character names [rant]

[stickman]

ok i searched through a few pages and i cannot see anyone discussing this yet.

im very angry than i cannot use any of the names i had planned on using... the names i used in the first tech-demo i can no-longer use

it turns out someone stole the lastname of \"man\" so now NO-ONE can use it?

ok ... so i thought... last names gotta be unique... ok well thats not so bad...

BUT FIRST NAMES TOO?? WHY??

so if someone picks \"adare\" as his first name no one else can have adare as their name?

i might as well just start stealing all the good first/last names up and like sell them off later or something rediculous...

i can just see the 100,000th player crying his eyes out trying to find a name.

[Crash]

well i can see your point but i kinda like this set up. For one thing i only have to remember the first name of someone since its unique to everyone. And it is possible to have the same last name as someone else but i think you need a GM to do it for you. But i think what the devs were trying to aim for is for people to have real and unique names as it helps to add to the roleplaying experience. If everyone named themselves with a title like Black Knight or Nooby Killer it would be pretty lame and you would probably see 101 variations of said names such as Bl4ck Knight...oh well that just my 2 cents

[stickman]

while im at it i might as well ask...

if i specify that i have a sibling will my brother be able to choose the same last name as me or is that just a pointless option. .... ..... .. .

[Myrtl]

If you have the same names people might mistake you for being someone else

[stickman]

Originally posted by Myrtl
If you have the same names people might mistake you for being someone else

why is there a family option then?

i have been trying for 30 min trying to make an interesting name but it seems someone has stolen them all.

[Kiva]

Originally posted by stickman

Originally posted by Myrtl
If you have the same names people might mistake you for being someone else

why is there a family option then?

i have been trying for 30 min trying to make an interesting name but it seems someone has stolen them all.

The family option only affects your character stats/skills wise. Not \"family\" wise. And as for your name \"man\", tell me honestly... Wtf is that for a last name? Please...

If you are unable to think of a good name, there is a random name generator implemented for the sole purpose of making you a name.

[Moogie]

I second the notion that having unique lastnames is ridiculous. No ingame couples, brothers, sisters, or any family members can have the same lastnames.

The Darkstorm family alone now has 3 versions of surname-spelling; one for each of us.

[Kixie]

This isn\'t a very compelling argument coming from a user called \"Stickman\" but the idea still stands. First names should be unique, last names not so much. I think in whatever next flagpoint the devs get to in developement there should be a family tree type program made. A person can register a family name as family. Each person who wants to use this last name will haveto check in with whoever established the family so that some random kid doesn\'t just start making family members for a family when the person who has established it doesn\'t think it matches with the families history or such. That way only your best friends and such will be your brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, cousins, lovers, etc.

[DepthBlade]

bahhhh the idea of a random name generator is horrible for RolePlay be original and come up with the name yourself...whats next taking your character history from a book?

As for the last name and family etc.. good idea I wouldn\'t mind building a family and we can all have same last name >.> mmm Vampires Clans mmm next thing you know you will have the Darkmane family here with Ventrue

[Under the moon]

In RL I personally know three Scotts, five Stacys (one\'s a guy), half a dozen Johns, three Joes, two others with my own name...and I could go on for an hour.  So what is so realistic about having unique first names?  This will lead to the problem of 101 variations of the same name.  Last names are a different mater.  There should be no more than one person with the same first-last name.

Originally posted by Myrtl  
If you have the same names people might mistake you for being someone else

This is part of roleplaying and RL.  Mistaken identity has played a major role in many good stories, and as such, it should be allowed here as well.

[Kixie]

Originally posted by Under the moon
In RL I personally know three Scotts, five Stacys (one\'s a guy), half a dozen Johns, three Joes, two others with my own name...and I could go on for an hour.  So what is so realistic about having unique first names?

Well this is an MMORPG. In real life you can yell \"John!\" or \"Quincy\" and if more than one person looks at you, its no big deal. But this is a mmorpg, where being able to track down a single solitary person is very important. It would be nice to have anyone able to have any name they want, but identity crisis is too much of a risk to take.

[Under the moon]

In RL you know the persons voice.  In this game you see *John Thazer yells: Hey Quincy!*  If you don\'t know a John Thazer, then you aren\'t likely to answer.  On the other hand, you might respond *Quincy Ferdish says: Are you speaking to me?* and make a knew friend.

My name will be unique, when the time comes, but we should give people who have their hearts set on a name a little bit a of a break.  Some poor girl is probably out crying her eyes out right now because you stole her Kixie. ;(

[kaptainkranium]

Hmm...some kind of family grouping thing would be cool.
Like when you create your character, you supply a password for him and a password for the last name, and once OOC arrangements are made, you could tell the relative-to-be the family password, unlocking the last name.

Just a thought

[elscouta]

As for mistaking i don\'t see much difference between:

Seperot Darkstorm / Moogie Darkstorm

and

Seperot Darkstorm / Moogie Darrkstorm

Disallowing duplicates will just force people to do slight changes to name and end up with even more confusion.

[Kiva]

About the last names, it\'s just a question about asking a GM to set your last names to the same thing. Nothing more.