mrstickball said:
Dallinor said:
mrstickball said:
Dallinor said:
PullusPardus said:
Dallinor said:
No it's not badass, it's ridiculous.
I'm pretty sure he'll hate his name. Or just refer to himself as Tom.
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You are jealous because your name is generic , admit it! 
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It's not so much the name itself that I find ridiculous, it's the context and the source.
I'd rather have the most generic name imaginable than have my parents try to use my very identity as a means to winning a prize. It's insulting, greedy and incredibly nerdish.
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And if your parents said they named you Dallinor so you would have a trust fund to send you to college, what would you do?
Bethesda didn't just give away a key for their games. It was a lot more than that, from my understanding.
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I would ask them why the choice of my name was based on a set monetary sum and not out of true consideration for my identity? I would also imagine, that coming to know my name was based on a video game character, or was taken from a video game because it was my parents hobby, would mess with my sense of self.
I think a lot of thought should go into naming a child, if you want to name a child something unusual or really out there, you can, but I think parents should be aware they're inviting ridicule into a childs life at an early age. It's not a kitten or a puppy they're naming afterall.
Also ask people with truly unusual names do they like them? Many people with unsual names claim they actually dislike their name, due to the unusual reactions they got growing up and general stuff like the everyday spelling of the name on post, over the phone conversations etc.
I think it would be best to leave the gaming references/names as monikers only.
Did I mention the nerdiness?
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How do names even come out and develop in the first place? At some point in history, someone thought David, John, Bob, Bill, Cindy, Sarah, and every other generic name were thought up. Why are unique names - even from games - any different?
If you allow your name to dictate your personality and self, I'd worry there are deeper problems than simply your name. I have a crazy last name that no one, and I mean no one, can pronounce. Guess what? I don't care. Neither should you or anyone else that doesn't have a generic name.
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That's a last name, your family name. No big deal there. I'm just glad they left this child with a normal middle name, so he'll have a choice.
As far as average names to unique ones, I think unique ones are fine, all within reason. I don't like it when people have such admiration for a person (singer, footballer etc.) they name their child after them. I also don't like when people either intentionally, or unintentionally give their children a ridiculous name- Like Annette Curtain, Tim Burr, Paige Turner etc. - it's just unfortunate for the child involved really. Then lastly, there's the people who seem to try to name their child something really unusual just to be different, and just in my experience, a lot of people with those sort of names don't particularly like them.
Then there's the fact that his name comes from a video game (of all sources). He's going to know that growing up, all his family and relatives and neighbours will probably know it too.
"Hey look, it's the video game kid! How do you pronounce his name again?"
There's not really anything to argue over, I think the name is poor, It's 'badass' in a video game maybe, not in real life. I would also question the motives of the parents involved. Considering they have another daughter called Kyari or something though, seems like they were into this sort of thing already.
