One of the things I do when in my adventures around Norrath is check out peoples' names. I think a toon with a cool name, a name thats well thought out, is likely to be a good toon. But I know name is not what makes a toon.
That being said, I think that in a game like EQ, where there are no duplicate names, making each toon individual, that names should be better thought out. Not bragging or anything (cause im sure some will find it stupid) but when I created my High Elf wizard, I put alot of thought into the name. I wondered what his parents would name him and attempted to stick with what sounded "High-Elvish". I saw a calendar for a gas-station and saw Diesel..naturally I added "ious" and he became "Dieselious". It sounded like a strong name, it sounded "High Elven" and most of all it was original.
My beastlord was a get-name of sorts, i liked part of it, so i erased the rest of the letters and kept Holr. My HighElf cleric's name sounds HighElven, its beautiful, and it sounds "holy"..(Amastahzia).
Now, I'm not flaming those people who seem to not put any effort or thought into names..if it works for them, then thats ok. It bugs me though. I remember when "Lord of the Rings" came out in the theatres, I swear I saw a thousand different woodelf rangers running around with different variations of "Legolas", the foremost in my memory was "Legolasjim". Just the otherday, I saw a variant of Aragorn ( but it was a barb warrior which bothered me even more). I have seen a female cleric variant named Arwen (I wont say much as this person is in the guild my wizard is in and am hoping they dont read the alla forums, lol)
Now, I will be the first to admit that not all my toons' names are well thought out or original. I have a human ranger (who looks as close to aragorn as possible and has roleplay traits similar to him) but is named "Lowwn Wranger". I have a Dwarf cleric named "Hamaneggs Mcmuffin" ( I was hungry at his creation and is all I could think of). I have a barbarian warrior named "Ooltimate Thundermaker" (I'm sure many of you WWF wrestling fans of old will see the namesake there). I even have, as I have stated previously, a bard name "Ozztavious Ozbourne" whose namesake is probably fairly obvious.
**ok i think i need to stop ranting omg**
But before I do, let me just ask this. Where is the originality of the names? Is this only an issue with me or is anyone else bothered by names like "legolasjim" or the 47 variants of "shrek" or whatever running around?
/rant off
/hope
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In a way I know how you feel.
Not so much that I am bothered by the Legolas or the Shreks (never seen one of those)running around because a (that) name may mean something special to the player and that need to be respected.
What bothers the (&*(&*^%*&^ out of me is those who need to involve sex in their name.
Sexandra. Sorry mate you can stand in baz all you want but I will buy somewhere else, even if more expensive
Sexkitten? How sad can you be or is PoK your cyber hunting ground?
Streetcornagirl??
These are the 3 I remember best as I see them often around, but there are variations on the theme referring to the act, being easy, a ****, bodily parts.
What's even more annoying is Sony allowing it.
This game is player by adults but I know if 3 kids in my guild, and I would not want my kids turning around and ask me the explanation of some of the names.
Edit: thanks Alla for removing the adult content link from the item forums
Edited, Sun Apr 2 20:44:05 2006 by Maktub
Not so much that I am bothered by the Legolas or the Shreks (never seen one of those)running around because a (that) name may mean something special to the player and that need to be respected.
What bothers the (&*(&*^%*&^ out of me is those who need to involve sex in their name.
Sexandra. Sorry mate you can stand in baz all you want but I will buy somewhere else, even if more expensive
Sexkitten? How sad can you be or is PoK your cyber hunting ground?
Streetcornagirl??
These are the 3 I remember best as I see them often around, but there are variations on the theme referring to the act, being easy, a ****, bodily parts.
What's even more annoying is Sony allowing it.
This game is player by adults but I know if 3 kids in my guild, and I would not want my kids turning around and ask me the explanation of some of the names.
Edit: thanks Alla for removing the adult content link from the item forums
Edited, Sun Apr 2 20:44:05 2006 by Maktub
A female ogre named Bigjuz is the one I remember the most. Thankfully GM killed that name.
I put a lot of thought into my names. However I had a rule for myself after the first toon I deleted, simple names, names you dont have to squint at to read, names without confusion, short, no excessive amount of vowels or consonants. Names people can type easily. IMO I think/hope I succeeded.
It absolutely drives me nuts some of the names you need to type. Things like "iili" which is not even that plain in the game fonts. In the days of mm's a hard name didn't get a quick invite unless he/she was standing next to me.
It absolutely drives me nuts some of the names you need to type. Things like "iili" which is not even that plain in the game fonts. In the days of mm's a hard name didn't get a quick invite unless he/she was standing next to me.
I put alot of thought into my names too... Naiyenea to me sounds evil and snotty, but also very beautiful, I think it also sounds like someone who is very sneaky... My necro's name (Naiylea DarkFire) sounds like a dark assassin, which is what I planned, I wanted when people saw her name to think of a beautiful dark elf stepping out of the shadows and "whacking" someone for Queen Cristanos lol
The main stupid name I remember was something like Illndnhsafmhj (I thought the name filter stopped that stuff...)
The main stupid name I remember was something like Illndnhsafmhj (I thought the name filter stopped that stuff...)
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Good/entertaining post.
I agree with the poster who made reference to the intertwining of the "i's" and "l's"...it's as annoying at the shifting between upper and lower case characters in a single word.
After using the Get Name feature a few times, I found that a lot of the names were just too long... so I try to keep names somewhere in the 4-6 letter range, and have cut the Get Name suggestions down to something handy.
I appreciate those who put thought into a Toon's name, and sometimes the originality or twist on a common name is worthy of applause. Like Relbeek Einre, backwards for...Ernie Keebler, the Elfin Magic cookie spokesperson. Or the Ogre Shamaness Hottmomma Baconshaker. Sometimes, ya just have to send a tell to the Toon saying you appreciate their name or reference.
Anyway, thanks for an entertaining read.
Be well,
Emris Treehuggah
EQ addict since 1999
Brell Server, oh wait, Cazic Server now
I agree with the poster who made reference to the intertwining of the "i's" and "l's"...it's as annoying at the shifting between upper and lower case characters in a single word.
After using the Get Name feature a few times, I found that a lot of the names were just too long... so I try to keep names somewhere in the 4-6 letter range, and have cut the Get Name suggestions down to something handy.
I appreciate those who put thought into a Toon's name, and sometimes the originality or twist on a common name is worthy of applause. Like Relbeek Einre, backwards for...Ernie Keebler, the Elfin Magic cookie spokesperson. Or the Ogre Shamaness Hottmomma Baconshaker. Sometimes, ya just have to send a tell to the Toon saying you appreciate their name or reference.
Anyway, thanks for an entertaining read.
Be well,
Emris Treehuggah
EQ addict since 1999
Brell Server, oh wait, Cazic Server now
Some of my character names are original. Belhade, the name of my first character, is a name I made up years ago when writing bad fantasy fiction in junior high. It's either a first name (Belhade Baulien) or a last name (James Belhade, my online pseudonym). Only after using it for years did I find out that Belhade is a village in the southwest of France.
Debalic is a name created from EQ's random name generator. It gave something else unintelligible, so I doctored it up a bit to get Debalic.
My necromancer's name, Dukeroger, is taken directoy from a set of books, Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness series. He's an evil wizard who is brought back from the dead.
I happened to see a rather amusing name the other night in a GM event. It involved their server suffix, and was "Horrified Todeath of Povar".
Debalic is a name created from EQ's random name generator. It gave something else unintelligible, so I doctored it up a bit to get Debalic.
My necromancer's name, Dukeroger, is taken directoy from a set of books, Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness series. He's an evil wizard who is brought back from the dead.
I happened to see a rather amusing name the other night in a GM event. It involved their server suffix, and was "Horrified Todeath of Povar".
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A lot of my characters names (and my Alla name) Deodhlais was actually invented by my friend. Back when i played DAoC with him, we both needed a name we could always reconize. He told me to be Deodhlais and he was Dwiram or Proclaimer(last name: OfSouls) I have used all three in EQ.
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I love it when people have well thought out names and a story behind them, or just funny names, like a bard in my guild Ronniejames Dio....I love it. lol
My toons are Gwyydion Widdeshins (Gwydion is a pagan mythology character, widdershins is the welsh word for counter-clockwise....), Aquaphobe Nolikewater (a froglok) and my new baby necro, Ravenloch (a name I used back in the old D&D days)
My toons are Gwyydion Widdeshins (Gwydion is a pagan mythology character, widdershins is the welsh word for counter-clockwise....), Aquaphobe Nolikewater (a froglok) and my new baby necro, Ravenloch (a name I used back in the old D&D days)
For the most part, it does seem like people put at least some though into their names. I came up with my chanter's name while watching Food Network and they were talking about cutlery. I wanted something that identified me as a chanter, even if I had to go ANON in PoK or something (which I haven't actually had to do yet), thus Meziluna was born. Sounded kinda neat at first though I kind of regret such an obvious reference to mezzing.
Rolled up my warrior during the last presidential elections. As a froglok warrior, his name sounded appropriate and yet had other connotations that I thought were kinda funny. Anyhow, ended up with a froggie warrior named Diebold Riggedit.
My latest was a dark elf cleric of Innoruk. I wanted her to sound evil and dangerous. After having various cool names shot down by the filter, I ended up with Virulia. Pretty happy with that one too as it does reflect how I plan to play her. I previously had a dark elf, Innorruk cleric named Poena, which I think means 'pain' in Latin, not sure though.
I generally try to name my characters something semi appropriate. I also go for names that have a short three letter 'nickname' at the beginning so it's easy for people to type quickly but is also recognizable (and also pronounceable).
The weirdest name I've seen out there was some guy back on Morden Rasp called Drinkndrive Smokepotallday. Took them FOREVER to get rid of that name. Was pretty surprised on that one.
Rolled up my warrior during the last presidential elections. As a froglok warrior, his name sounded appropriate and yet had other connotations that I thought were kinda funny. Anyhow, ended up with a froggie warrior named Diebold Riggedit.
My latest was a dark elf cleric of Innoruk. I wanted her to sound evil and dangerous. After having various cool names shot down by the filter, I ended up with Virulia. Pretty happy with that one too as it does reflect how I plan to play her. I previously had a dark elf, Innorruk cleric named Poena, which I think means 'pain' in Latin, not sure though.
I generally try to name my characters something semi appropriate. I also go for names that have a short three letter 'nickname' at the beginning so it's easy for people to type quickly but is also recognizable (and also pronounceable).
The weirdest name I've seen out there was some guy back on Morden Rasp called Drinkndrive Smokepotallday. Took them FOREVER to get rid of that name. Was pretty surprised on that one.
I like this thread. I get tickled when I am dead waiting for a rez just seeing the creative forces behind names on toons running around. Some are hilarious, some not so funny, some I will never be able to pronounce much less spell, some just cute and toon related.
The names I have on toons all have reasons of some kind.
Seamy Deathheart......Highelf uppity pally that giggles alot!
Esined Izadruid.....Esined is Denise backwards part of my real name, surname is obvious.
Sighren....hehe she was a bard, made sense then, now a rogue not sure how that surname is gonna come out when she grows up.
Atyoar Bekncaul.....human sk enough said.
Wanastil....baby enchanter game picked name.
Quitcherbitchen....DE warrior....well when I am in a mood I play her.
Phrawgee....froglok necro
Rospo....baby froglok paladin....Rospo is Italian for toad.
Hehe I once had a troll named Billigote, too....which of course was going to have the last name Gruff...but alas she expired.
I love studying the names ppl use. One of my favorites is a guildie that is Afiamemong.....(gnomemafia backwards).
On our server there is a toon named Peanut that is dead in all zones, tons of corpses everywhere everyday. Everyone knows Peanut simply because it is dead everywhere. Funniest name lately I have seen....Pouncin Onpeanutscorpse. lol
Names are one of the most fun parts of this game to me. But I will say when it comes to invites, I am gonna take those /ooc lfg that have easy to spell names. It is just faster.
Seamy
The names I have on toons all have reasons of some kind.
Seamy Deathheart......Highelf uppity pally that giggles alot!
Esined Izadruid.....Esined is Denise backwards part of my real name, surname is obvious.
Sighren....hehe she was a bard, made sense then, now a rogue not sure how that surname is gonna come out when she grows up.
Atyoar Bekncaul.....human sk enough said.
Wanastil....baby enchanter game picked name.
Quitcherbitchen....DE warrior....well when I am in a mood I play her.
Phrawgee....froglok necro
Rospo....baby froglok paladin....Rospo is Italian for toad.
Hehe I once had a troll named Billigote, too....which of course was going to have the last name Gruff...but alas she expired.
I love studying the names ppl use. One of my favorites is a guildie that is Afiamemong.....(gnomemafia backwards).
On our server there is a toon named Peanut that is dead in all zones, tons of corpses everywhere everyday. Everyone knows Peanut simply because it is dead everywhere. Funniest name lately I have seen....Pouncin Onpeanutscorpse. lol
Names are one of the most fun parts of this game to me. But I will say when it comes to invites, I am gonna take those /ooc lfg that have easy to spell names. It is just faster.
Seamy
Well, my first toon, a Barbarian BST on Stromme, was called Blackfive for a reason. It's 70's-era military radio lingo for exec officer or second in command. That was my position when I was in service. My current main is Blackfive, Barb BST of TT and then Prexus. Unfortunately, that was the extent of my creativity. Since then, my alts, with one exception, have been "Black-"something. Blacklash-Iksar Monk, Blackteir-Barb Rogue, Blackpepper-Human Ranger, Blackbough (ugh) WE Druid, and Blackhampton-Barb Shamman. Blackhampton is actually a family name on my Dad's side. The exception? Tugger-VahShir Warrior...he's a black cat. Sad, I know. Well, at least when our guild is playing somewhere and someone hollars "hey Black!" I know who they are shouting at.
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-Blackfive 85 BST of Terris-Thule (Prexus) Hand of Ka
If I tell you a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask "how?"....HITCH HIM UP!
If I tell you a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask "how?"....HITCH HIM UP!
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Hmmmm, I've seen friends agonize on naming their characters. Me, I've never really worried about it, but then they also said I have no imagenation when naming mine. So what do I know...
Memories of the twins, Ferrous and Nicole Oxhide, come to mind ... and theres my standard basic warrior, Ottomattic (and derivitives).
Anyone remember Dot's full name from Animaciacs?
Memories of the twins, Ferrous and Nicole Oxhide, come to mind ... and theres my standard basic warrior, Ottomattic (and derivitives).
Anyone remember Dot's full name from Animaciacs?
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Anyone remember Dot's full name from Animaciacs?
Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fana Bo Besca The Third
I used this a mythology site like this one the pantheon to name one of my characters, Cullum. It is not original but uncommon and the name has some history to the name, and for a dwarf pally it sounded right. Of course this is not my main who I was less original with, a halfling rogue named McSean, but that was also my first charcter, if I ever have time to make some new ones, I Would definetly go to obscure gaelic mythology for a name.
How about a necro name Crom Cruach which means bloody crescent or bloody bent one and was an evil cult god followed by a minority of pagan gaels and required sacrificing one of thier children to him on Samain.
Edited, Tue Apr 4 09:51:39 2006 by fhrugby
How about a necro name Crom Cruach which means bloody crescent or bloody bent one and was an evil cult god followed by a minority of pagan gaels and required sacrificing one of thier children to him on Samain.
Edited, Tue Apr 4 09:51:39 2006 by fhrugby
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My shaman's name "Vathis" is a a "get name" that i tweaked. I wanted a primitive sounding name for my Iksar shaman. so it ended up being Vathis Akuma (Akuma is japanese for demon, also a name of Ryu's enemy in the Street Fighter series)
And my Woodelf Warrior, Tiinth. I wanted Tinth but it was taken so I tried to find a variation that didnt look stupid like Ttiinntthh, Tttinth, or something like that, and his surname De'Tylmirande is a noble elf warlord sounding name (it might be an altered form of Aribeth's lastname from Neverwinter Nights)
But yes. hehe that's my story
And my Woodelf Warrior, Tiinth. I wanted Tinth but it was taken so I tried to find a variation that didnt look stupid like Ttiinntthh, Tttinth, or something like that, and his surname De'Tylmirande is a noble elf warlord sounding name (it might be an altered form of Aribeth's lastname from Neverwinter Nights)
But yes. hehe that's my story
WHenever i do any "Drive -By buffing" of groups, if i see someone with a variation of Legolas, Aragorn or anything from LotR i convienently go "OOM" when it comes to their turn.
I remember when my Pally reached level 20 and was eligible to have a surname. I chose "Pelokgale" which is Setswana for "Courageous Spirit." It was rejected. i petitioned and the GMbot said that it was the name of a "popular historical figure." /rolleyes
Once, whilst sitting in PoK, i saw female gnome named "Bangbusdotcom" which is an online **** site. It's absurd that that can get through the name filter, but that i can't get the surname for my pally even if i petition!
I remember when my Pally reached level 20 and was eligible to have a surname. I chose "Pelokgale" which is Setswana for "Courageous Spirit." It was rejected. i petitioned and the GMbot said that it was the name of a "popular historical figure." /rolleyes
Once, whilst sitting in PoK, i saw female gnome named "Bangbusdotcom" which is an online **** site. It's absurd that that can get through the name filter, but that i can't get the surname for my pally even if i petition!
I love my new ecro " Beelze Buub "
Necro that is
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Quote:Anyone remember Dot's full name from Animaciacs?
Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fana Bo Besca The Third
Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Francesca Banana Fana Bo Besca The Third
Ouch that hurts!!!!
I don't know if Frogloks can be monks, but saw one in PoK a while back named "TaeKwon Toad"
priceless
priceless
-Blackfive 85 BST of Terris-Thule (Prexus) Hand of Ka
If I tell you a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask "how?"....HITCH HIM UP!
If I tell you a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask "how?"....HITCH HIM UP!
On my first toon I was very intimidated by trying to come up with a name. I'm not a creative sort of guy. So, I just gave it my own last name - Bellew. Not a good idea, but now there is a Belew on The Rathe also.
Since then I have gone on the net and searched "mythology" for name taht wouls apply to the class of the toon. Or to what that particular class did in the game - thus: my Ranger is Trackyr, and my main Warrior is Dyciere (he dices and slashes constantly)
Then my wife wanted me to name some of them with Doc in the name as I'm a dentist in real life - so I have some of those.
The names I perfer are those that relate in some way to mythology - although I really don't role play - just not creative enough to pull that off.
Since then I have gone on the net and searched "mythology" for name taht wouls apply to the class of the toon. Or to what that particular class did in the game - thus: my Ranger is Trackyr, and my main Warrior is Dyciere (he dices and slashes constantly)
Then my wife wanted me to name some of them with Doc in the name as I'm a dentist in real life - so I have some of those.
The names I perfer are those that relate in some way to mythology - although I really don't role play - just not creative enough to pull that off.
In my 4 or there abouts years in EQ i have seen more variants of Legolas, Gandalf and Aragorn than i care to think about.
Good names are more common than bad ones and even comic ones are fun if in good taste and charicter fitting, mine main names have been following me around for along time now through more than one MMORPG and i think will now be "The Names"
Jarkeld Hammerhiem (a card from Magic TG)
Adeara Coolbreeze (A random generated one)
Ieadian Hammerhiem (When i retired D&D version of Jarkeld he needed a younger brother)
Genelorn Whitehand/black hand (My Pally-Anti Pally)
and Tarv Blessed Tarv, should i ever find the need of a troll.
You hang the entire personality on the name, and the reputation is also the names not the players.
Good names are more common than bad ones and even comic ones are fun if in good taste and charicter fitting, mine main names have been following me around for along time now through more than one MMORPG and i think will now be "The Names"
Jarkeld Hammerhiem (a card from Magic TG)
Adeara Coolbreeze (A random generated one)
Ieadian Hammerhiem (When i retired D&D version of Jarkeld he needed a younger brother)
Genelorn Whitehand/black hand (My Pally-Anti Pally)
and Tarv Blessed Tarv, should i ever find the need of a troll.
You hang the entire personality on the name, and the reputation is also the names not the players.
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Pretty much all my names have been thought thru. That said, I do not think all names have been great, or even funny. But they all mean something to ME, and I really enjoy the few times other players understand what its all about. Granted this do not happen to often, but I still love it when it does. On a sidenote - I REALLY dislike names such as "Kickassfrog" or "mynewnecro". If you cant come up with a proper name, use the name generator! I'd rather laugh at "Aaaarumag"'s lack of imagination, then to growl at "Arragorrn"'s total lack of respect for Tolkien. =)
I got a necro called 'Nekrotizin Faciitis'. she dont get invited to too many places......Not sure why..
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