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Character Names

Postby Hadez » Dec 16th, '09, 23:08

what do you name your characters? when you get an opportunity to be identified as whoever you want in a game, what do you normally pick? do you try to make a name that could be believable, some shit with symbols and dashes and underscores, somethin that is only for comedic value, all caps, all lower case, etc... ?

i use to use Hadez. then i switched to Valiz for most names.

my first name is Zac. so i used a Z in Hades. Vali is a Nord god (correct me if i'm wrong) and i'm Norwegian so i added a Z because my first name.
i made up Azlyr when i created an elf character on Oblivion and kinda liked it.

share some of yours.
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Re: Character Names

Postby mcZu » Dec 16th, '09, 23:14

I usually use acronyms mashed together. Either of my own name, Sherlock Holmes or some egyptian god, mix it up, and then I have a character name.

Examples: Anulock (Anubis and Sherlock), Mohs Alomen (Holmes and Amon)...

And sometimes I just use ''Zu''.
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Re: Character Names

Postby Tornado » Dec 16th, '09, 23:22

Usually Tornado because wih games where you can create your own character, it's less story driven in a sense that with a game like Uncharted 2, there's real charcter interaction whcih gets you immersed in the story. Perhaps if they got real actors to voice over and added audio options for your character, imight care, but yeh Tornado is good as i'm easeily identifiable
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Re: Character Names

Postby DrRapid » Dec 16th, '09, 23:43

Well my Mass Effect character is called Gaylord while in Fallout 3 he's called Hotty and in Oblivion Friar Ass. I just find it funny to make a really odd looking character and give stupid names which could be relevant to their looks, not in the case of Hotty. I just have a laugh when I do it, nobody else understands me. lol
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Re: Character Names

Postby Hadez » Dec 17th, '09, 02:59

i think it'd be cool if game makers could make it so the game says your name. where not only do you pick the spelling, but the sounds for it as well. then after picking the letter sounds you have the option to hear the name as it would be said in the game so you can make sure it's right.
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Re: Character Names

Postby Solace » Dec 17th, '09, 03:18

Chet Starr wrote:I did use funny names once on FF7...I just loved seeing them refer to Aeris as Bitch haha

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Re: Character Names

Postby BILI » Dec 19th, '09, 16:08

Mostly BILI,or sometimes Arthas(that fuckin awesome dude from Warcraft,I think I cum)
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Re: Character Names

Postby Elision » Dec 19th, '09, 19:41

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Re: Character Names

Postby GoodGirlsGetGutted » Dec 20th, '09, 05:52

I'm a DBZ nerd, so it's usually Kakkarot or Vegeta depending on my mood. Unless it's for an online character, which is named Mortician69 without fail.
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Re: Character Names

Postby classthe_king » Dec 20th, '09, 06:18

I dont really play video games. But i did make an account on some game but it was stupid so i stopped and his name was Nuck Chorris :y:
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Re: Character Names

Postby Xray » Dec 20th, '09, 07:27

If earned the opportunity, I try make my character as real as possible to suit the game. So if its a wrestling game, I'll probably try to make a unique wrestler or if its a game like Def Jam FFNY I use a more gangsta name to make the game more comfortable and smooth.

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Re: Character Names

Postby AliJack » Dec 20th, '09, 14:41

AliJack, or rappers nizames ofcourse
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Re: Character Names

Postby BILI » Dec 20th, '09, 14:45

GoodGirlsGetGutted wrote:I'm a DBZ nerd, so it's usually Kakkarot or Vegeta depending on my mood. Unless it's for an online character, which is named Mortician69 without fail.

Vegeta :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship: :worship:
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