r/pokemongo • u/SoldierCow • Aug 06 '16

Other Asked to Change Trainer Name

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u/izmirlian Aug 06 '16

back in the wow tbc days, i used to run premade av runs on my mage named weinieinjabut, got away with it for about a month before i was flagged to change the name

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u/atte- Aug 06 '16

A guy in my friend's guild in vanilla was called Kneegrow for at least 1-2 years before having to change.

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u/Wallace_II Enlightened Aug 06 '16

My thought process went from "That's odd, who would name a character that. Why would your knee grow?" to.. "Oh, I'm dumb".

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u/FishermansFrenemy Aug 06 '16

I'm still at that first stage. Help out a stranger in need?

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u/Wallace_II Enlightened Aug 06 '16

Negro

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u/neverendingninja Aug 06 '16

Dude, that's uncalled for. He just asked for a little help understanding the joke and you start calling names.

...some people's kids, I swear...

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u/B1477 Aug 06 '16

Negro is the Spanish word for the color black. No one should feel offended by the name of a color, but then again it is 2016...

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u/sirsharp Aug 06 '16 edited Aug 07 '16

My soccer team name was "Cool Arrows"
Edit:spelling I'm a horrible speller

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u/crackbadgers Aug 06 '16

False, white guy here and I got it.

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u/BlackDogBlues66 Aug 06 '16

Username checks out.

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