Curse

Amboka · Apr 08, 2007, 02:40 PM // 14:40

i was questing outside of shing jae monastery when i noticed a NPC named Mei Ling. For anybody who doesn't know who mei ling is, she's a character from metal gear solid and metal gear 2.
heres a screenshot...

Zinger314 · Apr 08, 2007, 02:54 PM // 14:54

OMJG, there's a Armor Crafter in Kaineng Center named Kakumei, THAT MUST RESEMBLE THE GURU POSTE, BECAUSE ORIENTAL NAMES ARE NOT UNIQUE!!!!

!!!!

!!!!

Sigh.

Amboka · Apr 08, 2007, 03:09 PM // 15:09

i must be unique because...
1. I'm not an asshole (least when nobody else is one)
2. I'm not an expert on oriental names.
3. I can spell the word "Post"
4. My caps lock isn't broken, and I don't leave it on.
edit: thank you Avarre

Norwich Takeo · Apr 10, 2007, 05:40 AM // 05:40

Wow!!! Give the guy a break. He found something he thought was cool and wanted to share it. Yes Cantha is oriental, Yes Mei Ling is a common name but jeese... Let him have his moment of Zen and say thank you for sharing... no need to bash the poor guy.

Not saying he is a "Noob" but the one thing I hate in this game worse than "noobs" is the "experts" who belittle others. Get off the computer for a bit and go take a walk. (and not to your local comic book store)

EroChrono · Apr 10, 2007, 08:16 PM // 20:16

It's pretty fun to see where they get the names from for their NPC's..
Several (if not all?) of Akira Kurosawa's "The 7 Samurai" (#10 on IMDB movie top 250) samurai's can be found through out Cantha

Shadow Kurd · Apr 10, 2007, 08:47 PM // 20:47

I didn't play the game much, don't have the patience to watch all those movies. But is she the one who says: "I cant believe i am being complemented by the famous solid snake", or am i mixing things up?

Hiotoko · Apr 10, 2007, 10:22 PM // 22:22

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Originally Posted by Shadow Kurd

I didn't play the game much, don't have the patience to watch all those movies. But is she the one who says: "I cant believe i am being complemented by the famous solid snake", or am i mixing things up?

She's the one you talk with to save your game over the Codec.

tijo · Apr 11, 2007, 02:49 PM // 14:49

That name could be a reference to metal gear as there are a lot of references to movies, other games etc. in GW. A good example is the boss Enadiz the Hard Headed. Enadiz reads Zidane backwards so the reference is kinda obvious form there. This might not be a reference to metal gear solid too. No way to know for sure.

Steps Ascending · Apr 12, 2007, 02:57 AM // 02:57

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

OMJG, there's a Armor Crafter in Kaineng Center named Kakumei, THAT MUST RESEMBLE THE GURU POSTE, BECAUSE ORIENTAL NAMES ARE NOT UNIQUE!!!!

TO continue Zinger's talk about kakumei (Revolution for those who dont know) : I also found that a skill trainer named, i think, Okane (money) and a guy in maatu keep(sp?) just at the frontier of Kaineng (the city-state, not the game-wise capital) with an actual word as name, can't remember what unfortunately.

And No, it'S probably intended. Yes some of them may be accident but they probably not made up every single name, they have an entire world to fill with esater eggs. And if you ask me, kakumei seems too long and doesn't sound classic enough to be made out of pure luck.

chris 164 · Apr 12, 2007, 09:34 AM // 09:34

well lets not look into things too much i mean half the people in asia have a name mei or ling

Onarik Amrak · Apr 12, 2007, 12:40 PM // 12:40

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Originally Posted by chris 164

well lets not look into things too much i mean half the people in asia have a name mei or ling

Quite an exaggeration wouldn't you say?

It's almost like saying half the people in America have the name John (or whatever).

Iuris · Apr 12, 2007, 01:13 PM // 13:13

It's a common exaggeration, we all know he didn't mean it litterally, but just to stress it's a common name.

But while we're at it, I'm sure people would appreciate any explanations of the names of the game's NPCs. There are sure to be tons of in-jokes that the westerners fail to see.

anshin · Apr 12, 2007, 01:48 PM // 13:48

every thing in GW has its place on Guild Wars Wiki... and if something will have somekind of previous reference... they WILL say what the reference is... for instance... ALOT of bosses are references to Dungeons and Dragons and/or Diablo....

Absinth187 · Apr 12, 2007, 02:38 PM // 14:38

I agree that the majority of NPC and boss names allude to real-life characters and people. Some of them seem like they could reference several different characters (i.e. Mei Ling was also the girl "with green eyes" from Big Trouble in Little China).

The Real Avalon · Apr 12, 2007, 02:42 PM // 14:42

Jak Lundunn -> Jack London

Anyone?

SnipiousMax · Apr 12, 2007, 03:31 PM // 15:31

*Closed*

We've a runaway thread on our hands.