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[ObserverStatus]

That Fallout 2 cameo was funny though, well maybe it was after I googled the names.

[Anarya]

I never played Fallout 2 but that does sound funny.

[TheBlackBaron]

bobobo878 wrote...

Anarya wrote...
You guys can use my name whenever you want!
Unless you think it's ugly. Oh no! *runs off sobbing in a dramatic fashion*
Question: Where did Aveline come from? I liked both the name and the story and I'm happy to see you used it for a DA2 character. I was considering naming my Hawke Aveline after the chevalier until I saw that.

What do you have in mind?  Are you thinking of that random encounter from Fallout 2 in which the forumites lynch the troll?  I don't know if any of the forumites, moderators, or Bioware employees will get a cameo, but if they decided to do that they would have plenty of options.  Perhaps ME3 could have a galactic news report about shandepared debating with nightwriter.

"Jeirt" sends you an e-mail after Thane's recruitment mission.

For those who don't know, she was a huuuuuuge Thane fangirl on the old boards.

[Ortaya Alevli]

Anarya wrote...

...or a dead body like Genitivi's assistant guy.

"The body of real Anarya."

Modifié par Ortaya Alevli, 08 octobre 2010 - 06:27 .

[ObserverStatus]

Um wait, I thought that they had already established the new boards before they released ME2? Were the old boards still inhabitd than, or did Thane's fan base emerge before the game was actually released?

[Anarya]

bobobo878 wrote...

Um wait, I thought that they had already established the new boards before they released ME2? Were the old boards still inhabitd than, or did Thane's fan base emerge before the game was actually released?

He had a fanbase before the game released I believe.

[TheBlackBaron]

bobobo878 wrote...

Um wait, I thought that they had already established the new boards before they released ME2? Were the old boards still inhabitd than, or did Thane's fan base emerge before the game was actually released?

You have no idea. There was a mass migration from lust for Garrus to lust for Thane.

Him dropping out of vents to startle Shepard or to start conversations became a major meme for a while.

Modifié par TheBlackBaron, 08 octobre 2010 - 06:30 .

[ObserverStatus]

Ah, I never posted here until I got that Return to Ostagar bug that locked my specializations and came looking for help. I guess it's believable, given how many fans Varric already has.

[Anarya]

bobobo878 wrote...

Ah, I never posted here until I got that Return to Ostagar bug that locked my specializations and came looking for help. I guess it's believable, given how many fans Varric already has.

Never underestimate the power of bored fans.

But c'mon, Varric is awesome.

[ObserverStatus]

Anarya wrote...

bobobo878 wrote...
Ah, I never posted here until I got that Return to Ostagar bug that locked my specializations and came looking for help. I guess it's believable, given how many fans Varric already has.

Never underestimate the power of bored fans.
But c'mon, Varric is awesome.

What?  That hairy little thing? Ok, maybe a little...

[ObserverStatus]

I guess we'd better get back on topic before we get volus'd Anyone have a theory on where they got the name for Varric?

[Anarya]

Hm. No idea. Who gets to name things anyway? David by himself? A committee? My impression is that the characters are named before they get handed off to their respective writers.

[TheBlackBaron]

bobobo878 wrote...

I guess we'd better get back on topic before we get volus'd Anyone have a theory on where they got the name for Varric?

Names starting with "V" automatically sound cooler.

[ObserverStatus]

Judging by his post about Andraste, I'd guess that he and the other writers just toss around ideas until they think of something they like.

[Burdokva]

David Gaider wrote...

Mike liked the name. There's a classical reference for it, sure, but Cassandra in DA2 isn't predicting doom and having nobody believe her. So it's just a name.

Maybe she is predicting doom and everyone believes her? 

I'd love to see a character named after Ivailo, or his nickname "burdokva" (Medieval Bulgarian cabbage, lettuce). All the tales and stories about peasant monarch in Medieval European folklore, and the one who actually become a peasant tsar is utterly unknown in the West, sadly.  If we ever have a commoner who becomes a ruler in Dragon Age... oh, wait, we have Hawk already.  

Modifié par Burdokva, 08 octobre 2010 - 07:43 .

[Ryllen Laerth Kriel]

David Gaider wrote...

Faz432 wrote...
haha what was the discussion for Andraste?

"need a female name guys"
"might as well start at A...Alison?"
"No no c'mon"
"Abby?"
"Stop messing around guys, we need a good name"
"Andrea?"
"Right thanks for nothing guys I'll do it myself, Andrea, seriously?....wait a minute...Andrea...Andra....Andras...ANDRASTE!!!"

Not too far off. Andraste was originally named "Augusta", though James Ohlen thought that sounded too plain. I went to "Astarte", but that was an existing goddess. I think we went around in circles a few times before I put my foot down and said it would be Andraste-- but, truth be told, I couldn't tell you how we arrived at it. I think it was derived from "Astarte" and originally intended without the "ay" sound at the end.

But, yeah. Names are weird. We argue about them a lot-- in fact, my Rules of Naming come not from the forums but from our own bickering over them. There's only two things we get oddly passionate about: names and rules of grammar.

For some reason I read "Astarte" as Asstarte...I could only devise that would be the patron saint of pastries gone very wrong.

Modifié par Ryllen Laerth Kriel, 08 octobre 2010 - 11:15 .

[Akka le Vil]

David Gaider wrote...

Mike liked the name. There's a classical reference for it, sure, but Cassandra in DA2 isn't predicting doom and having nobody believe her. So it's just a name.

We won't even have some lampshading if we are about doing something stupid, she stops  us "that's a bad idea" and then after we do it nonetheless and we get some really gloomy result, she grumbles about "nobody ever believes me when I warn them" ? ^^

[Faz432]

David Gaider wrote...

Faz432 wrote...
haha what was the discussion for Andraste?

"need a female name guys"
"might as well start at A...Alison?"
"No no c'mon"
"Abby?"
"Stop messing around guys, we need a good name"
"Andrea?"
"Right thanks for nothing guys I'll do it myself, Andrea, seriously?....wait a minute...Andrea...Andra....Andras...ANDRASTE!!!"

Not too far off. Andraste was originally named "Augusta", though James Ohlen thought that sounded too plain. I went to "Astarte", but that was an existing goddess. I think we went around in circles a few times before I put my foot down and said it would be Andraste-- but, truth be told, I couldn't tell you how we arrived at it. I think it was derived from "Astarte" and originally intended without the "ay" sound at the end.

But, yeah. Names are weird. We argue about them a lot-- in fact, my Rules of Naming come not from the forums but from our own bickering over them. There's only two things we get oddly passionate about: names and rules of grammar.

There are

Names and grammatical rules 

Modifié par Faz432, 08 octobre 2010 - 08:43 .

[Ryllen Laerth Kriel]

Who at Bioware wrote the character Baron Ployer into Baldur's Gate 2? Ploy-er seems an obvious plot name since he is scheming to curse Jaheira!

[DPB]

Ryllen Laerth Kriel wrote...

Who at Bioware wrote the character Baron Ployer into Baldur's Gate 2? Ploy-er seems an obvious plot name since he is scheming to curse Jaheira!

I presume that must have been Lukas' doing too, since he wrote Jaheira.

[Shreav]

David is an ancient with roots back to mythical times, thus he instinctively knows how to name characters.

D'uh.

Modifié par iShreav, 09 octobre 2010 - 01:49 .

[Argyle]

A Lukas post! You might be happy to know that a relative of mine is playing BG1 right now. Please continue to indulge in 'sincere' self gratification while writing, since it obviously gives good results. Uh, well ... I mean, hmmm, .... only if you have your own office.

[upsettingshorts]

My full name means Spear-wielding Little King (who is a) Defender of mankind.



....geez, I really ought to get started on that.

[Ryllen Laerth Kriel]

dbankier wrote...

Ryllen Laerth Kriel wrote...

Who at Bioware wrote the character Baron Ployer into Baldur's Gate 2? Ploy-er seems an obvious plot name since he is scheming to curse Jaheira!

I presume that must have been Lukas' doing too, since he wrote Jaheira.

Ah, if he did write her too then he's quickly becoming my favorite Bioware writer.