sandlog of video game character naming habits

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playing Bahamut Lagoon in Ex-Play; named Byuu "FARTZZZZ" and Yoyo "BUTTLADY"

macarena of time (step hen faps), Tuesday, 27 December 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link

i used to think it was really funny to give characters 90s rap parody names (mc beezlebub, ax murdock) but now i just like to give them really boring anglo-saxon names like francis or phoebe or what have you.

elks thunder, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 22:09 (twelve years ago) link

:D

~*~ (є(٥_ ٥)э), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link

anglo saxon would be more along the lines of Hakon, Clotilde, or Dagobert.

Aimless, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 02:22 (twelve years ago) link

I always go for default :\

tanuki, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 03:10 (twelve years ago) link

named the female-only character in old school rpg i was playing 'tristram' to try and ironise or undercut the fact i had automatically chosen the female character, felt maybe 0.2% better about myself

thompp, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link

if it's an rpg i always name the guy valdiev. no idea why.

sim cities are always called Narnia. no idea why.

Z S, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 03:26 (twelve years ago) link

i named the horse in zelda "MY PUSSY" so everything the other characters would say about it would be dirty

miranda lambo (dealwithit.gif), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 03:36 (twelve years ago) link

"Valdiev played MY PUSSY's song"

tanuki, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 03:39 (twelve years ago) link

used to name male characters my real name - helped set the 'mood'
sometimes would name them after my characters in FFIRC (final fantasy themed irc version of ad&d). two that I can remember are serpenthor (I think?) and nepenthe (after the river)
like thomp I would choose the female character when available. I remember I had a golfer in mario golf named marian, after marian the librarian in the music man.

I took my video gaming pretty seriously as a child! nowadays I would probably name them something like 'buttcheeks'

nice catch cuauhtemoc blanco niño (dayo), Wednesday, 28 December 2011 12:17 (twelve years ago) link

I tend to dump all my hate and aggravation and dumb jokes into character names. Heroes like Beavis, Whoremonger, Cuntkicker, Fartknight, Sir Beavis D'Azzmonch.

Having 4 letter slots works much better in Japanese, I'm assuming.

kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 16:10 (twelve years ago) link

started naming all my dudes dobbs back when i was really into the church of the subgenius and never stopped

PROVEN BY BOOZE SCIENCE, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 16:32 (twelve years ago) link

i named the horse in zelda "MY PUSSY" so everything the other characters would say about it would be dirty

every time I start a new Zelda game I get a distant-fog-of-the-past giggle remembering how I played through the entire Ocarina of Time back when with a character named FUCKNUTZ

undervalued aerosmith tchotchkes sold in bulk, Wednesday, 28 December 2011 17:21 (twelve years ago) link

Constant customizable naming of things in Kairosoft games has led to many, many horrible creations.

kingfish sandbox bonaparte, Thursday, 29 December 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link

Haven't played a game for a minute but I was in the habit of using New Jersey town names. I used these for Chrono Trigger, e.g.

Ewan
Elmer
Erial
Hobkn
Buena

and I forget what else. I wanted to use Ho-Ho-Kus but couldn't get it to make sense in 5 letters.

Looking back I was probably just ripping off Gargolyes

the lubbock babes, Thursday, 29 December 2011 03:47 (twelve years ago) link

I always name characters after the cats.

wore glasses and said things (thejenny), Thursday, 29 December 2011 04:15 (twelve years ago) link

I tend to name them after b-list celebs or out of date rockers, only slightly tweaked. So I have a skinny elf in Skyrim who has too much eye makeup named Elvish Cooper and a big headed Norn named Wank Martindale.

EZ Snappin, Thursday, 29 December 2011 04:33 (twelve years ago) link


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