Curse

eldrethv · May 15, 2009, 06:54 AM // 06:54

So today I was thinking about starting a new character, and got thinking about all my current characters names.
Then I started wondering.. I get my character names from books I've read.

Where do you get yours?

Jenn · May 15, 2009, 07:00 AM // 07:00

Random word generator.

For you, the name would have been,
"Compelling Bust"

I do recommend against this option, though. It tends to lead to dissatisfaction...

For some characters, I pick what's in my immediate environment (i.e. Box of Tissues, Sloppy Pancake Goo, etc.). Some might say I lack creativity. :\

Zodiac Meteor · May 15, 2009, 07:15 AM // 07:15

I have a range of similar character names
I have:
Zodiac Ele, War, Derv, Para, Asin, Rit, Mes, Mon, Range, and Necro.

One of my friends has:

Jugar Toot, Jugar Killer and Jugar Necro.

Chocobo1 · May 15, 2009, 07:19 AM // 07:19

As a kid I always named my stuff Chocobo ______ eg Chocobo Knight or something equally lame. I regret it now, but since many people know me as Choco it's kinda hard to change.

Lately I use a lot of mythological and classical stuff that I learn about in my classical studies. Yeah it's pretty common but it's pretty cool reading the Odyssey or the Aeneid and then logging on and seeing your characters named similar to the epic heroes you see in books you read :P.

/lame

eldrethv · May 15, 2009, 07:27 AM // 07:27

Most of my names are from The Silmarillion

Almost all starting with "V"
So I just go by "V" In-game >.<

KoKoS · May 15, 2009, 07:47 AM // 07:47

i don't know what i was thinking when naming my ele: "I Own Tinkerbell" xP hahaha

Tommy's · May 15, 2009, 07:49 AM // 07:49

I just think of a nice girls name, then snob it up and give it a last name. Just think of words/names you know and snob them up. Like the word Dijk becomes Deijck or something.

Though my mains name, lucy gwyneth, is name of an actress. Gwyneth is her first name, Lucy the name of the role she played. Only found out that later lol, when I was googling it xD Just like the name Lucy

**Marty Silverblade** · May 15, 2009, 08:31 AM // 08:31

War: First name from a show I watched. Second name was some random fantasy sounding one.
Ele: Completely fantasy related.
Monk: First name from a book I read. Second name was some random fantasy sounding one.
Rit: First name is from the best book/series (there's 2 books) I've ever read; second name was some random fantasy sounding one.
Ranger: First name from a game I played, second name was some random fantasy sounding one.

elypta · May 15, 2009, 08:48 AM // 08:48

well when i first started i typed some random letter and Elypta got formed out of that, I use the name for every caracter now, with backnames like forestlight for monk and spikefeather for ranger

Archress Shayleigh · May 15, 2009, 09:58 AM // 09:58

Books FTW! >.<

pumpkin pie · May 15, 2009, 10:05 AM // 10:05

foods and colors.

psycore · May 15, 2009, 11:34 AM // 11:34

i used a d&d elven/drow name guide thing a long time ago for pnp and the names have kinda followed me around ever since.

except my necro and rit they are named after characters in mazinger.

Faure · May 15, 2009, 12:00 PM // 12:00

Faure combined with a character in history/legends that is related to my class.

Example my sin: Marcus Brutus Faure (Marcus Junius Brutus was one of the guys that assassinated Caesar)
My ranger: Arthemis Faure (misspelled, but derived from Artemis, greek goddes of forests and hills and the hunt)

Zahr Dalsk · May 15, 2009, 12:17 PM // 12:17

Latin names, usually.

By the way, here's an awesome Latin name (may be grammatically and politically incorrect), if anyone wants a quick name for their character: Combibo Meus Gallo.

own age myname · May 15, 2009, 12:21 PM // 12:21

I got mine fro many things. Most of them we're from 2 game titles mixed together.

Zirc · May 15, 2009, 12:21 PM // 12:21

My own imagination. As an old DM of D&D i'm used to create my own names.
So here they are:
Zaphir Dahmouflon , Aravinda Parimala, Govinda Anish, Nirwadas Tesshk, Aqtanai Zirc Zeun (Zirc is the name of my first D&D character, Zeun means 'son of'), Olga Lawina (ok, that one is after a Comic character), Jahomifus Rghleeng, and Een Rare Naam (wich is Dutch and translates to 'A Weird Name' in English. The character was made and named as such, after remarks of my fellow Guild members regarding my fondness of weird and sometimes hard to pronounce names...;-) )

Grz, Zirc.

Chorus · May 15, 2009, 12:34 PM // 12:34

On my primary account, my character names were based on the Exalted RPG. Winter Chorus, Moon Chime, etc., with the second word being the personal name.

On my second account, I'm shooting for Irish (and in one case Welsh) first names with a common, and horribly generic fantasy, surname, because I've been reading too much pseudo-Celtic fantasy lately.

Haxor · May 15, 2009, 01:10 PM // 13:10

Topical (eg: Elusive Was Gwtwo or High Were Gasprices), personality-trait based (Useless Was Kormir), but for my main they all just come back to Hax or Haxor (Haxor Mastermind, The Monk With Hax, Elemental Haxor, Haxors Ranger etc).

Basically whatever pops up in my mind.

Joak · May 15, 2009, 02:05 PM // 14:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk

Latin names, usually.

By the way, here's an awesome Latin name (may be grammatically and politically incorrect), if anyone wants a quick name for their character: Combibo Meus Gallo.

Translates to: Drink My RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO...

Tullzinski · May 15, 2009, 02:16 PM // 14:16

GW skills mainly Lighting Surge, Bloodsong becomes Ming Bloodsong. GW story line stuff like Scarab Plague or Five Gods Follower. Was using some polish translations combined with in game NPCs/Enemies at one point until some jerkoff screwed that up. EX: Shiros Suka.