etc). That's why we used a conservative approach, limiting user/ally names to just plain Latin ASCII characters. Village names, instead, must be readable, even if non-Latin characters are used; so, diacritics and some decorative characters are allowed.
Let me explain it with some examples.
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"à", "ç" and "ñ" are Latin character with accents or diacritics (cedilla and tilde), and they are NOT allowed in user/ally names.
- "µ", "α" and "β" are Greek letters, are NOT allowed in user/ally names
- "dяєαмєя", "français", "télé", "Piraña", "µ-sečond", "βrødær" or "straße" are NOT allowed as user/ally names [non-Latin characters or Latin diphthongs or characters with diacritics] but allowed as village names [text is evident and clear]
- "DreameR", "DrEaMeR", "DREAMER 666", "Tele", "Pirana", "Micro_Second" are always allowed [Latin character without diacritics].
- "µ-Cosmos", "Blσσdy", "Piraña", "キ črìstàllò", "ĢĂmễ ŌΰεŔ", "ƚҚąЯƚдᄽ" are allowed in village names [Latin character with diacritics or non-Latin character used for "decorative" purposes or in replacement of Latin characters where meaning is clear];
- "μυρσινη" "МиланВелики" "אליעזר" "عاشق البحر" "半濁点" are NOT allowed at all [non-Latin characters, unclear meaning for an English speaker]
- "F_ckingB_stard" is not allowed at all [it is a clear insult that uses some "bad words", even if it is partially masked and written with Latin chars]
For the sake of clarity, it is possible to search using plain text and find names having some accents and diacritics; anyway, it does NOT work for e.g. some Turkish and Polish/Czech diacritics: that's why we decided to use the conservative approach, and enforce this simple rule. Currently there are no plans to change it, and exceptions are not allowed.
What happens if I am reported or I use a non-allowed user/ally name?
We normally conduct regular checks (weekly, more or less), and we prefer to contact the player directly in-game, to quickly close the case and not ruin his game fun. For alliances, we notify the leader (or another officer if the leader is on vacation). In case of discussions or other troubles, we have to stop the player with a ban, and continue the discussion via Ticket System, until the user agrees with our request.
Feel free to contact your GO via ticket system if you need further clarification.