Now I did a search and all I found was a thread against silly names like BigTitsMcGee.
I'm wondering how you all feel about REAL names, like John, Jake, Alex, Chris etc...
I'm all for it, would be cool of people in guild chat called me Alex lol as it is my real name
Discuss!
Another player's name has never affected me nor have I judged them on their name. It's purely their choice and I don't view that person by his/her decision. I've had some friends in games with odd names, onces I would never pick for myself. I play how I want to play and so do they.
I think the problem lies with surnames though. If surnames are a thing, people probably won't be allowed to use a celebrity's name etc.
If you call your toon John I would have no problem with that...even with surnames a John Smith wouldnt bother me...that is a name (fantasy or not)
Titty McBigtits isnt a name...its an immature child trying to be funny (and Failing)
I hope that VRI has a naming policy and I truly hope they enforce it, just dont make it too draconic
I like my Character names. Each name I choose has a meaning or history. To each their own. I don't want to use my real name.
I can add my real name to Vent / teamspeak etc., to let people know my real name while in a raid or whatever.
Example: I could look at Vent list and see: Aradune / Brad as user name.
Sevens said:If you call your toon John I would have no problem with that...even with surnames a John Smith wouldnt bother me...that is a name (fantasy or not)
Titty McBigtits isnt a name...its an immature child trying to be funny (and Failing)
I hope that VRI has a naming policy and I truly hope they enforce it, just dont make it too draconic
/agree
I am all for using RL names if a person would like to. I feel it makes the avatar feel more like an extension of yourself. I personally like to make my character look like a fantasy version of myself and even used my own RL nickname before. When some people like to play they want to play a character that is unlike themselves. They may RP that their avatar is evil, loquacios or quiet or even a different gender then they choose a name that is different from themselves and fits that character - even that could be a RL name.
Kalgore said:You have a fantasy game being played by Fantasy nuts of course there will be thousands of Drizzt, Jarlaxle etc variations. That is no big deal stupid names like Tits mcbigtits are stupid.
PS DIBS on Kalgore
I never said there wouldn't be, i just said what annoys me personally - It's all subjective since it's opinion........
I don't mind clever name/surname combos; I had a buddy in EQ with an ugly Ogre warrior named "Treetrunk Growinfungus" and always got a kick out of it. It got past the unique name filter, so it was good enough for me.
I too hate names that modify (often poorly) famous fantasy characters. Boo says me.
Talv
Amsai said: No issue here. I dont really care what names people use. Though if they did have some really bad names Id likely avoid playing with them. XXXSUPERSAIJINOMEGAXXXYOLOGUY. Actually saw a stupid name very similar to this once in a Korean MMO.
Also depending on what characters are allowed...
...***Legolas***...
xxXXJoeXXxx
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