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lazyrussian · Apr 17, 2008, 05:55 PM // 17:55

Meh, I go under:
Glorious Lovemaker
Notorious Lovemaker
_____ Lovemaker (I got a shit-ton of names like this) and I love it.

Painbringer · Apr 17, 2008, 06:00 PM // 18:00

Doesn't bother me at all but I do not the XXXX just so you get that same name as three before you.

Favorite name is actually from this site (Stool Cannon) make me snicker for some reason

Captain Bung Nugget sigining out!

gw_poster · Apr 17, 2008, 06:12 PM // 18:12

I Just Smite Heal U - monk

Old Man Koss - warrior that I made look like Koss with gray hair and similar skin color/face/armor

Melandrus Pimp - Dervish

Mythical Immolator - Ele

Flamerus Maximus - Ele that I deleted but they look so gay I should have kept the name

This Skirt Can Hurt - Paragon

more but not worth mentioning (not that any of the above were either), but w/e

Fun thread btw

stale · Apr 17, 2008, 06:22 PM // 18:22

hmm, for me it depends on the name - and most of mine aren't original - matter of fact, other than my goofy ones, none of them are original, they're nods to my favorite fantasy.

Stale Bongwater (my primary) ranger, with a goofy name
Ctuchik Rak Cthol necro, nod to Eddings
Relg The Ulgo monk, again, nod to Eddings
Riva Iron Grip warrior, yet another nod to Eddings
Mandor Serpentson ele, and a nod to Zelazny
Nutus Animus rit, latin for spirit caller (or something to that effect - highschool latin was a long time ago)
Harsh Bongsmoke mesmer, again a goofy name
Set The Destroyer paragon - nod to egyptian myth
Voice Of Anubis derv, and yet another nod to egyptian myth

not sure if you'd view them as novelty names, since they're all either proper names or titles (the Ulgo, the Destroyer, Voice of).

i do die a bit inside whenever someone tries to use a word for a name and it's misspelt, but that's just me. and anyone named XX _______ XX is just a tool in my book.

xshadowwolfx · Apr 17, 2008, 06:35 PM // 18:35

I prefer roleplaying names more along the lines of what the Boss's have.

BTW I don't like my name but I'll lazy to reroll a 2yr+ char so deal with it =P

blakecraw · Apr 17, 2008, 06:36 PM // 18:36

Rhinestown Cowboy

funny names make the game more fun

Golgotha · Apr 17, 2008, 06:55 PM // 18:55

Wrestling fans would appreciate my only novelty name:

Hacksaw Jim Thuggin

RiKio · Apr 17, 2008, 07:28 PM // 19:28

When I see a non-original name, I know I have a bad player before me.

David The Warrior
Marc The Warrior
Sam The Warrior
Thomas The Warrior
Luke THe Warrior
Mike The Warrior
Bob The Warrior
Mac The Warrior
John the Warrior
Henry The Warrior
Harry The Warrior
Peter The Warrior
Kyle The Warrior
Etc THe Warrior

And this ONLY IN ENGLISH. So, go imagine...

RhanoctJocosa · Apr 17, 2008, 07:31 PM // 19:31

rhanoct, the eternal defender of the dragon prophet

Cale Roughstar · Apr 17, 2008, 07:39 PM // 19:39

No, I dont really care what people call their characters. I do wince when something as unoriginal as Legolas comes up on a ranger, but hey... whatever makes you happy right?

Surena · Apr 17, 2008, 08:50 PM // 20:50

Lord Fireblade
Killer Lord of Dead

XX Dragonkiller XX
X Master Killerrrr X
Z Last Warrior Z
X Name was taken so I had to add letter X

Name the Healer/Warrior
Name pwnz/ownz ya <- no, you don't
Name goes Class <- thanks, I couldn't tell
Name goes PvE <--- ultrabad, especially when nobody knows you and you think it'll distinguish you from the crowd

Guguruku Kakashiki - pseudo-asian

The Lost Explorer · Apr 17, 2008, 09:00 PM // 21:00

They annoy me sometimes like Sins=Naruto, Warriors= XXXX the Great, Rangers = Legolas... but oh well i can't judge what they want...my names not great either so can't really complain.

dunky_g · Apr 17, 2008, 09:01 PM // 21:01

i find that people think the name they have made up are funny, when no1 else thinks its funny.

and then they procede to post it here, thinking that people will find it funny and get some cheap laughs.

But no, most of your names are crap, maby 1/100 are good.

Henchman · Apr 17, 2008, 10:44 PM // 22:44

I'm not a fan of names such as Xll Death Knight Xll, Holiy Warrrrior.

I try my best to be original, with names such as:
Small And Squishy (monk)
Cash Only No Refund
Eew Someone Farted

Bergil · Apr 17, 2008, 10:47 PM // 22:47

I approve wholeheartedly of reference names. Most of my names are references, but either obscure ore esoteric ones. Bergil was a VERY minor character in Lord of the Rings (did not make the film), Emmet is Doc from Back to The Future's real name, and Gnaisf Emmetson is one of the main characters in a book I'm planing to write, and the last names are mine.

I have no regrets, and plan to continue this into Guild Wars 2 if I buy it (still haven't decided). I already have all 5 names picked out. Feanor Sunfyre (Charr, successor to Bergil Sunfyre. Feanor was a character in "the Silmarillion", and it means "spirit of fire" so it's appropriate for a Charr.), Bowsarr Emmetson (Norn, successor to Emmet Bloodhawk. A double reference. to Richard "Bowser" Munson of Junkyard Wars fame and the aforementioned Gnaisf Emmetson (I Named Emmet before I picked this).), Hamleet Grimdour (Human, a tribute to a friend of mine who tried to translate the entire text of "Hamlet" into 1337. He never finished, so don't ask where to read it.), Amaranth MacBlues (Sylvari, a QUADRUPLE reference. More Shakespeare, he Blues Brothers, the song "Amaranth" by Nightwish, and the Amaranth plant. Am I combining two different musical genres in one name? yes.), and Karm the Gnaisfian (Asura, sucessor to Gnaisf the Screamer, no reference unless you count the carried-over Gnaisf). So references are good, or at least, can be good. I defy any of you to say that if you came upon any of my character names or proposed character names in-game, unaware of the entomology, you would say "lame".

"XX thing XX" names and blatant non-names, however, are pathetic.

Postscript- I will be REALLY cheesed of if I log on to Guild Wars 2 and find that one of you has stolen one of my names.

Agatsu · Apr 17, 2008, 10:58 PM // 22:58

meh, the way I look at it is that people are here to have a good time and play a game.

The name the person chooses for his/her characters doesn't bother me in the least. I've seen names based on serious role play and names chosen for humor and everything in between.

Whatever reason they choose the name it's whether they play nice

and treat people in-game decently that matters to me.

edited for horrible spelling

Toxage · Apr 17, 2008, 11:10 PM // 23:10

What are you expecting? The majority of the human population are shit munching retards.

Just take a quick glance in game.

The majority of people:
-Dye their armor black
-Use cookie-cutter builds
-Copy other people's builds

People in the game have no creativity, so when they copy a fictional character's name it doesn't surprise me.

Koricen · Apr 18, 2008, 01:39 AM // 01:39

I don't always hate it when people take names from certains things, but I hate it when there are ten thousand people that have the same name only with mild spelling changed (mostly the Narutards). Most of my names are original, rarely I will take a name from mythology or any other source, but only very descrete characters that I doubt anyone would recognize.

Kerwyn Nasilan · Apr 18, 2008, 02:27 AM // 02:27

Ellen Degenyourass is pure win. But I do prefer actually names chars except for people with weird Japanese names.

Colink265 · Apr 18, 2008, 02:36 AM // 02:36

I'm fine with Japanese names for people who look Japanese. I hate it, though, when they look not the least bit asian and have japanese names. I also hate it when they try and sound japanese, but go ahead and include things not in the japanese alphabet (L, etc.). I just someone naming their person Malachiko Masakachi and they had green hair and all this weird stuff and that bugged me

And yes. My main is named Yukihiro Chigusa. Wannafightaboutit? And yes, if i hadn't already invested a lot of money in him, I would go back and rename him