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AlfredoTurkey on 17 January 2016

When I was a kid it was always "asshole" "shitface" fuckyou" or "hardboner".



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Cloudman on 17 January 2016
Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

If it's a male, depending on the game I would put "Alex", since my actual name is pretty long and most games (Especially old RPGs) don't have enough blank spaces for it.

If it's a female, I would just pick a random one.

However, in games like Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger, I prefer to keep the characters original name.

Also, am I the only one that finds weird how in some games like Skyrim, you can choose your protagonist's name, but no one actually calls you by your name?

Funny, I do the same for Chrono Trigger. Their names are way too awesome already xD

Also, I think the same thing happens in Undertale, but I can't say more on it.. : X

 

 

bigtakilla said:
Whatever they are supposed to be. Most recent example Xeno X I named my character Cross. Suikoden I named my guy Tir McDohl, Suikoden II I named my guy Hiro.

Wait, so it the MC in Suikoden named Tir McDohl? o_o





 

              

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Cloudman on 17 January 2016
Rain2 said:
I like to give every character a new name that I decide on in the moment. I feel like I need to see what the character looks like before naming it. I don't have any go to names.

Well, besides for Zelda. I only played Windwaker so far but will continue to name him "Link" because that's who he's supposed to be...right?

Lol, sounds like me naming pokemon in Nuzlocke challenges xD I just make sounds with my mouth until a name comes out.

And I usually keep link's name the same too... : X





 

              

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bigtakilla on 17 January 2016
Cloudman said:
Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

If it's a male, depending on the game I would put "Alex", since my actual name is pretty long and most games (Especially old RPGs) don't have enough blank spaces for it.

If it's a female, I would just pick a random one.

However, in games like Final Fantasy or Chrono Trigger, I prefer to keep the characters original name.

Also, am I the only one that finds weird how in some games like Skyrim, you can choose your protagonist's name, but no one actually calls you by your name?

Funny, I do the same for Chrono Trigger. Their names are way too awesome already xD

Also, I think the same thing happens in Undertale, but I can't say more on it.. : X

 

 

eno X I named my character Cross. Suikoden I named my guy Tir McDohl, Suikoden II I named my guy Hiro.

Wait, so it the MC in Suikoden named Tir McDohl? o_o



 

Yep, the hero's name is Tir McDohl



Cloudman on 17 January 2016
AlfredoTurkey said:
When I was a kid it was always "asshole" "shitface" fuckyou" or "hardboner".

Haha, those are funny names, esepcially when NPCs say it so casually in conversation xD





 

              

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sundin13 on 17 January 2016

If its something private, I just do my initials (old habits die hard). If it is something public (online game), I tend to go with "sundin" or "sundin13".

However, lately, I've been trying to RP a little more with my characters. I named my Pokemon X character "Ennis" and dressed her up like Ennis from Baccano! and had a ton of fun, so I'm probably switching to that route now.



Cloudman on 17 January 2016
bigtakilla said:
Cloudman said:

Funny, I do the same for Chrono Trigger. Their names are way too awesome already xD

Also, I think the same thing happens in Undertale, but I can't say more on it.. : X

 

 

eno X I named my character Cross. Suikoden I named my guy Tir McDohl, Suikoden II I named my guy Hiro.

Wait, so it the MC in Suikoden named Tir McDohl? o_o



 

Yep, the hiro's name is Tir McDohl

Oh, that's an interesting name. It almost sounds like one made up by the player,,,





 

              

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Cobretti2 on 17 January 2016

these days i just leave the default name to lazy to change it lol.



 

 

pkmnMasterWheeeIer on 17 January 2016

Since I greatly lack creativity when it comes to naming I just use my own name, Lyra. Although if I play as a boy I use Ben or Kevin (one being my dad's name the other being the name of the first characteri made), and I've sometimes used Wheeler too.



Shadow8 on 17 January 2016

Nowadays I just write my own name on the avatar, I feel like it immerses me more in the game. Sometimes my name doesn't fit(since it's 8 letters) and if that happens I use one of my nicknames then.