How do you name your character?

[orangebandguy]

Online it's Orangebandguy


Offline it's Chris and when the mood takes me I'll name my character Awesomeness McDude.
Which is my original name that I made up.

 

[Heart of Darkness]

I tend to go with names for some characters I've created in my game description files(i.e., Locke, Falstaf, Venon). Otherwise, I just use a variation of my name (Alex, Xavier).

 

[Hookman]

Usually I use Hook. Sometimes I make an effort and come up with an epic fantasy name,I do this with all my characters on games like Oblivion and Fallout 3.

 

[EliteFreq]

When I start a JRPG I come up with a theme and all the characters names follow that theme. In other games I'll call them 'David' or 'David The Agile', and if they're female then I call them 'Lily'(no real reason, I just like the name). Sometimes if I've used the name David and I plan on using an evil character, I use something evil sounding that I like the sound of. 'Nox' was my most recent.

 

[Andalusa]

I usually call 'em Andalusa, it's my default name for everything.

 

[Pegghead]

Well normally I just give them the sexiest name on Earth Alex. But sometimes I think of an original name.

 

[Pimppeter2]

Dagnerious - based of a character in a book. For games like Oblivion and Dragon Age. As well as fantasy Rp

Dean - For modern games (Fallout) and moderner RPs

Penisface - For teh lulz?

 

[CorvinBlack]

Gregor Samsa (cookie for the ref) or Goblin-Kaiser.
If I play a serious game, then I use my own name or I translate it into english, like here on the escapist. Depends on the mood.

If you ment tabletop games - it will depend on the setting.

 

[phoenix352]

i just think of a name that suits the characters play-style ... if that fails i try to think of the same thing and translate it to Japanese and if it sounds nice i pick that ... if that fails i just call them a variation of phoenix35/352/3522 and so on...o.o

 

[ZeroDotZero]

I usually name them 'Cat Craver'. My legitimate Darkrai is called Cat Craver. He was the first.

However some games don't allow for spaces in names, so they get names like 'Rabbit', 'Whale', 'Tortoise', 'Pufferfish', 'Owl' or 'Alfonso'.

The latter is my name for Mordecai.

The rest are WoW Characters.

 

[TheNamlessGuy]

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[Jamface]

i usually name them your mum. Pleasantly funny

 

[Octorok]

'The Peter Mandelson Experience'.

Whatever names I used up until this point no longer matter. I am using this for all eternity.

 

[Mcupobob]

I hate think up names I have a little panic attack ever time but I trie to seem orignal and try not to pick a name I havn't heard of, pick a name could go on for 10 sometimes.

 

[EliteFreq]

Actually I'm going to start calling my characters 'Fagballs' and I suggest that everyone else does when they can't think off a name for their characters.

 

[Congealed Tom]

I usually name my character on the spot depending on the story. If it has it's own backstory for your character, like very little exploration, I use the name generator or just come up with my own. If the game is flexible (like DnD or Oblivion, or the Fallout Universe) I make up a backstory that I keep in notebooks in case I write short stories about them. Like in Fallout: Tactics I named my main character Jericho, a survivor from Texas and a former member of the Texas Rangers till Super Mutants destroyed his home and family, and joined the Brotherhood of Steel. Also: Shameless Plug: If ANYONE has a good suggestion on where I can go to propose a Fallout Pen and Paper campaign, or playtest new rules, please let me know. I've looked on these boards and am not sure if I could post it anywhere....

 

[SantoUno]

I usually always name them after my name: Julio C.

Or sometimes I try to be as LEAST creative as I can. For example my mage in Oblivion is J 2 Mage and my thief is J 2 Theif.

 

[MetaKnight19]

Usually I can't be arsed to be creative so I just leave them with thier original names. Although in FF3, I named my team Link, Zelda, Zant and Ganon.