A bit off-topic: I beta-tested shadowbane and hated it. Did it get significantly better?

Back on-topic: in DAoC on the Gawaine server, there was a Ranger named Uwanna <misspelled version of something I can't say>whupin. She eventually had to change her last name, but I found it fairly amusing. The first time. <grins> Same deal there. There are restrictions, but they're VERY loose, 'cept on the RP servers. You get some very good and some VERY bad names. Then in UO I believe there was someone or someones named "you". They'd get a partner who'd attack 'em, and then the messaging made you think you were being attacked, so you'd attack the partner, letting them kill and loot you with no repercussions. Insidious.

Roye

Actually since UO isn't text base I doubt that's what your thinking of... btu the first few days in TF there was a guy named You 'Out till he annoyed too many people and got walked.

-Mozzik

there was someone named "You" and someone named "The" in TF as well.


~ The eye is not satisfied with seeing,
Nor the ear filled with hearing.
That which hath been is that
which shall be,
And that which hath been done is that
which shall be done;
And there is nothing new under the sun.

<<How late? The difference between early beta and release is profound, thanks to siege combat being introduced. If you beta'd after that point, though, you're not going to notice mcuh beyond nominal server stability fixes that don't actually work.>>

From late last year 'til shortly before release. I never got into siege combat as I couldn't stomach the leveling process, nor the horrid, HORRID controls (which were, even when they worked the way they were supposed to, almost unusable). I kept trying it for an hour or two, thinking I must be missing something, and then hating it all over again and stopping for a week/month.

<<My favorite MMOG name was over in EQ. I was bored when creating an alt, and ended up naming him Arpeyar. Its stuck.>>

For the slow ones in the audience, namely me, that s'posed to be RPer? Took me a while. I'll put it up to it being just past midnight here. That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it!

Roye

I've been passed on the Crossing streets a few times by Brute Forces. It's alawys a bit disconcerting. Without the title I don't think I'd have noticed the name. I'm also often thrown off by Colporteur. Makes me wanna break out into songs from Kiss Me Kate. But Raineira doesn't know any.

Player of Raineira and Ursluadh

Meanne is supposed to be pronounced Me-anne, not Meanie :( <weeps>

I too would like to change my name to avoid confusion, right now I rp that Meanne's birth name was Anissa, and that she changed it to Me-anne during her misguided childhood. And it sort of stuck.

~/\/\eanne~
"What happened to the thing in a bag?"
"It escaped. In to the mountains."

You were warned :(

~/\/\eanne~
"What happened to the thing in a bag?"
"It escaped. In to the mountains."

<< there was someone named "You" and someone named "The" in TF as well. >>

They have some of the weirdest names in TF <g> I got quite a laugh out of this one though...

<< Monk Enutz just arrived 9:32 p.m. >>



Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914)

That would make those aptitude tests where you fill in a circle for each letter of your name rather difficult.


~Vien De'Lionne~

"#22: No matter how tempted I am with the prospect of unlimited
power, I will not consume any energy field bigger than my head."

--The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord

I guess S'ilverunicorn was taken.

Of course, I must admit that I have definitely been guilty of making bad names before. Fortunately, their characters never interested me enough to do anything with them.

I still have a character named Redthorne' because I wanted to her to be of the Redthorne family in Ratha.

And in Platinum, I was Lieutenant Syreh Virkailijia...which is silly if you are Finnish, because that is Lieutenant Syreh Lieutenant

And even now, after all my learning experiences with names, Vyraka's last name is Giesa, which is the last known Gorbesh Emperors name.

--Vyraka--

No, it was "The"

And I never heard of you.

<<since everyone reads it as Meanie!>>

But that fits so well!

That's how I always said it. ::grin::


Solomon

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<<:{ Shows what you know.>>

He knows how to get your goat...

Oh and Solomon, you got a bug in your hair.


Player of Peperic Timarson, ranger in training and corn carrier for Lucky, the raccoon.
Tree-house, North Road, River's edge.
"No matter how hard you try, you can't fix stupid."

Well, guess it's just different if you are a new player, most the players who Have last names seem to think the changes are all right. Personally, as a player Without one, I hate it. If I read it right, this means my charaters Never will have one unless they marry (Ack!) or beg one from someone else? I am understanding this correctly?

Fairlight's and Melodiel's (insert No last name here) player

the post at the beginning of this folder says it all, I think. eventually, last names will be able to be chosen, and if they are not taken already they become yours, and you can do several things with them, etc, etc.

-Durnil

Imagine this:

To attain culture feats (don't like the term racial feats, too generic), a character must travel to that region, read a little preview of that culture (probably by asking an NPC) and then choose a last name from a long list of names provided for that culture. Voila, you get feats specific to that culture, you get a last name, you get a little education and you get a homeland. People who already have last names can, of course, bypass the name requirement.

So, say Melodiel is a wood elf from Leth and would like the feats and the name to aknowledge that. She talks to the..um, Elder Matron in the sacred grove and chooses the last name 'Lyrvael', a solid Leth-ian last name. Now as Leth elf she gets a bonus to woodworking and bows. Wee. Other characters who know something about Leth names will be able to pick out her heritage as well- maybe chat about home?

Just a suggestion, for those who want a last name without marrying. I like the idea of tying it into DRII feats beacause, well, I'm a little obsessed with them right now.

-Mersc's player.

All I know is I want to get rid of this blasted L infront of my last name. Makes me sound...French. And if I can't keep it, I'd atleast like to make it fancy. You know, like, Le Merzson, or L'Merzson, or maybe, McMerzson. Yeah. McMerzson. That's be awsome. Or maybe just Merzson...that'll work...


Missing In Action,
Fragonrok McMerzson
Soldier of Aesry Surlaenis'a

I just hope they caught Sharpshooter.


Missing In Action,
Fragonrok LMerzson
Soldier of Aesry Surlaenis'a

When birds fly in the right formation, they need only exert half the effort. Even in nature, teamwork results in collective laziness.

Ok, I thought they caught Pinocchio cuz he wasn't on 5 minutes after i reported him, then i saw him 10 minutes later. Guess there's no enforcement on the naming policy.

Dethas Il'Fear

"Once Lucky, Twice Foolish, Thrice Dead!"

Then there's the fact that whining about bad names is not supposed to go in this folder. This for discussing the new last name system thingy.
/wannabe BM