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How do you decide on a name for your characters? |
I use the random name generator |
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35% |
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Imagination & expert name-creating talents |
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45% |
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I smash letters together until they form something |
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I use names from obscure fantasy books & hope nobody notices |
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Initials of my favorite celebrities + initials of my pets' names |
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Slightly tweak a previously famous characters name and see if I can get it to 50 before the Imms catch it |
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Vhrael Immortal
Joined: 06 Jan 2006 Posts: 1085 Location: Texas
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:15 pm Post subject: Name Ideas for Characters? |
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Just curious where you get the ideas for naming your characters. Some people are heavily into creating backstory and fleshing out a character before it's even created, and some try to type out the noise that their farts make and convert it to text, so I'm just wondering.
Last edited by Vhrael on Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:53 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Davairus Implementor
Joined: 16 Jan 2004 Posts: 10362 Location: 0x0000
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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You left off "slightly tweak a previously famous characters name and see if I can get it to 50 before the Imms catch it" |
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Kornhole
Joined: 15 Aug 2012 Posts: 378 Location: Melbourne, Florida
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:48 am Post subject: |
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I'd liek to take back my vote, and revote on the uncategorized "try to type out the sounds my farts make into text." please. |
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Vevier Immortal
Joined: 23 Jul 2008 Posts: 1642 Location: everywhere
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:56 am Post subject: |
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Random name generator is currently tied for the top slot. I wonder which memorable characters we owe to this accomplished bit of code. |
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Bladefury
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Joined: 11 Jun 2012 Posts: 520
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:36 am Post subject: |
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Conundo was random name generated |
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BlackWidow
Joined: 24 Apr 2014 Posts: 482 Location: Yes
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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I picked the second option. One thing I tend to do in addition to coming up with a name I like is use Google and make sure the idea is not a name which has any common use elsewhere... Also, I do not like having a name which would otherwise qualify for a 20 questions trivia game (sometimes, an obscure city or town just happens to have the same combination of letters I had thought of independently). |
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Faelon Emissary
Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 938 Location: Your moms house.
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Oh boy. Embarrassing story time.
When I was a lad (13-14), I decided to name my character Nitsuj. Thinking I was very clever.
Cue imm; "Listen Justin, don't be a dumb shit."
Faaaack. I was stupid. My last name was in there as well. Lol. God almighty, I thought I was so clever. Like a Vampire in a Terry Pratchett novel. |
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Dogran Immortal
Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 1802
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Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:53 am Post subject: |
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Back a long time ago I had several characters named after characters in books, back when I first started playing, before I bothered to read the rules on naming. |
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