Personally?.I would come up with any name I felt fits?I am not saying that I would go with Skywalker.
Taking names from history is a bit odd to me, and names from written work is also a bit odd?
But with that said, Oriental cultures have as strong a Fantasy setting as Western cultures, the only thing is usually it is a bit more mixed up. In current day Japanese or Chinese fantasy many of the characters/creatures from old myth is taken to current day, near future and even distant future. While western culture keeps these things more separate the Japanese and Chinese media (movies, cartoons, comic books, novellas) don?t.
As such I think that while I would rather try an make an original name?and I would try and stay as far away from Lead Character names from anything, I would not exclude a name because it appears in a sci-fi movie/book/anime?
Just take a name that you are comfortable and seems to fit. While taking names Like Distructo-bot, and Laser I would frown on and it may be asked that you change it?I would feel the same if there was someone with the name Katana, Frodo, Gandaulf, Dritz. Reason being is many people already associate history, story and meaning to those names, and I think it is more important that you make your own history.
You might want to use a portion of a name and mix it with another, change the spelling drastically, there are many things you can do to create a new name?be imaginative, but don?t be tied by current day literature for the fantasy genera?just be creative.
That said also be practical, long names are hard to type and remember?so if you have one you will not get many tells in the game?however while I like the name Paxx it is not something I will use in the game, usually I go for 6-10 letter names that are easy to read and spell, no more then 3 syllables.
Kordon, Kisash, Kotar, Nitone, Borlock, boreloc?
But that is just me?you should do as you feel is right. What we will not allow in the game are names with numbers, names that are a play on current day computer culture, names that we feel are there to offend such as Assmunch, hairpie, crackerkilla, jesussux?so once you pick a name look at it closely?and figure if someone can see it as offensive, then keep it to yourself so that you get the name when the game starts.
Also never give a prized name to your first character?the first in these games is usually the one used to figure out what not to do. :-)
Just some personal comments on making a good character name in a MMORPG.
-Paxx
