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Gameplay => General Discussion => Topic started by: dragonfire999 on November 09, 2005, 03:15:50 am

Title: Pet Names
Post by: dragonfire999 on November 09, 2005, 03:15:50 am
Post what you have named, or will name your pet here.


Mine is Kitsune Ninetail :D
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Post by: shorty13 on November 09, 2005, 03:20:37 am
lol isn\'t that from Magic: the Gathering?  kitsune ninetails?  great name.

Mine\'s name is Firestar Hunett (Hunett cuz he is part of the family now).

I am about to post about him in the role-playing section.
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Post by: dragonfire999 on November 09, 2005, 03:26:15 am
no, i dont play magic. i thought - its half fox, kitsune means fox. Elder kitsunes had nine tails. thus, Kitsune Ninetails
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Post by: Kiirani on November 09, 2005, 03:32:20 am
Sayiana Kiisa.  :) I was the first player to name mine, I believe ^_^
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Post by: Zan on November 09, 2005, 08:24:07 am
Graw .. just plain old Graw. Now if I could only get him to listen to me.

\"No Graw, bad boy! Don\'t hump the clackers ... attack them!\"

*pulls his Groffel off a clacker that retreated underneath his shell and looks around to see if anyone noticed it*
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Post by: Drey on November 09, 2005, 02:39:07 pm
there are a few names i would like to choose from, though i dont know it they are suitable.

/me\'s first choice would be a name shared with the coolest guitarist in the world, thats right mr guitar man from the offspring. but that would be frowned upon so one will have to place ones thinking cap upon ones head.

...also there is the fact that i need to log in and work out how to get one.

and before doing that i will have to stop listening to \'Jimmy Eat World - Get It Faster\' (its a great song)
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Post by: LigH on November 09, 2005, 02:49:16 pm
I guess I shall avoid calling my pet \"Marvin\"?! ... ;)
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Post by: zorbels on November 09, 2005, 06:18:40 pm
Mine bit me yesterday on my tail!!! I think it is teething, anyone have some whisky I could borrow. ;) I named mine Nibbles zorbels. If I did not have to have a last name attached it would just be Nibbles.

/me whips out a brush and grooms Nibbles and tries to teach the little guy new tricks.

[Edit] Shorty13 I enjoyed babysitting yours yesterday, very well behaved!! :D
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Post by: shorty13 on November 09, 2005, 08:47:31 pm
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Originally posted by zorbels
Mine bit me yesterday on my tail!!! I think it is teething, anyone have some whisky I could borrow. ;) I named mine Nibbles zorbels. If I did not have to have a last name attached it would just be Nibbles.

/me whips out a brush and grooms Nibbles and tries to teach the little guy new tricks.

[Edit] Shorty13 I enjoyed babysitting yours yesterday, very well behaved!! :D


thx lol.  He is generally well mannered.
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Post by: Reor on November 09, 2005, 09:37:37 pm
My pets name is Murr Murr, he\'s the cutest thing I\'ve ever seen ^_^
But he needs a bit of training, yesterday he bit a nice dwarf lady on the finger and he wont obey any of my commands  :rolleyes:

At the moment though I\'m a bit afraid to take him on display in front of public, some jerk hit him at the magic shop and then he logged off before I could retaliate  :(
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Post by: shorty13 on November 09, 2005, 11:22:14 pm
yeah, some people are insensitive.  They keep walking all over the groffels.  Luckily, I always keep a stash of healing potions with me :D .

/me shakes fist angrily at people who walk all over the cute little groffels.
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Post by: Drey on November 10, 2005, 12:20:37 am
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Originally posted by zorbels
Mine bit me yesterday on my tail!!! I think it is teething, anyone have some whisky I could borrow. ;) I named mine Nibbles zorbels. If I did not have to have a last name attached it would just be Nibbles.

/me whips out a brush and grooms Nibbles and tries to teach the little guy new tricks.

[Edit] Shorty13 I enjoyed babysitting yours yesterday, very well behaved!! :D


if someonw can have one called nibbles then i can have noodles :|
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Post by: Halvord on November 10, 2005, 12:27:25 am
Just out of curiosity, can any two pets have the same name, or is a pet\'s name unique?  Also, can a pet share a name with a human?
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Post by: Vindog4047 on November 10, 2005, 02:38:16 am
I will probly name mine \"Cheese\" but that could change if i find a name even more random... any suggestions??
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Post by: WizardsRule on November 10, 2005, 02:52:56 am
My pet\'s name is Shinigami
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Post by: Gorzhuul on November 10, 2005, 09:16:49 am
do pets have to have a last name??

if not my pet will be named Buzz when i get it.
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Post by: Mordaan on November 10, 2005, 08:13:36 pm
Best I have seen so far was Twigs McBeak.

@ Drey: heh, yeah, gotta love that song.
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Post by: spydirweb on November 11, 2005, 08:22:27 am
a question about RP\'ing, to the pet name...  Does my Pet\'s name also have to have RP\'ing type name?

I only ask because, honestly, the whole RP\'ing thing...isn\'t my thing.  I play PS because it\'s free, runs on linux, has a lot of promise to be a great game, and quite honestly is the best time killer around outside of Quake 4, which I can\'t play for more than 20 minutes at a time...

I don\'t have a pet yet, but I have figured out how to get one.  I\'ve been thinking of names and I\'d rather have a humorous name for my pet than a role playing one...  If it\'d be \"against the rules\" however, I don\'t mind coming up with one...it\'d just be more fun to name it something funny. :-D
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Post by: Reor on November 11, 2005, 09:49:47 am
This is just my guess but I would think that some of the general naming rules apply to pets too, like no l33t names nor offensive ones. But it is a pet after all and people give silly names to them in RL too.  :)  
Even if your not a big fan of RP, try to get at least a little bit into your character and think about what name he/she would give to the pet  ;)
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Post by: Drey on November 11, 2005, 12:10:40 pm
yes. it is pretty obvious that most of the rules, if not all, apply to pet names. you are hardly going to be allowed to walk around with a pet called **** ****** are you?

i think it would be best if you came up with an \'rp\' name rather than anything else.

i stopped listening to the song now, currently im talking about american power abusers with my friend.
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Post by: TheMinority on November 11, 2005, 03:49:55 pm
of course, i think there will be a bit more leniency with the pet names. I mean, who really names their dog or cat \"Chris Johnson\" in real life?

we\'ve already had names like Twigs, Graw, Murr, and Nibbles. I think as long as they don\'t go to something like \"Obi-wan\" or \"r0x0rz\", it\'ll be fine.
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Post by: Draklar on November 11, 2005, 04:09:25 pm
I call mine \"Food\"...
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Post by: Seytra on November 11, 2005, 04:19:45 pm
Indeed pet names are different from char names, so AFAICS the only restrictions would be (not necessarily exhaustive list)
- no RL references
- nothing offensive
- no leet
- nothing otherwise OOC, like ponking fun at PS itself
- must be given by the owning character, not the owning player
- Edit: no well known names (book, movie, etc. chars)/Edit

So many cats are called \"kitty\", and therefore I think the pet names shouldn\'t need to be unique, either.
It\'s probably used to issue the commands ATM, but for that there could be another solution due to the limited number of pets any one player will ever have. I think if pet names are unique per player thing sould be fine, since a player can\'t control another\'s pet.
Another option is to use the GUI to issue commands to the pet instead of typing them, which would enable the code to use some numeric ID instead of the name.
Should a char acquire a pet with the same name as another of it\'s pets, then that second one could simply get an addition like roman numbers. Alternatively, the pet should get a lastname attached that is the first name of the previous owner, which would allow pet-sitting.

So it would be perfectly acceptable for some chars to have a Groffel called \"Doomclaw\". :))
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Post by: Drey on November 11, 2005, 04:30:13 pm
i had a cat... it was called cat. it had a real name but i never remembered it and everyone would just call it cat. then it died.
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Post by: zorbels on November 11, 2005, 06:02:12 pm
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Originally posted by Drey
if someonw can have one called nibbles then i can have noodles :|


Ehm.... not sure exactly what you are trying to get at. I would think you can name your pet whatever you like. I see nothing wrong with the what I named my pet. :/
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Post by: Lordbug on November 11, 2005, 11:57:55 pm
If I ever want a Groffel... it\'ll be female... maybe I\'ll call her... if PS allowed portuguese characters... In?s...  *sighs* Maybe I\'ll call her... ...
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Post by: yayoo on November 12, 2005, 12:00:41 am
Mines called Fuzzy Lumps.
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Post by: Pip on November 16, 2005, 02:12:18 pm
I called mine Jangle. That is I would if I could get just one name, at the moment it is \"Jangle Familiar\"

edit: Now it is Jo Jangle.
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Post by: Draklar on November 16, 2005, 02:53:05 pm
Right, so anyway eventuslly Food got named Brigand.

Which shows so well how original in pet-naming I can get :O
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Post by: Zan on November 16, 2005, 04:24:00 pm
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Originally posted by Lordbug
If I ever want a Groffel... it\'ll be female... maybe I\'ll call her... if PS allowed portuguese characters... In?s...  *sighs* Maybe I\'ll call her... ...


Just go call her LB, the real person that is ... not the Groffel :P
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Post by: Lolitra, Celorrim Purrty Twins on November 16, 2005, 04:26:41 pm
Lolitra \' Mine is Cutsietoo....\'
Celorrim \'that figures...\'
Lolitra looks at Celorrim.. \'what?\'
Celorrim smiles politely back \'oh nothing...\'
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Post by: arcain on November 16, 2005, 05:27:48 pm
mine is shadow wing..it was shadow beak but theres alot of beaks out there
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Post by: r.guppy on November 16, 2005, 05:43:55 pm
I called mine Primus Indus, its Latin for first India. I think Latin is cool for names.  
                    :))
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Post by: zorbels on November 17, 2005, 09:33:01 pm
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Originally posted by Pip
I called mine Jangle. That is I would if I could get just one name, at the moment it is \"Jangle Familiar\"


:) The command for one name is /pet name
and for first and last /pet name
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Post by: Draklar on November 17, 2005, 09:41:57 pm
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Originally posted by zorbels
:) The command for one name is /pet name
/pet name no

:P

Anyway, is it just bug on my part, or the surname comes back whenever you resummon a pet?
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Post by: Dylia on November 19, 2005, 05:10:23 am
I have called my groffel Avimon ;)
I was lucky enough to get him as a gift from a great friend.
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Post by: Sensotaka on November 29, 2005, 06:44:13 am
Short and sweet, I decided to call my companion \"Tomo\"... :)
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Post by: zorbels on November 29, 2005, 06:41:53 pm
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Originally posted by Draklar

Anyway, is it just bug on my part, or the surname comes back whenever you resummon a pet?


No I have the same problem. I named mine Nibbles Z at first then changed it to Nibbles. It keeps coming back as Nibbles Z. :/ I also named my pet Britney Spears for fun and for the longest time I couldn\'t get the Spears part to go away...... I didn\'t talk to my pet for a week.....

It is back to Nibbles Z.....
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Post by: c-2501 on November 29, 2005, 07:53:25 pm
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Originally posted by Halvord
Just out of curiosity, can any two pets have the same name, or is a pet\'s name unique?


unfortunatly no a pets name does not have to be unique as i found out when someone blatently stole my pets name for their own

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Post by: MonkeyHell on December 05, 2005, 11:56:09 pm
My pet name is Tal Sin
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Post by: TwinS4ever on December 06, 2005, 12:08:39 am
Mine is called \"Petty\"
I know veeeeeryyy original ;)

TwinS4ever
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Post by: lucifeir on December 06, 2005, 06:46:29 am
Id name my petrosarus Alacard
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Post by: c-2501 on December 18, 2005, 02:23:01 am
mine alters between Dr P and Seijuro Hiko, depending on his mood :) (im so annoyed it wouldent let me name it \'Baron Humbert von Giggenden\')

is there a naming policy for pets? other than bad language is anything allowed, i saw someone use it to display their afk status before, or as their shops \'open\' sign.  thought it was actually quite a good idea.
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Post by: Karyuu on December 18, 2005, 02:33:57 am
Roleplay names only, definitely no \"AFK\" status signs or store signs. The same character naming rules apply to pets, though there is more leniency towards silly names, like \"Beaky\" or \"Sunspot.\"
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Post by: Halvord on December 18, 2005, 03:27:49 am
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Originally posted by lucifeir
Id name my petrosarus Alacard


Very inspired.

http://wall.mythicdesigns.net/alucard/alucard.jpg

I would name my pet Hildisvinsbarn, long, but sweet.  Hey, wait a minute...

@Karyuu: Would sunspot really work?  I doubt any PS people have ever seen the sun, never mind a sun spot!
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Post by: Karyuu on December 18, 2005, 03:38:41 am
Heheh, I didn\'t mean for Sunspot to have the actual definition it has in our real world -  I meant it just as a spot of sunlight :)
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Post by: Dylia on January 10, 2006, 08:06:44 pm
Well I have since renamed my groffel since the old name he had caused me to great of memories.

Blazer is his name now and yes unlike me he does eat meat. >.>
Dylia grumbles as she has to actually touch a fish to feed her groffel then thinks its a good thing she loves the little bugger. :P
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Post by: Drey on January 10, 2006, 09:39:28 pm
I still dont have a pet, though im likely to name is dog or woof, unless someone has either of those already...
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Post by: TheMinority on January 11, 2006, 12:22:55 am
Aithnidi?il for my little groffel! His name means \"Familiar\" in Irish Gaelic (aka the \"native tongue\" of Sekhemet)

^_^
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Post by: Learch on January 11, 2006, 05:54:39 am
Mine\'s named \"Lollyspark Giggle\".

Lolly, you\'re just sooooooo cute and I just wuv you so much, yes Daddy does! Yes, he does!
(tee, hee. she gets so hyper when I babytalk to her like that! Almost wets herself like an excited puppydog)

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

(although I almost had to raise my voice at her the other day when she knocked over me flagon of ale in the tavern. No-one, but NO-ONE touches me ale!)

:(
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Post by: Falzaek on January 11, 2006, 01:33:35 pm
when i finaly complete the familiar ring quest, he\'ll be called marl. or Marl the destroyer. still out on that one.
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Post by: c-2501 on January 11, 2006, 02:37:51 pm
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when i finaly complete the familiar ring quest, he\'ll be called marl. or Marl the destroyer. still out on that one.


you can only have a first and a last name so the \'the\' is gonna have to go
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Post by: Falzaek on January 12, 2006, 12:46:12 am
Marl thdestroyer? nah, doesn\'t work. Destroyer Marl?...
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Post by: peeg on January 13, 2006, 01:30:40 pm
I\'ve called my beloved Groffel \"Schnuffelknuffel\" :)
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Post by: zorbels on January 13, 2006, 07:23:45 pm
As I posted before I like to call my pet Nibbles, but the gods of Yliakum do not agree at times . So Nibbles is also known as Spazmo .... and to the owner of \"real\" spazmo I do not intentionally take the name, it seems to change all on it\'s own and I have asked GM\'s to fix it. They have but the problem keeps reoccuring. :/
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Post by: mef on January 19, 2006, 11:32:42 am
mine is Leo, like my RL cat :-)
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Post by: c-2501 on January 26, 2006, 10:39:52 am
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Originally posted by zorbels
As I posted before I like to call my pet Nibbles, but the gods of Yliakum do not agree at times . So Nibbles is also known as Spazmo .... and to the owner of \"real\" spazmo I do not intentionally take the name, it seems to change all on it\'s own and I have asked GM\'s to fix it. They have but the problem keeps reoccuring. :/


at least the unholy spirit of \'you know who\' has finally left the poor thing alone  ;)
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Post by: Angiest on March 01, 2006, 12:17:41 am
I have named my pet Galbreath Barero.  Mine is a male pet, I think.
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Post by: CleverFool on March 14, 2006, 11:32:32 pm
Used the same idea I used when naming myself. It is very nice to have Citivolus Cattus when you are Callidus Balatro :P
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Post by: Xyl on March 15, 2006, 11:38:07 pm
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My pet\'s name is Shinigami


LOL! If you can do that, I might call mine \"Menos Grande\" or \"Zangetsu\" or maybe even \"Kenpachi\" :D
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Post by: ou8i8uo on March 16, 2006, 03:32:05 am
I started with Razorbeak, then Mr. Bigglesworth but lately I have named it for my RL dog her name is Belle. Who knows what it will be next week. :)
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Post by: Easton on March 16, 2006, 03:43:20 am
Ithyl Raak

yeah.. nothing special.

Easton Ghent
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Post by: Drey on March 16, 2006, 10:30:01 am
mines called something not very fitting ;)

therefore he doesnt get an outing much maybe you will spot him one day

(yeah.. i finally got one)

Editation! yeh, my name fits those rules... just pushes them a little :P
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Post by: Tarel on March 16, 2006, 10:45:13 am
Updated players policy (http://www.planeshift3d.com/wbboard/thread.php?threadid=21538&boardid=1&styleid=4&sid=463dfaade7a62b274eb41e57b37d23da)

The rules for naming your characters are as follows:  

No offensive or vulgar names. (Swearwords, insults, etc)

No names using repeated letters. (No more than 2 of the same letter repeated together)

No adjective, verb or title as firstname. (Describing words, doing words, or titles such as Lord or Lady)

Names must make sense to a Medieval Fantasy setting. (Nothing furutistic or Sci-Fi please)

No names of popular culture (fictional/non-fictional), or trademarked (companies, characters, placenames) real or unreal.

The rules for naming your pets are the same as those for your character!
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Post by: Drey on March 16, 2006, 12:35:06 pm
except for a little loosness around the silly name side of things
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Post by: Akaylee :) on March 30, 2006, 07:11:09 am
:) I named my familiar Byte Ye.