hyphenated names - Guild Wars Forums

Personette · Jun 25, 2007, 11:10 PM // 23:10

I just started a new character, then once I started running around with her I realized her name would sound better with a hyphen instead of a space between two of the words.

I'm tempted to delete my character and start another with the same name, and a hypen, but I don't want to go to the effort only to find out that someone else already has the name with a hyphen.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows if a hyphen is going to function like a space, so that my name without hyphen would preclude someone else making the same name with a hyphen, or if it's like a letter, so that the addition of the hyphen would make it a totally different name....Sorry, this sounds confusing, but I'm sure someone out there gets the idea.

Stormlord Alex · Jun 25, 2007, 11:17 PM // 23:17

You can't add hyphens in names in GW. Or any other punctuation.

yishin · Jun 25, 2007, 11:43 PM // 23:43

I agree with Stormlord Alex, I also tried to make one with a hyphen didn't work.

DarthChar · Jun 26, 2007, 04:31 PM // 16:31

You can only have English letters in your name.

Matfei · Jul 10, 2007, 03:25 AM // 03:25

English Letters, no numerics, symbols, or anything else.

HawkofStorms · Jul 10, 2007, 04:21 AM // 04:21

I can also confirm all of this, no hypens allowed. Tis a shame, I would have really liked to make TK-7764 as a character (a long standing character I've used in a few other mediums).

Iuris · Jul 10, 2007, 06:46 AM // 06:46

And a good thing that is, too.

Really, what kind of person would make a sword and sorcery character with a name that sounds like a bar code...

HawkofStorms · Jul 10, 2007, 06:20 PM // 18:20

A person who likes to reference Star Wars... (TK-421 why aren't you at your post?).

Jul 10, 2007, 06:25 PM // 18:25

The old fashioned "Ugtpwned999", a classic

:P

Jun 25, 2007, 11:10 PM // 23:10	#1
Personette Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Feb 2007	hyphenated names I just started a new character, then once I started running around with her I realized her name would sound better with a hyphen instead of a space between two of the words. I'm tempted to delete my character and start another with the same name, and a hypen, but I don't want to go to the effort only to find out that someone else already has the name with a hyphen. I'm just wondering if anyone knows if a hyphen is going to function like a space, so that my name without hyphen would preclude someone else making the same name with a hyphen, or if it's like a letter, so that the addition of the hyphen would make it a totally different name....Sorry, this sounds confusing, but I'm sure someone out there gets the idea.

Jun 25, 2007, 11:17 PM // 23:17	#2
Stormlord Alex Grotto Attendant Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Beyond the Forest of Doom, past the Cavern of Agony... on Kitten & Puppy Island Guild: Soul of Melandru [sOm] Profession: W/E	You can't add hyphens in names in GW. Or any other punctuation.

Jun 25, 2007, 11:43 PM // 23:43	#3
yishin Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Isle of Meditation Profession: N/	I agree with Stormlord Alex, I also tried to make one with a hyphen didn't work.

Jun 26, 2007, 04:31 PM // 16:31	#4
DarthChar Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Jun 2007 Guild: The Pink Reapers Profession: D/Mo	You can only have English letters in your name.

Jul 10, 2007, 03:25 AM // 03:25	#5
Matfei Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Australia Guild: None. Being a loner X-Fire: matfei1 Profession: W/Mo	English Letters, no numerics, symbols, or anything else.

Jul 10, 2007, 04:21 AM // 04:21	#6
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	I can also confirm all of this, no hypens allowed. Tis a shame, I would have really liked to make TK-7764 as a character (a long standing character I've used in a few other mediums).

Jul 10, 2007, 06:46 AM // 06:46	#7
Iuris Forge Runner Join Date: Nov 2006 Guild: Crazy ducks from the Forest Profession: W/	And a good thing that is, too. Really, what kind of person would make a sword and sorcery character with a name that sounds like a bar code...

Jul 10, 2007, 06:20 PM // 18:20	#8
HawkofStorms Hall Hero Join Date: Aug 2005 Profession: E/	A person who likes to reference Star Wars... (TK-421 why aren't you at your post?).

Jul 10, 2007, 06:25 PM // 18:25	#9
Jrdnbrkfld Guest Guild: Trotters Inc [TROT] Profession: W/Mo	The old fashioned "Ugtpwned999", a classic :P