Naming Your Character

[ChrisP.Lettuce]

Icerift.

I don't know why but I randomly thought of it a long time ago, like when I was 12, and I use it for it's nostalgic value.

 

[Hey Joe]

Bastak

 

[The Treasoner]

In single-player games I usually leave it as the default. If there is no default name, I'll use my real name or name them after a bird of prey.

Online games, I always use an established handle.

 

[nightmare_gorilla]

as a writer i tend to go with names from characters in my books. Den Anima is my favorite character and one with a personal meaning to me so i generally only use it when playing with friends.

but if i'm using a guy i generally go with either: Nightmare_gorilla, Den Anima, or Poshu Oshu. because if you can make people fear the name poshu, you are one bad dude.

for women it's either Chey Anima, Danny, or Clair, Chey is a name i recently came up with that i liked so much i married her to den for the last name, as for danny and clair, well they're just female names i kinda like.

though as i said they are characters from my books so i try to match the actual characters themselves, for a really big grey haired war veteran, i use garez, for a younger lanky guy i use the name niko. they just work to me.

 

[Sackwak]

If its possible to fit it in i go Richard Cranium. If not then just my actual name

 

[VikingRhetoric]

Normally just the default, but on multiplayers, I almost always go with Sypher or DuctTapedGerbil.


I don't know why on the last one, I thought of it years ago.

 

[EnzoHonda]

For online shooters I have a few different online names that I alternate. I'll stick with a name for a while if I frequent a server a lot or get to know some people. For some strange reason I seem to do better after changing my name.

For MMORPGs I try to keep a name that fits in the world. Even if I don't roleplay, I still don't like adventuring with guys like DeEZnutZ69. I often pick a name with a mild Buddhist influence (like Bodhi or something).

For single player games I often keep the character's default name if I can. Or I use my real name if it seems appropriate.

 

[qbert4ever]

Lime Head. I always go with Lime Head. Why? Lemon Head is overused and all the other fruits (vegtables?) just sound mean.

 

[BuckminsterF]

I use my initials (RJ) most of the time because im lazy and don't like to spell things out, but when i feel like digging myself further in the pit of social outcastdome that i inhabit i use the name of the main carachter of the book i'm reading

 

[chaos95]

For single-player games I choose pretty random names either based on the character's appearance or words that I think will be amusing when they pop up in dialog. Pokemon characters are usually 'Slut' or 'Manslut' (With Pokemon called 'Assmunch', 'Stripper' and 'Testacool', among others), my kotor2 char is 'Grizzled Toughguy' (with respect to Yahtzee for his observations about male video game heroes). If (as in the case of a lot of JRPGs) there are wacky symbols available like smiley faces or music notes, I'll usually just string a bunch of those together.

Multiplayer is almost always chaos95, or if numbers aren't allowed/two names are required I'll usually use Marat Rel, which I got from a random RPG name generator many years ago.

 

[monodiabloloco]

I have always used Hank for male characters. In MMOs I tend to grab a Japanese dictionary and name the character something really lame that sounds sort of neat. Like Aoijin. (blue man--a blue drenai).
Also, I tend to use Longsack...don't ask.

 

[ComradeJim270]

Depends on the game. I try to stick to the game setting's naming conventions, just because I've found something silly or stupid gets old very, very fast.

 

[_Janny_]

Behold! The mighty warrior deskchair, and his faithful sidekick, the witty bard teaspoon ;-)

Hah, thanks for the laugh!

I usually use name of colors/elements in Japanese or words I'm trying to remember, since I'm studying the language. I even called one of characters Kodoku because I had trouble remembering it. After playing for a while my problem was solved. I get emotionally attached to my character and end up remembering new stuff easier at the same time.

 

[Anton P. Nym]

For multiplayer, it's either my real name or my GamerTag. (That's not ego; indeed, given how badly I usually get pounded the egotist thing to do would be to mask my name and use Microsoft Sam for teamspeak.)

For single-player, I've been everything from "Ivan Ivanovich Petrov" to "Bob". Depends upon my mood, and the game of course.

-- Steve