Although I've recently come to MxO in the past few weeks, I couldn't help but notice the seemingly abundant number of character names with "L33T" speak. At first, I thought that this was because of the "Sci-Fi/Tech" feel of MxO but after spending over an hour and a half trying to come up with acceptable names, I'm starting to think otherwise.
It occurred to me that, given the length of time has been around as well as the size of the initial playerbase, a lot of these names might be taken up by account that are no longer active. If that's the case then, I think it's a fair request to do a name wipe on some of these abandoned accounts in order to free up some names. Not only would this encourage new players to come, it would allow for names without relying on "L33t" speak.
It occurred to me that, given the length of time has been around as well as the size of the initial playerbase, a lot of these names might be taken up by account that are no longer active. If that's the case then, I think it's a fair request to do a name wipe on some of these abandoned accounts in order to free up some names. Not only would this encourage new players to come, it would allow for names without relying on "L33t" speak.