Or more specifically, a way to stop names such as this one being made? There are now at least 3 names like this and, due to their length, these names disrupt the usage of the forums for other players. Yes, they have been reported, and still nothing is being done about changing them.
It would be in the best interests of all to just ban special characters from user names, instead of escaping them. That way, not only is the database safe from possible exploits, but names won't be corrupted with escaped tabs, apostrophes and so forth. And as an added curtesy for other members of the forum, how about putting a max limit on forum names of say 15 or so characters - enough so that the forum display isn't broken form those using resolution higher than 800x600 when browsing the forums?
I know this sounds like a rant, but I really do feel that this needs to be dealt with in it's infancy.
It would be in the best interests of all to just ban special characters from user names, instead of escaping them. That way, not only is the database safe from possible exploits, but names won't be corrupted with escaped tabs, apostrophes and so forth. And as an added curtesy for other members of the forum, how about putting a max limit on forum names of say 15 or so characters - enough so that the forum display isn't broken form those using resolution higher than 800x600 when browsing the forums?
I know this sounds like a rant, but I really do feel that this needs to be dealt with in it's infancy.