Naming Your Characters.

[twasdfzxcv]

I usually use bodily functions or sexual fetishes for my character names, had to get clever to circumvent some mmo games' restriction.

 

[J. Reed]

It depends, really. I usually name my main player characters Gilfer, or I'll name them after myself, and I'll name other characters after friends and family. (I recently started a new game on Pokemon Pearl and named my rival after TWO of my best friends, who conveniently have the same name)

But sometimes I'll get creative and actually try to think up names. Most recent example I can think of is naming all of my Pokemon after sound effects. Nobody seems to find it quite as amusing I do.

I choose! ... Pfft?

 

[Daniel_Rosamilia]

Mine are ALWAYS the antagonist.
So, for Morrowind 3, I am Dagoth Ur.
Not THE Dagoth Ur, you know, just a good-guy 3rd-ish cousin.

 

[jakkuss]

It's a simple formula. "unpleasant noun"+"verb"+er.
ex: Gutcutter, Gristlebiter, Locustcaller, Plaguedriver, etc...

(although I made an exception for: the Bludgeoneer)

 

[AMMO Kid]

Really depends on what they look like. MY MAss Effect character's name is Aimee, and my Oblivion character's name is Eleazar Judah

 

[Nouw]

I always use Nouw or something else like Nouw001 or Nouw Corien or TheRealNouw or Nouw2 or nouw or NoUw

I love Nouw.

 

[J. Reed]

I usually use bodily functions or sexual fetishes for my character names, had to get clever to circumvent some mmo games' restriction.

Once, just to be a douchebag, I made a character on my friend's WoW account, a naked gnome, named Choadie, and ran around some Alliance city yelling at everyone "My beard is full of bees! My beard is full of bees!" And "Someone, anyone! Please! I need a soft touch! I can't go back to the Horde; the Orcs are too rough for me!"

I don't normally grief people, but it feels great after a bad day.

No one seemed able to appreciate the hilarity, though.

And it's pretty ridiculous (and sort of amusing) how angry people get if you say "For the Horde" in an Alliance city.

This was my only experience with WoW, by the way. Haven't played since.

 

[Super Toast]

I usually use D'artagan Aquato. Just because.

 

[SageRuffin]

The characters I use are all from my little custom universe(s) for when I get in the mood to draw something. The way I usually come across a name is that I just make it, and then I create the character that happens to match the name.

Backwards and unorthodox perhaps, but it works for me.

 

[Mr. Gency]

Hmm...

I don't have any naming habbits.
Though, I did just think of this: I'll name X character based of where the game was made and how I/the character acts.

I use swears most of the time. It's funny.

"Hello, B%*#$!"
"So A$$*$&%, where are you going?"
"What do you think, D*$&#*%#*?"

What about games that don't let you swear?

 

[Stone Wera]

Usually Soap... No I'm not a germaphobe, it's just a shortened version of my email. Death_Soap... Please don't ask.
And it's not named after "Soap" Mactavish, from CoD4. I've been using it long before Modern Warfare came out.

 

[Tharwen]

For quick, childish amusement:

1. Find a Pokémon game.
2. Start up Pokémon game.
3. Create a character, naming it 'IAMGAY'.
4. Play the game, noting the entertaining manner with which NPCs regularly shout 'IAMGAY'.

 

[Tdc2182]

In Assassins creed I named the saved game files mugatu and Derelicke. I also name my classes in MW2 things that are comical. Like White Danny Glover and for my cold blooded classes, Hah, Nao U cant C me!

I have fun with it.

 

[Tdc2182]

For quick, childish amusement:

1. Find a Pokémon game.
2. Start up Pokémon game.
3. Create a character, naming it 'IAMGAY'.
4. Play the game, noting the entertaining manner with which NPCs regularly shout 'IAMGAY'.

Hah, Some recent guy over on youtube channel I watch names his characters (its a bit of violent language, you have been warned)

Spoiler

Fat Cumming Cock

It always makes me chuckle

 

[w@rew0lf]

I use swears most of the time. It's funny.

"Hello, B%*#$!"
"So A$$*$&%, where are you going?"
"What do you think, D*$&#*%#*?"

Welcome to the fucking Escapist I hope you enjoy your stay.
(They don't censor us here btw. Just moderate yourself and you'll avoid trouble.)

/On topic:
My current playthrough of Pokemon has me named Badassery and my male rival named Sally.
Usually I just stick with different variations of my alter ego but Kuras and T.K. are by far my favorites.

 

[Ziadaine_v1legacy]

I've used DontTazeMeBro for a long while. Only because I had got an X-box 360 around the time it had happened.

I swear I've seen that exact name on our CoD2 1.0 server...

Spoiler: My list

Ziadaine I came up with on my own while I was writing novels.
Zero (My Steam DN) Is my Clan name I use
Miles is my Admin name on a CoD2 server which sadly Was given to me, but all the other admins still refer to me as Tim.
and Dark Aura was something I thought up... until it was pointed out its used in KH2.

 

[w@rew0lf]

Oh god they went to 4chan again!!! Valve people STOP GOING TO 4CHAN!

/edit they banned him nvm
mods scroll up for my relevant post

 

[Pandora92]

I have mild OCD so I normally HATE coming up with "random" names or anything along those lines, I go crazy over-analysing it and it takes me days to come up with something that should take minutes, that's why I just tend to use some variation of the name "Pandora", I started using it like 5 years ago and I've just stuck with it ever since.

I also always use 92 if I need numbers, it was the number that a friend randomly picked when they made my first hotmail account years ago, and I just grew used to using it, if for whatever reason I can't use 92 then I use 50 because it appeals to my OCD.

OCD this, OCD that; you and your OCD need to get a room.

We have, and it's arranged so that pretty much everything is at 90 degree angles.

Excuse me for sharing something personal though, this thread was talking about what names we choose for game characters and the reasons behind that, I thought I would post my usual choice and then elaborate on the reasons behind it to help contribute to this thread, I guess I was wrong.

 

[Shaegor]

I pretty much just think what names might fit the context, maybe wiki here and there to see the name styles of the game world, and derive something from there.
Or when I'm out of ideas, I do something simple, like get the name from the class + race.
My Tauren Death Knight for example was called Deren. I doubt that anyone would guess where it was derived from.

 

[J. Reed]

Oh god they went to 4chan again!!! Valve people STOP GOING TO 4CHAN!

/edit they banned him nvm
mods scroll up for my relevant post

I dislike dumb people. Especially dumb people who ruin perfectly innocuous, lighthearted threads.

I'm not entirely sure what's going on, but judging from the recent threads, there's a competition between developers? Anyway, too bad the OP can't remove posts.

But seriously? That's a horribly ill-conceived, not-at-all-subtle tactic. They're only hurting Valve's chances.

On a side note, I'm having difficulty keeping myself from exploding into a tirade calling for violence against this guy. It is difficult.