Name your character names

[rekabdarb]

depending on the game, if its like fps rekabdarb
if its like custom character eh i've got quite a few stuck in my little exhausted brain atm

 

[Areani]

I use a lot of different names depending on what kind of character and game. But I named my last Oblivion character, an evil magician, Shrewkin.

 

[stevetastic]

Blaze Fury. the most motherfuckingly awesome name evar!

 

[SimuLord]

In open-world sandbox "silent avatar"-type games (Morrowind, Oblivion, Mount&Blade, etc.) I usually name the character after myself, but sometimes I get a little silly with it. I named my Argonian "Stand-Up Chameleon", started the game by typing "player.setAV Chameleon 100", and let hilarity ensue. I'm thinking of doing a timed run through the game seeing how fast I can beat everything from a standing start using that particular cheat. I put the over/under at 10 hours.

 

[bakabird]

My personal favorite is Kurai. it is cool and if you speak any japanese you will know the meaning of the word.

 

[JHaronga]

"Stand-Up Chameleon

nice
I have taken habit to calling all of my magician characters ming the merciless

 

[RavingPenguin]

Either Hattori or Artemis, after my 2 favorite assassins, Hattori Hanzo the Iga ninja and Artemis Entrie from the Forgotten realms series.
If its an online game than I just go with RavingPenguin.

 

[Inverse Skies]

In every RPG it's always the default name given, I feel that deviating from that name lessens the intentions of the original designer and makes the character weaker throughout.

If I actually have to make up a name... uh... depends on the game. It doesn't happen often and now I can't actually think of any...

 

[Adfest]

Almost always "Adfest" unless I don't like the characters. I won't repeat what I named "Titus".

 

[Eclectic Dreck]

Usually it's "Eclectic Dreck". In RPG's I tend to either use the random name generator or string together characters myself until I have a proununcable word. A few times, I've come up with a fitting name based on a character archetype, but it usually has to be REALLY obscure to have not already been taken (you can pretty much assume any name taken from the lore, greek/roman/viking myth, fantasy novels, or the Thesarus are already taken).

 

[megapenguinx]

Wireman or my tag (megapenguinx)

 

[wordsmith]

Derwydd (welsh for druid)
wordsmith (anything FPS- L4D, TF2 etc)
Link (zelda games)
Other than that I go with what I'm given, or hit the name generator until I like the sound. My KOTOR character was called Kalva Usipode. I'm guessing he was Asian/French?