Naming your character

[llamastorm.games]

Fallout 3: Burt Wobbleboard.
On something i wrote once i called my character Sampson Kriegh
Oblivion: Malcolm
I always called my rival on Pokemon Dung
If all else fails i call them TurboTurd

 

[Johnnyallstar]

Depends on the game I am playing. If it's an MMO type I just mash my face around the keyboard until it makes sense.

If it's a single RPG I like to either use some badly spelled mexican food dish, like Enchi Lada, or Kesa Deeya.

But when I played and my daddy left me to wander the world alone, I knew that I HAD to be a boy named Sue because I love Johnny Cash

 

[xxDarlenexx]

I'm terrible, I agonize over what to name characters far more than I should, whether in games, or writing, or screen names.


fear of commitment + pressure to pick the perfect name = in need of therapy!

 

[all the tramps]

id stick with my x box gamer tag all the tramps

 

[Azaradel]

Darn. Yeah, when it comes to D2, I have some cheesy ones. Though I really like my Dalsoon-nim, lightning sorc lvl.. 87? It's the Korean goddess of the moon. Then we have Maven, my Hammerdin, lvl 89, and my first one, Higurashi, a shocker. Then there's Osmond_Saddler, a barbarian named after the antagonist in Resident Evil 4. Fun fun. ^__^

Oh yes, I always used to name Link "I say". Cracks me up every time. Then I noticed Yahtzee did the same. x)

Sometimes, cheesy is the only way to go. Like my <url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/362.88139?page=2#1347017>(Senerus) Arcgale with his sword Elipse. Cheesy suits his character perfectly. =)

I think there's something about the Diablo-games that forces you to give the characters cheesy names, to be fair. I don't think I've had a single Diablo character that didn't have a worthless name. I always named my chars ShadowHunter in the first game (it crashed and had to be reinstalled, so there were many ShadowHunters... many many many...), because of total lack of imagination.

Anyone remember the name tags in SSBM, that you could use in multiplayer if you had problems keeping track on where you were on the screen? My friends called themselves YOU and ME.

"Hit ME!!!"
"Hey, stop hitting YOU!"

Gods... that was retarded... But still fun. So much fun *grin*

 

[orangebandguy]

AWESOMENESS MCDUDE

 

[Daveman]

Whatever pops into my head. I had a high elf in oblivion called Milton Keynes and I chose all the useless things to specialise in (hand to hand, mercantile, speechcraft, armorer, alchemy, security and illusion) becuase I felt it the name suited it.

EDIT: I don't know how many people have heard of milton keynes but it's fairly renowned for being the most pointless place on earth.

 

[inkheart_artist]

I have a few actual names that I just choose from and sometimes I just pick a random object that has a nice ring to it.

 

[_Janny_]

AWESOMENESS MCDUDE

Haha, nice one!

I usually name my characters after Japanese words (this way I learn words I have trouble with super fast) or character names from Dune. But if I'm forced to pick a ridiculously buff guy I name him 'Fluffy', 'Barbie' or the like.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Asscunt is my usual choice for my characters.

 

[The Cheezy One]

I'm not very creative; I usually just use my name, or "Ellimist" as that is my game name for most games. Occasionally I throw in Todeshandler, which I believe is German for "death-dealer," but I could be totally wrong as I just read it in a book somewhere.

as in animorphs?

im also EquinoxETO
ETO stands for evening the odds, because an equinox is when light and dark are equal, like yin and yang

 

[Grand_Poohbah]

Usually just go with my name.

 

[Archemetis]

these are the names i've found myself using for games an other suchs.

[these are all used on WoW)

Elvira Archemria (Necromancer name derrived from my forum name)

Archemetis (A weirdly spelt version of Archemedes[i don't know how to spell it, really.] he is usually my mage name)

The Sprocketwhistles (A family of Gnomish sisters i play as on WoW, their names are...)

Tinkerella (Taken from tinkerbell and cinderella)

Chezmarelder (Heard it somewhere once.)

Tahlrym (I actually just made it up.)

Then there are Archie Grimbles and Cutler Brittish (My healer names)
as well as Aevan Galhier (a paladin) and Calinda the Spider Mistress (My hunter) accompanied by Karythras (Her pet spider.)

and then theres the straggler, Domble Wretchot (Gnomish naturist and Warlock)

Yeah, some of them come from places, some of them don't but i loves them all.

 

[Howlingwolf214]

I just use rare names for the first name then rareish words for the second name.

Etrius Creek was one of mine, for example.

 

[IsoNeko]

Vladimir Vajeena

 

[Baneat]

Eveything's called Baneat

 

[ellimist337]

as in animorphs?

Yes. But since I abhor one-word-posts, I'll expand by saying that I guess I like the idea of an all-powerful person, but one who was limited by rules and had to use a lot of wisdom, strategy, and intelligence.

 

[Metalchair]

i usually use metalchair cuz its my username almost everywhere