A friend of mine was just banned from pogo for the name he used. It contained swear words. He'd had the name 3 years and was banned, lost his membership, all his badges, and his tokens. He'd never once cheated. What I think stinks about this is, Pogo allowed the name in the first place and for 3 years gave him badges and tokens and renewed his membership. NOW all of a sudden they decide to boot him? Just doesn't sound right to me, maybe they should have stopped him from making the name in the first place. What's your opinion?
Yes I agree that they should not have allowed him to make the name in the first place. It's too bad that happened to him. It's all about the money that pogo makes and they don't care. They should really have something in place that makes it so you can't make a name if it has swear words in it or if other members might find it offensive. They just simply don't care though.
i've seen this happen before, i think if pogo allowed the name in the first place they should just leave it alone, it's just a name it's not hurting anyone
for some reson pogo is doin a sn search don`t know if people are complainin or turnin in but alots of people are losin acct. for there screen names but i have seen alot this past wekend that where very nasty or usein cuz words so pogo needs to take a closer look and some where new members.. i don`t think pogo should have takin his stuff should have let him change his sn pogo did`nt do the right thing >:(
I've heard of this happening before,too. I agree they should not have left him make the name in the first place if it is so called offensive. Probably someone reported it. Anyway, even if they thought it was offensive, they should just contact him and ask him to change his name. Some of the things pogo does is just BS.
I agree after being a member for so long pogo should allow the option to change the name since they allowed it for the past few years. Only problem is I believe pogo stopped allowing name changes years ago. But they should make an exception for someone they let be a member for 3 years with the name.
When someone reports a name that is offensive, pogo should give them the option to change that name. This should be an exception to their new police on changing names.
Maybe they want him to BUY it back?
anything to make money.. ::)
While I'm not a fan at all of the recent actions by Pogo, you must remember that it's not a "Pogo" thing, it's more of an EA call. Sure, EA has had control of Pogo for a while but from what I heard in places like "The Sims Online", EA has cracked down on names there too and removed a lot of offensive names, even if it wasn't complained about online. This has trickled down to Pogo since it's now owned by EA and as a result, the people who have spent years working on items like badges, tokens and friends are being affected. Yes it was very wrong of Pogo/EA to not allow this person even the slightest chance of setting up a new name to transfer their info to or even simply allowing them to change their name as they did in the past (I believe this stopped in either 2002 or early 2003) but it's not completely Pogo's fault to blame. Let's point the fingers at those (censored)ing losers at EA and start calling to complain to them.
BTW: I censored myself, wasn't something PogoCheats.net did O0
I'm sorry I have to give my opinion. I know that it's partly Pogo and EA's fault for allowing the name in the 1st place. But please tell me, what kind of idiot makes a name that has cuss words or any other type of perverted wording in it? You know you run the risk of losing it because they find it or someone reports you for it so why do it in the first place?
Quote from: pogohatesme on January 30, 2006, 02:53:58 PM
I'm sorry I have to give my opinion. I know that it's partly Pogo and EA's fault for allowing the name in the 1st place. But please tell me, what kind of idiot makes a name that has cuss words or any other type of perverted wording in it? You know you run the risk of losing it because they find it or someone reports you for it so why do it in the first place?
you shouldn't talk! You have "eat me" in YOUR screen name here. Well its past tense, "Ates Me" but still!
:D CDFU!
hmmmm pogohatesme where do you get that out of the name (eat me)
Quote from: Albee on January 30, 2006, 06:39:09 PM
Quote from: pogohatesme on January 30, 2006, 02:53:58 PM
I'm sorry I have to give my opinion. I know that it's partly Pogo and EA's fault for allowing the name in the 1st place. But please tell me, what kind of idiot makes a name that has cuss words or any other type of perverted wording in it? You know you run the risk of losing it because they find it or someone reports you for it so why do it in the first place?
you shouldn't talk! You have "eat me" in YOUR screen name here. Well its past tense, "Ates Me" but still!
:D CDFU!
Hooked on Phonics works for all......maybe you should try it....my s/n on here is Pogo Hates Me.....that's a big difference from some of the screen names I've seen on Pogo.
CDFU!
Anyone else find it awfully cruel that the phone number to Phonics is 1800ABCDEFG?
what does CDFU mean by the way
Crackin Da F*** Up :)
Hmm, I wonder why so many people find they need to use that F word? My kids wouldn't have lived long if I had ever heard them use it.
LOL, the younger generation don't even know how to cuss right, let alone how to spell. Cracked up would have been sufficient.
i here you on that one countrylady mine are up in age if i ever here them say it i would slap them a good one
not nice at all
I am very surprised that the administrator for this site allows this type of discussion at all. After all, there are kids on here.
Quote from: BigTim on January 30, 2006, 07:14:09 PM
I am very surprised that the administrator for this site allows this type of discussion at all. After all, there are kids on here.
dont worry they will see it
I went in to my profie on pogo to change my age( I just had a b-day and have to come to terms w/ being 30 now) and in my interests before i had "cahtting feel free to IM me" and then had my yahoo IM name. When I clicked on finish I had an error message that this is a "family site" and it was edited to ******. But I had it there for a year and met some great people that way. I wonder if my pogo name had been offensive if I would have been banned.
Quote from: Albee on January 30, 2006, 06:39:09 PM
Quote from: pogohatesme on January 30, 2006, 02:53:58 PM
I'm sorry I have to give my opinion. I know that it's partly Pogo and EA's fault for allowing the name in the 1st place. But please tell me, what kind of idiot makes a name that has cuss words or any other type of perverted wording in it? You know you run the risk of losing it because they find it or someone reports you for it so why do it in the first place?
you shouldn't talk! You have "eat me" in YOUR screen name here. Well its past tense, "Ates Me" but still!
:D CDFU!
OK Sorry but just had to put my 2 cents in again. A lot of times it is where the persons mind is that things seem good or bad. I have been on this site for a few months now and enjoy it. Also, pogohatesme has helped a lot of people in here and I have never looked at her name as you have. Also, anything that is considered unacceptable in here, the administrators have taken it off and they have done it very quickly.
Oh yes, that is so true. I remember awhile back someone was whimpering because they lost their ability to have an avatar. I don't remember exactly.
This is a nice site and only a few try to get things started. I doubt there are very many kids on here. If there are, it would be teens . Many of them have the worse mouths of all.
I have heard much worse than that on pogo itself and not in uncensored rooms either. Try going to a teen room and hanging out awhile. Or someone mentioned pool was one of the teen meeting places. You would not believe what they talk about or say.
Quote from: Country Lady on January 30, 2006, 08:24:52 PM
Oh yes, that is so true. I remember awhile back someone was whimpering because they lost their ability to have an avatar. I don't remember exactly.
This is a nice site and only a few try to get things started. I doubt there are very many kids on here. If there are, it would be teens . Many of them have the worse mouths of all.
I have heard much worse than that on pogo itself and not in uncensored rooms either. Try going to a teen room and hanging out awhile. Or someone mentioned pool was one of the teen meeting places. You would not believe what they talk about or say.
Sometimes I hate clicking the "Play Now" button cause it just throws you into a room and yes, some of those teens rooms are so much more worse than the uncensored rooms.
Quote from: Country Lady on January 30, 2006, 08:24:52 PM
Oh yes, that is so true. I remember awhile back someone was whimpering because they lost their ability to have an avatar. I don't remember exactly.
This is a nice site and only a few try to get things started. I doubt there are very many kids on here. If there are, it would be teens . Many of them have the worse mouths of all.
I have heard much worse than that on pogo itself and not in uncensored rooms either. Try going to a teen room and hanging out awhile. Or someone mentioned pool was one of the teen meeting places. You would not believe what they talk about or say.
before I became a "club pogo" member I always played checkers (sadly i feel the game is vile now that i have badge games to play) and the non members rooms in the beginner tab there are just awful. full of 13 and 14 yr olds basically trying to cyber, and they will read your profile and start fights with you over non sense. they read in my profile that i have kids, and although i had not said a word, they started in on me for being on my computer and not watching my kids. just out of no where, and the mouths those kids have, my gosh..........some of the things made me blush, and i don't blush easy.
Checkers eh? lol except for badges I don't play it but I always thought checkers would be full of nerds lol j/k ;) In anyway from what you've written is sounds like the beginner & social rooms in Dominoes on any given day or night ;D
Quote from: cathyl1226 on January 30, 2006, 07:58:46 PM
I went in to my profie on pogo to change my age( I just had a b-day and have to come to terms w/ being 30 now) and in my interests before i had "cahtting feel free to IM me" and then had my yahoo IM name. When I clicked on finish I had an error message that this is a "family site" and it was edited to ******. But I had it there for a year and met some great people that way. I wonder if my pogo name had been offensive if I would have been banned.
They update what you can't put in your profile, doesn't necessarily have to be offensive. They do that for users protection sometimes. I guess SN for messengers are an added filter. O_o But if you don't update your profile, you old "filterable" info will stay.
I also have a friend that had a account banned for the name he had, with no warring it was suspended. I think if they let you start with the name then you should at least be given a chance to change it. My personal opinion is its just another way for them to sucker you out of more money, they know you will come back for more. It's all about the power, and right now Bill has it all.
Well on any other on line game I have payed to play if they do not like the name you have ( yes some names do slip threw the cracks ) they just change it and then you have to contact them to change it to a name you want. To take away the whole account is just wrong. Now if this person had been rude, obnoxious and all that jazz sure, but to not allow a change when a person pays for a service is not right.
Simply call Pogo/EA and threaten legal actions against them since you received no type of warning for an account you've spend your money on. You'll have it taken care of.
Naturally some people will question if you will actually follow up on your threat but that's something Pogo/EA will have to worry about!
Quote from: SaintHippo on March 20, 2006, 06:05:47 AM
Simply call Pogo/EA and threaten legal actions against them since you received no type of warning for an account you've spend your money on. You'll have it taken care of.
Naturally some people will question if you will actually follow up on your threat but that's something Pogo/EA will have to worry about!
They called EA infact I got the number for him right off of this forum ....lol But they said he would need to go to ea support website and send a email... This was for xbox360 live not pogo.
These are the numbers I have.
1-866-543-5435 and the other Pogo phone number is 1-888-842-6388
they should of told them to change their name --- but then again i dont think there is a way ....
they should of just gave him a new account... it seems pogo has just started cracking down on names.. what else do they have to do instead of cracking down now it seems not a single person working for pogo knows how to programs games to make them work LOL shuffle bump is 6 weeks behind coming out... Wonderland had bugs spades had bugs.. ECT
then again its their website so i think they are SOL
Pogo can change your sn. They just choose not to let you. Before EA bought pogo you could change your sn. Personally I don't see what pogo's hangup is on that topic. It's not a big deal to let people change their sn's. They aren't very customer friendly. :o
lol pogo is just on alil power trip thinkin they can do as they choose and figuring people will still run back afterwards. ::)
I'd bet in many cases that's just what happens. The user drops their account and opens a new one.
i believe so too homer.and the idiots at pogo just smile and think to themselves "ah we knew theyd be back.now lets torture them more"
Quote from: Homer on March 20, 2006, 02:14:17 PM
I'd bet in many cases that's just what happens. The user drops their account and opens a new one.
I hope that never happens to me :o........... I have too many badges and too many tokens 8)
Thanks to PC and BH <3 ee4.gif
Yesterday i was banned from pogo for 72 hours for mentioning this website :(
ewwwwwwwwww......big no no....pogo hates BH....Lucky it was only 3 days... snowman1.gif party8a.gif
If Pogo allows the name in the first place then decides it's offensive, they should give the player the option to change it. But then the 72 million players who want to change their sn due to stalkers, divorce, or HEY I thought up a better name would get wind that it is possible and that would cause them a little work? grief? overtime? When a Club Pogo member is banned, do they get a refund? I'd sic my credit card people on them if they didn't-isn't that the credit card peoples job?
I have about 5 years of free club (subway+coke) lined up, and I try to be good so I can keep them!!!