name length?

static deathbringer

static deathbringer

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what is the max length/character for a character's name?

Tur713

Tur713

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

Pink Animal Clan

E/Me

No idea, what do you have in mind?

BlackArrow

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2005

The number I heard was 18 characters including spaces. I did use a char that had 18 letters plus one space though, maybe they changed it without telling anyone.

fawgre

fawgre

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago

Storm Haven

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I tried "Zhealin the Theurgist" and it dropped the last three letters. So that's.... 18 characters, which varifies what BlackArrow said.

ETA: It might have actually been two letters, or one. I currently have a character that's "Zheal the Theurgist" which I think is bumping up against/at the limit. You might also want to think about how it's going to display in the party window, though. Right now Zheal shows up as "Zheal the Theurgi...".

static deathbringer

static deathbringer

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The Harpers

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the name i wanted was a magic the gathering card(queer i know :P) but its o long, like 23 characters

spiritofcat

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

I read that it was 19 characters in total. That includes all spaces.

fawgre

fawgre

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Chicago

Storm Haven

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Can you give the card a nick-name? Or use part of it?

static deathbringer

static deathbringer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by fawgre
Can you give the card a nick-name? Or use part of it?
i could stil use the first name and have it work, it was gonna be azusa, lost but seeking, but its way to long

fawgre

fawgre

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Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago

Storm Haven

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Quote:
Originally Posted by static deathbringer
i could stil use the first name and have it work, it was gonna be azusa, lost but seeking, but its way to long
Well, you can have "Azusa Deathbringer" and "Lost but Seeking" as two different characters.

(BTW that is a very pretty name and I don't fault you for wanting it. Magic the Gathering is fitting for Guild Wars anyway, what with all the analogies the devs are making between the decks and the 8 skill slots.)

William of Orange

William of Orange

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Having never played MtG myself, I'm limited to either 1) making up my own names, which would mean they would suck, or 2) sliding in references which I've picked up from my European History class. There are plenty of famous historical people which I could "use," and I could always just use their names and piggyback off of them for my own twisted names along those same lines.

I'm still disappointed that Vlad the Impaler was taken for the first event I did, that was my top choice. William of Orange works fine for me though...

BlackArrow

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Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by spiritofcat
I read that it was 19 characters in total. That includes all spaces.
That would make sense then. I used Tinuviel Blackarrow alot last beta (18 letters, 1 space).

fawgre

fawgre

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Join Date: Mar 2005

Chicago

Storm Haven

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Quote:
Originally Posted by William of Orange
Having never played MtG myself, I'm limited to either 1) making up my own names, which would mean they would suck, or 2) sliding in references which I've picked up from my European History class. There are plenty of famous historical people which I could "use," and I could always just use their names and piggyback off of them for my own twisted names along those same lines.
I mash the keyboard. That's how I got "Fawgre". Take your hand, place down randomly, like so:

jdvl

So, from that, we have:

Jadivel

Instant name creation.

William of Orange

William of Orange

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Join Date: Feb 2005

La Crosse, Wisconsin

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Quote:
Originally Posted by fawgre
I mash the keyboard. That's how I got "Fawgre". Take your hand, place down randomly, like so:

jdvl

So, from that, we have:

Jadivel

Instant name creation.
Hmmmmmm... let's see here then:

rijuo

ygvi

Rijunto Ygvani? I suppose. And just in honor of that first keyboard mashing, I will name one of my characters Rijunto Ygvani now

Edit: I obviously added some extra letters to that, but it's just what sounded qwerky/cool in my head.

Tur713

Tur713

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Pink Animal Clan

E/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by fawgre
I mash the keyboard. That's how I got "Fawgre". Take your hand, place down randomly, like so:

jdvl

So, from that, we have:

Jadivel

Instant name creation.
Lol, I like your name creation process. Anyway, Static, the name you want is cool. I like Magic the Gathering and only stopped playing recently due to the amount of money I had to put into it and I broke up with a girlfriend of mine that I used to play it with. (Lots of things just kind of killed it for me. Still a great game and I still love to play with the decks that I have.)

fawgre

fawgre

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Chicago

Storm Haven

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Quote:
Originally Posted by William of Orange
Edit: I obviously added some extra letters to that, but it's just what sounded qwerky/cool in my head.
By all means. Keyboard-mashing is a free and innovative art form.

static deathbringer

static deathbringer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tur713
Lol, I like your name creation process. Anyway, Static, the name you want is cool. I like Magic the Gathering and only stopped playing recently due to the amount of money I had to put into it and I broke up with a girlfriend of mine that I used to play it with. (Lots of things just kind of killed it for me. Still a great game and I still love to play with the decks that I have.)

i only play in tournaments now due to the fact i make money , or alot of packs which i resell on ebay, to many kiddies and to many yugioh players now, and i feel for you my best friend just broke up with his girlfriend who played with him so he quit, and i haveta keep hearing him whine about him :P lol j/k man sorry to hear about that

Ren Falconhand

Ren Falconhand

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Quote:
Originally Posted by fawgre
By all means. Keyboard-mashing is a free and innovative art form.
new name will be....................

sejk;rerjil
read that as "Sejk Rerjil" I like it will add to collection just have no idea what proffesion sound like a Monk to me.

Ren

static deathbringer

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i must suck at this process cause i got


ergu5e reshklw i figure ergo reshclaw

Ren Falconhand

Ren Falconhand

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Quote:
Originally Posted by static deathbringer
i must suck at this process cause i got


ergu5e reshklw i figure ergo reshclaw

Sounds like a Necro

Ren

Sandman

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

near sacramento

i will try and use sandman but prob already takin like always.

or i will use many of my other mmo names i use.

sladek foxlik that is my hand masher i did not get and vowles so i added them

fawgre

fawgre

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Chicago

Storm Haven

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Quote:
Originally Posted by static deathbringer
i must suck at this process cause i got


ergu5e reshklw i figure ergo reshclaw
I would recommend using fewer letters, and then filling in the rest with your imagination. "Ksje" is easier to fill in than "eiiencbsjbjeu" but if the latter sounds like something to you, by all means you can use it.

William of Orange

William of Orange

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ren Falconhand
new name will be....................

sejk;rerjil
read that as "Sejk Rerjil" I like it will add to collection just have no idea what proffesion sound like a Monk to me.

Ren
Sounds more like a Mesmer to me, but then again, I wouldn't really have the first clue as to what a Mesmer's name would be.

Quote:
Originally Posted by static deathbringer
i must suck at this process cause i got


ergu5e reshklw i figure ergo reshclaw
Just a little tip I thought of when keyboard mashing for myself.

Rather than trying to use both hands and cover the entire keyboard, just use one hand, make sure you're covering primarily just the letters, and press down. You should get something like this:

yogitjkl

Yogi Tajkle, the Valient Ranger.

Best of luck.

static deathbringer

static deathbringer

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ren Falconhand
Sounds like a Necro

Ren
you just gave me a great idea ren, ty

*edit for spelling*

Ren Falconhand

Ren Falconhand

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Yes it is more of a Mesmer name how about a Me/E

anti-caster caster?

Ren

fawgre

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Quote:
Originally Posted by William of Orange
Yogi Tajkle, the Valient Ranger.
Sorry to ruin this name, but, I must:

Does he theive pic-a-nic baskets?

Ren Falconhand

Ren Falconhand

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No apple Baskets LOL

Ren

Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray

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19 characters and spaces. No numbers or wiggy symbols 'n' stuff. See here: http://support.guildwars.com/cgi-bin...i=&p_topview=1

My lord, that is the longest URL in history!

(Oh, thank heavens, the forum edits the length! It's five lines long on this little box here! )

static deathbringer

static deathbringer

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Join Date: Feb 2005

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
19 characters and spaces. No numbers or wiggy symbols 'n' stuff. See here: http://support.guildwars.com/cgi-bin...i=&p_topview=1

My lord, that is the longest URL in history!

(Oh, thank heavens, the forum edits the length! It's five lines long on this little box here! )
and once again Anet has time to visit the little people, god i love you guys Gaile youre the reason gaming has made me happy again

Owend

Owend

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

California

"A character with a name, word, or phrase that is offensive or vulgar will be blocked. A blocked character will be inaccessible and unplayable."

Must pick innocuous name...must not offend... How about Hugh Jass? Uh, no...maybe Drew Peacock? No. That's no good either...Can't think. ummm Fu King? NO! AAARRG!

Darkmane

Darkmane

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaile Gray
19 characters and spaces. No numbers or wiggy symbols 'n' stuff. See here: http://support.guildwars.com/cgi-bin...i=&p_topview=1

My lord, that is the longest URL in history!

(Oh, thank heavens, the forum edits the length! It's five lines long on this little box here! )
She said wiggy ::giggles uncontrolably::

GuildWars~
Forget what you thought you knew about online gaming.

spiritofcat

spiritofcat

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Mar 2005

Sydney, Australia

Order of the Sanguine Dragon [OSD]

E/Mo

I've got to have a go of this mashing method too since I only have 1.5 good character names in my head.

lhmu
gzf

Luhmu Gazeef, now there's a nice Elementalist name.

dfjbvs
awfopi

Dejavis Awfopy, sounds like a Mesmer to me, but I wasn't planning to play a Memser

aewrg
pihv

Aewrig Pihvey, could be a good solid Ranger or Warrior name.

I think my first was the best, Luhmu Gazeef is definitely going to be one of my characters.

static deathbringer

static deathbringer

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[QUOTE=spiritofcat]I've got to have a go of this mashing method too since I only have 1.5 good character names in my head.

lhmu
gzf

Luhmu Gazeef, now there's a nice Elementalist name.QUOTE]

sounds like a monk or an elemtalist