Curse

RamenFiasco · Jan 24, 2008, 07:31 PM // 19:31

I name all my characters with sensible names, names that make sense. Nothing like Sweet Darkstone or random combinations that seemingly been picked out of a hat.

My resources would sometimes be from books that I read in the past, games, music, or world history. Like my derv's name is in Latin and my warrior's name is actually a song title.

Sabriel Benirus · Jan 24, 2008, 07:54 PM // 19:54

Mine are mostly from the random name generator, and a few are from other games, or just being creative..

Henchman · Jan 24, 2008, 08:14 PM // 20:14

The only rule I have is that the name does not give away the profession of the character, or what the character does. For example: "I Am Monk Prs Tab" or a Mesmer named "I Interrupt You". Names like these kind of a giveaway in PvP...

To bad I made that rule only after make my PvE monk who is named "Healer Heinchman"

Cure For Road Rage · Jan 24, 2008, 08:22 PM // 20:22

i pick names that make me giggle looking at my chars, and thus make me want to play them. names like these:
a) Spider Webs R Poop
b) CureForRoadRage
c) H i t l e r s Lapdog (deleted for obvious reasons)
d) Scoobys Master
e) Britneys Brother

SPIRIT OF THE SEA · Jan 24, 2008, 08:58 PM // 20:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by netniwk

anything that doesn't include dark,evil,shadow,blood,phoenix,angel,warrior is good in my book.

Your forgot to add Goddess and God of *blank*

bhavv · Jan 24, 2008, 08:59 PM // 20:59

I just rolled a new fun name PVP toon called 'D is for Lysdexia'

Is that bannable?

Craywulf · Jan 24, 2008, 10:32 PM // 22:32

I used some vague comic book characters names for inspiration, but I tweaked them with some fantasy flare. I also decided to have all my characters with the same secondary name.

My typical gamer callsign is Craywulf, I decided to use Wulf as secondary name. My primary character which is pictured in my Avatar is Azrael Of Wulf (N/Me).

Other Characters are;
Cray Of Wulf (E/Me)
Sylvia Of Wulf (R/N)
Tobruk Of Wulf (W/Me)
Obraegon... (P/D)
Rhiannon... (A/R)
Zhannah... (D/Mo)
Brande... (Me/W)
Anaykah... (Mo/E)
Persephonia... (RT/Mo)

One thing I tried to do is have a balance in genders and racial make up. 5 of 10 characters are males, the other half are females. 2 are black, 2 are Asian-looking. 2 blondes, 2 brunettes, 2 redheads, 2 black-haired, and 2 grayish-white haired. I've also tried to make variety in builds as no two characters have the same primary profession. I'm in the process of doing the same for the secondary professions.

Taninim Nurin · May 25, 2008, 09:35 PM // 21:35

I had to dig to find this thread. I often have wondered, what stirs a person to create the character names they do. Personally, it depends on the feel of the character. Will she have a personality, will she develop an interlude or story with other gamers? Perhaps to much time on my hands.

First and foremost, the name "Taninim derives from Hebrew-meaning "sea monster, crocodile or large snake, and finally dragon". It is often regarded to mean the Leviathan. Taking a positive twist from the name, I added Nurin-Meaning "Of the light".

"Dragon of the light"

Musei Karasu · May 25, 2008, 09:47 PM // 21:47

All my names are in romanized Japanese, due to the fact I spent quite a while learning how to speak and understand Japanese. Musei means voiceless, unvoiced, silent, noiseless, and such of the sort, and Karasu is the name in all of my names which I picked up when working on a book of mine, it means Raven. so silent raven is the name of my assassin. Oujou means death, so Death Raven is my Dervish. No, it's not grammatically correct, but it sounds good.

uby · May 25, 2008, 09:50 PM // 21:50

i don't put too much thought into it. i usually find that if the name is too far on the RP side that it gets lame. for example, i have a survivor warrior sitting around unplayed for a year called Knight of Drascir. (Drascir was the capitol of Ascalon pre-Prophecies era)

I now think that's lame.

I'm currently playing an Imbagon named "I Am Easy Mode"

I used to have an ele named "Avatar of Energy" but she died halfway to r3 survivor, so she's sitting around naked not doing much of anything.

Necromancer named "Reclaimer of Souls" and Assassin named "Soul Burial" for similar themed names.

StormDragonZ · May 25, 2008, 09:55 PM // 21:55

All of my characters end with Cervantes because he's my favorite Soul Caliber II character as well as my favorite book Don Quixote de la Mancha was written by Miguel de Cervantes.

My Lipgloss is Cool · May 25, 2008, 10:18 PM // 22:18

Most of my names are from Everquest, the MMO I played before this (and still is one of the greatest games, ever) but I have a few different names, like my Paragon's name (Totally Imbalanced) and my Monk's name (Lord Russano)

The Red Messenger · May 25, 2008, 11:37 PM // 23:37

I grab a book and flip through it for inspiration...

if that fails, i pick up the phone book or make stuff up

Owik Gall · May 25, 2008, 11:55 PM // 23:55

There's quite a history to my name, actually. Quite frankly this is the character I generally use in PvE. It was based on another character from a different online rpg, Runescape. At first the name was Ochi, but then my account was hacked and I had to come up with a new name. I looked for inspiration and then I got it when I saw "A Knights Tale" starring Heath Ledger. Heaths 'knight' name was Sir Oric. At the scene where his rival went over the jousting records during the war he fought and said Orics name through the pages it sounded more like he said 'Owik' rather than 'Oric', so that's where I got the first name. The last name came from a single player rpg I also used to play (after I quit RS) called Neverwinter Nights, the first game. I just played around with the random name generator button and then one of the last names it generated caught me eye, 'Gall'. I even looked it up to see what it meant and it's a word meaning courage, or something brave and the ilk. I put those two names together and Owik Gall came to being in Neverwinter Nights. I stopped playing Neverwinter Nights, though because I hate how in each game there's a different story and therefore I had to change characters and I really wanted to keep playing Owik Gall throughout. That's when I came upon Guild Wars and got the impression that I can play him through all of the stories in the game, so I got it. And so, Owik Gall came into Guild Wars based on an inspirational character in "A Knights Tale" and a cool last name that was random in a different rpg. Sorry if that seemed to be a run on, or too much info, but hey, I did say there was a history to it.

Taninim Nurin · May 26, 2008, 12:15 AM // 00:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Owik Gall

I did say there was a history to it.

Owik,

I enjoyed hearing the tales your "Character" has ventured through. It shows that the character was within you (in my opinion) rather then part of one storyline or (game). NWN, always left me hungering for more. I hope to perhaps read the tales of Owik Gall one day.

Taninim

Taisayacho · May 26, 2008, 12:22 AM // 00:22

I usually go by Tai ingame, because my first Character and main is Tai Sayacho.
New ones are either:

Tai Something
Something Tai

or

Star of [something relating to profession]

And my monk is called Judge Sayacho II. Dare to be different.

Chosovi · May 26, 2008, 12:43 AM // 00:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeek Aran

I think of a name I really like, or a character from an anime/video game I really like, and add a NIN song with the formula "The ____" to the end.

Oh, I so wish I'd thought of that NIN thing. That's great.

Chosovi was a Dungeon Siege II character. When I had to come up with a second name for GW, I went looking for words with a Celtic, Anglo Saxon, or Norse feel in keeping with my own predilections, and with the northern European, medieval feel of Prophecies. Cuan translates as "little hound" or "little wolf," or so websites tell me, anyway. I liked that because it vaguely references some of my favorite stories about the Irish hero, Cuhulain, and because it's also a reference to the wolf companion that Cho had in DSII, and has in GW. (Okay, the wolves in both games are massive, not little, but ...oh well).

I adopted that as the surname for the extended family, as I thought it might make it easier for people to identify me, in game. Since hearing one of my guildmates have trouble pronouncing Chosovi, though, I've started trying to keep the first names either very short or easily abbreviated (for typed chat), and, I hope, easily pronounceable (for voice chat). So I've ended up with names like Selia, Una, and Nicolas.

-- Cho

Enko · May 26, 2008, 12:56 AM // 00:56

I look up mythological characters that suit the profession and mix and match names for something I like.

Lady Lozza · May 26, 2008, 02:19 AM // 02:19

I try to choose names that look like names for my PvE characters. Inspiration comes from the many name sites out there. I also try to stick to the "theme" of the campaign and character.

My mesmer, Luned, takes her name from a Welsh legend about a beautiful girl who had a magic ring that made her invisible.

My monk Rael, is an Eastern European version of Rachael - chosen because I wanted a simple, "rural" type name.

My dervish is Avani, an arabic name which means "earth" apparently.

My paragon is Ililya Sharah, I made Sharah from Sahara. Originally it was going to be Saharah, but then I decided to cut the first "a".

My other mesmer is Allura Damoiselle. Allura came from "allure", and "damoiselle" is an archaic form for "maiden" or "lady"

My ritualist Rhan, came from Rani - an Indian (ie sub-continent) name. After the Factions preview the "Hindi" look of the ritualist really stuck with me.

My PvP and storage characters though take other names. I've one called Random Hugs, another Lady Lozza. But never || or XX. Cute and clever is what I aim for.

Mac Sidewinder · May 26, 2008, 02:42 AM // 02:42

There's alot of inspiring name generating going on here. And I thought most people simply picked up the book titled "Vulgar, insensitive, sexual, and immoral words of the 21st century" to make a name up.

Good going guys and keep it up!