Yet Another Annoying Password Requirements List

Yesterday I tried creating an account on a hosting provider and my first line go-to program for creating passwords failed to meet their rules:

Password criteria:

• must be 8-14 characters long
• starts with a letter
• include a lower case letter
• include an upper case letter
• include a number
• include a special character (!,@,#,%)
• does not contain the username
• not include other special characters

Through 20 years of effort, we've successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess. – xkcd.com/936 Password Strength

My kingdom for the ability to use a passphrase like correct horse battery staple without these silly and seemingly arbitrary extra rules beyond length.