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Updated:	10-27-09 03:15 AM
Created:	10-14-09 02:58 AM
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NameScore

Version: v0.3 (beta)

by: Recompense [More]

THIS ADDON IS STILL IN BETA TESTING. FEEL FREE TO USE IT NOW, BUT IT WILL CHANGE AS IT IS DEVELOPED.

FIND A NAME THAT IS SCORED TOO HIGH? LOOK AT THE BOTTOM.

FIND A NAME THAT IS SCORED TOO LOW? Chances are your judgment is just flawed, but leave me a comment.

There are many tools out there to make it easy to rate a player; to judge them based on a limited amount of information. Their job is to take what you can know about a player and extrapolate a number to estimate what you don't know. Some do this by measuring DPS; some by calculating a score for a player's gear; and some by comparing achievements. But these measures are flawed: DPS depends on the fight, gear does not alone give an indication of skill, and a person can be carried through heroics and raids to get those achievements through no effort of their own.

However, there is one single choice that irrevocably* defines how a person views the game, their character, their role within WoW, and how they want to be perceived by others. By examining this single choice, you can accurately predict whether the person you are about to group with takes the game seriously and wants to advance, or is just another example of someone full of themselves.

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A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.

The Bible (Prov. 22:1)

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NameScore is an addon to objectively evaluate the name of a character in the game. When enabled, you can see the score for a player's name by mousing over them and examining the tooltip. For quick identification, the score is assigned a letter grade A-F through standard grade divisions. The score and grade will be color coded, with higher grades as bright green while any failing grades will be bright red.

The grade is determined by a variety of factors grouped into four categories:

Legibility / Readability
Appropriateness
Aesthetics
Miscellaneous

The addon uses a variety of measures, including language parsing, linguistic theory, and a dash of "Would it makes sense for someone to have this as their actual name?" to determine the final score for a character. Should you wish to know more about how a person's name was graded, target them and type /namescore. Their name will be submitted for grading and you will be able to review the results.

A slightly more detailed explanation as to the grading process can be found in the addon folder, under the file Scoring.txt

* unless, of course, one pays a fee.

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Special thanks to:

- Tiae on the UI and Macros Forum for providing me with an algorithm for scoring, even though I decided it didn't fit and abandoned it.
- The other members of BU for their assistance and suggestions.
- And, of course, Robby -- without whom I'd never find bugs or enjoy working on addons!

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Capturing names that are scored too high (i.e. I haven't yet thought up a name quite as stupid as the one they picked):

If you find someone whose name is excessively high, target them, and type /namescore add. You won't get any confirmation, but their name will be stored in the addon's variables.

You can then message me here on WoWI and I can either give you instructions on how to PM me the data, or give me your server, faction, character name, and regular play time and I will log in to retrieve the data from your computer!

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To do list:

- Add in additional information to name tables for appropriateness filters.
- Create a configurable threshold that automatically boots people from groups if they have a namescore below said threshold.
- Allow arbitrary input so players can see what their namescore would be for a character with an arbitrary name.

v0.3b:

- Graphic display for name analysis completed.
- Cleaned up organization of name data to make it easier to add database information.

v0.2b:

- Syncing between clients enabled for saved names.
- Foreign characters are now switched with their "English" counterparts before names are parsed.

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10-14-09, 10:18 AM
totemic A Kobold Labourer Forum posts: 0 File comments: 2 Uploads: 1	I get the distinct feeling that, coming from an RP server, this addon will pitch me into fits of hysterics the next time I wander into Silvermoon City. Well played sir or madam, well played.

10-14-09, 10:44 AM
septor A Flamescale Wyrmkin Forum posts: 130 File comments: 92 Uploads: 0	My only suggestion, if it isn't already so, is to inflict a 9000 point penalty to anyone with non-standard characters (9000 per character!) in their name. (obviously this can only affect us and eu realms.) Last edited by septor : 10-14-09 at 10:44 AM.

10-14-09, 11:46 AM

Recompense

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 15

File comments: 160

Uploads: 11

Originally posted by totemic
I get the distinct feeling that, coming from an RP server, this addon will pitch me into fits of hysterics the next time I wander into Silvermoon City.

Well played sir or madam, well played.

You're welcome

And it's a sir, for the record.

10-14-09, 11:48 AM

Recompense

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 15

File comments: 160

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Originally posted by septor
My only suggestion, if it isn't already so, is to inflict a 9000 point penalty to anyone with non-standard characters (9000 per character!) in their name. (obviously this can only affect us and eu realms.)

The addon will detect non-English characters and score them appropriately, but I think such a harsh penalty would be a bit over the top. Nonetheless, I will take this into consideration.

10-14-09, 12:48 PM
Seerah Fishing Trainer Forum posts: 10860 File comments: 687 Uploads: 33	imo, it should be a harsher penalty on US realms. __________________ "You'd be surprised how many people violate this simple principle every day of their lives and try to fit square pegs into round holes, ignoring the clear reality that Things Are As They Are." -Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

10-14-09, 02:22 PM
zero-kill A Firelord Forum posts: 497 File comments: 36 Uploads: 0	Also immediate F for anyone with the name Drizzt, or the variation thereof.

10-14-09, 02:28 PM

lanacan

A Warpwood Thunder Caller

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Originally posted by Seerah
imo, it should be a harsher penalty on US realms.

Agreed

Originally posted by zero-kill
Also immediate F for anyone with the name Drizzt, or the variation thereof.

Or variations Lord of the Rings Main characters, anime characters, popular comic book characters.... ect...on and on

I'm being serious... I hate people that can't come up with their own character names with out resorting to using illegal characters, ripping off other names and adding unnecessary letters like "xxLegolasxx".

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10-14-09, 03:33 PM
cryptical A Defias Bandit Forum posts: 3 File comments: 62 Uploads: 6	:D haha, cool addons thx

10-14-09, 07:50 PM

tophero21

A Cliff Giant

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Originally posted by lanacan
I'm being serious... I hate people that can't come up with their own character names with out resorting to using illegal characters, ripping off other names and adding unnecessary letters like "xxLegolasxx".

oh god, don't even get me started on names like this. it's one thing to rip off a name from something already in existence (I confess to being guilty of this myself) but to be so feeble-minded as to have to resort to xxNAMExx is eleventy times worse.

edit: forgot to mention - love the addon idea

Last edited by tophero21 : 10-14-09 at 07:50 PM.

10-14-09, 09:04 PM

xtoq

An Aku'mai Servant

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Originally posted by tophero21
eleventy times worse

I literally laughed out loud (you spell it out when you ACTUALLY do it) when I read this, and was reminded of this addon, which I still like to install on unsuspecting friend's computers. Love this addon as well.

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Last edited by xtoq : 10-14-09 at 09:04 PM.

10-14-09, 11:04 PM

Recompense

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 15

File comments: 160

Uploads: 11

Originally posted by Seerah
imo, it should be a harsher penalty on US realms.

Duly noted. The weighting of the different "grades" is something that can be adjusted, and I expect it will be...

Originally posted by zero-kill
Also immediate F for anyone with the name Drizzt, or the variation thereof

There's already a check for fantasy-based names, but its library to check against is pretty small at the moment. Also, it's currently a very low penalty, but this again can change.

Originally posted by toperho21
but to be so feeble-minded as to have to resort to xxNAMExx is eleventy times worse.

I was actually unable to get a name that started and ended in X to pass the name creation filter. It looks like there's already a filter in place to disallow that!

10-15-09, 12:50 AM

Gnarfoz

A Deviate Faerie Dragon

Forum posts: 18

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There is no rule on EU realms (and there shouldn't be) against using more than just [a-zA-Z] in your names. I hope you can figure out why that is so on your own. ;-)

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10-16-09, 08:02 PM
Antiarc An Aku'mai Servant Forum posts: 34 File comments: 5 Uploads: 2	IMO, penalties should be assesed once a name is over a certain length. "Krazytoast" with a score of 97.5 makes me sad, as does "Gavensglen" with a 95.6. "Wyylddflower" with a 97.5 just makes me cry, because I want the mod to give them like...a 30%. Last edited by Antiarc : 10-16-09 at 08:03 PM.

10-20-09, 01:04 PM
Glayde A Murloc Raider Forum posts: 4 File comments: 6 Uploads: 0	Can you give the option to namescore a string without having to target a player? /namescore name race class

10-20-09, 04:41 PM
Ferous Sheer Sense of Doom Forum posts: 863 File comments: 563 Uploads: 10	Meh, I have a B http://i37.tinypic.com/123nvc5.jpg FYI - Named this char 3 years ago when i was a noob though

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