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#1 Kyle Polulak

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Posted 13 August 2014 - 02:26 PM

Greetings MechWarriors,

We are pleased to announce that we are now taking pre-registrations for unit names.
Please note all of the rules below before pre-registering.

Schedule:
  • If you are a Founder: Pre-registration begins now on Wednesday, August 13th, 2014
  • For all other Players: Pre-Registration begins on Sunday, August 17th, 2014 at Noon [PDT].
  • Edit: All Players may now Pre Register
  • You must pre-register before 11:59pm [PDT] on August 24th, 2014.
Pre-Registration Rules
  • You must be the leader / owner of your Unit to pre-register.
  • You must provide a Unit Name and Tag in the Application thread.
  • You must provide a URL to your earliest Recruitment or Unit Info post on our forums.
  • Your unit name must conform to the rules listed below regarding both content and Lore-based names.
Regarding Unit Names and Tags:
  • Unit Names must be between 1 and 35 Characters long.
    • Unit Names must be Unique. If another Unit has reserved that name, you will be asked to select another.
  • Unit Tags must be between 1 and 4 Characters long.
    • Please note: Unit Tags are NOT unique.
  • Unit Names and Tags can only contain Latin Alphanumeric Values, Spaces, and the following special characters:
    • A-Z [Latin Alphabet, upper-case]
    • a-z [Latin Alphabet, lower-case]
    • 0-9 [Indo-Arabic numerals]
    • – [Dash]
    • ( [Open parentheses]
    • ) [Close parentheses]
    • ` [Apostrophe]
    • . [Decimal/period]
    • [Space]
  • Unit Names and Tags must not contain profanity or questionable language.
Regarding Lore-based Names:
  • Unit Names may NOT be the same as a pre-existing unit in BattleTech Lore.
    • Wolf’s Dragoons [BAD]
    • Black Widow Company [BAD]
    • Golden Keshik [BAD]
    • 17th Donegal Guard [BAD]
  • You can obtain a full list of filtered units and other blocked names here: https://docs.google....dit?usp=sharing
  • Unit Names may NOT circumvent the Lore filter using methods including but not limited to,
    • Replacing a letter with a special character.
      • Black-Widow-Company [BAD]
      • Black Wid0w C0mpany [BAD]
      • Black Widow Company [BAD]
    • Adding simple determiners or articles to the name.
      • The Golden Keshik [BAD]
      • A Golden Keshik [BAD]
      • Some Golden Keshik [BAD]
    • Changing the way numbering is presented:
      • 17th Donegal Guard [BAD]
      • Seventeenth Donegal Guard [BAD]
      • XVII Donegal Guard [BAD]
  • Unit Names can spin-off of Lore-based names, so long as they add a unique change or identifier to that name.
    • Black Widow Company of Vancouver [GOOD]
    • Canadian Golden Keshik [GOOD]
    • Helmer’s Dragoons [GOOD]
    • 42nd Donegal Guard [GOOD]
  • Unit Names may NOT be the same as an organization, manufacturer, faction, region or planet:
    • Helm [BAD]
    • House Marik [BAD]
    • Clan Smoke Jaguar [BAD]
    • Periphery [BAD]
    • Kong Interstellar Corp. [BAD]
    • Clan Smoke Jaguar Competitive [GOOD]
    • Kong Interstellar Security [GOOD]
    • Knights of Marik [GOOD]
    • Pirates of the Periphery [GOOD]
    • Defenders of Helm [GOOD]
Links:

To Pre-Register your Unit: http://mwomercs.com/...istration-form/
For Discussion of Unit Pre-registration: http://mwomercs.com/...ion-discussion/
For Issues regarding Unit Pre-Registration: http://mwomercs.com/...s-and-concerns/

Edited by Nikolai Lubkiewicz, 17 August 2014 - 10:33 AM.
Pre-Registration Open to All Now






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