ok so i have a old acount that i played alot from late 96 till 99 and have come back for a coulpe stints since i came back again and have been back for about a month and likeing it more because i started a new char in a new guild (seems to be the besty move so far) any way my new warmie 20th circle and no last name is there a circle i can get one are they just out?

Eventually we'll have a much better last name system. It'll come out sometime after Willy pays Popeye back for that hamburger.

Steel.

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I'm that old.

<Glare Gizella>


~Dulcinia

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"Just melt her down and you'll reveal
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Here, where a woman's heart should be."
--Alma Hicks

>Pretty sure the guy's name is Wimpy.

Yeah it is. My bad.

Steel.

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Now with combat move charts!
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>doubtful. popeye cartoons were in the movie "shorts" back in the 1930s. <yes, they predate television>.

I was actually thinking about the comics when I posted that.

Steel.

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Now with combat move charts!
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>There used to be a burger place called "Wimpy's" in Las Vegas in the '60s... wonderful burgers. Glenlivet

And it's still there. Out past Jerry's Nugget on the left hand side. It's been there as long as I can remember.. back to 1963.


Xochi

On the name note, they wouldnt let me have czarist, i was bummed, but i still walked out with a variation of it that was not killed, kudos to me

i hate my last name and look very much forward to the day i can change it, though i happen to be fond of my Verbal that is all thank you

Verbal

<<shame they don't show the really politically incorrect shorts...>>

Like the one where Popeye punched his girlfriend in the face to knock her out of a hypnotism-induced stupor?

That's the way they ran things back then.

That was God's America.

::tear::

Yeah, option to change first names wouldn't be unwelcome either... I mean, i was just joking!


Moving stealthily, you manage to grab a Galleon right from underneath the shipbuilder Barana's very nose.

~Purehand

>There is even mention of this in the realms in the story of the Prydaen Cemsiatt, though that name change was impossed, and in how names changed when Prydaen became Elders.

Cemsiat's name was never changed. It was always Cemsiat.

Also, when the Prydaen Elders undergo the naming, their names do not change entirely. Its only the Claw of Eu that undergoes this, not all Elders, and the prefix "Ra" is added to their names. For example, Israulor became Ra'sulor.

Not valid precedents for what you're talking about.

Vien De'Lionne

My interpretation is that its used as a title, not a replacemet for one's given name. Bob, who is Cemsiat, for example. However, because they are no longer considered Prydaen and are generally viewed with disgust, they may be called by that title rather than their name, just as someone might say "Be gone, Thief."

"Since that time, those few Prydaen that have been exiled are viewed as a kindred spirit to Cemsiat. Their tails are normally removed, and a magical brand is placed upon them to mark them as such. Once such a process has occured, they are no longer considered kin of the people, and are beyond the usual comforts of the Pride."

I'll stop hijacking your thread now.

Vien De'Lionne

Ecoles, makes sense ic wise. My reasons for thinking it was a name change were, as I indicated above when I said it, ooc. The game mechs allow him to hide a title but not a name. However, by definition, you really can't make ic assumptions based on game mechs, though alot of us do it in our attempts to rationalize game mechs into rp. Regardless, the point was conceded long ago. (Also, please forgive me for not being able to spell late at night or early in the morning, depending on point of view)

However, that is not really to the point of this thread.

The point I was making is that they don't really have to involve the name generator in letting us have some form of shared last names. They can use the system already in place that gives us post titles for citizenship and order membership. They would just have to expand it a bit in terms of number of stored post titles a character can have.

On the aside, they could also allow people to display more than one post title at once, but that might make looking at people a bit hard and I am not sure I would wish to see that.


Mists and Magic, Ocean Breazes, Deep Rivers Under the Sea, Trails Between the Stars: Where nothing is as it seems.

No Vien. We are talking about name changes.

I reviewed the last page and I already answered your question. Nothing further needs to be said on the subject of Cemsiat. Please drop it. This is not the place.

On the subject of name changes. Alot of cultures real life cultures did change names as part of their coming of age ceremony and some of them did change names as forms of punishment for crimes. In either event, it signified the old life going away and an new life beginning from that moment forward.

In another folder though Valcer has a good point. He pointed out the crime rate would sky rocket if first names could be changed.


Mists and Magic, Ocean Breazes, Deep Rivers Under the Sea, Trails Between the Stars: Where nothing is as it seems.

is the name buying thing open and how do we share?

I do not mind waiting, but I'd like to suggest a "partial phase 2" where we can "share" but not "choose new names".

I do sadly guess that system limitations (as coded) prevent this.

<<Unless I'm missing a reason you have for this suggestion?>>

I think he's asking for "Phase 1.5". ;)


Solomon


"Experience will come, it's not a race or anything. The ones who kill themselves to get to the finish are the ones who tire out quickly."

GM[Anti-ESP] Pormithius just killed Caelumia's ESP!

>So that we can still allow the "longer registration window", but still able to get "other" chars able to share last names with ones already registered

I believe they indicated that after registration, the owner had to wait 30 days before he would be allowed to distribute the last name. Even if we were already in Phase 2, you would still have to wait 30 days before sharing a registered name.

Or, did I misinterpret the initial instructions on this matter?

As far as the duration of Phase 1 goes for prime, I really don't see why it needs to last more than 30 days. If you have, as previously indicated, sent emails to all account holders who are inactive advising them of this registration period, and even offered them a trial period with which to come in and register, then 30 days is a reasonable amount of time for them to respond. Frankly, it wouldn't hurt to send reminder emails to all account holders (since some of them don't actually read the boards and it's possible the last name news could have -gasp- been missed.)

But, in any case, if a player 1) no longer plays, 2) no longer pays to play, 3) has not kept Simu up to date with their contact email address, and/or 4) is not checking their email and responding in a timely manner, then I do not believe they have the right to hold up the rest of the active DR population from being able to enjoy and take part in this long-awaited release. 30 days is more than enough time, and it is not as though they will lose their last name. It merely means they lose the right to keep it unique to their character, which quite frankly they SHOULD lose when they stop playing the game. It's a risk that gets taken when they quit and quite unfair to the rest of us who are patiently biding our time.

Just because folks aren't objecting in the hundreds and thousands to this delay doesn't mean that we aren't very anxious to take part in this release and, while we understand you must make efforts to preserve the rights of the folks who started playing long before us, we really would rather this phase get a move on already and not take longer than it absolutely has to.

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Can last names chosen under the new last name system still be shared with a bonded spouse via bonded wedding rings? Perhaps you have to wait 30 days after the name is chosen before it will work?


~ Gwynfydedig

The frostweaver sobs piteously, "Help! I've fallen!"

<<It only works if the other partner is in game.

Aha! Makes sense. Thank you!

~ Gwynfydedig

The frostweaver sobs piteously, "Help! I've fallen!"