sorle wrote: I mean where I come from it legitimately means the word ghost and I had no idea of its racist meaning. I know for a fact that certain other US users have also never heard of it (Duck for example) but it's a fact that a user reported it and ever since it isn't allowed, simple as.

[quote="sorle" post=786044][quote="Raeker" post=786035]Spook is a racist term in certain areas of the US. It is not allowed to be used as a name anywhere within the community.[/quote] THIS IS SUPPOSED.TO BE WIDELY KNOWN SOMEHOW WHEN I HAD LITERALLY ZERO CLUE OF THE EXISTENCE OF EVEN SLIGHTLY RACIST CONNOTATIONS BELONGING TO THIS WORD UNTIL THE TWO GUYS' NAME DRAMA[/quote] I mean where I come from it legitimately means the word ghost and I had no idea of its racist meaning. I know for a fact that certain other US users have also never heard of it (Duck for example) but it's a fact that a user reported it and ever since it isn't allowed, simple as.