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Sidrakket

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

05 May 2006 at 07:54 - 41

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Originally Posted by SAQ

Lets see.. this topic is at par with:
Why can't I run EVERYWHERE?? Why are there obstacles blocking my path. I want FREEDOMMMM!! Let me jump of the cliff!!

mmkaythx

No, its not. And if you dont understand why then... well... I just dont know.

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Originally Posted by Kai Nui

Can you think of anyone who doesn't have a last name?

Yes

Paracelsus -not his real name no but the one history remembers him as.
Charlemagne
Beowulf
Quite a few gods and the like, but then you could say they dont count.
Heron (of alexandria)
A good deal of the npcs in the game. Stupid henchmen it makes me hate them=p

Lots of people, through history.

Now that we have established that some people have only one name. I move that because 'some people have three or even four or five names' then we should have a 5 word minimum.

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Originally Posted by SAQ

The OP deserves to be flamed.. maybe this topic might be an issue if this game was in ALPHA phase.. but it's now 1 year old, most people got over it, and I guess you could too.

Just because most people do something doesnt mean its a good idea=p I like being angry.

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I like my RPG chars with a surname, it's distinctive, even if they are called "John Smith" at least it's distinctively HIM not just another "John".

As ive said a couple places in this thread, many of my characters have other names, A few (but not many) have a title of some sort. But those sorts of things should not just be floating over your head. The first name serves as an identifyer because not everyone looks different in games. Whats floating over your head should be your common name. Some people may want eleborate ones, i personaly like more simple things, letter balance also plays a big part, the name has to 'look' good also.

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You can be like other people who runs around with "| John |", "X John X", I guess whenever I see one of those people.. I will think that they might be you. Those names are disgraceful.. even if it's "J O H N".

0_0... the entire point of this whole thread is that i dont want to do that=P

strcpy

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2005

One of Many [ONE]

05 May 2006 at 08:00 - 42

I too found it irritating. I always have one character named strcpy - I've used the pseudonym for well over ten years - I associate it with my self (and, obviously, not just in RPG's). I've got a few other names I like to use, some with more than two words. To add another word to it or spell it out (string copy) isn't the same.

It was irritating to have that limit, but oh well. I like "Brian the Plenty", just wish I could make my warrior very much over weight (one of the faces/hairstyles looks like me. just wish I could give him the large stomach region also). At the very least it gave me a new permament name to the list that's different from "strcpy". In fact, I like "Brian the Plenty" quite a bit (especially since my real name is "Brian" and I'm fat).

I do understand why long term roleplayers get attached to names. I'm not really that elitist - we were all short term at some time and it didn't take me that long to get attached to some of the identities. This is especially true in that some identities are class specific ("strcpy" is almost always a warrior). I also have my magic user name. Those are pretty standard and I can role play that the same person goes through all of them, even in games like guild wars - role play is in my imagination. I don't like that guild wars breaks that continuity, but I can live with it. Especially since it's always nice to add in a new one every once in a while - it can get boring after 10-15 years of the same character.

SAQ

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

Melbourne/Taipei

Radicals Against Tyrants

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05 May 2006 at 08:55 - 43

To OP: I guess you can voice your opinion and make this a discussion in a good manner way. But the way you made your topic seems like you can't cope with the 2 word name and want to point a finger at someone to blame. Maybe in the future have a peaceful discussion topic name instead like "I think GW should have the choice of single word character name" Discuss.

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Originally Posted by strcpy

I too found it irritating. I always have one character named strcpy - I've used the pseudonym for well over ten years - I associate it with my self (and, obviously, not just in RPG's). I've got a few other names I like to use, some with more than two words. To add another word to it or spell it out (string copy) isn't the same.

It was irritating to have that limit, but oh well. I like "Brian the Plenty", just wish I could make my warrior very much over weight (one of the faces/hairstyles looks like me. just wish I could give him the large stomach region also). At the very least it gave me a new permament name to the list that's different from "strcpy". In fact, I like "Brian the Plenty" quite a bit (especially since my real name is "Brian" and I'm fat).

I do understand why long term roleplayers get attached to names. I'm not really that elitist - we were all short term at some time and it didn't take me that long to get attached to some of the identities. This is especially true in that some identities are class specific ("strcpy" is almost always a warrior). I also have my magic user name. Those are pretty standard and I can role play that the same person goes through all of them, even in games like guild wars - role play is in my imagination. I don't like that guild wars breaks that continuity, but I can live with it. Especially since it's always nice to add in a new one every once in a while - it can get boring after 10-15 years of the same character.

Let me guess, you are a programmer and your other characters are called: strcmp, strcat and strstr??

Mr. Matt

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

R/Mo

05 May 2006 at 09:06 - 44

If you're such an awesome role player with years of experience under your belt and knowledge so awesome that even God himself would apparently have trouble challenging you... what are you doing playing Guild Wars?

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Originally Posted by Sidrakket

You realy saw someone who was all those things?

Try playing on one of the unofficial RP servers on Star Wars Galaxies -- that just described everybody there

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Argen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shadow Nation [SN]

05 May 2006 at 09:19 - 45

*brushes the dirt, cobwebs, and other detirus of long years of playing various RPGs, stands straight up and begins his spiel*

I started playing RPGs when they were considered "historical simulation games" and you just added in some wizards, than came D&D and its ilk, after that you had the text based RPGs on BBS and PBEM games, than the first single instance graphic games for your home PC with no internet, than enter MMORPG (which GW isn't). However, all of this doesn't make me an expert on the concepts... or any more or less L33T than any one else here. Very few people beside Inde are superior to us all.

This is just an idea as to why, no method beyond theory. The reason I can come up with for the minimum of two is actually creating a much higher number of combinations than allowing single word names. It creates a much larger set of combinations before duplication sets in. Take a look on some of the messenger services, pick a common name or word than figure out how many different derivations and versions you have to go through before you can make a single word ID, than compare it to 2 word names... my two cents.

Ciao

Snowman

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Wales, UK

Devils Scorpions

W/E

05 May 2006 at 09:26 - 46

Well I've been playing RPG games since 1992, desktop pen and paper, live role-playing, all manner of computer games...

its been my experience that the actual characters in those storys always has two names!..yes, sometimes they have a nick name, but their real name is always a proper one... this identifies a character much better and alows for a much stronger diversity.

I really like that guildwars forces you to chose two names and think its a fantastic idea, especially for role players.

Argen

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

Shadow Nation [SN]

05 May 2006 at 09:47 - 47

Got thinking... Hate to toss this one out... but Guild Wars isn't an RPG, shouldn't even try to lie to ourselves there. Its an online squad combat game set in a fantasy world. Any RPG is just there so that its not a strict simulation. Sorry.

Pevil Lihatuh

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2005

Yorkshire, UK

R/Me

05 May 2006 at 09:56 - 48

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Originally Posted by Sidrakket

Now some people may not understand why a name is so important. You are a bunch of newbies who have no buisness playing an online rpg, and are probably the same people who call people by their real names if they know them=p

If you had any decent points, that statement just blew away any respect anyone is gonna have had for you.

I, like you, usually use one name for my characters. Upon hearing before GW was out that you'd have to have 2 names, I thought "great! Finally a way to truly have a role playing name." Most mmo's won't even give you the opportunity; I personally feel its more realistic and also unique to have the two names (not to mention in mmo's its incredibly annoying when you think you've found some unique name, type it in and see "that name is already taken".) At least this way you can have the first name that you always have/like/whatever AND still be unique, because others may have that name but they won't have the surname.

And if you find it hard to think up last names (again like me) keep the same one for your chars. It makes them easier to recognise and saves you thinking up things for them. You can rp them as cousins that way too, or perhaps brothers/sisters, whatever. Heck even pretend they're mother, father and the two kids.

Hunter Sharparrow

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2006

Jeepers Kreepers

R/Mo

05 May 2006 at 10:14 - 49

A name is very important but as been mentioned in between the needless flames, just put two names you use together or put spaces between the letters. If you don't have room to do either, surely you have room to put
X Name X. I've been playing rpgs for quite some time and I tend to use the same one name also. Back when it wasn't called rpg (per say) but rather dnd. For GW I stopped using that name and starting making up new ones.

EndoftheSyringe

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Apathetic Eaters of Babies

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05 May 2006 at 12:19 - 50

And to think, in all the time this thread took up, Sidrakket could of produced atleast ONE two-word creative name!

torquemada

Krytan Explorer

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guildless

05 May 2006 at 13:51 - 51

Yeah....squirrel shapeshifted druid sitting on your shoulder innocently enough...until he smacks Harm at ya...

jonnybegood

Wilds Pathfinder

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huh?

The Final Exodus[FX]

05 May 2006 at 14:01 - 52

I named my assasin "Antyon Vanychko" named after my grandfather from Belorus wich just happens too meen "White Russian" and thats pretty much what I think is where the Kurzick originate from.

Fitz Rinley

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

The Rusty Rose

W/Mo

05 May 2006 at 14:08 - 53

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Originally Posted by Sidrakket

I dont want a place to roleplay, i just want a name that has meaning to me. Facilitation of roleplay is important in these sorts of games. If not we would not even have backstorys or quests, it would just be a merchant and a bunch of mobs to farm.

ROFL - Oh, how I long for the days of 8 bit rendered Final Fantasy again, ..... maybe.

The similarity with RPG is very loose as one has now only the option of choosing faction. This is something minimally like say a D&D style alignment but is no where near the White Wolf level of paths and paradigms. You are correct in that individual expression appears to be something ANet has directly targetted for anihilation. The nick/tag name suggestion I made could remedy part of your problem while maintaining their database system. All character names are a part of the data string identifying that chracter. To this extent it could very well be that the two name system is important for the base codes the servers work with.

Fitz

Silent Coyote

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Nov 2005

UK

E/N

05 May 2006 at 14:11 - 54

If you only want to use one name then just prefix it with Mr, Miss, Lady or the likes. Honestly out of all the things you could possibly choose to complain about...

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

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05 May 2006 at 14:21 - 55

Let's cut the flames and get down to brass tacks, eh?

The two word minimum serves a very useful purpose: It helps cut down on not being able to create a character because the name has already been taken.
If you're having a lot of trouble, do what I do when I'm in a hurry: just add a "descriptor" like "______ The Brave" or "Lord _____".

During the head start, I wanted to start playing right away. I made up a necro that reminded me of Akira. "Akira the Accursed" I thought. (I adore alliterations).

Or try using two first names: Mysti Lynn was born that way.

I like the first and last name requirement, although I dislike seeing the spaced out "F R A N K"s of the world, it's a small price to pay to see most people come up with some decent names.

EDIT: What's wrong with Sid Rakket?

PS EDIT:

Several of Anet's own characters have one name: Cynn, Devona, Eve, Mhenlo, Nika, Aidan.

By making us have two names, it keeps these NPCs unique. When you see a character with one name in Guild Wars, you know it's a NPC (that, and they're green!)

eudas

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

Tx, USA

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05 May 2006 at 14:26 - 56

Just to help all of you assholes out there who say "but i have problems coming up with names!" and therefore think that names like "F R A N K" or "X Snipa4Eva X" are names,

1) kill yourself;
2) google something simple like "fantasy name generator"

i mean seriously, it takes 2 seconds:
http://rinkworks.com/namegen/

go down to "serious names", click "generate", choose 2 of them from that list at random. Done.

eudas

p.s. honestly, you can judge a book by its cover in this game. stupid name? most likely a player you won't want to play with. as they say, "birds of a feather flock together."

eudas

p.p.s. space vampire pirate wizard? you've *got* to be kidding me.

eudas

pyrohex

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

05 May 2006 at 14:33 - 57

Sorry, but a first and last name are more fitting to roleplaying than a single word, if that's what you like in a game. As most RPGs seem make you a little peasant who becomes a hero, you'd have to have some sort of family name before becoming a One Word Man.

And what exactly is wrong with calling my friends by their first names? You're saying I should greet my friends as "Lord Vassal Siddhartha Muhammad Moses Christ," as opposed to "Dan?"

You can take your elitist One Word Name Men and shove it, because no one here really gives a crap about this issue anymore. I think most people here have struggled with the issue and come to reconcile with it more than a year after the initial release of the game. You're not unique in your problems.

Anyway,the primary reason this thread is getting so many replies is because of yourself, Cid-racquet. You're the entertainment here, not the subject matter.

MasterDinadan

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2005

The Zaishen Force

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05 May 2006 at 14:40 - 58

Think of it this way. Your in-game name is your identity. I don't know of many cultures where people are identified by only one word.

People are still going to call you by your common name anyway. If your name is Lord Carlos The Third, people are probably just going to say "Hey Carlos" and not "Hey Lord Carlos The Third"
Why do they have to show your full name above your head? How about so some other guy with the "common name" Carlos (maybe Carlos The Brave or something) can't impersonate you. Having your full name over your head is important so that people can identify you. It's important that you be identifiable, and it's important that you have a unique identity.

Hypothetical situation where people are displayed by their "common name" -
There's a necromancer in Ascalon named Erin. His name is actually "Erin The Vile" but everyone knows him as Erin because that's all they see. Another necromancer named "Erin The Wicked" rolls a necro and goes to Ascalon. He is also named Erin, and since it's his common name, that's all anyone sees. So what happens when Erin The Vile says "LFG for whatever quest!"... Erin The Wicked gets spammed with invites, because nobody knows that he is a different guy than the one that wants a group. Obviously, it's essential for people to be able to tell two Erin's apart, therefore they need to have different names over their head. Since they both want to be Erin, the only way to have them both be Erin and both have unique names is by adding more words.

Kurow

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Seattle

Faces of Death [Tye]

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05 May 2006 at 14:45 - 59

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Originally Posted by Skanks

I always give my characters the same last name, makes them family

Woahmg, me too!

KESKI

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

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05 May 2006 at 15:01 - 60

If you just want to be a "John"
how about "John Everyman"?? That should prove your point, and it look stylish=P
The 2 name system was there in the first place so people make a realistic name for their charactor, but I doubt it. I still see X XXXKnight X, X XXXLord X, X XXXmaster X all over the place.
And with the new title system its realy something. Its like saying, I am the king, also the queen of this country.
The worest part is when they ask for stuff like a 3 year old. All the lord, knight, jedi's good name right on the dirt. I can almost hear Luke Skywalker's crying.

Imaginos

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

05 May 2006 at 15:14 - 61

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Originally Posted by EndoftheSyringe

You are whining about a NAME rule! Christ.

The point is to make your character feel like a person that has become a great hero. Instead of "lollerboy1202", the naming rule encouraged people to give their characters first and last names, making it a bit more "epic", if you will. It worked, too. I don't think I've seen even one name with a string of numbers or something like "XxemogirlxX".

You need to be more creative. I can come up with DOZENS of two-word names that I am quite fond of.

Yeah "Poop In My Mouth" is one of the BESTEST rpg names i've ever seen. Yessir the naming policy sure makes people think of epic names....if you were a commode /sarcasm.

I'm sorry but your argument holds no water as myself and others have seen plenty of XxemogirlxX style names they just have a space between the X's.

The OP is also a die hard rpg fan and isn't about to have some lame ass name like lollerboy1020 or whatever.

Survey Says: OP is correct.

trickygv

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2005

disciples of oblivion

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05 May 2006 at 15:14 - 62

i name my characters by browins the religion sections of wikipedia untill i find a badass sounding demon or angel or something.
examples:
samael
abbadon
asmodiai
lilith

KvanCetre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

The Madison Scouts

E/Mo

05 May 2006 at 15:23 - 63

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sidrakket

You are a bunch of newbies who have no buisness playing an online rpg, and are probably the same people who call people by their real names if they know them=p

That's right guys - unless you're the biggest ultra-nerd in the world, how DARE you play an online RPG! If you can't realize, from the pits of your parents basements, why we should call everyone by their characters name(because we all know that the only people worth talking to are our also-single friends we role play with), then you should just stop logging into Guild Wars, which is by far the best game for anyone who loves to Role Play.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

05 May 2006 at 15:27 - 64

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Originally Posted by Sidrakket

I am fully aware that there are persons out there who are my better, however i am secure in my knowledge that i am quite supirior to at least 99 out of every 100 persons i see. This is not basless pride or arrogance mind you. But simply my well earned right. P

i started with those funny dice and a group of friends with a very good gamemaster.

with an elitest mindset like yours you would have been booted the first session as an insufferable jerk.

this game will see you out very fast as it has nothing a hardcore roleplayer likes.

go to it then just go

Cyan The Archer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Denmark

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05 May 2006 at 15:32 - 65

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Originally Posted by Sidrakket

There was a graph that i saw. It had the number of people playing mmos from like, the early 90s (muds included) to 2005. The number has jumped by about 100 times since i started playing. I am fully aware that there are persons out there who are my better, however i am secure in my knowledge that i am quite supirior to at least 99 out of every 100 persons i see. This is not basless pride or arrogance mind you. But simply my well earned right. You also have claim. Basicaly, in the grand scope of things. THere is pre EQ and post EQ.

crpg, online crpg is also different, as a persistant world is much departed from pen and paper and such. So i can not, for example, be trumped by someone who played d&d back in the day=p

I'm not going to sound too elite, but i, and alot on this forum, is the 1 out 100... Sorry to say, but we are better than you here

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

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05 May 2006 at 15:36 - 66

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Originally Posted by Imaginos

Yeah "Poop In My Mouth" is one of the BESTEST rpg names i've ever seen. Yessir the naming policy sure makes people think of epic names....if you were a commode /sarcasm.

I'm sorry but your argument holds no water as myself and others have seen plenty of XxemogirlxX style names they just have a space between the X's.

The OP is also a die hard rpg fan and isn't about to have some lame ass name like lollerboy1020 or whatever.

Survey Says: OP is correct.

Huh? How would a one-word name allowance actually encourage good names? It wouldn't.

It has nothing to do with creativity, it has everything to do with allowing you to make a name and having less chance it's already taken.

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Originally Posted by trickygv

i name my characters by browins the religion sections of wikipedia untill i find a badass sounding demon or angel or something.
examples:
samael
abbadon
asmodiai
lilith

Those are all one word names!

(and not very original either. They've been used in countless RPGs, wargames, card games, even board games!)

EDIT: Cirian, there could always be Slarti Bartfast.

Cirian

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2005

European Union

The Amazon Basin

05 May 2006 at 15:42 - 67

I'm just gutted that there will never be a Slartibartfast.

Olfin Bedwere

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W/Mo

05 May 2006 at 15:46 - 68

No matter how many times you flog this dead horse, it ain`t gonna move.

Teklord

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Lloyd.ab.ca

Lords of All

R/Mo

05 May 2006 at 15:51 - 69

I agree with the point above about it having much to do with the chances of a name not being taken already. With the number of people playing in a game like this a one word name simply isn't unique enough. You could sit for hours trying to come up with a one word name you want, only to find out in seconds it has already been taken. Then you sit for many more hours trying to come up with a variation that also hasn't been taken already. I know I used to have that problem in Diablo II.

I'm a bit picky with my name selections too and take my time in coming up with a name. However, it really isn't all that hard to come up with a First and Last name combo. Sure one may be used to single word names, but as many have done with their characters in Guild Wars you can come up with one last name and use it for all your favorite first name characters. That even adds the depth of them being all related to each other should you choose to do that.

Personally I'm quite fond of my latest creation: Aranel Aini. I actually wanted to use Serra Angel for my Assassin, but I wasn't all that suprised when I found it was taken. Didn't take me long to decide what to do. I took each name and found the literal meaning behind it or the definition. I then searched for words in another language that closely resembled or match those meanings. So Aranel Aini is Serra Angel, but in Elvish.

Lack of creativity makes the world a very dull place to live.

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

05 May 2006 at 16:24 - 70

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Originally Posted by Kakumei

Haha what

HAHAHAHAHA WHAT

Okay let's combine every HORRIBLE ROLEPLAYING CLICHE into ONE CHARACTER.

Okay, I take it back. This guy's an aweful role-player. First rule is to always limit your character. He has to have weaknesses and can't be like 20 different things at once. My main RPG character, TK-7764, has a bit of a blending of several classes, but at least mine is more original and has weaknesses.

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

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05 May 2006 at 16:28 - 71

Of all the complaints I've read from us GW-players, I've never seen such a pitiful topic like this tread. Dude, I know it sucks you need to make a two-word-name for your character, but could you just drop all the elitism and the 'me-number-one, you-all-inferior' attitude? I honestly don't think you will get any support from the community in this way, making your complaint nothing more than the wining of a 10-year old.

By the way, you realised Sidraket, when pronounced in Dutch means the same as a rocket to sit on. (a zit-raket, a sit-on rocket) Sure, quite the name I would be comfortable with.

KvanCetre

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

The Madison Scouts

E/Mo

05 May 2006 at 16:33 - 72

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sidrakket

Sidraket (i dropped the extra k to try and get people to pronounce it right.. it didint work >< the name has two sylables. THe first is sid, like cid, the second is raket, like what you hit a tennis ball with. Sid-rakket)

I just wanted to point out that Sid-rakket is three syllables... Sid-rak-ket.

Really just because everyone else has pointed out everything funny

Imaginos

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2005

05 May 2006 at 16:46 - 73

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mordakai

Huh? How would a one-word name allowance actually encourage good names? It wouldn't.

It has nothing to do with creativity, it has everything to do with allowing you to make a name and having less chance it's already taken.

It would neither encourage or discourage good names. It would allow the option of someone having a single word good name which it doesn't do right now.

More options for players not less

Kattox1

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2006

In your mind

OMNI clan UK

D/N

05 May 2006 at 16:46 - 74

It took me half a day to come up with my cool tag in games: Kattox and I just use that combined with some other last name based upon my proffesions like Kattox Nightblade for a W/N or Kattox Windblade for my A/E... They aren't the greatest names in the world but sure aren't the worst and I'm dam sure I'm not gonna change them.

Theres nothing wrong with 2 word names. It makes your character seem like a real person instead of a tag.

Draygo Korvan

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/Me

05 May 2006 at 16:47 - 75

Character name generation takes time for me, I dont use any automated programs or anything. I come up with a unique name, very rarely are my names ever taken. The only time I deviate from this is when makeing a PvP character to which I do not have any attachment with.

Mordakai

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Aug 2005

Kyhlo

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05 May 2006 at 16:59 - 76

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imaginos

It would neither encourage or discourage good names. It would allow the option of someone having a single word good name which it doesn't do right now.

More options for players not less

A name you would probably never get to use, unless it was Aeipfjfj.

Seriously, how many millions of people are playing this game? How many would use Imaginos as a character name (just as a example, not saying that would be your name). Quite a few. Do you want to spend all your time entering names just to find one no one has used, or do you want to play the game?

That's why the two word minimum.

beanerman_99

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2005

In the clouds

[Sage]

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05 May 2006 at 17:03 - 77

wow. This has got to be the weirdest thread going, and its borderline pointless IMHO. You want a one word name? Go play Diablo or Diablo 2. Yeah....real original names going over there. No spaces allowed in a name is just plain retarded. But hey, if the OP wants to use 1 word to name this "epic" character let him. I think a longer name, oh...say one thats TWO words has a more "epic" feel.

floppinghog

Wilds Pathfinder

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pit of brimstone

Squad Six Six Six [ssss]

A/Me

05 May 2006 at 17:07 - 78

your all so freaking retarded lol

using the term lightly. dont even bother replying

Sidrakket

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2005

05 May 2006 at 22:41 - 79

Hmm, reading through these replies i can conclude that;

1. Half of you dont read a thread before you reply to it.
2. About 80% of you have no sense of humor. (for god's sake the space vampire pirate wizard is SUPOSED TO BE A JOKE! You dont go around being all serious on a character like that, let me tell you=P Why are people even comenting on that? I dont get it=p Besides its perfectly viable in eve anyway, i kill people to take their stuff in low security space.. pirate, i use a primarily energy draining drone ship.. vampire.. im in space! ANd to top it all of, im also a wizard because the phraze "and also a wizard" tagged to the end of ANY SENTANCE is mindblowingly funny.)

I was going to write a long reply, but ovserve instead that i am directing everyone back to my previous posts to avoid redundancy.

I will say that i do not understand why people are assuming that 'no two word minimum' means a 'one word max'... and also a wizard.

If anyone else, anyone at all realy, who has posted in this thread since my last post, has not found a part of this message specificly directed to them, then just read back from the start and you will see my reply already before you even spoke~ (because im a wizard and can bend time with my mental forces)

Also you guys seem to like to argue here=p Lol internet. Its okay though ^-^ years of internet has made me impossible to offend or upset =)

Teklord

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05 May 2006 at 22:48 - 80

You do have quite the imagination. Since imagination is spawned from creativity then this is definitely a good thing.

I'm merely going to state that the game is designed where you need to use two words to create a character name. Perhaps they could have made one the minimum, but they didn't. I will also state that the game designers and developers have far more important concerns to well... concern themselves with than the minimum number of words used to create a character.