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[gam3rguy5565]

Daerog, you sir are more creative than I will ever be lol



I always like to play the "tank" type of class when ever I play a game. What ever class can take the most damage, and if it's a fantasy game I normally play dwarfs if I have the choice, and I always name him Dorik. That was the first name I came up with for my dwarf pally in WoW... but if I am ever playing a human in a game, I always pick my own name, and try to act like I would in RL if I were in that situation, using my own personality if you will. But if the character has a different name, I just pick a personality for them and try to pick a name that fits around that personality.

[nickharvey86]

I use some derivative of my name. In WoW for instance I always use Nick but then end the name in something that sounds like what ever race it is. Ex. My troll hunter is Nickukai, Elf Pally is Nickolias etc.

[Seruka]

I used to do that when I was little, but not anymore. I have a handful of names that I like to use. Every now and then I'll add a name to that list if I really like it.

[StormbringerGT]

I got lucky, my girlfriend doesn't really get into games. However she loves creating my characters. She went crazy with Oblivion. She is also heavily into names. The science behind them. The history, the cultural aspects.



She has a database she created with like 80,000 names from all over planet. From actual names used in different countries, to fantasy type names found in books and movies. Even what some of the names mean. American Indian, Japanese, German, Nordic, Dwarven, Elven, etc.



So when it comes time to make a character she picks a name first and makes me a character based off that. I still make my own, but she has honed this thing to craft.



So in short I usually don't have a problem with names, just that I get antsy while she fiddles with the character creator in a game for like 2 hours...

[gam3rguy5565]

@ StormbringerGT



haha, well if you are going for the pc version at least you have the character creator you can download and have her fiddle with that before the game comes out, then just transfer them from there into the game!

[mandalore18]

I very bad with names so i either use the name given or pray that there is so sort of title given like in Fallout 3

[Haasth]

I don't actually use my real name, but I use... well currently I do, a username based on my real name, and I tend to name all my characters the same / alike... I don't know why, I like to stick to one name. (Although I have used MANY usernames in the past)

I am quite good at making up names, though.

Modifié par Haasth, 01 novembre 2009 - 01:01 .

[Lilaris]

Nope. All of my game characters tend to have different characteristics and appearances, so it wouldn't feel right for them to have the same name. Besides, Wendy doesn't usually fit with the setting.

[StormbringerGT]

gam3rguy5565 wrote...

@ StormbringerGT

haha, well if you are going for the pc version at least you have the character creator you can download and have her fiddle with that before the game comes out, then just transfer them from there into the game!

Yeah she made the elf chick in my profile for me already, however I'm getting the 360 version first and the pc later. She loves watching roleplaying games and helping me make decisions and its easier on a 65 inch than a 24 inch! 

[gam3rguy5565]

StormbringerGT wrote...

gam3rguy5565 wrote...

@ StormbringerGT

haha, well if you are going for the pc version at least you have the character creator you can download and have her fiddle with that before the game comes out, then just transfer them from there into the game!

Yeah she made the elf chick in my profile for me already, however I'm getting the 360 version first and the pc later. She loves watching roleplaying games and helping me make decisions and its easier on a 65 inch than a 24 inch! 

Haha nice, your lucky you got a girl that likes to do stuff like that with ya. You don't have to worry about splitting your time up. And the female elf does look better than any I could ever make 

Modifié par gam3rguy5565, 01 novembre 2009 - 01:09 .

[Eccer]

Coming up with new names is as easy as walking.

[Achromatis]

Depends on if the random name generator is any good. Usually I pick from a small list Ive used over the past years and they dont have any RP persona attached to them for MMOs. For solo RPGs Ill use my first name or shortened version of my last name.

[StormbringerGT]

Someone mentioned in this thread earlier about names from the back of the Similarion. Thats a great idea actually. I have to point that out to her. I like hypned names, it depends on what type of character you're going for though.



I also like the classic D&D type names as well, maybe a title you adopt. Like Gillien Shadowstep. Or Kyric Orcbane, stuff like that. Obviously his last name is not actually Orcbane, but its probably something he was known for. Although there are no orcs in Dragon Age.

[Forwen]

Altogether NAH

That being said, I sometimes recycle old fantasy names I believe underused or wasted in their original context. Etrena (pronounced eh-treh-nah thank you very much) was originally a 3-second-idea for an SCIV CAS tacked on Kilik's style. Astet (ah-steht), my PC from Dungeon Siege II and Karleath (kar-leath, and remember the hard r) a paladin from my IWD party are next in the queue.

Modifié par Forwen, 01 novembre 2009 - 01:25 .

[Forwen]

double post

Modifié par Forwen, 01 novembre 2009 - 01:22 .

[Erruk]

Elmer Wigglefaster... doesn't really fit the Dragon Age Lore.. so it's out.

[Seratina]

My rogue is always named Drarry Fare. I think it has a nice ring to it.

[gam3rguy5565]

I can understand naming none-humans random fantasy names, cause it would just seem weird to me to have a dwarf with my name, but when ever I play a game with a human, besides an MMO, I just tend to use my real name, even if it doesn't fit into the lore of the game. It wouldn't really matter in DA:O though since all the voice over people call you by your last name, which is given to you, but even in games like Zelda or Final Fantasy I just enjoy seeing my name pop up on to the screen.



And I loled @ Elmer Wigglefaster (no offense if that is your real name or anything )

[ByblosHex]

StormbringerGT wrote...

I got lucky, my girlfriend doesn't really get into games. However she loves creating my characters. She went crazy with Oblivion. She is also heavily into names. The science behind them. The history, the cultural aspects.

She has a database she created with like 80,000 names from all over planet. From actual names used in different countries, to fantasy type names found in books and movies. Even what some of the names mean. American Indian, Japanese, German, Nordic, Dwarven, Elven, etc.

So when it comes time to make a character she picks a name first and makes me a character based off that. I still make my own, but she has honed this thing to craft.

So in short I usually don't have a problem with names, just that I get antsy while she fiddles with the character creator in a game for like 2 hours...

I'll trade GFs with you... wait... I'll give you 2 of my GFs for that one? No? How about 3?! PLZ!!!!

[Jakia]

Back in the olden days when dinosaurs roamed the earth, I was getting into Everquest, and I was trying to think up a name for my character. I put in my initials, and the computer told me that name was already taken. It "suggested" I try Jakia instead. I liked it, and have used it as my username and the name of any RPG characters I've made since, usually with the last name Skyblade. (If I'm playing a dude, it's Jak, if female, Jakia). If I feel the name doesn't fit the universe I'm roleplaying, then I'll think of another J-name that's similar. My KOTOR hero was Jasmine Orion because I didn't think Jakia sounded right for her.



Dragon Age is actually the first time I've broken the mold and named my first character something completely different. However, I did that because I had already preplanned a specific backstory and personality for my human noble, and I didn't think it fit me at all, so I came up with a different name, one that sounded good with the last name given. Adora Cousland.



However, since I had a few weeks to play around with the character-creator, I did eventually make Jakia Brosca. What can I say, I had to make myself a dwarf---I'm short and have a rather round face, thank you, something that cannot be done with the humans in this game! I just wish we actually had some more curly hair, then it would *really* be me.

[Reaper85]

hmm  For Dragon Age: Origin's this time around  I am going with my real name of Jack-Wolf. I sometime's go with a name that suit's me at the time I am playing.

Modifié par Reaper85, 01 novembre 2009 - 02:13 .

[bambooxfox]

I don't think I've ever used my real name for any of my characters in a RPG, or I might've just forgotten. I tend to pull names from books, movies, or other games I liked and change them around if they don't fit the world in their original form.



Lately I've taken great liking to the name Lechies: she was the name of an otherwise "faceless" default henchwoman you had in your army at the very beginning of Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis. It has a nice ring to it so I've been using her name a lot in RPGs, though I haven't given it to anyone in my CC roster... yet.

[ByblosHex]

bambooxfox wrote...

I don't think I've ever used my real name for any of my characters in a RPG, or I might've just forgotten. I tend to pull names from books, movies, or other games I liked and change them around if they don't fit the world in their original form.

Lately I've taken great liking to the name Lechies: she was the name of an otherwise "faceless" default henchwoman you had in your army at the very beginning of Tactics Ogre: The Knight of Lodis. It has a nice ring to it so I've been using her name a lot in RPGs, though I haven't given it to anyone in my CC roster... yet.

I thought that game was called tactic Orgie? It's weird because it's so much like "Final Fantasy Tactics" which is my all tme favourite game, but I just can't get into that.

Sorry for the hijack.

[Volts74]

I don't use my real name. I always name my characters Gank. It started with my first time playing BG1. Every new RPG that I play, I name the character Gank. My logic is that the name gets passed down the family to each 1st son. Yeah it is weird, I know.



It is going to be harder to justify this idea since the name is jumping to a different campaign setting. All of the other RPG's that I have played have been D&D Forgotten Realms.