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[Kyle Polulak]

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 13^th, 2014
  
• For all other Players: Pre-Registration begins on Sunday, August 17^th, 2014 at Noon [PDT].
  
• Edit: All Players may now Pre Register
  
• You must pre-register before 11:59pm [PDT] on August 24^th, 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]
    
  • 17^th 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:
    
    • 17^th 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]
    
  • 42^nd 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