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[DarthMuffin]

I only did that once, in Mass Effect. No name generator, and since we pretty much get to play as a "real" human I figured Patrick Shepard sounded fine.



Over the years of playing fantasy RPGs, I ended up forming a small pool of generic names that I like and I keep using them over and over again. Some were made up, others were generated in NWN and KotOR.

[Aristorum]

I usually, almost never actually, name characters after myself. I guess it's because I never model the characters to look like me. I think the Sims was the only exception.



But the amount of immersion it might add is always tempting.

[Astalder]

I never use my real name but since I played Everquest I've always used the name Astalder, so it's become a second name to me at this point. I almost always name my first character that in any game, unless I play a woman first. Didn't use it Mass Effect though, Astalder Shepard didn't roll off the tongue exactly, just used celebrity names instead.  I have about six names and another six variations on Astalder that are in the cards.  I'll be using several of them for DAO.

Modifié par Astalder, 01 novembre 2009 - 04:00 .

[Obidex]

I remember back in the heady days of A link to the past and all of the zelda games I would use my own name...but now I prefer to be more creative..although more often then not I use the name Miurdoch

[LevitasVeneficus]

I always use Dominic, my sons name, or if a surname needed I use Raistlin, no not 100% because of the character in DragonLance novels, but because it is my sons middle name.

[Vextir]

For me it depends on the class if its a non mage class then i use my real name if its a mage i use Vextir.

[FreyarS]

It depends on the game. For heavy RPGs, I tend to try and design a new character that still follows my personal playstyle and attitude for whatever RPG I'm playing. For light-hearted ones like Borderlands or Diablo, I tend to use my generic screen name.

[ExarKun00720]

I do it on the Sims, though like most everyone else here I make up stuff, I have done the letter trick like someone mentioned, have just picked a normal name and warped it's spelling, have just stolen names from other games and gave them my own twist, whatever I think sounds good for the setting and person I go with,

[Blackout62]

JasonPogo wrote...
But no sometimes I use my own name. It depends on the game. In something like Mass Effect where people are named Ashly and the defult is John then I have no prob using Jason. Yet In fantasy games Jason just dose not seem to do it for me. I use Imrahil alot it was a name from the Lord of the Rings.

I have the exact opposite where my name is rather fantasy (it's gaelic) so when I play modern or futuristic games I go by my middle name Alexander and even that isn't far from fantasy.  I just couldn't have been John. <_<

[Lestat13]

I name my RPG characters after other more famous RPG characters - If I make a Male Dwarf Warrior he'd deffinatly be named Magni after King Magni Bronzebeard.

[xKerberos]

I write down all the names I find interesting in a little notebook. So far I've named all my toons normal names.



Caleb, Gabriel, Mordecai (stolen from Borderlands) and Darius.



As for Mass Effect I just called him Logan. Wolverine anyone?

[xKerberos]

Lestat13 wrote...

I name my RPG characters after other more famous RPG characters - If I make a Male Dwarf Warrior he'd deffinatly be named Magni after King Magni Bronzebeard.

Anyone going to name their Dwarf Muradin? Or their human Arthas?

[Maiverick]

lol ya i never name my characters with my own name coz i personaly think the name Jeremie sucks lol like it always seem like a kids name like when somone calls me by my name it just feels wierd and just does'it seem to suit my age lol i don't know iv just never been a fan of my name lol but gotta live with it out of respect for my parents lol coud change my name but ya nah

[Pink_Moon]

Cousland is a Scottish surname. So, from that I think, "what is a good traditional Scottish name that would fit the character I want to play?"

Pwyll is what I came up with. A celtic legend who rules over the celtic-isles and ultimately comes into possession of a cauldron that will eventually be known by Arthurian legend as "The Holy Grail".

Modifié par Pink_Moon, 01 novembre 2009 - 04:15 .

[Sheylan]

DaerogTheDhampir wrote...

Well, when I played KotOR, Jacen came up in the name generator, I like that name, but rarely use it, mostly a last resort if I use up my others.

Funky, Jacen is a MAJOR character from the expanded universe. (New Jedi order era)

I normally use Revan heh. Or one of my numerous old WoW names. Sheylan, Lianin, Tesoni(As in Liara, WoW dosnt let you putin apostraphes.) Liayorn.

[Luekas]

If im playing a game where you are kind of a dick, then I name my guy Robert. E. Lee, or Adolf or something like that, if you have to be nice, than I just use a redneck name. Like for this game, the human noble last name is Cousland, so I just went with Buck. But I think Dale, Earl, Reb or Ace would have worked with that too.

[OldhamA]

To answer the original question - I tend to use my name for my characters too. Well besides J. Shepard, cos well that's his name!

[Maria Caliban]

gam3rguy5565 wrote...

Darpaek wrote...

HEY! You're the guy who can't think up fake names!

I've, at least, got 4. LOL

psh, dwarf names : Axxion/Dorik
Elf Name: Syrenidus
Alternate human name; Aeristos

So ha!! ;P

Better stick to your real name.

[DaySeeker]

I will use my real name sometime after the first playthrough, didn't always, but since I can make the character look like me, seems interesting. If I use it on the first playthrough I feel constrained to act in the way I would, so I sometimes use variations, or just make up new ones each time.

[Saumy]

very good point DaySeeker. If i can make a character look like me then i just might use my name .. josh ugh .. doesnt sound epic enough =/

[Ch40sH4wk]

My character

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is one of the few exceptions of using my real name as a chracter. I find names that inspire me and combine them with other words or modify them to my liking and they turn up awesome or really stupid.

[X2-Elijah]

I almost always use my real name for my main (first) character and with alterations - for subsequent ones. Especially in fantasy games. Reason being, my name is quite fitting for a fantasy type game, especially if you don't play the muscle-bound freak tanks/warriors, which I usually don't).



So yeah, almost everywhere my char will be known as Elijah.

[kufsavar]

I just regurgitate one of my nine WoW handles. I also used to be an English major, so occasionally I do fall back on my memory of literature. I think I named a few characters after classic literature characters, but most of the time I use a random name generator (http://www.seventhsa.../index-name.php) or Endless Book of Names (EBON) program.



Or toss in some latin and modify it slightly so it kind of rolls off the tongue. Works great for fantasy writing too, I had to name orders of warriors for a story and I just used latin translations of words for their names. I also traveled a bit to Africa, so I have named a couple of characters after people I met while traveling. I named my pet in WoW after this funny guy I met in Ethiopia named Brujet.