Banned names?

[sflynx]

I don't really understand some of the terms behind the band names...I mean one my friends used "Spike" as a name and it's banned. How?

anyone hear of "spike jones" or "spike lee"?

I mean it's a very lame name to begin with, but shouldn't be banned from online.

what exactly is Harmonix naming scheme based on?

[Teh_Nfsjunkie91]

One of my sister's friends tried to use the name "Dani" and it said it wasn't "classy," so I'm not sure.

[Armhunter]

That sucks...
My girl named hers Purple Muff.. but we have not tried that online yet.. She said she might change it to Purple Hooter..
I guess I will find out tonight.. She is going to see what they will allow online..

[SophoclesX]

Won't even let me put "Unlubricated Fisting."

Does allow Lubricated Fisting though. Biased.

[miketoast]

It told me Gene Clito wasn't classy either, but that's been my game name for like 10 years so leaderboards be damned.....

[Parodygm]

Won't even let me put "Unlubricated Fisting."

Does allow Lubricated Fisting though. Biased.

Ahahahahah! :D

[Shayde21]

It wouldn't allow my phraze "Let's blow the doors off this dump".

For "blow"? Really? Really really?

[NattyLight]

simply guess here but....



I don't really understand some of the terms behind the band names...I mean one my friends used "Spike" as a name and it's banned. How?

anyone hear of "spike jones" or "spike lee"?

I mean it's a very lame name to begin with, but shouldn't be banned from online.

what exactly is Harmonix naming scheme based on?

It's banned because it has "spik" in it, a misspelling of the racial slur "spic".


It told me Gene Clito wasn't classy either, but that's been my game name for like 10 years so leaderboards be damned.....

probably because the second word begins with "clit"

[chance2002iu]

I don't really understand some of the terms behind the band names...I mean one my friends used "Spike" as a name and it's banned. How?

anyone hear of "spike jones" or "spike lee"?

I mean it's a very lame name to begin with, but shouldn't be banned from online.

what exactly is Harmonix naming scheme based on?

"Spike" is the name of the band or the name of one of the characters? Just wondering because I have a singer named Spike in one of my bands. Haven't ran into any denials for band or character names, sorry to hear that you have.

[krycek76]

that's strange, because I saw a name on the leaderboards called buttclit or something like that

[sflynx]

"Spike" is the name of the band or the name of one of the characters? Just wondering because I have a singer named Spike in one of my bands. Haven't ran into any denials for band or character names, sorry to hear that you have.

name of the character...

[jgardz]

ha....i tried Monkeyz on Meth, referring to our total lack of coordination or skill, and it was denied.....but Donkey Wang and Moose Knuckle Experience are both alright.....

[chance2002iu]

name of the character...

And it said it was banned and not taken?


If it's somehow banned, I'm going to check my character after work...haven't sang since Friday and it makes me wonder.

[InsaneGame]

Does anyone take offense to the name Deadpool?

[willplayrockbandforfun]

i wonder if itll put my gh band name...(pus covered sluts)

[MistressMissy]

I tried to name my singer Muffy Diver and that was not classy.
It wasn't SUPPOSED to be classy.

My guitarist is named Flesh Gordon though ;)

[deathstick]

"Ivan and the Sh&*ty Rainbows" didn't work, but then again I knew it wouldn't.

[vfxdude2]

I was rather amused when a friend and I found that his character, "CumGuzzler," was considered to be "not classy" enough for on-line play :-)

I wonder what the list of keywords is? Anyone know? I'll bet it would be an entertaining read.

And just think of the guys who had to sit around and make up the list. They probably had a big meeting or something, and just brainstormed all words and spellings of those words which could possibly be offensive to anyone. What a task!

-vfxdude2

[Hanover]

Yeah, "Bungle" didn't work either. *shrug*

[Ajax2006]

They don't like Pariah either.

[Badosh]

that's strange, because I saw a name on the leaderboards called buttclit or something like that
thats probably hsi gamertag, not the name of his character

[Kevhouse]

Hugh G. Wreckshin worked for me :D
My friend also named his character an obscene word starting with a "D" with no problems.

[Insignificant_Other]

Yeah, "Bungle" didn't work either. *shrug*

Heh heh. He said "Bung". Heh heh.

[Shayde21]

They don't like Pariah either.

I can't find the dirty word in that one. They really need to relax the name filter FFS. I couldn't use Blow? Without "job" it's nothing but hot air.

[Swagger]

Yeah, my friend couldn't use the name "Spiker." What kind of BS is that?

[fadedpariah]

They don't like Pariah either.

Not cool :(

[SpikeX]

I mean it's a very lame name to begin with, but shouldn't be banned from online.
I take offense to that statement. :)

[PHiNiX]

that's strange, because I saw a name on the leaderboards called buttclit or something like that

wow i have no comment towrds that

[Meatball]

My brother tried to use Cukoo Klan and it said it wasn't classy. Then he put Cuckoo Clan, and it said it was alright. Harmonix are spelling nazis.

[Runesmith]

They don't like Pariah either.

I don't think its the word itself, but instead the game 'Pariah'. Afterall, who wouldn't take offense to that horrendous piece of horse manure? :D

[zack10house]

I don't think its the word itself, but instead the game 'Pariah'. Afterall, who wouldn't take offense to that horrendous piece of horse manure?
I thought that game was badass (not the single player, that was crap) but it's a good game to play with people who normally hate shooters (like myself) I'm into everything now (except Gears, I still don't see what people like about that game, it's terrible IMO)

[Se7enLawliet]

Thank God they threw in the name change option so we can call change our names to

"Generic Rock Character 1" when we get online XD

[ThinkSoJoE]

my gf and I named our bands in RB after fake band names in Wayne's World. The Jolly Green Giants is ok, but they said that The S***ty Beatles wasn't classy. Of course the next band we create has to be Crucial Taunt. When we were playing as The Jolly Green Giants earlier I made her play until we got to play at the Gas Works.

[Rock_Starman]

Does anyone take offense to the name Deadpool?

Marvel and Activision maybe?

[BathTub]

my gf and I named our bands in RB after fake band names in Wayne's World. The Jolly Green Giants is ok, but they said that The S***ty Beatles wasn't classy. Of course the next band we create has to be Crucial Taunt. When we were playing as The Jolly Green Giants earlier I made her play until we got to play at the Gas Works.

Party on! :)

[Ubukid]

I tried to put up my band name as "Harmonix," said it wasn't classy.

[MinusTheBear]

wow i have no comment towrds that

but yet ironically you have a comment on it.

[MinusTheBear]

I tried DoggyStyle and it said it wasnt classy. i even tried it with a $ for the S and a 0 for the O. PuppyStyle was allowed.

[cheezyboner]

We have a group called the CheezyBoners and it hasnt been banned yet. Thank God.

[rifteroftime]

My original band name idea was "Manic Genius", but apparently that name was not classy. I can't see why that is...

[MinusTheBear]

My original band name idea was "Manic Genius", but apparently that name was not classy. I can't see why that is...
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[pluckylump]

It doesn't matter if your name isn't classy. It just shows up as a string of Xs online.

[Mosch]

What's an eni?

[Steve171]

I'm gonna name mine "Hiney". WOOOOH!!!!!!!

[star1981]

They said my band Pimp Hand Strong wasn't "classy" enough. Haters.:p

[DSOTM]

Does anyone take offense to the name Deadpool?

if you take offense to deadpool then youre a douche

also i had a band called "PIMP SLAP YA BEEEEZY"
it didnt say anything about that

[riguitargod]

My friend's gamertag is GoodOldJesus, and he created a character in the game named Jesus, which they said is not classy.

I mean, multiple songs in the game sing about Jesus...

[garionoldwolf1]

are you guys sure it's not that there is already a band/character on the leaderboards with the name your trying to use already?

[DSOTM]

my friend made a character named barneyxx after the purple dinosaur and i think this should be considered not classy

[Pagina Vilot]

They let me use Pagina Vilot...

[riguitargod]

are you guys sure it's not that there is already a band/character on the leaderboards with the name your trying to use already?

A message comes up on the screen that says this name is not considered "Classy"

[Sonofmogh]

Names are banned if they have even remote connections to preprogrammed "bad words"...
For example: you cannot use kiss drummer "peter criss" ...probably because of the first letter of peter and the last 3 letters of criss.

[bdonalds]

I think they consider "real" names "unclassy" as well. I tried to name my drummer Mick Shrimpton (Spinal Tap) and it considered it not classy. Changing it to Mick-Shrimpton worked though.

[Chthonic]

A friend of mine named his first character "*****face". Obviously, this handle didn't pass the class-detector.

However, he's invested almost all of his playtime into this character, so he's stuck with him/her/(it?) :D

[Sveppi]

A friend of mine named his first character "*****face". Obviously, this handle didn't pass the class-detector.

However, he's invested almost all of his playtime into this character, so he's stuck with him/her/(it?) :D
He can just change the name

[Chthonic]

He can just change the name

Yeah, we pointed as much out to him, but he's grown attached to this particular handle. It's endearing, in a way, I guess..

(He did make another character called "Sharkface", if that tells you anything).

[araphin]

It's funny that there are such strict rules on names, yet you can log on any night of the week and do Band Quick Play and run into some kid with "EAT A D*CK" (or worse) tattoo'd across his character's bare chest.

[HyeJinx1984]

I just wanna say I love the pun in the title... Banned Names, Band Names... get it? ;P

[Smallberries]

We got Not Classy on the name "Kara" and the band name "Sex Offenders"

Totally not getting the Kara thing.

[psychp0]

Wouldn't let me register with "MSFTsucks" even though that's my xbox live name. Said it was "reserved." *shrug*

-MSFTsucks

[Redsvetz22]

It doesn't matter if your name isn't classy. It just shows up as a string of Xs online.

That's weird, the game said my character name "XXX" wasn't classy. So it shows up as a string of Xs. Ha!

[CaptainFeral]

Band name "Four Horsemen" got tossed out.
Because "semen."

[tflash9]

My friends band, "Salad Tossers", was allowed in.

[IADT1980]

My Banned Band Name - Anal Leakage.

Not only is that name totally classy, it's got a nice ring in it.

I mean ring TO it.

[zurgrock]

My brother tried to use Cukoo Klan and it said it wasn't classy. Then he put Cuckoo Clan, and it said it was alright. Harmonix are spelling nazis.
Klan. Its denied because of the Kloo Klutz Klan ( dunno if i spelt it right) if you dont know who they are, too bad :P

[Chthonic]

We got Not Classy on the name "Kara" and the band name "Sex Offenders"

Totally not getting the Kara thing.

Aww... guess that means I won't be naming my band "Kara Thrace and her Special Destiny".. :(


It's funny that there are such strict rules on names, yet you can log on any night of the week and do Band Quick Play and run into some kid with "EAT A D*CK" (or worse) tattoo'd across his character's bare chest.

Hmmm... (strokes beard). That offers some... interesting possibilities.

[Rorschach1976]

Band name "Four Horsemen" got tossed out.
Because "semen."

Oh man.. that is weak!!