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Daqko	Posted - 2007.07.20 14:14:00 - [1] When making characters, do you guys prefer to just have a first name, like "John" or is it more official and professional to have a first name and last name, like "John Doe?" Which way of naming your character is more accepted and is more "correct" when it comes to naming a character? Do you understand what I'm trying to get at?
Noeken Logican Gallente Mirage Industries EternalRising	Posted - 2007.07.20 14:21:00 - [2] I think its more pleasing to the eye to have two words, but really it's whatever floats your boat.
Deschenus Maximus Amarr Digital Fury Corporation Digital Renegades	Posted - 2007.07.20 14:26:00 - [3] Whatever you do, little piece of advice: Have a name that starts with a letter near the middle of the alphabet. In PvP, especially in big fights, targets will be called alphabetically, so the closer your name is to "A", the faster you die. Sometimes, they call Z to A, hence why a letter in the middle of the alphabet.
Danton Marcellus Nebula Rasa Holdings	Posted - 2007.07.20 14:41:00 - [4] First of all anglo-saxon names blow. Second, read the fiction and check out the names of NPC ingame and let them inspire you. First and last names is ideal to get the true immersive feeling, yes of course it's my opinion, I'm the one expressing it. But if you're going to go with Daqko Darklord then by all means don't! Also you'd find that titles and rank hardcoded into the character name limits the span with which you can play around. Emperor Sgt. Random just ain't playing out. Also Known As
Benco97 Gallente Nova Inc. Pride - Honor - Duty	Posted - 2007.07.20 14:46:00 - [5] For me, what you see under my Face there <--- isn't my character's name, it's his "callsign" or Nickname sort of, no way would my Character give out his real name to everyone. So go chew on that all you that hate numbers in names, my Character has a Full name but it's not public knowledge. "MY GOD KEEP THIS AWAY FROM BENCO97!!!!!" - Constantine Arcanum
ry ry StateCorp The State	Posted - 2007.07.20 14:53:00 - [6] Edited by: ry ry on 20/07/2007 14:53:44 i wanted to be called ry, but that was too short. anyway, if you desperately want to be called 'bilbo' you have ore chance of getting the name you wanted by tacking a surname on the end. unless your chosen surname is 'baggins' obv.
Dietes Marcellus	Posted - 2007.07.20 14:54:00 - [7] People have all sorts of stupid names. There is such a variety once your in game it doesn't even matter imo.
Danton Marcellus Nebula Rasa Holdings	Posted - 2007.07.20 14:57:00 - [8] Originally by: Dietes Marcellus People have all sorts of stupid names. There is such a variety once your in game it doesn't even matter imo. Not variety enough it would seem. Also Known As
ry ry StateCorp The State	Posted - 2007.07.20 14:59:00 - [9] most people apparently do it this way: choose a first name of a character from onw of the following... blakes7 star trek an iain m banks novel ...and then add the surname of a character from one of... star wars dune babylon 5
Dietes Marcellus	Posted - 2007.07.20 15:02:00 - [10] Originally by: Danton Marcellus Originally by: Dietes Marcellus People have all sorts of stupid names. There is such a variety once your in game it doesn't even matter imo. Not variety enough it would seem. HAHAHAHA My distant long lost cousin!

Craefter Blueprint Haus	Posted - 2007.07.20 15:04:00 - [11] Originally by: Deschenus Maximus Whatever you do, little piece of advice: Have a name that starts with a letter near the middle of the alphabet. In PvP, especially in big fights, targets will be called alphabetically, so the closer your name is to "A", the faster you die. Sometimes, they call Z to A, hence why a letter in the middle of the alphabet. NOW you're telling me... :P But you are right, in fleet battles focus fire goes alphabetically. First ship type, then name. So fly a Destroyer and name yourself Marcellus Mayham to be on the safe side. I'm not into immersive roleplaying stuff so I just took my nick which I have been using forever. My alt has the name of a local p0rn queen because all the other obvious names were already taken. :) At the time I was aiming for that extra second while attackers were pondering if they should shoot or not. Now I know that either Eve players don't care or are all g@y. But, who cares, it's my hauling alt anyway. -Craefter The Kingdom has started, don't miss your chance to be part of it.
Sgt Blade Dark Entropy	Posted - 2007.07.20 15:04:00 - [12] Edited by: Sgt Blade on 20/07/2007 15:05:01 Originally by: Deschenus Maximus Whatever you do, little piece of advice: Have a name that starts with a letter near the middle of the alphabet. In PvP, especially in big fights, targets will be called alphabetically, so the closer your name is to "A", the faster you die. Sometimes, they call Z to A, hence why a letter in the middle of the alphabet. generally they dont do that much anymore.... they mostly get intel on what they ahve to fight agent and spend a few mins to pick out targets depending on what they are fighting so generally fly a cmd ship or ceptor cause they dont get called unless most of the support/battleships are dead also if they know what they are fighting they will go for the people they know will be easy to take down first. Hypnotic Pelvic Thrusting Level 5
Stakhanov kleptomaniacs	Posted - 2007.07.20 15:15:00 - [13] Originally by: Deschenus Maximus Whatever you do, little piece of advice: Have a name that starts with a letter near the middle of the alphabet. In PvP, especially in big fights, targets will be called alphabetically, so the closer your name is to "A", the faster you die. Sometimes, they call Z to A, hence why a letter in the middle of the alphabet. That's why Aaron is a very poor first name choice I think using a first and last name is better for RP , but that's about it. A single nickname easily carries more meaning , it's better if you don't want to be separated from your in-game character. Military grades are pompous and silly , avoid them...
Savage Manticore	Posted - 2007.07.20 15:30:00 - [14] I chose my name as a noob (obviously) before I knew there was a ship type called Manticore. It is an unfortunate coincidence for me, and I have been asked multiple times if I am a ôbomberö. However, in hindsight I would probably still choose the same name, because I use some variation of Manticore in all my internet identities. Plus, I like my name!
Brutor Shaun	Posted - 2007.07.20 15:37:00 - [15] Random name generator Bookmark Idea - My skills
Mashie Saldana Hooligans Of War	Posted - 2007.07.20 15:45:00 - [16] Originally by: ry ry most people apparently do it this way: choose a first name of a character from onw of the following... blakes7 star trek an iain m banks novel ...and then add the surname of a character from one of... star wars dune babylon 5 Must admit all my characters are inspired by the Peter F Hamilton books, one way or another. We're sorry, something happened.
Mr M	Posted - 2007.07.20 16:02:00 - [17] What ever you do, stay away from the Tolkien and fantasy namer. Who in their right mind would like to be known as Legolas the Caldari, or the fierce Amarr pirate Greenleaf. EVEgeek \| EVE Tribune
Stitcher Caldari legion of qui Freelancer Alliance	Posted - 2007.07.20 16:18:00 - [18] Edited by: Stitcher on 20/07/2007 16:18:54 Originally by: Deschenus Maximus Whatever you do, little piece of advice: Have a name that starts with a letter near the middle of the alphabet. In PvP, especially in big fights, targets will be called alphabetically, so the closer your name is to "A", the faster you die. Sometimes, they call Z to A, hence why a letter in the middle of the alphabet. That's a myth. Believe me, it only ever happens if the person calling primaries is a n00b. Done correctly/sensibly, it's logistics> EW> Fleet Commander> biggest threat> next biggest threat> next biggest threat> etc. with secondary and tertiary targets on standby. I'm yet to meet one competent FC who calls alphabetically... if that was how it was done, there'd be no need for target calling at all, just have everyone set their overview to alphabetical mode and yell "Open fire!". As far as names are concerned, I consider "Stitcher" to be my character's call sign. What's his actual name, you ask? That would be telling... BTW, if you do want to avoid being called primary, the thing to do is make your name impossible to pronounce. ***
Code X345	Posted - 2007.07.20 16:19:00 - [19] If you look closely enough you'll see my name written on the wall beside me. My image was captured while in an Amarr prison by the way.
Tar om Minmatar Octavian Vanguard RAZOR Alliance	Posted - 2007.07.20 16:26:00 - [20] Originally by: Brutor Shaun Random name generator which gave me Busta Bone Bling-E perfect! -- We are the Octavian Vanguard www.octavianvanguard.net "The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions."

Cammulos Shadow Of The Light R i s e	Posted - 2007.07.20 16:29:00 - [21] Celtic God of War (Gallic) ===> Camulos. Seemed fitting as I intended to play a Warmongering Frenchie.
Dillon Arklight Unit 14	Posted - 2007.07.20 17:06:00 - [22] My first char was named Valhalla Cowboy, thankgod i deleted him tbh. Im happy with Dillon. My main alt Andy DuFraine, well The Shawshank Redemption was on tv when i created him (and yes i know it should be DuFresne)
Zalathar Minmatar Biometaloid INC	Posted - 2007.07.20 17:18:00 - [23] Primary is sometimes called antialphabetically? Well, that gives me potential trouble in fleet battles... ~~~~~~ mods, if you think i'm ugly please say "eeek!" ~~~~~~ eeeeeekk - Deckard eeeeee...K -Darth Patches gawwwd damn!!1 -zhuge you soo pretty I think you're stunningly handsome and let me just say that you're wearing that dead parrot on your shoulder in a particularly dashing way today. -Hango Your using up all the space hango! - Timmeh
General Xerxes Delta Omega Iota Inc. Breidablik	Posted - 2007.07.20 19:04:00 - [24] Originally by: Danton Marcellus Also you'd find that titles and rank hardcoded into the character name limits the span with which you can play around. Emperor Sgt. Random just ain't playing out. QFT! I hate the "General" in my name. I have no idea what I was thinking when I typed it in, I'm a spaceship captain, not a general.
Cybarite Gallente Aristotle Enterprises Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2007.07.20 20:10:00 - [25] I chose mine as a call sign, also it has a meaning, ten isk to the first one to figure it out. (hint: it's very clost to a real word and the change is signifigant to the meaning) the only other advice I can give is this: rule # 16. Your name is in the mouth of others: be sure it has teeth. You may log out, but you can never leave
Sir Dancealot	Posted - 2007.07.20 20:17:00 - [26] Originally by: Dietes Marcellus Originally by: Danton Marcellus Originally by: Dietes Marcellus People have all sorts of stupid names. There is such a variety once your in game it doesn't even matter imo. Not variety enough it would seem. HAHAHAHA My distant long lost cousin! LOL Originally by: Incantare Thread does not deliver. I was expecting a story, funny, surprising or otherwise interesting. Instead I got to read Kehmor's smacking. Awesome.
Zosimos Sabina Tritanium Workers Union Kinetic Maelstrom Alliance	Posted - 2007.07.20 20:28:00 - [27] Sybarite. Want my 10 isk now. ------------------------------------------------ »\(¦_o)/»
Sooplex Amarr Carnal Genetics	Posted - 2007.07.20 20:30:00 - [28] Can I just say that ANYONE who chooses a name and finds that that name is taken, and then proceeds to have the same name but just adds a number to the end should have their kneecaps hit with a sledgehammer. For example... Captain Spock oh my sweet Jezuz...whadda I do...can't think of nothing else...erm...erm Result Captain Spock1 FAIL
Allyson Wonderland Cohort One	Posted - 2007.07.20 20:45:00 - [29] I was always fond of a play on words.... <-------
Mhaerdirne Solveig Minmatar Combustion Industries	Posted - 2007.07.20 20:48:00 - [30] Edited by: Mhaerdirne Solveig on 20/07/2007 20:49:19 I picked my name off an old anarchy online site and then the person that made the name convoed me and thought I was some other guy and it's all confusing\ also sir dancealot are you the dance commander if so are you giving out the orders for fun and furthermore are you the only one who gives the orders here

Andreea Vongsavath	Posted - 2007.07.20 21:03:00 - [31] Well erm uhmm... well... you should definitely try something with lots of death and dark and kill, also something that suggests awesomeness on your part, like adding lots of zorz at the end of the name, with syllables that sound like guns going off and things blowing up, you know, just to scare the opposition away. Also rolling your head around on the keyboard works, gives the impression you're an isk farmer, you know, have people come at you thinking you're some ******* with no clue how to defend yourself and you lie there in wait and shoot them unsuspecting wannabe evildoers to smithereens.
Alty MacAlterson Alt Corporation	Posted - 2007.07.20 21:08:00 - [32] This is a perfect name!
Bimjo Caldari SKULLDOGS	Posted - 2007.07.20 21:13:00 - [33] hi
Mari Onette Amarr Gottland Production Transport Mines	Posted - 2007.07.20 21:37:00 - [34] Originally by: Allyson Wonderland I was always fond of a play on words.... Same here. :) ------ I am in blood! Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, it would be as tedious as going over. -MacBeth
Cybarite Gallente Aristotle Enterprises Ethereal Dawn	Posted - 2007.07.20 21:52:00 - [35] Originally by: Zosimos Sabina Sybarite. Want my 10 isk now. I'll send it to you after I get off work, and BTW there is a meaning to why I changed it, any guesses there? You may log out, but you can never leave
Grainsalt Free Corp	Posted - 2007.07.20 22:02:00 - [36] I really wanted "Tonya Spankalicious" but I never had the courage to use it.......... ---
Prophaniti013 Solar Fist Sempiternus	Posted - 2007.07.20 22:26:00 - [37] Took this name was Warhammer 40k :D I just like it better than Cherubael for some reason.
SengH Black Omega Security Pandemic Legion	Posted - 2007.07.20 22:31:00 - [38] Edited by: SengH on 20/07/2007 22:30:43 From experience you want something really unpronounceable( vowels are bad) with lots of numbers with a long string of easy to confuse digits that way you have something like. nqjkp00000001919 and you vary the # of 0's for all your alts but keep the numbers the same. Get your friends to name their characters similar keep the letters and non zero digits the same. Have fun watching your enemies trying to call targets. Would be extremely funny to see an entire alliance named that way. Ofc you'd get ppl thinking your a macro, but id rather get called a macro than get called primary.
Sakura Nihil Tabula Rasa Systems The Star Fraction	Posted - 2007.07.20 22:39:00 - [39] Prime example of a bad name? X69womenslayer69x Please, think of the kittens and don't create a horrid name. I usually take a specific word and rearrange it to form a new proper name if I need to name a character. Screw Sovereignty!
Jack Target Eve University Ivy League	Posted - 2007.07.20 23:03:00 - [40] <==== A caricature name. That's why I like it.

CrestoftheStars Perkone	Posted - 2007.07.20 23:12:00 - [41] think before you name, since after that your just screwed when you realise how stupid your name is:P ___________________________________________ Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward. Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both. For a wounded
Ranar Estraad	Posted - 2007.07.20 23:25:00 - [42] In all MMOs I tend to treat names very seriously. In EVE, when I realized I could have a first AND a last name at the character creation window, the game immediately endeared itself to me. When I go into a new system and in local I see someone with a first and last name I always check their profile/bio if they have one. It's usually a sign of an RPer and those bios are always a little more entertaining than the usual helpful game info or "My gun just did this much damage to a guy! Check it out!" I personally dislike numbres in names. The person who said it was a callsign made them make a little more sense to me, but I still dislike them. Look on the bright side, at least the naming convention of Xbox Live isn't implemented here. Having to fly spaceships with people like "Bonertron69" or "el1tesmok3r420" while listening to how much they hate (insert racial slur here) or how high they are would probably make me quit the game in disgust. And people wonder why I never play games on Live.
Del Narveux Dukes of Hazard	Posted - 2007.07.20 23:44:00 - [43] First of all, Im sorry to say the perfect name for the perfect character is Del Narveux, and its already taken. Secondly, I dont think theres too many hardcore snotty roleplayer types who are going to complain about your name so pick whatever feels right for you. That being said, if its all the same to you try to avoid numbers in your name (like john324) cause it just looks lame and easy to mistake you for someone else (in this case the evil supervillain john342). But thats true of the internet in general, not just eve. _________________ [SAK] Alumnus--And Proud Of It! -- aka Cpt Bogus Is that my torped sig cloaking your base? Originally by: Wrangler Well, at least we have forum PvP..
Memphis Raines	Posted - 2007.07.21 00:20:00 - [44] Make the name you want and enjoy .. the rest of the universe be damned.
XiticiX Gallente Kudzu Collective Knights Of the Southerncross	Posted - 2007.07.21 00:49:00 - [45] I find enjoyment in hearing people on Teamspeak attempt to pronounce my name. Endless enjoyment. ~~~ This is my sig. Do you like it? ~~~
Lanys T'Vyl	Posted - 2007.07.21 01:07:00 - [46] I wasn't sure what to name this character, so I searced various MMO sites that showed lists of all the NPC's. OEven though I had never played EQ I went to Allkhazam (I think), I found this character listed as the "Child of Hate" and "responsible for numerous wars." I made her about 30 seconds later.
Emsee S.Y.N.D.R.O.M.E. Insurgency	Posted - 2007.07.21 01:25:00 - [47] Don't put numbers in it. Originally by: Prophaniti013 Took this name was Warhammer 40k :D I just like it better than Cherubael for some reason. Eisenhorn 4tw.
Chimu Quien	Posted - 2007.07.21 02:40:00 - [48] Originally by: Daqko When making characters, do you guys prefer to just have a first name, like "John" or is it more official and professional to have a first name and last name, like "John Doe?" Which way of naming your character is more accepted and is more "correct" when it comes to naming a character? I began reading the works of Isaac Asimov around 1970, so to me it's normal to name characters the way he did: first name and last name, with both names sounding kind of science fiction-y and kind of like they could be actual names, or mutated versions of actual names. In online games you see so many people with such absurd or borderline offensive names, and I've never been able to figure that out. I just say "Well, this character is your alter ego, dude, but if you want to go around with that as your name, it's your subscription money..." To me, online games are places where you can reinvent yourself and create your own heroic story. My characters are extensions of myself. When I played Asheron's Call, in keeping with the sword-and-bow theme of that game (I never played with magic), I named my characters after obscure pharohs, Mongol generals, Hittite kings, etc. That game had plenty of people running around with names like "Smelly Feet 666" So does this game. Oh well. There's no "rule" to character naming. Whatever you feel comfortable being known as.
Gretek Lal Minmatar RennTech Hell Hounds	Posted - 2007.07.21 02:44:00 - [49] Originally by: Ranar Estraad In all MMOs I tend to treat names very seriously. In EVE, when I realized I could have a first AND a last name at the character creation window, the game immediately endeared itself to me. When I go into a new system and in local I see someone with a first and last name I always check their profile/bio if they have one. It's usually a sign of an RPer and those bios are always a little more entertaining than the usual helpful game info or "My gun just did this much damage to a guy! Check it out!" My thoughts exactly. I salute you!
Vincenzo Delloro Amarr Lux et Veritas	Posted - 2007.07.21 03:21:00 - [50] Originally by: Brutor Shaun Random name generator Nice. :P I'm a fan of the Everchanging Book of Names, personally. It's highly customizable.

Arushia Nova Labs Empire Research	Posted - 2007.07.21 03:44:00 - [51] Originally by: Sakura Nihil Prime example of a bad name? X69womenslayer69x Please, think of the kittens and don't create a horrid name. I usually take a specific word and rearrange it to form a new proper name if I need to name a character. I actually met that guy in a public chat. He was incredibly rude to me, he got banned form chan. He's every bit as horrid as his name. Back on-topic. I mashed together two PSX RPG char names to get mine. Tired of Waiting? Use Empire Research


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