Naming policy a joke?

[Robben]

I've never understood why you would play a fantasy MMO w/ dragons and elves and not have your name at least resemble something that would come from said world...


I guess they think it's clever or more than likely they do it to upset others

[Trosh]

Originally Posted by Robben [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've never understood why you would play a fantasy MMO w/ dragons and elves and not have your name at least resemble something that would come from said world...


I guess they think it's clever or more than likely they do it to upset others

I agree, and furthermore will say that's the reason I could never understand players that made a Human character.

[khailibowen]

Originally Posted by Trosh [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I agree, and furthermore will say that's the reason I could never understand players that made a Human character.

Agreed!

I was even resistant to Half-Elves until my kids reminded me that Elrond was a Half-Elf, so they couldn't be "all" bad. lol.

[Rkelly]

Originally Posted by Robben [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've never understood why you would play a fantasy MMO w/ dragons and elves and not have your name at least resemble something that would come from said world...


I guess they think it's clever or more than likely they do it to upset others

Does anyone on this server actually roleplay?

[khailibowen]

I noticed the same thing about the "get names" feature. Some of the suggestions were just ridiculous. After reading the naming policy I figured that some people just didn't care, and even more people were lacking in creativity.

One of the first things I noticed when I got on this server were some of the crazy names. Things that seemed to be created for shock value (penus uprite), maybe even stupidity (Idrink Alot), or lacking major creativity or inventiveness (coca cola).

I generally just shake my head and wonder what was going through their heads when they picked those names.

[Kekephee]

Originally Posted by khailibowen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I generally just shake my head and wonder what was going through their heads when they picked those names.

Probably something like, "I'm playing a game, and it's a very social game, so since it's just a game and I'm going to be interacting with a lot of people I want my name to be funny." Not flaming, legitimate answer; I think most people probably aren't as... enthusiastic... about KEEPING IT REAL on the elf simulator as some of the people in this thread. I think some people just want to have a laugh on their game. Personally, I always have only slightly less than elven names, passable but not roleplay quality, because I like to have a little fun with it without naming my guy Cock Sucker or Fart Farterson or whatever


Actually I may make a character named Fart Farterson

[bulbousaur]

I had a friend on live whose name was "Fruito Loops."

A GM showed up asking him to come up with a new surname - so he made it "Dahlumn."

[Caloosadesign]

I am new to the server as of a week ago. I was so excited to start a character once I logged on. During the creation stage I tried about 5 different names that I've used been using the past 15 years. None of them worked. Then I tried the random name function three different times. All were rejected. Then just as a joke I typed in "mcdouble" and it took. Now I'm stuck with a name of a cheeseburger. Is there a way to change names?

[Messianic]

Originally Posted by Caloosadesign [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I am new to the server as of a week ago. I was so excited to start a character once I logged on. During the creation stage I tried about 5 different names that I've used been using the past 15 years. None of them worked. Then I tried the random name function three different times. All were rejected. Then just as a joke I typed in "mcdouble" and it took. Now I'm stuck with a name of a cheeseburger. Is there a way to change names?

This is a fantastic name. Serious surname potential. Keep it.

"Mcdouble Notrealmeat"
"Mcdouble Obesity"
"Mcdouble Frieswiththat"

[khailibowen]

Originally Posted by Messianic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"Mcdouble Frieswiththat"