I belong to the first one. I cannot play as a character without proper name and looks. My character creation usually takes me about 20 min. I like making generic names that suit the races. Although this time when Classic comes out I'm probably gonna stick with my signature name Faendor.
If I'm to make a:
Night Elf - Faendor
Dwarf - Faendur
I also cannot play as a female characters as I need to identify with the character.
I couldn’t have put it better myself. This is my own naming strategy to the letter! I tend to take the RP aspect of the game very seriously in this regard. It just allows me, as Faendor said, to identity better with my character.
I still attempt to make sure that the name I choose is pronounceable though since people need some way of calling me out without sounding like they're speaking gibberish.
Hahah this is also a very good point. :lol:
I'll go with my mages name from vanilla, the one I have here.
I know I know it's very unique and amazing /s
I select names based on the fantasy setting and race that I'm playing. I generally make it immersive on that basis, so class isn't as much of a factor when deciding, though I take it into account.
I haven't decided on a name yet, so I'm hoping for late inspiration close to launch.
I don't know how people play characters like xXLegolasXx, especially past about level 5. I couldn't handle it. :lol:
One of my guildies had funny choice of names. He had both Night Elf Warrior and Priest and called them Elfofmight and Elfoflight. Kinda liked it.
I belong to #2.
My IGN is a reference to a russian music group who are men.
Well, in my case Kasta with a soft spoken s sounds like a daintily beautiful woman.
That's why all my female characters has Kasta, Kastaqt, Kastalynn etc in their names.
Funny story, I don't even have a name for male characters. I got some in the past, but they were just called Shu which is a reference to my former competitive IGN. Those days where IRC was a thing. :)
Oh man, do I need to install mIRC for the nostalgia whilst levelling? :eek:
Oh man, do I need to install mIRC for the nostalgia whilst levelling? :eek:
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Well assuming I lose the race for securing "Leeroy", it's going to default to Wu Tang inspired MC names like "Whispering Grasshopper" or "Silent Bookworm" :lol: Gotta worry about character limit next though...
For me, I try my best to stick to one syllable names. I do this because it's much easier for guildies/other players to say in chat, or in a discord voice channel.
My main will be named "Dupes," as this is a nickname I've had for a long time and therefore what I'd like to identify as!
As for other alts, I'll take the same one-syllable philosophy to help out other players, as well as myself when talking about my characters to IRL friends.
Anything that doesn't break the fourth wall too much is fine by me.
An example for a rogue with bad imagination listed from best to worst:
I guess after "Stabby" is my cut-off point for names that are just "too much"
This list actually goes along the categories of naming a character :smile: The last one is pretty funny though.
I feel that such name as "Noobgotstabbed" would make me somewhat overly-aggressive in the game, comparing with "Stabron" which sounds kind of noble and not pulling into brainless gankfest (corpse camping included).
Lol "brainless." Salty about all the undead rogues I see.
Anything that doesn't break the fourth wall too much is fine by me.
An example for a rogue with bad imagination listed from best to worst:
I guess after "Stabby" is my cut-off point for names that are just "too much"
This list actually goes along the categories of naming a character :smile: The last one is pretty funny though.
I feel that such name as "Noobgotstabbed" would make me somewhat overly-aggressive in the game, comparing with "Stabron" which sounds kind of noble and not pulling into brainless gankfest (corpse camping included).
Lol "brainless." Salty about all the undead rogues I see.
As it happens to be, my last main was a rogue. So much joy! :biggrin: But yeah, sometimes this corpse camping thing makes you think if the guy on the other side has something placed in between his ears.
I am now actually considering picking a name in my native language - some people really tend to do that. Kind of like this idea, as you can pick pretty much whatever you feel like. In addition, I usually whisper something to the random people not from my guild who are obviously my countrymen and it turns out to be a nice chit-chat.
What do you think about this guys?
Razor I actually really like lithuanian names, would be cool.
@Razor I actually really like lithuanian names, would be cool.
I was wondering on the general topic of names in native language - do you guys do that? Why?
Thanks though, Faendor! :smile:
I personally have never done that but I know many people who do, but the reason why is still a mystery to me.