Naming Your Character
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If its a Fallout-esque game, I'm usually something bland like John, Harold, Jenkins, or Kickass McKillenstein (funny stories here).
If its an Oblivion-esque game, I'm usually something like Kinziel, Ziniel, Zeromaeus, or Sir Slashy the Slasher.
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In Final Fantasy VII, I once went rhough an entire playthrough with everyone named Sephiroth.
Imagine the dialogue.
"Oh my God, Sephiroth is going to destroy the world. We have to help Sephiroth cast Holy to stop him. Sephiroth, Sephiroth, come with me. Sephiroth, you stay here."
"Materiaaaaa"
"Shut up Sephiroth"
If its a Fallout-esque game, I'm usually something bland like John, Harold, Jenkins, or Kickass McKillenstein (funny stories here).
If its an Oblivion-esque game, I'm usually something like Kinziel, Ziniel, Zeromaeus, or Sir Slashy the Slasher.
...
In Final Fantasy VII, I once went rhough an entire playthrough with everyone named Sephiroth.
Imagine the dialogue.
"Oh my God, Sephiroth is going to destroy the world. We have to help Sephiroth cast Holy to stop him. Sephiroth, Sephiroth, come with me. Sephiroth, you stay here."
"Materiaaaaa"
"Shut up Sephiroth"
In games like SSX On Tour, where normal names are not needed but non-modern things would sound out of place, Qwerty (male) and Qaz (female).
Usually, however I will leave a preset character name as-is. Notable exceptions were, when playing Final Fantasy Legend III in 6th grade, I named "Heroine" Addict and "Hero" Deabyk (for the very few that don't get it, Heroin addict and He Rode a Bike), and upon playing Breath of Fire II for the first time recently I named Ryu Poop. I honestly cannot recall why, but it seemed very important that I do so at the time. It was 4 in the morning, in my defense.
Otherwise, my characters are just named after me
Usually, however I will leave a preset character name as-is. Notable exceptions were, when playing Final Fantasy Legend III in 6th grade, I named "Heroine" Addict and "Hero" Deabyk (for the very few that don't get it, Heroin addict and He Rode a Bike), and upon playing Breath of Fire II for the first time recently I named Ryu Poop. I honestly cannot recall why, but it seemed very important that I do so at the time. It was 4 in the morning, in my defense.
Otherwise, my characters are just named after me
Actually, it has fanfiction origins. A forum I used to visit (no longer existing on account of deletion) developed a fanfiction writing method where the writer would post the basic premise, and then other board members would fill out a criteria-based application to fill out the cast, although the actual writer would usually provide the central protagonist and/or antagonist.Izoon said:
In any case, it wasn't uncommon for at least one of my applications for these various fics to be (at least based on) "Kimarous". In one Dragonball fic, I figured that I'd go with a food pun much like a lot of DBZ characters, and a female one at that; thus, "Raisin" was born. In the next fic that was made, I proposed that the characters of Kimarous and Raisin be a couple in-story. This became a trend over time until I finally decided to make her "canon" as Kimarous's love interest.
Male Characters I either name after myself. Though some times I name them Xavier for no other reason then I love the name.
Females I name after my girlfriend damn near 100% of the time.
Females I name after my girlfriend damn near 100% of the time.
Depends. If its a Sci-Fi game Ill give my char a really cool and out there name. And if its a sword and sheilds type deal I will use all my nerd power to create a name the J.R.R Tolken would be proud to use.
Ex. Sci-Fi = Shindalla Echos
Ex. Fantasy = Mugatok Bloodpane
Ex. Sci-Fi = Shindalla Echos
Ex. Fantasy = Mugatok Bloodpane
I usually name my character in rpgs after fighting game characters (usually guilty gear) that reflect the class well. I.e. my rogue in wow was called Chippzanuff (super fast ninja from ggxx) or my warlock Arakune (blob that cursed opponents)
Sometimes I'll use Elias after Dafoe's character from "Platoon" both cause i like that character and though that name was awesome (like, i might name my first kid Elias).
Sometimes I'll use Elias after Dafoe's character from "Platoon" both cause i like that character and though that name was awesome (like, i might name my first kid Elias).
Usually mine for male names...or some rendition. Sammerick or something in the case of Dragon Age. But my newest is an inside joke between me and my girl. I call myself Tarnak (defender of earth). (It's funnier with a zinc oxide face mask when you are ill 
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Male: Bob, Jack, Isaac, Oleg, Matt, Rasz (which is to say, my nickname), Gordan, Darth BadAss, and HeyPeasantWhichRoadGoesToBuda (in Hungarian, of course- it's from a poem)
Female: some general names like Ashley. Not very creative, I know.
Female: some general names like Ashley. Not very creative, I know.
I remember making this very thread about 2-3 months ago. Ahh, memories.
OT: I usually call my (male) character Kanze. It's the product of me trying to spell "Knave" at 12 at night. I don't play as females very often, but when I do I just think of something random.
OT: I usually call my (male) character Kanze. It's the product of me trying to spell "Knave" at 12 at night. I don't play as females very often, but when I do I just think of something random.
Depends on Genre and type of character I'm playing but mostly:
First names - Male:
Tanis - Fantasy game melee based classes - After Tanis Half-Elven from the Dragonlance books
Sefth/Sefthuko - Fantasy magic user usual evil or self centered - Named after a wavy key pattern.
Aaron - Modern/Futuristic/Sci-Fi Good characters - My name.
Brok3n Halo - Games where a call-sign makes more sense, non-fantasy online games, and not really good characters
First Names - Female(not named after anyone, just liked them):
Ren/Wren - Fantasy good/neutral character
Sam - SciFi/futuristic Good Character
Ash - Fantasy/Sci-fi Evil/selfish Character though occasionally can be good too
Last names:
Uko - When a more foreign sounding name sounds right
Drivencast - magic users usually matched with Sefth or Sefthuko
or something random from whatever show I happen to like at the time
First names - Male:
Tanis - Fantasy game melee based classes - After Tanis Half-Elven from the Dragonlance books
Sefth/Sefthuko - Fantasy magic user usual evil or self centered - Named after a wavy key pattern.
Aaron - Modern/Futuristic/Sci-Fi Good characters - My name.
Brok3n Halo - Games where a call-sign makes more sense, non-fantasy online games, and not really good characters
First Names - Female(not named after anyone, just liked them):
Ren/Wren - Fantasy good/neutral character
Sam - SciFi/futuristic Good Character
Ash - Fantasy/Sci-fi Evil/selfish Character though occasionally can be good too
Last names:
Uko - When a more foreign sounding name sounds right
Drivencast - magic users usually matched with Sefth or Sefthuko
or something random from whatever show I happen to like at the time
John, Joseph, Jacob, or Jack, Is usually what I pick for males. Unless it's a fantasy RPG, and then it's usually something more appropriate.
For males- it can either be Zacharai(partially based off my name) or Daken.
For Females it's usually Shera, or Kaileen.
For males- it can either be Zacharai(partially based off my name) or Daken.
For Females it's usually Shera, or Kaileen.
Usually random names that I think will fit the character, however my Oblivion names are "dietsunkist" and "Diet Coke". Obvious, right?
