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Oddveig Jarl
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Posted - 2007.09.24 17:19:00 -
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Greetings
I am in the process of re-inventing my main....this time with serious consideration to the RP implications of my choices.
In particular,the choosing of a name.
The intent of this thread is not to endlessly speculate over the Earth/Eve timeline....as this has been extensivly covered in previous threads.(With little consensus I have observed)
The intent is to simply share WHY? you choose the name you did.(Emphasis on RP or if your just plain fussy about these things like I am
I am currently considering rolling a Caldari/Civire character. This could change....and my curiosity is not limited to one race...etc.
Looking forward to your imput
Thank You Oddveig Jarl
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Celeste Coeval
The Gosimer and Scarab
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Posted - 2007.09.24 17:28:00 -
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caldari huh?
call yourself f1-f8
Originally by: Death Kill Go travel or live in the rainforest if neccesary, just dont turn to religion as its a cul de sac.
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Tamia Clant
New Dawn Corp New Eden Research
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Posted - 2007.09.24 17:31:00 -
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Forget RP, call yourself "That Guy" and watch the enemy fleet panic as they try to call you primary!
Looking for queue-free research slots? Click here!
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Nexus Kinnon
Synthetic Frontiers
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Posted - 2007.09.24 17:45:00 -
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Join the masses, roll achura
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Kazuma Saruwatari
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Posted - 2007.09.24 17:53:00 -
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Originally by: Nexus Kinnon Join the masses, roll achura
The only reason why Achura is a popular choice for rerolling characters is because of the low charisma, and higher-than-average other attributes.
For example, I've got a 3/9/9/9/9 character myself (3 charisma, 9 everyhting else).
On the RP side of naming: If you do plan to go to the asian bloodlines for names, why not pick around Japanese/Chinese/Korean references. I picked mine after I ran my real name and results from such through a "Japanese Name Generator" multiple times till I got something unique for a last name (which was the problem why I ran the results again through it multiple times).
When I showed said name generator to my GF, she jumped on it and played around with it. First result with her name, she liked, she kept. -
Odd Pod Out, a blog of EVE Online |
Serenity Steele
Dynamic Data Distribution
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:02:00 -
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Originally by: Tamia Clant Forget RP, call yourself "That Guy" and watch the enemy fleet panic as they try to call you primary!
Reminds me of Mankind when I called my characters "your father", "your mother", "your sister" etc. And of course the all annoying "Loading..."
Made for great kill-mails to psych people out. "You were attacked by your father". Participants "Your sister, Your mother, Your brother".
Eve Strategic Maps - Outpost Alert - Sovereign Systems - Alliance Rank |
Major Stormer
Caldari Copperhead Inc. Molotov Coalition
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:03:00 -
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I was stuck, so I stole it from a random book.
I suck at names.
Originally by: SirMolle Excuse me? BoB slave corp?
k, if thats what you wish, you just got your wish granted. Forever.
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Frug
Zenithal Harvest 101010 Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:05:00 -
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UGH
- - - - - - - - - Do not use dotted lines - - - - - - - If you think I'm awesome, say BOOO BOOO!! - Ductoris Neat look what I found - Kreul Hey, my marbles |
xBANDWAGONx
Caldari Purge Corp
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:07:00 -
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I choose my name to poke fun at all the people the put x's in their name... look around these boards and you''ll see tons of them. So I decided to hop on the cool kids bandwagon
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Brutor Shaun
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:12:00 -
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I didn't really know what Eve was when I started. If I'd known I'd still be playing over 2 years down the line, I would have put more thought into my name. Ho hum.
Bookmark Idea - My skills
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Serge Tahlon
Gallente Templars of Space Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:29:00 -
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when i subscribed i thought this was a role playing game and with gallente being of french origin i wanted some thing that sounded like a cheese eating surrender monkey. little did i know that role playing in mmorpg's is rare :D
so today i fly minmatar ships and am glad that for some reason many people have problems pronouncing the name and i tend to get called less.
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Great Artista
Caldari Space Perverts and Forum Warriors United Cult of War
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:34:00 -
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Edited by: Great Artista on 24/09/2007 18:35:49 Great Artiste
Changed the "E" to "A" because it sounds less ghey. *EDIT: So yeah, I'm basically saying that name your character how you want it, I usually want to ad a twist or a story behind them. _______
◕◡◕ Space perverts and forum warriors united. [PERVS]
My opinions rather rarely represent my corp, not to mention my alliance hihihi... |
Scrap Brain
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:39:00 -
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Well, my name is from a sonic the hedgehog level :)
and I chose to play Amarr>Amarr simply due to looks.
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Haizum
The New Eve Order
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:39:00 -
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I was flicking through Schott's Original Miscellany when I came across a page with famous horses on it, and Haizum being the name of the angel Gabriel's horse, thought why not! Obscure enough that no-one else is likely to have it (I was called "Caesar" in the first online game I played, and it seems this name is in common usage), and also has a nice snappiness to it.
Unfortunately some people (funnily enough, it's usually Americans) call me "Hazium" like an element or something. Annoys the hell out of me. High-zumm. Not Has-e-umm. Damn them to Hades...
As for the race/bloodline, Gallente appeared to stand for everything I or my online persona stood for at the time, but then when it was too late I learnt they were French descendants and it ruined my choice. :(
Note: All country-specific comments in this post are in jest!
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If you are ferocious in battle, remember to be magnanimous in victory. - Lt. Col. Tim Collins |
SoftRevolution
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:42:00 -
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My characters are all named after songs.
"The revolution wasn't bad, we hit the streets with all we had, a tape recording of the sound of the velvet underground"
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Chobham
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Posted - 2007.09.24 18:59:00 -
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Chobham = the armor on an abrams tank.
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Oddveig Jarl
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:05:00 -
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Thank you for the input thus far.
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Mikal Drey
Angels and Demons
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:09:00 -
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hey hey
My Name is my RL name :)
Mikal - Michael Drey - Anagram of my Surname
I normally try to have some derivitive of my actual name in any player crerated characters in games. Although ive recently stuck to Mikal Drey
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Harris
Warspite Developments
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:14:00 -
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Named 'me' after a British war hero I met, just before the "power of two" led me to get another account.
My original (mainly PvP character) has a name beginning with 'A' which goes down real well with my gang mates when I fight and ensures I pack as much tank as I can muster for the journey.
Only chose Caldari as my race cos they looked the most like my own ethnicity. It has nothing to do with anything else - I fly mainly gallente now, who I deliberatly chose not to pick 'cause they were French in Origin. (I'm an English Island monkey, I'm allowed to say these things - no offence meant)
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Akkarin Pagan
Minmatar Raddick Explorations Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:17:00 -
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Well I chose Minmatar as my race, due to some Scottish and New Zealand blood in my RL makeup, and the whole tribal thing appealed to me. I chose Brutor as bloodline because I prefered the idea of a muscular dude for an avatar as opposed to a tall thin Sebiestor (I play EVE to escape RL, I get to be a tall thin guy there, so I thought I'd try something else in game).
As for the name, I have to admit that I showed a huge lack of originality, and plagiarized Akkarin from Trudi Canavan's Black Magician Trilogy of books, for a previous online game. I'm not the sort to have the same name across all games, but I do try to work Akkarin into the name because he is one of my favorite characters.
Of course, someone else had the same (or similar) idea, and Akkarin on it's own was taken, so I had to come up with a surname. After having read the description of the Minmatar race, and the mention of strapping as many guns as possible onto your ship, I was reminded of a character called Pagan from David Gemmel's King Beyond the Gate. When the character is introduced in the book, he is a muscular black guy weighed down with a myriad of weapons. I felt he was tailor made for a Brutor character (sort of a fantasy version) so I took that as surname.
Not the most original of thought processes I admit, but it suits my character.
Akkarin
Hopefully the mods won't play with this one
<3 - Immy
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Marius Damocles
Ninja Ratz
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:23:00 -
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well, i chose amarr due to being in an rp corp, [1pg] and created this character, it worked out well, now that im out doing my own thing w/my rl friends corp, the name still works.
My wife has a Nos ability that puts a "Curse" to shame. |
pigofparadise
Minmatar Daedalus Initiative Knights Of the Southerncross
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:26:00 -
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I honestly have no idea
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SMACK BAUER
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:41:00 -
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Stole it from a random tv series
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Aeran Hermas
Caldari State War Academy
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:45:00 -
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Aeran was chosen because it sounds a lot like my name in RL, so I can identify it easier over TS/Vent etc. And Hermas was because I didn't want to have just one name, so I added a letter to my last name and scrambled them up a little.
So, yeah, as far as RP goes, pick something, make up a good story to go behind it. :shrug: -- Aeran Hermas
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Mangala Solaris
Caldari Sanctuary
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:46:00 -
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I'm a space exploration obsessive. Mangala is a Jyotish/Hindu (possibly) name for Mars.
Solaris is a generic term for our star - in no way did I take it from the dire Clooney remake of the same name :D -------
Sanctuary
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The Station
Imperial Academy
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:48:00 -
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Originally by: Serenity Steele
Originally by: Tamia Clant Forget RP, call yourself "That Guy" and watch the enemy fleet panic as they try to call you primary!
Reminds me of Mankind when I called my characters "your father", "your mother", "your sister" etc. And of course the all annoying "Loading..."
Made for great kill-mails to psych people out. "You were attacked by your father". Participants "Your sister, Your mother, Your brother".
Mmm thats so wrong...
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Captian Internet
Lead Bricks
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:49:00 -
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I received my title after the successful mutiny that got from First Mate Internet to Captain unfortunately a typo was cursed upon me by my superiors to forever let all whom see me know that I seized power instead of getting promoted
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Alz Shado
Ever Flow FREGE Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:51:00 -
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Be original: name yourself after your favorite Star Wars characters.
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Captian Internet
Lead Bricks
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:52:00 -
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Originally by: Alz Shado Be original: name yourself after your favorite (insert media here) characters.
fixed
Changes to Local,War ,Navigation Shortcuts |
Gone'Postal
Minmatar Vengeance 8 Interceptors
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Posted - 2007.09.24 19:55:00 -
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While I was making the char, the mailman knocked on the door with some packages for me, when I saw that the I was waiting for wasn't there, I almost went postal. ---- \0/ CCP SlideShow Games \0/
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Velodra Gison
Caldari East Khanid Trading Khanid Trade Syndicate
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:07:00 -
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I was playing around with some anagrams, and I thought this one would make a nice name. Recruitment Thread EKT Website |
Patch86
Di-Tron Heavy Industries Atlas Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:10:00 -
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Mine is an old online screen name from back when I used to play AoE on "MSN Game Zone", and has been used pretty consistently for my whole online presence ever since.
From a philosophical perspective, I don't consider any of these names on our characters our "names", that our in-game parents gave us and our in-game school mates shouted in our in-game playground. I consider it a "call sign", in the same vein as "Starbuck" and "Hotdog" from BSG or "Maverick" and "Iceman" from Top Gun, or what have you. Some people may choose to use their actual name as their call sign, while others will choose something more abstract, elusive, imaginative, or just plain stupid.
That is to say, the in-game character "Patch86" has another more mundane name that his mummy and daddy called him, but "Patch86" is what he is known as to the space-faring community.
I find that this is a useful RP defence mechanism, to stop people called "Big Boobies" or "IRTEHPODDER" being too immersion breaking. ------
Originally by: CCP Prism X There's no such thing as playing too much EvE! You all obviously need more accounts! |
BIind Man
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:18:00 -
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i dunno about names but the game, i just lost
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Amantus
Gallente Murientor Tribe
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:25:00 -
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Originally by: BIind Man i dunno about names but the game, i just lost
Damn you; I just lost as well.
I made up my name. I wanted to put a bit of RP into my character name and I felt that the name I normally use for most online things wasn't RP at all. ------------
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Jhagiti Tyran
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:26:00 -
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Originally by: Alz Shado Be original: name yourself after your favorite Star Wars characters.
I did sort of... My names a Mix of 2 Sith Lords names (Jhagiti Khan and Lord Tyranus)
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Gregory TwiLight
Inter Stellar Mining Syndicate Ethereal Spectrum Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:42:00 -
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I am an old PNP Gamer and Gregory Twilight was one of my first characters. I was needing a name for this game and happen to come across some of my old gaming stuff and the Char sheet for Greg fell out of the binder so that is the name that I used.
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Jack Target
Eve University Ivy League
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:43:00 -
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I like amusing caricature names.
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Sky Grunthor
Minmatar MKS Directorate
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:50:00 -
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My name is actually a cary over from City of Heroes. its the name of my favorite charachter and I've used it in every mmo since then as my main.
In city of heroes it derived from the name of one of the 3 main characters in Elizabeth Haydons "Rhapsody" series.
Grunthor was the character and I chose that one because of his personality and his seeming conflicting scruples and appearance. Hell he's my favorite character from that book :)
Sky I chose because it was a game about heroes and it fit. Turned out I love the character so much that I've used the name ever since.
Ironically Sky is always a female character even though I am not and the character the name is based off of is certainly not. Well in any 3rd person perspective its better to look at female hind quarters all day than a male one. At least from my highly sexist perspective :p MKS Directorate Home
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Opinionated Git
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:54:00 -
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Originally by: Alz Shado Be original: name yourself after your favorite Star Wars characters.
I cringe when I see characters named after fiction
But I also cringe when I see names that are just so obviously made up. Good example of that would be Ogru Jahad
Its like hey look I can string together some random RP sounding name by doing a little dance on the keybord. To prove my point:
MY NEW ROLEPLAYING NAME IS... Tripat Groguk
woot.
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Kazuo Ishiguro
House of Marbles Zzz
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Posted - 2007.09.24 20:59:00 -
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I went for an author rather than choosing a character My research services Spreadsheets: Top speed calculation - Halo Implant stats |
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firepup82
The Ankou The Reckoning.
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Posted - 2007.09.24 21:02:00 -
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I was drunk when a friend asked me to try eve and I really didnt expect to go past the two week trial. I tried to change my name but CCP wouldnt let me. Oh and fire because I'm a real life firefighter and 82 because I was in the 82nd Airborne Div. in the army.
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xBANDWAGONx
Caldari Purge Corp
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Posted - 2007.09.24 21:25:00 -
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Originally by: firepup82 I was drunk when a friend asked me to try eve and I really didnt expect to go past the two week trial. I tried to change my name but CCP wouldnt let me. Oh and fire because I'm a real life firefighter and 82 because I was in the 82nd Airborne Div. in the army.
you could have at least said fireDOG... and sounded a little less harmless
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ReaperOfSly
Gallente Lyrus Associates
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Posted - 2007.09.24 21:34:00 -
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SlyReaper was taken --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Nairoz Tyferion
Caldari The Graduates Brutally Clever Empire
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Posted - 2007.09.24 21:40:00 -
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Nairoz is a reshuffle of letters in my name, and my usual online presence.
Tyferion is a word I made up based on Tierfon - as in Tierfon Yellow Aces, from Star Wars.
At least it's a BIT obscure :P
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Abyssal Angel
Caldari Solar Wind Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.24 23:15:00 -
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I'm named after the Brilliant series by Julian May revolving around the Remilliard Family in the Galactic Millieu.
Another name I considered at the time was this characters alter ego; Abaddon, which could have been so fun as it was way before anyone in CCP even thought about a ship named that.
I'm Abyssal Angel of SWC and I'm proud. Fixed Yay! have a cookie - Deckard
Originally by: CCP PrismX My name is Prism X and I support this message. |
firepup82
The Ankou The Reckoning.
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Posted - 2007.09.24 23:20:00 -
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Edited by: firepup82 on 24/09/2007 23:20:13
Originally by: xBANDWAGONx
you could have at least said fireDOG... and sounded a little less harmless
lol True. But if I remember right I tried several combinations to no avail. Stupid beer
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MotoTsume
Gallente Clan Black Scorpion
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Posted - 2007.09.24 23:20:00 -
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My name is from a colectable card game and also a rpg named Legends of the Five Rings
Moto Tsume is the General of the Shadowlands Horde
allways like the name so long ago i adopted it as my online persona that has now travelled with me through many games and forums. ---------- www.mototsume.ca It's just a game........Or is it?
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Wendat Huron
Stellar Solutions
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Posted - 2007.09.25 00:44:00 -
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Mine's actually huron Huron, a tribute to Duran Duran or was it Sirhan Sirhan, I forget. Could just be a hat off to the defiant braves of the Huron tribe.
Screw achura and forget all about japanese names, those in 90% of the cases will sound cheesy and those that doesn't still get associated with cheesy cubicle wannabe samurai.
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Ava Luvlidai
Knights of Chaos Chaos Incarnate.
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Posted - 2007.09.25 01:08:00 -
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As I set out to be a pirate from the beginning I decided to both have a rather evil looking avatar in addition to a tongue-in-cheek name (as this is a game, not to be taken TOO seriously). I liked the name Ava and appended Luvlidai to the end of it, thus forming Ava Luvlidai, or 'Have a lovely day' - the nice thing to say after you've just popped and podded someone :)
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Idaeus
Earned In Blood Black Sun Cartel
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Posted - 2007.09.25 01:13:00 -
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My original characters were named after some deities in another game I played.
This one (and now my only one) I named when I was flipping through the Daemonhunters codex and was looking at the painting section.
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Lance Fighter
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.09.25 01:26:00 -
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Umm.. I was playing hw2 one day... and I came across the Lance Fighter unit... and I'm like... I wanna fly one of those... and hence, my name.
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Polly Prissypantz
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Posted - 2007.09.25 02:19:00 -
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Originally by: xBANDWAGONx I choose my name to poke fun at all the people the put x's in their name... look around these boards and you''ll see tons of them. So I decided to hop on the cool kids bandwagon
Spot on. You're my new hero.
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Yakumo Smith
Gallente The Scope
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Posted - 2007.09.25 06:55:00 -
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I've been using "Yakumo" in some form or other since I started using thje internet.
It's followed me in all games I play.
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Callus Tacticus
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Posted - 2007.09.25 07:13:00 -
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Callus Tacticus...
The infamous general. What? Never heard of him... But he has famous quotes... Just read my bio!!!
Nah, he is from Terry Pratchetts world... I love his quotes. I hope Terry Pratchett does a book on him.
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Umit Davala
Corpus PCG The State
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Posted - 2007.09.25 07:24:00 -
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'I'm' named after a Turkish footballer. I thought the name sounded 'spacey'. Apologies to any Turks if i've just spoiled your immersion.
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Arimus Darkhart
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.09.25 07:28:00 -
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Mine is partly a hangover from my student days and playing AD&D, Call of Cthulu, and Avatar/Farside (MERC based mud)...
Darkhart was just a suffix I tagged on almost at random as someone else has got just Arimus...
-- Users are like a virus - each causing a thousand tiny crises until the host finally dies. |
Aziz Hekato
Vitai Lampada
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Posted - 2007.09.25 07:38:00 -
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Originally by: Oddveig Jarl Greetings
I am in the process of re-inventing my main....this time with serious consideration to the RP implications of my choices.
In particular,the choosing of a name.
The intent of this thread is not to endlessly speculate over the Earth/Eve timeline....as this has been extensivly covered in previous threads.(With little consensus I have observed)
The intent is to simply share WHY? you choose the name you did.(Emphasis on RP or if your just plain fussy about these things like I am
I am currently considering rolling a Caldari/Civire character. This could change....and my curiosity is not limited to one race...etc.
Looking forward to your imput
Thank You Oddveig Jarl
Well, my nickname is Aziz in RL so I just picked that one. I got my surname by playing with words and bending them for a couple of minutes.
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Kalazar
Amarr Veto Corp
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Posted - 2007.09.25 07:44:00 -
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Well, Kal's full (RP) name is Kalazar Zachan.
Kalazar (or Kala-azar) for those of you who don't know is another term for Leishmaniasis, also known as "black fever", a disease caused by Protozoan parasites considering he's a these days, it's actually fairly fitting ^^
Kal's family name, Zachan, came at a later stage than the creation of the character, and I believe is from a name generator (possibly the Neverwinter Nights one (don't hurt me, please)). I was flicking through and suddenly thought "that goes well with Kalazar". ----------------------------------------------
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Countess Markievicz
Gallente 0-Deflex
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Posted - 2007.09.25 07:55:00 -
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My characters name is a famous one in Irish history.
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sherado took
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Posted - 2007.09.25 07:59:00 -
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Edited by: sherado took on 25/09/2007 07:59:10 doh posted with alt
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skuko
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.09.25 08:06:00 -
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Edited by: skuko on 25/09/2007 08:08:05 Edited by: skuko on 25/09/2007 08:07:08 plain because i've been nicknamed like this since forever. it's an abbreviation of my family name.
edit: and i made the portrait look more or less like myself :) (except for the eyes...couldn't help myslef...i like rid****)
edit 2: you gotta be ****ting me...it's R I D D I C K for god's sake
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Chribba
Otherworld Enterprises Otherworld Empire
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Posted - 2007.09.25 08:13:00 -
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Originally by: Serenity Steele
Originally by: Tamia Clant Forget RP, call yourself "That Guy" and watch the enemy fleet panic as they try to call you primary!
Reminds me of Mankind when I called my characters "your father", "your mother", "your sister" etc. And of course the all annoying "Loading..."
Made for great kill-mails to psych people out. "You were attacked by your father". Participants "Your sister, Your mother, Your brother".
^^ win!
Did you find Chribba's LoveCan? |
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Ooyama
Caldari Fain LLC
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Posted - 2007.09.25 08:21:00 -
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Erhmm,, well,, i just chose my rl-name actually. I guess i was just lucky it didn't stick out, as many others use Asian/Japanese names .
Ooyama. <>-------------------------------------<> I think it's little to ask, that every Concord-pilot roll over and die, that i may live in my version of a perfect world of eternal joy, fun, and justice. |
Nyack
GREY COUNCIL Cruel Intentions
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Posted - 2007.09.25 08:57:00 -
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Nyack african name that means something like fierce warrior something or strong of heart cant remember sounded good so went fro it.. been told it means something in french aswell might have something to do with colonies etc..
maudib from the dune books i started to use it when i was about 11-12 years old and coudlnt spell so good.. i think the more accurate spelling is muadd'ib or something like that.. but i used it for so long with the wrong spelling so i stuck with it now 18 years later..
wayfaring stranger i ment to name my char after a johny cash song "a boy named sue" but wernt allowed to by the client so i went for another johny cash song title instead.. and i thought using something that with W at the start wouldnt cause me to be primary so often.. just my luck that i am now in the same alliance as waywatcher and i think most fc misstake our names and i take fire aswell..
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Stitcher
Caldari legion of qui Freelancer Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.25 09:45:00 -
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Edited by: Stitcher on 25/09/2007 09:45:49 "Stitcher" is actually a call-sign. I've got a fairly extensive RP background for the character, just sat around waiting for White Wolf to get a move on and release the EVE P&P RP. This isn't even my usual gaming handle.
From what I've gathered of looking at Caldari backstory characters and agents, the general rules for Caldari naming is that you should mix hard consonants (K,T and D) with long vowels (U, E and A), and end the name with a soft consonant (especially N). Shoot for a slight asian-american sound. Double-barreled surnames are good too.
"Yutani", as in the Weyland-Yutani corporation from Aliens, would actually by a good Caldari name. One of the other characters on this account is a Deteis called Byre Hakatain.
- The game is not the problem. The problem is that you are not adapting to the game.
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Delichon
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.09.25 09:57:00 -
[66]
"That guy" name wins the thread!
Other fun names: Primary Drone Pith Killer ( board a caracal and watch noobs trying to fry you thinking you'r an NPC) T2 BPO (wonderful name for piloting shuttels)
Be creative
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Hanshin Kool
Amarr Royal Amarr Institute
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Posted - 2007.09.25 10:08:00 -
[67]
Well, I've always seen Khanids to be sort of like Koreans, so I tried to pick an semi-orthodox Korean name. Han Shin Kool would be more correct but you can't have more than one space. :P
As for my other character, Simeon Jann (pronounced Yan) is an Intaki, it seems to fit the look of the character, I made it up on the spot.
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Deacon Ix
Ascendant Strategies Inc.
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Posted - 2007.09.25 10:37:00 -
[68]
Used this nick for a lon time in Diablo2, Originally named after teh Machine World 'Ix' in the Dune Seires with a title Since playing Eve I have continued the theme of a religeous title and a Planet fom the Books for the names of my alts
Deacon Ix Prelate Arrakis (obvious I know) Sister Seneca Novice RosJal Seeress Ecaz
Originally by: Steini OFSI The most efficient way to get a dev response is to have the word beer somewhere in your thread.
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Olli Hokkanen
Full Life Alternative
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Posted - 2007.09.25 10:52:00 -
[69]
try naming yourself "rpers can't pvp and are in wrong game" that might be too long though
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Twilight Moon
Minmatar Malicious Intentions Cult of War
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Posted - 2007.09.25 11:21:00 -
[70]
All my usual names were taken so I just typed random stuff in until something worked. :P
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000Hunter000
Gallente Magners Marauders
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Posted - 2007.09.25 11:25:00 -
[71]
I got my name cuz i was lazy and didn't plan to play longer then the 2 week trial, i now have to live with the consequences of beeing almost always on top of every local list (no i'm not a fan of removing local btw )
So the only advice i can give u, try to come up with atleast something original and try to avoid numbers in ur name.
CCP, let us pay the online shop with Direct Debit!!! Magners is now recruiting, evemail me or Dagazbo ingame.
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Sokratesz
Paradox v2.0 Interstellar Alcohol Conglomerate
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Posted - 2007.09.25 11:27:00 -
[72]
A long time ago in highschool i was reading alot about philosophy and thought Socrates was pretty cool..made it my nick ever since with some minor adjustments ;)
Originally by: Captian Internet Did some one say IBTL? because I think I just heard some one say IBTL
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dave smith
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Posted - 2007.09.25 11:53:00 -
[73]
I chose Dave Smith as it was the dullest name i could think of.
Most of my friends were into the "lord", "darth", greek/roman mythology, rubbish.
The name dave smith just seemed right.
I have an alt named Malcolm smith to ram the point home.
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Jason Marshall
Hammer Of Light
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Posted - 2007.09.25 12:01:00 -
[74]
I can have a dev confirm this. Kieron, maybe, but my ingame name is my RL game. Keeps me honest i think.
Tacky Lensflares in sigs ftw
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Janet Marshall
Caldari
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Posted - 2007.09.25 12:04:00 -
[75]
Originally by: dave smith I chose Dave Smith as it was the dullest name i could think of.
Most of my friends were into the "lord", "darth", greek/roman mythology, rubbish.
The name dave smith just seemed right.
I have an alt named Malcolm smith to ram the point home.
John Doe was taken i assume?
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Da Beast
The Collective Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2007.09.25 12:11:00 -
[76]
Umm ...... I donŠt really have to explain this now do I?
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Haakon Jarl
Caldari direkte
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Posted - 2007.09.25 12:12:00 -
[77]
Originally by: Oddveig Jarl
I am in the Thank You Oddveig Jarl
your name contradicts itself. Oddveig is a female name while Jarl is a title applied only to men. If you are getting a new name make sure its a correct one :)
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Psychotic Penguin
Gallente Penguin Industries
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Posted - 2007.09.25 12:34:00 -
[78]
Who knows I might possibly have been struck momentarily by insanity at the time of naming my character, but as there is no recollection of the event we may never know. ____________________________________________________ Reality is for those who have no imagination. |
bUBbLeS
Minmatar Gun Metal Priests Pure.
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Posted - 2007.09.25 12:36:00 -
[79]
i want to be a powerpuffgirl when i grown up
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Adaris
D-L
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Posted - 2007.09.25 12:51:00 -
[80]
Character names drive me nutz... which is probably why I have no alts anymore, except for 1 someone gave me (and named themselves beforehand ofc).
Even my own name took some thinkning. And in the end... I spelled it wrong on creation. lol *******
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Elias Modron
Gallente Lucretia Seven
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Posted - 2007.09.25 12:59:00 -
[81]
I few months ago, I tried the trial and used the name Eliphas Freeman. "Eliphas" is the name of the commander of the forces of Chaos in Dawn of War: Dark Crusade, and "Freeman" comes from Gordon Freeman, the silent protagonist of the Half-Life world. It was also the name of a Dungeons & Dragons character I had at the time, a human bard.
Now I use the name Elias Modron. "Elias" is name I like generally, it has a ring to it that makes it suitable for fantasy and sci-fi settings and it's also the name of my favourite character from a favourite film; Sgt. Elias from Platoon. "Modron" is another reference to a Dungeons & Dragons character of mine, it being a race of clockwork mechanical beings from one of the Planes.
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A wiseman
Vendetta Underground Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.09.25 13:00:00 -
[82]
this one was i can only guess at but im thinken i wanted peoples smack to have a focus not just general ranting they tend to attack the name which i love ill give you my current favorite brought to you by one of the ceo's whos allaince we spanked
originally by janique
Quote: First of all Wiseman it ironic you use the name wiseman when you such an arse-hole My post is about facts and information as I got it.
You are such a dumb f-yousee-k You seem to think the game is all about PVP. Check with your leaders. And you such a great PVP that I know I will wup your arse one v one. FYI I am a carebear
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April Reeds
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Posted - 2007.09.25 13:07:00 -
[83]
When I created April, she was to be my research/science char. I created her in april last year and because of the piles of books she was going to plow through in the future I found it suitable to simply give her the surname "Reeds"
I find the name to be pretty imortant in the end.
Regards, (the C.o.C. CEO) through April
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Frau Dulent
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Posted - 2007.09.25 13:17:00 -
[84]
Or maybe the name could be a word play indicating what you like to do in the game...
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Xtreem
Gallente Naughty 40 Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2007.09.25 13:25:00 -
[85]
back in high school my friends used to call me extream, all my online games, and single player games im either truly_xtreem or xtreem always have always will.
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Wideen
Resurrection R i s e
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Posted - 2007.09.25 13:36:00 -
[86]
yep they could really have made it more explicit that you can't change your name or even pay for changing your name... Like most other people I knew nothing of EVE when I first tried it so I just used my surname since I wanted to get on with it ... aaaand now I'm stuck
Originally by: P'uck I know somebody who heard somebody say that an Osprey defeated Chuck Norris. Twice. Need I say more?
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Barbelo Valentinian
Gallente Shadowcaster Corporation
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Posted - 2007.09.25 13:57:00 -
[87]
I'd recently been reading about Gnosticism (an early form of Christianity considered heretical by the orthodoxy), and there's a "goddess" figure in some forms of Gnosticism called "Barbelo". One of the most famous Gnostic teachers was called "Valentinus", and his followers "Valentinians".
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Aem
White-Noise Exuro Mortis
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Posted - 2007.09.25 14:02:00 -
[88]
Advanced Engine Management, or so some assume. CS:S guys assume that, its just ironic, that it gets people talking.
Anyways, my name is completly random. I was greating a Galka main in FFXI when it first popped out and somehow while drunk typed AEM, since then I've used it.
Other names include Impromptu, Elysium, Intrepidation, Revolurion, as they sound snazzy.
What we doing tonight Brain? Same thing we do everynight Pinky. Trying to NERF Eve.
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Death Merchant
InterGalactic Corp. Imperial Republic Of the North
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Posted - 2007.09.25 14:13:00 -
[89]
Figured I would make a profit killing people.
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Chewchilla
Caldari The Artisan Fund Company
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Posted - 2007.09.25 14:47:00 -
[90]
Chewchilla is a character in the spoof of Star Wars called hardware Wars. You can see it on youtube. Chewchilla is the brown cookie monster. |
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