{"id":"1793268238117-viral-segment","slug":"wow-name-bug-blocks-connor-and-falcon","title":"WoW name bug blocks Connor and Falcon","summary":"Blizzard confirmed a name-filter bug during WoW Forever early reservations incorrectly restricted any name containing the letters “con,” including Connor, Falcon and Deacon. A fix was set to roll out with realm restarts. [dexerto.com](https://www.dexerto.com/world-of-warcraft/wow-forever-players-who-paid-for-early-name-reservations-got-locked-out-by-a-bug-3422525/) [wowsrc.com](https://wowsrc.com/news/us-2394467/) This is a reaction/opinion, not a checkable factual claim. This is a general observation about posting frequency, not a checkable factual claim. This is an angry joke/rant about a meme, not a checkable factual claim.","publishedAt":"2026-10-29T10:03:58.117Z","channel":{"id":"viral","name":"Oncast Viral","language":"en"},"show":"Morning Brief","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Blizzard confirmed a name-filter bug during WoW Forever early reservations incorrectly restricted any name containing the letters “con,” including Connor, Falcon and Deacon. A fix was set to roll out with realm restarts. [dexerto.com](https://www.dexerto.com/world-of-warcraft/wow-forever-players-who-paid-for-early-name-reservations-got-locked-out-by-a-bug-3422525/) [wowsrc.com](https://wowsrc.com/news/us-2394467/) This is a reaction/opinion, not a checkable factual claim. This is a general observation about posting frequency, not a checkable factual claim. This is an angry joke/rant about a meme, not a checkable factual claim.\nSource: [dexerto.com](https://www.dexerto.com/world-of-warcraft/wow-forever-players-who-paid-for-early-name-reservations-got-locked-out-by-a-bug-3422525/) and [wowsrc.c (https://x.com/Dexerto/status/2115741787226534256)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Blizzard confirmed a name-filter bug during WoW Forever early reservations incorrectly restricted any name containing the letters “con,” including Connor, Falcon and Deacon. A fix was set to roll out with realm restarts. [dexerto.com](https://www.dexerto.com/world-of-warcraft/wow-forever-players-who-paid-for-early-name-reservations-got-locked-out-by-a-bug-3422525/) [wowsrc.com](https://wowsrc.com/news/us-2394467/) This is a reaction/opinion, not a checkable factual claim. This is a general observation about posting frequency, not a checkable factual claim. This is an angry joke/rant about a meme, not a checkable factual claim.","sourceName":"[dexerto.com](https://www.dexerto.com/world-of-warcraft/wow-forever-players-who-paid-for-early-name-reservations-got-locked-out-by-a-bug-3422525/) and [wowsrc.c","sourceUrl":"https://x.com/Dexerto/status/2115741787226534256","claim":"WoW Forever players who paid to reserve their character names early were blocked by a bug that banned any name containing \"con\" Names like Connor, Falcon, and Deacon were all rejected https://t.co/E9byWjVZaV","author":"@Dexerto"}]},"sources":[{"url":"https://x.com/Dexerto/status/2115741787226534256","name":"[dexerto.com](https://www.dexerto.com/world-of-warcraft/wow-forever-players-who-paid-for-early-name-reservations-got-locked-out-by-a-bug-3422525/) and [wowsrc.c","kind":"x","verdict":"TRUE","author":"@Dexerto"}],"url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793268238117-viral-segment-wow-name-bug-blocks-connor-and-falcon","listenUrl":"https://oncast.fm/c/viral","attribution":{"publisher":"Oncast","site":"https://oncast.fm","url":"https://oncast.fm/story/1793268238117-viral-segment-wow-name-bug-blocks-connor-and-falcon","cite":"Cite https://oncast.fm/story/1793268238117-viral-segment-wow-name-bug-blocks-connor-and-falcon and the original source links. Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Jake","text":"Good morning, it's Thursday, six a.m., and the internet already found a way to break a video game."},{"host":"Nora","text":"This early? Which one?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"World of Warcraft: Forever, the new realmless version."},{"host":"Nora","text":"And it broke name reservations?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"Opened early name reservations, and people paid to lock in characters."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Then the filter saw the letters \"con\" and lost its mind."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Exactly. Names like Connor, Falcon, and Deacon were all rejected."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Dexerto reports on X that Blizzard confirmed it, and says a fix is rolling out with realm restarts."},{"host":"Jake","text":"This is a company that runs one of the biggest online games in the world, and it got scared of \"con.\""},{"host":"Nora","text":"To be fair, \"con\" is exactly what you'd filter to stop scams. But inside a name?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"So the system would ban my cousin Connor but probably allow something much worse."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Probably. These filters are always too broad. They catch normal words and miss the real problems."},{"host":"Jake","text":"And here's the part I can't defend: early name reservation isn't free."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Right. The timing is what stings."},{"host":"Jake","text":"That's the modern launch experience: pay a premium, get the bug first."},{"host":"Nora","text":"I'm less annoyed about the money and more amazed they shipped a filter that bans \"Con.\""},{"host":"Jake","text":"It's a bug, not a policy. But it's a very funny bug."},{"host":"Nora","text":"The fix is coming, but the best part is players named Falcon learning their own name is dangerous."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Sorry, Deacon. You're a security risk now."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Deacon is now the most dangerous man in Azeroth."},{"host":"Jake","text":"The internet is having a field day. Connors are posting screenshots of their rejection."},{"host":"Nora","text":"As they should. It's a once-in-a-launch badge of honor."},{"host":"Jake","text":"I do think Blizzard gets this cleaned up fast. It's not a disaster."},{"host":"Nora","text":"No, but it's exactly the kind of story that reminds you the internet runs on bugs and memes."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Speaking of memes, a snow leopard may be the new king—if an X account called Niko is right."},{"host":"Jake","text":"A snow leopard? What did it do, look disappointed?"},{"host":"Nora","text":"Niko says people are calling it \"Mei Mei\" because its face resembles that famous Tole Tole cat."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Oh, that cat. The one that looks like it's judging you silently."},{"host":"Nora","text":"That's the one. Now people are posting \"paws at you\" with requests, like gamers asking for streams and raids."},{"host":"Jake","text":"\"Paws at you\" is exactly the kind of phrase that takes over overnight and confuses everyone by morning."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Niko also claims one post alone has over a million views. I'd take that with a grain of salt—the origin and the numbers aren't verified."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Even if it's half that, it's still a snow leopard with a fan base. The internet loves an animal with an expression."},{"host":"Nora","text":"It's the same cycle: a face, a nickname, then a wave of \"everyone is posting this.\""},{"host":"Jake","text":"And someone always hates the previous meme. I saw one user already furious about the mixing meme."},{"host":"Nora","text":"Barbed wire over a meme, if that's really what the rant says? At six in the morning?"},{"host":"Jake","text":"That's the internet's answer to everything: if you don't like the meme, bring farm equipment."},{"host":"Nora","text":"I'm not saying barbed wire is the right call. But I understand being exhausted by meme waves."},{"host":"Jake","text":"You're defending the barbed wire guy?"},{"host":"Nora","text":"Not the barbed wire, just the exhaustion. There's a difference."},{"host":"Jake","text":"Fair. But I'll take a snow leopard over a mixing video any day."},{"host":"Nora","text":"I don't know. \"Paws at you\" has a short shelf life, but the face is solid."},{"host":"Jake","text":"The face is doing all the work. That's the whole meme economy."},{"host":"Nora","text":"It's a face, a nickname, and a lot of people with too much time."},{"host":"Jake","text":"That's the internet we signed up for."},{"host":"Nora","text":"And that's your Thursday morning: a name filter that hates Connors, and a snow leopard that hates being ignored."}]}