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Name Ideas for Characters?

 
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How do you decide on a name for your characters?
I use the random name generator
35%
 35%  [ 7 ]
Imagination & expert name-creating talents
45%
 45%  [ 9 ]
I smash letters together until they form something
15%
 15%  [ 3 ]
I use names from obscure fantasy books & hope nobody notices
5%
 5%  [ 1 ]
Initials of my favorite celebrities + initials of my pets' names
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Slightly tweak a previously famous characters name and see if I can get it to 50 before the Imms catch it
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Total Votes : 20

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Vhrael
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:15 pm    Post subject: Name Ideas for Characters?

Just curious where you get the ideas for naming your characters. Some people are heavily into creating backstory and fleshing out a character before it's even created, and some try to type out the noise that their farts make and convert it to text, so I'm just wondering.

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Davairus
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:40 pm    Post subject:

You left off "slightly tweak a previously famous characters name and see if I can get it to 50 before the Imms catch it"
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Kornhole



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:48 am    Post subject:

I'd liek to take back my vote, and revote on the uncategorized "try to type out the sounds my farts make into text." please.
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Vevier
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 2:56 am    Post subject:

Random name generator is currently tied for the top slot. I wonder which memorable characters we owe to this accomplished bit of code.
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Bladefury

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 3:36 am    Post subject:

Conundo was random name generated
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BlackWidow



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:31 pm    Post subject:

I picked the second option. One thing I tend to do in addition to coming up with a name I like is use Google and make sure the idea is not a name which has any common use elsewhere... Also, I do not like having a name which would otherwise qualify for a 20 questions trivia game (sometimes, an obscure city or town just happens to have the same combination of letters I had thought of independently).
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Faelon
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 11:12 pm    Post subject:

Oh boy. Embarrassing story time.

When I was a lad (13-14), I decided to name my character Nitsuj. Thinking I was very clever.

Cue imm; "Listen Justin, don't be a dumb shit."

Faaaack. I was stupid. My last name was in there as well. Lol. God almighty, I thought I was so clever. Like a Vampire in a Terry Pratchett novel.
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Dogran
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 08, 2020 12:53 am    Post subject:

Back a long time ago I had several characters named after characters in books, back when I first started playing, before I bothered to read the rules on naming.
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