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Ive always wondered where alot of the character names stem from , cough up the origin of yours .

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well as you can tell my name is not from anything special. But I tried to make my face look like Cassidy from the Preacher comics, then the name was already taken, so I just went with my normal nick.

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3 of my usual online names were already taken when i made my char in eve, so i sat long and hard to think of a name, i happend to be watching die hard at the time

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i happend to be watching die hard at the time

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nails was made for Dwango dial up gaming service, back before tcp/ip gaming started.

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But it could be worse, imagine if I named my character Blank CEO and I wasn't a CEO, now that would be embarassing

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Shamanistic practise of 'leaving ones body'as well as cutting off peopels heads and trying to keep them alive apart from the body

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I mined too much in beta...

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A random collection of letters that sounded vaguely pronouncable, but not resembling any real-world name that I knew of.

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In the twenty-ninth century, the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat by the rebel Ousters and the schemes of the secessionist AI TechnoCore. Seven citizens set out on a pilgrimage to the planet, Hyperion. There, the fabled Time Tombs seem about to reveal their secrets. But Hyperion is home also to the Shrike, part god and part killing machine, whose powers are said to transcend space and time. The seven have been chosen by the Church of the Shrike to travel on what may prove to be a final pilgrimage. While en route, the travellers, like another fabled group of pilgrims, share their stories on why they are on the journey.

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Lianhaun Sidhe, a fairy that tempts men to kill themselves to reach her in Tir'Na 'Nog and live happily ever after (not too sure about the last bit though)

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In the twenty-ninth century, the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat by the rebel Ousters and the schemes of the secessionist AI TechnoCore. Seven citizens set out on a pilgrimage to the planet, Hyperion. There, the fabled Time Tombs seem about to reveal their secrets. But Hyperion is home also to the Shrike, part god and part killing machine, whose powers are said to transcend space and time. The seven have been chosen by the Church of the Shrike to travel on what may prove to be a final pilgrimage. While en route, the travellers, like another fabled group of pilgrims, share their stories on why they are on the journey.

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I have used Hardin in at least two other MMOG.

The name comes from a character in Isacc Asimov's Foundation series (a great read for anyone into Sci-Fi).

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So in conclusion we need a name generator bad!

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named after the first man to penetrate the sound barrier.

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I have used Hardin in at least two other MMOG.

The name comes from a character in Isacc Asimov's Foundation series (a great read for anyone into Sci-Fi).

I picked Hardin as I liked the character and his quotes including:

* "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent."

* "Nothing has to be true, but everything has to sound true."

* "It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety."

* "A fire-eater must eat fire even if he has to kindle it himself."

* "To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well."

* "Only a lie that wasn't ashamed of itself could possibly succeed."

He was the First Mayor of Terminus, and owner of the Terminus City Journal. He became dissatisfied with the isolationist policies of the Encyclopedia Trustees at a time when the Periphery was becoming increasingly fragmented politically and economically.

After siezing power in a bloodless coup, Hardin steered the Foundation towards a measure of security through playing the interests of the neighbouring Kingdoms against one another, and enabled a smooth transition from pseudo-scientific backwater to a fully-functioning society in its own right.

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In the twenty-ninth century, the universe of the Human Hegemony is under threat by the rebel Ousters and the schemes of the secessionist AI TechnoCore. Seven citizens set out on a pilgrimage to the planet, Hyperion. There, the fabled Time Tombs seem about to reveal their secrets. But Hyperion is home also to the Shrike, part god and part killing machine, whose powers are said to transcend space and time. The seven have been chosen by the Church of the Shrike to travel on what may prove to be a final pilgrimage. While en route, the travellers, like another fabled group of pilgrims, share their stories on why they are on the journey.

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It's the street I lived on when I was in college, Pitt Street. Pretty simple huh.

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Edited by: Rod Blaine on 05/03/2004 09:55:37
Mine's from a well known science fiction novel.

I think the original english title is 'the moot in god's Eye'. Dunno for sure, I read it in Dutch.

Can't remember the author's name off the top of my head, but im sure some of you know him.

Rod Blaine is a somewhat anti-heroical ship captain that by coincidence get's to be the first to make contact with Alien lifeforms in a distant future. It ends up getting totally out of hand of course

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Ive always wondered where alot of the character names stem from , cough up the origin of yours .

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I wanted something frenchy so I went with one of the french revolution masterminds, something-something Danton and then since I couldn't get creative with my surname due to restrictions in the name generator I went with my favorite movie gladiator trainer/druglord Marcellus.

Not being very imaginative upon creation I'm a wee bit embarassed now and again when I come across real good names but then some of you cross my path and I feel I did good after all.

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From the beer i was drinking at the time of setting up eve.

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Dev is the way my Dad pronounced my real first name with his Welsh accent.

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Jonkai, real name is Jon and can not remember where the last bit came from... been using this name for years!

Not exactly original, but there you go :)

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In a universe of compromise...some don't.

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My character name back in the day on MajorMud.

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another interesting sidenote: because of my name, EVERY French player in the newbie corp i was in would ask me for help in French, of which i only know a couple words... namely "etoile" and "chercheur" and "je suis dÚsolÚ. je ne parle pas franþais."

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I was a falconer for some time, Tyto Alba is the nick I usually use. It's latin for barn owl...

Tyto

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I was a falconer for some time, Tyto Alba is the nick I usually use. It's latin for barn owl...

Tyto

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oh. Not Jackson, then?
/runs and hides giggling

edit: my name? oh come ON! LOOK at me! Name came after head was made, obviously. After beta tried to recreate for release. Did OK i think

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'Fnord' is a word that means... well, if you don't know you're probably not cleared to know.

All Hail Discordia!

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