Someone explain how having a name thats too long is a kickable offence......

[thelonewarrior 886]

Ive been trying to work out for months why in game I can only connect to a few servers, then a load of server admins kept kicking me because my name was too long

Whats the big deal?

So ive shortened my name and now im having less difficulty connecting to servers, it no longer gets stuck on wait for host for so long.

What impact does having a longer name really have on a server/ gameplay.

I find this kinda stupid

Edited September 22, 2012 by Regulator Lone Warrior

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

I'm not sure of the tecnicalities but if it happened regularly I'm sure it's for good reason. Why did you wait months to change it if it was causing an issue?

Edit - Look ^^^, it doesn't fit into the forum properly either.

Edited September 22, 2012 by Fraggle

[SmashT 10907]

I'm curious how long the name was since this is the first I have heard of it.

[thelonewarrior 886]

Because I didnt know that was the issue. 95% of servers would get stuck on wait for host

I had a camp on a server and when I connected I got:

You have been kicked (ADMIN KICK) Player name is too long.

So I changed it to a shorter name to get to my camp, and I was let in.

I tried other servers, and realised I no longer got wait for host for most servers, Changed my name back to a longer name and got wait for host again,

So that was definantly the problem

I didnt realised until today that was the problem

My name was [Regulator] Lone Warrior

My clan tag is quite long so that probably didnt help

Edited September 22, 2012 by Regulator Lone Warrior

[Drogur (DayZ) 169]

Some combinations of length and types of ASCII signs, can render the name unvisible in game. A server with nametags on, wants to have a name that they can read.

[thelonewarrior 886]

Makes sense, I mainly play on nametag servers now so I can rat out hackers.

Thanks