if we only let them choose what is there...there will be an endless rain of requests to add names, spellings and so forth...and every nation needs an LA to monitor it.
Well, we have a brilliant database in Suomi. There are very few omissions; there are probably some family names that have died or will die in near future. The only real current issue with our database is balance, and that can't really be tackled with the current structure and tools. Allowing other names than the ones in the database pretty much means allowing made-up names for my country/language.
Even with our excellent database, a "pick freely from a database" naming scheme for players would probably result in a bit of a mess. Limiting it only to Supporters etc. will just make the mess smaller. I don't really know what I think about the proposals to let users name their players. I'm just quite unsure the potential fun would outweigh the problems.
The idea of only choosing names from a dropdown list is too restrictive and unnecessary. If we are gonna do that then we also need to create a dropdown list for team names.
Well, not exactly. After all, the naming schemes are different right now. There is no need to make the two things the same.