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Old Apr 17, 2008, 02:08 AM // 02:08   #41
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It's annoying but I got used to it (try playing a game like WoW, Perfect World, D2 or many other where you see people name like : IaMtheL3et).
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 02:21 AM // 02:21   #42
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I love novelty names, they let me know when I should leave party's in ra, ha, and pve. For instance, if I see an assassin in ra with any format of Naruto in the name, I know that there is a 95% chance, that guy will have...

a: no rez
b: critical defenses
c: an "I'm better than you" complex
d: all of thee above.

So no, I can't say that novelty names bother me, they inform me.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 02:25 AM // 02:25   #43
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I don't really care what people call their characters. Though got to admit, friends and I have goofed on anyone we've seen with: aragorn, legolas, naruto, vegeta, drizzt, any combination/spelling of grim and reaper. lawl!!! Look at that dumb motherRED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing naruto fan!!! He's bad! etc.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 02:30 AM // 02:30   #44
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Heh, I like novelty names when they are actually fun or amusing.
Thankfully I don't see too many Naruto names around. But then I do steer clear of RA.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 02:31 AM // 02:31   #45
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b: critical defenses
Wait, did it get nerfed or something? When did Critical Defenses become something other than a huge boost to Assassin survivability against physical damage dealers?
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 02:34 AM // 02:34   #46
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I don't really care what people call their characters. Though got to admit, friends and I have goofed on anyone we've seen with: aragorn, legolas, naruto, vegeta, drizzt, any combination/spelling of grim and reaper. lawl!!! Look at that dumb motherRED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing naruto fan!!! He's bad! etc.
I just want to see combination names thereof...

Like "Narlas Leguto" and "Vegagorn Araeta."
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 02:35 AM // 02:35   #47
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Wait, did it get nerfed or something? When did Critical Defenses become something other than a huge boost to Assassin survivability against physical damage dealers?
The day it was combined with way of the master, and a scythe, then it just became annoying. More or less in my opinion if you need critical defenses to boost survivability get a better build.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 02:44 AM // 02:44   #48
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Am i the only one mildly annoyed by novelty names? I know a lot of people have them, but still. I just think actual names are better. Am i the only one that cringes a bit when they see a character named "Narutos Son" or "Leggo Ma Eggo" or "Robotic Dalmation"?
Tell that to my warrior, Chuck Nornis.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 03:06 AM // 03:06   #49
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Am i the only one mildly annoyed by novelty names? I know a lot of people have them, but still. I just think actual names are better. Am i the only one that cringes a bit when they see a character named "Narutos Son" or "Leggo Ma Eggo" or "Robotic Dalmation"?
It's a game and I'll name my characters however I want, thanks
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 03:11 AM // 03:11   #50
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Ah, my guild leader (I fee so weird referring him to him as that, as he's a close real life friend I introduced to guild wars ) only ever uses obscure novelty names. I don't mind them.

I also have two characters with Japanese names, yet I guess that's inevitable for someone who actually studies the language properly. Then again, the rest of my characters have foreign names from different cultures and hell, I had a character with a name from my own background.

Otherwise, what reeaally irks me are names such as '_____ Is Sexy' in obvious reference to themselves. Yeah, sure you are, pal. If you really were, you wouldn't be blatently shoving the fact in people's faces.

... You'd be spamming them with a link to your myspace.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 03:14 AM // 03:14   #51
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I only enjoy novelty names when they are spelled correctly and/or match the name they're trying to reference making it a real 'one of a kind' and rare name that they probably had to have gotten at the beginning of GW years ago.

*looks at his character select screen*

Yeah...
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 03:16 AM // 03:16   #52
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Tell that to my warrior, Chuck Nornis.
I lol'd. He must make Ursan look bad.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 03:25 AM // 03:25   #53
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The only thing that bothers me more than pretentious roleplayers with Japanese names are guilds that have misspelled names.


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Old Apr 17, 2008, 03:25 AM // 03:25   #54
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Dammit I just renamed my monk "leggo ma ecto"
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 03:26 AM // 03:26   #55
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I just want to see combination names thereof...

Like "Narlas Leguto" and "Vegagorn Araeta."

hehehe That would be a refreshing change.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 03:52 AM // 03:52   #56
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As long as they can play the character well, I couldn't care less what they call it.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 04:16 AM // 04:16   #57
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As long as they can play the character well, I couldn't care less what they call it.
The only problem is, when I see a player who named his character something dumb, like Xx Pwnxor xX or something, I will typically assume they cannot play the character well. And I assume correctly much of the time. There are exceptions, of course, but most of those people are arrogant, bad, and leeroys.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 04:25 AM // 04:25   #58
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Everytime I see a name along the lines of 'Yoshiyuko Tashimaro', I cringe a little. Get off your romanticized conceptions of samurai, please.

Novelty names are alright...it's just stuff like...Kakashi/Legolas/Sephiroth/[Insert massively popular fantasy character here] that I refuse to take seriously.

My name, I Snow Bunny I, was a term an ex-girlfriend called me. I have since dumped her, but I retain the character

And my new ranger, Sean Equals Ftw, is my version of shamelessy ripping off of Tommy.
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Old Apr 17, 2008, 04:51 AM // 04:51   #60
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Some I like, most I don't. And, I must admit, my main character has a novelty name: Rex Easly. It's more subtle but, still...
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