Are ASCII Letters in Usernames Allowed? (in Off-topic)


ResistanZ2 [The Knighthood] May 26 2007 6:37 PM EDT

Like can I have a username containing the character "ø" or "Å" or anything like that and still be able to enter chat?

SaintMichael May 26 2007 6:38 PM EDT

Only in character names, if I'm not mistaken.

SNK3R May 26 2007 7:27 PM EDT

No, the system will tell you that you inserted an invalid character and to use the back-button to try again.

bartjan May 26 2007 7:32 PM EDT

Those are *not* ASCII characters ;)

ResistanZ2 [The Knighthood] May 26 2007 8:28 PM EDT

What are ASCII letters then?

Flamey May 26 2007 9:10 PM EDT

Oh, they work for character names, my Main character was "Flâmêy" But it stuffs up sometimes and makes weird letters/shapes in place of those, could be from the browser. So G changed it for free, so it wasn't a nuisance.

Flamey May 26 2007 9:10 PM EDT

yeah, that should be an "a" with an arrow above it and an "e" with an arrow above it.

bartjan May 27 2007 8:21 AM EDT

bartjan@zarniwoop:~$ ascii -d
0 NUL16 DLE3248 064 @80 P96112 p
1 SOH17 DC133 !49 165 A81 Q97 a113 q
2 STX18 DC234 "50 266 B82 R98 b114 r
3 ETX19 DC335 #51 367 C83 S99 c115 s
4 EOT20 DC436 $52 468 D84 T100 d116 t
5 ENQ21 NAK37 %53 569 E85 U101 e117 u
6 ACK22 SYN38 &54 670 F86 V102 f118 v
7 BEL23 ETB39 '55 771 G87 W103 g119 w
8 BS24 CAN40 (56 872 H88 X104 h120 x
9 HT25 EM41 )57 973 I89 Y105 i121 y
10 LF26 SUB42 *58 :74 J90 Z106 j122 z
11 VT27 ESC43 +59 ;75 K91 [107 k123 {
12 FF28 FS44 ,60 76 L92 \108 l124 |
13 CR29 GS45 -61 =77 M93 ]109 m125 }
14 SO30 RS46 .62 >78 N94 ^110 n126 ~
15 SI31 US47 /63 ?79 O95 _111 o127 DEL
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