116277-something-i-got-pleasantly-surprised-with-today

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I didn't really play today, just renamed my 6 exiles toons and opened a boombox this morning (EU, I'm on Jabbit), and tonight I had the time to go take a stroll around Thayd.
 
Well yes, so many people around, so many people chatting in house plug chat, and so on. Really nice :) !
 
But what surprized me the most, and then I spent most of my time hovering my cursor on player characters, is that many many people had nice surnames AND a good percentage had real lore-appropriate names.
Of course there were a few obnoxious names here and there, and also some play-on-words names, but really I didn't think I would see such a high percentage of names that would feel totally "believable" (for lack of a better word) or feel like it was an NPC name chosen by Carbine.
 
So far in Thayd Aurin win, I've seen a "Silverleaf", I've seen a "Blackwood", well I don't remember them all but I've seen a LOT of nice Aurin names. I've seen some slavic Mordesh also, a couple Granoks with surnames that were about rocks, and for human exile it was like half half but some had immersive "Wildstaresque"  ;) names. Many like one of my toons also had their first name a title and their last name as their first name and it was nice as well.
 
All in all, yes I was really pleasantly surprised.
 
And it gave me even higher hope for the game. And this comes from US  :lol: !
 
PS : My 4 mains
 
 
 
What are yours ?	
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			Rocio Silverroot	
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Miss FranBunnyFFXII
Miss FuranUsagiFFXII
(Why are these two names different lengths if they're the same character count...?)
Alts
Baphomet Engine
Psychedelic Trance
Franbunny Viera
Diclonius Franbunny	
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Miss FranBunnyFFXII
Miss FuranUsagiFFXII
(Why are these two names different lengths if they're the same character count...?)
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Miss FranBunnyFFXII
Miss FuranUsagiFFXII
(Why are these two names different lengths if they're the same character count...?)
Alts
Baphomet Engine
Psychedelic Trance
Franbunny Viera
Diclonius Franbunny
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I was also surprised with all the names I saw people come up with, I feel like I kind of failed epically on the lore aspect for my names. Most of my alts names already had two names in them so all I did was break them up. I really didn't want to give my main a "chua name" because henzilla is my online handle. I wanted to stay henzilla on my main.
 
Henzilla Kachu (chua)
Selina Kyle (Cassian)
YoloSwag Lord (Drakken)
Rei Hino (Mechari)
Howdy Kachu (chua)
 
Still haven't logged onto my aurin, don't know what to name her :P If anyone could offer a lore friendly name idea I would appreciate it, don't wanna give them a bad rep lol	
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Because one has a U in it .... bolded red for you to see it.
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			See my sig... yeah, not very imaginative, but I've been Mae for so long, I couldn't un-Mae myself ;)	
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Nephele Veridian - my engineer.  Nephele's actually a highborn Cassian by birth, but she left Cassus with her father (who had some very radical ideas, for a Highborn) when she was a small child.
 
Talaen Starshadow - my spellslinger.  This is my nod to personal tradition.  It's an old name with a lot of history across multiple games.  Tal's usually my main in most games I play.
 
Corriban Duskleaf - my esper.  Corri's got a very innocent outlook on the world - enough that she sometimes even gets on the nerve of other Aurin :)
 
Skarne Cliffbreaker - my granok warrior (probably getting nuked soon, I just can't get into him - he's too big, even if he does look awesome)
 
Kelleni Valaris - my dominion medic.
 
Nariel Coldwind - my exile human warrior.  Somewhat named after an old friend of mine from EQ2, who played a tiny little high elf berserker.  It seemed fitting, and it fits with the lore for Exile human names.
 
I might make more later.
 
PS:  I am really impressed by the random name generator on the character screen.	
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Oh weird my eyes deceive me I was counting bunny as 6 characters not 5. awkward.
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You guys will hate me for mine:
 
Syl Qt
Miss Syl
Syl GOESWOOSH
Pinkachu Ichooseyou
Prepare Uranus 
Oliver Clothesof
 
 
YEP... I KNOW.. /raises the anti hate shield	
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[...] I feel like I kind of failed epically on the lore aspect for my names. [...]
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My names aren't lore specific, but ones I have used for a long time now in other games.
 
SpousalUnit Fitch
Cirinde Fitch
Lunshae Fitch
Spousal Unit (yes I have 2 of them, one Exile and one Domi)
Cirinde Lunshae (2 of them too, see above)
Sweet Nothing
Raataya Fitch
Yalanna Fitch (I think that's her first name, used the random generator and forgot what it was :) )	
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Still haven't logged onto my aurin, don't know what to name her :P If anyone could offer a lore friendly name idea I would appreciate it, don't wanna give them a bad rep lol
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			Kaelish Brightsky, female Aurin Spellslinger, Emissary of Queen Myala Everstar. :) Woo.	
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See my sig... yeah, not very imaginative, but I've been Mae for so long, I couldn't un-Mae myself ;)
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Oh weird my eyes deceive me I was counting bunny as 6 characters not 5. awkward.
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Yup same here, nice names. Wasn't too hard to come up with new names, but it took some time nonetheless.
 
 
Agantia Scarletwound - Draken Spellslinger (Female)
Eiger Summit - Granok Warrior (female)
Gwendolyn Keswick - Cassian Esper (female)
Rudera PrimeCylinder - Mechari Stalker (female)	
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Chua:
 
Overseer Sata
Drugger Tek
Catfive 
Coax 
Yuesby
 
I never thought of last names for them...	
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Oliver Clothesof
 
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			Thanks Rocio, I really like Marina and Loneflower :D	
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If they are both suppose to be FRAN, then one has an extra U in it. Makes that one have 19 letters instead of 18.
 
Miss FranBunnyFFXII
Miss FranUsagiFFXII
 
Without the extra U in the second name, they have the same amount of letters. But the y in the first name is a bigger letter than the i in the second name, making the second name look smaller letter count.
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Thanks Rocio, I really like Marina and Loneflower :D
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Pinkachu Ichooseyou
 
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No i figured it out, and the U is suppose to be there. Furanusagi is the Japanese version of my name Franbunny. フラン兎 correctly in Japanese.
There's no F consistant sound in Japanese, only F sounding syllables.
"Furan" is Fu Ra N, and in japanese u consonants are often times muted or whipered.
Usagi is the japanese word for "bunny" 兎.
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Oliver is going to blow you up for that one ... in the name of science! :)
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Yes but it is not Olivar so it's okay :D
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I love how noone picked up on mine being super serious, and then after devolving a little... became completely obnoxious and stupid.
 
I was also so glad to be able to snag Prepare Uranus.	
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Miss Syl
 
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What I mean though is that most of your toons, when taken one by one, have nice names. It just is the "mae" fetish  :lol:  becomes apparent when all the names are nearby, like my own "shoo" fetich  ^_^ !
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Hehe, tell me that this one is a spellslinger and uses the Arcane Missiles skill all the time :)
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Nifty Engi
Nifty Esper
Nifty Medic
Nifty Stalker
Nifty Spellslinger
 
 
..C-C-C-Combo breaker	
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..C-C-C-Combo breaker
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Exile Medic
Exile Warrior
Exile Engineer
Exile Spellslinger
Exile Esper
Exile Stalker
 
I'm so bland and boring that were I cupcake frosting, I'd be vanilla.	
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I went off the board, I'm sure most people will think I have absurd character names. I went with the nickname theme ie Clark Kent = Superman; so instead of the Clark part I went with the Superman part because WS needs superheroes/villains too.
 
The Sprawl - Cassian Stalker
Phoenix Zen - Mechari Medic (hell they're machines, there should be no rules here)
Numo Uno - Chu Engineer (ok I went with something a little closer to actual Chua names here but with a play on words injected with some personal reasoning).
 
EDIT: oops forgot one: Skin Crawl - Draken Stalker (yeah so I like stalkers)	
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			FIRELORD GRUMP THE UNBURNABLE	
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See my sig... yeah, not very imaginative, but I've been Mae for so long, I couldn't un-Mae myself ;)
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Dark Matter - Mordesh Spellslinger
Gamet Terrorwood - Aurin Stalker
Psyco Mantis - Human Esper
Novo Kayne - Granok Warrior
Eulogy Aran - Mordesh Medic
Metal Ridley - Granok Engineer
 
They are not lore related at all, picked just cause they sound great to me.. :D 
+ some Metroid and Metal Gear references	
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Zephyr Silverwind - Aurin Spellslinger
Zotz Shortfuse - Chua Esper
Ceeda Soulspark - Aurin Esper
 
The only weird one of those three is Zotz.  I LOVE those candies and the idea of naming a Chua Zotz made me snerk...a lot.  I was thinking of names when my son suggested Shortfuse because of how annoyed Zotz sounds in a fight when he gets hit, and the maniacal laugh as he sets off his Geist and others.
 
But I wholeheartedly agree...I  LOVE how the huge majority of the players have taken to heart the lore of naming and also aren't being buttheads with the naming.	
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 I named my toons on the fly except for a couple
Zazel Stormdrake (drakken)
Steam Punk (cassian medic)
Rebel Angel (aurin esper)
Devil Cake (aurin spellslinger)
 
Nothing to lore oriented...	
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Sciela Leafsong (SS)
Tahlie Leafsong (Esper)
Tahlin Leafsong (Stalker)           
Farore Leafsong (Medic, Human - honorary Aurin)
(Those four are all Aurin who represent Farore. xD)
Eldin Fireheart (Human War)
Lanayru Calmwater (Human Engi)	
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Because I'm really bored. 
 
Mains:
 
Caedance Shepard (Medic) (I'm also using the Commander title haha)
Smashbrother Stormborn (Warrior)
TaliZorah Normandy (SS)
 
Alts:
 
Strawhat Luffy
Garrus Shepard (because that's who I romanced on Caedance)
Silvertongue Stormborn
Arya Stormborn
Claire Outlander
Troy Abed
Onizuka Sensei
 
As you can see Stormborn is kind of my legacy name.	
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			Matriarch Epiwench ( Mordesh medic) :D	
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My whole guild didn't really take very well to the whole naming process :(
(But then again with a guild name like OM NOM NOM POTATO what do you expect I guess :P)
We're the buttheads who ruin immersion for other people... I'm sorry guys, pls forgive me.
 
Here are a few gems for people who want a chuckle: 
- Drew Peacock
- Metal Chuamon
- Fat Beach
- Sea Man (with the title Erector..)
- Kama Sutra
- Quick Scope
- Waggleton PTallylicker
- Wep Wep (with the alt name Wep wepwep and wep wepwepwep)
 
Ah, the immersion <3	
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Bloody Mary - Human Stalker
 
Crazy Jane - Human Esper
 
Sixgun Sally - Human Slinger
 
Kudzu Meadows - Aurin Esper
 
Goodnight Moon - Human Medic
 
Bonny Lass - Human Warrior
 
Anne Bonny - Human Slinger
 
Calico Jack - placeholder
 
Snövit Dvärg - Aurin Slinger
 
Sgt Sprocket - Granok Engineer
 
No back stories at the moment, still have thoughts rolling around in my head.	
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As you can see, I'm not much for alt play, but here's the names I've nabbed for when I actually want to try not-espers. (Seriously, why play anything else when you can kill with your mind?)
Feel free to add all of the mes. :]	
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Quuarm became Asa Alira,
 
I have a tradition of naming some of the toons I play in MMO's after porn stars.  I had just finished reading the first book of the gun slinger series from Stephen King so I made a spell slinger and when the mega servers happened I just finished reading 'Porn: A love story' by Asa Akira.	
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			In case of me and the wife, we wanted to thematically create a large clan-type family, so we named ALL of our characters by the same last name.  That means you have a Spiritminx, Firesong, JadeStar, and Makaela Heartstone, plus a Culann, Damyra, Ashaelya, and Alestrya Heartstone.  It probably doesn't hurt to mention that all of these characters are level 50, and there are 2 Engineers, 2 Spellslingers, 2 Medics, a Warrior and a Stalker.  No Espers as of yet however.  That's also why there's been a "HS" in my forum name for so long.  Heartstone is the surname I picked on my first level 20 in EQ1, and I've used it and Culann ever since.	
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XxXGandalfXxX WookieTankACE
 
and
 
XxXLeGolaSerxXx HyperSnipOrX	
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XxXGandalfXxX WookieTankACE
 
and
 
XxXLeGolaSerxXx HyperSnipOrX
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Oh and by the way, we got no less than Cory and Pappy's seal of approval  :lol:
 
 	
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Sciela Leafsong (SS)
Tahlie Leafsong (Esper)
Tahlin Leafsong (Stalker) 		 
Farore Leafsong (Medic, Human - honorary Aurin)
(Those four are all Aurin who represent Farore. xD)
Eldin Fireheart (Human War)
Lanayru Calmwater (Human Engi)
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I had created my toons with last names during pre-launch planning. This naming policy was music to my ears. 
 
Dominion Esper- Waldo Weltall--Human
Exile Spellslinger- Atom Wynluck--Human
Dominion Spellslinger- Otto Maddox--Human
Exile Esper- Tonic Alagin--Aurin
 
I have a few others made but they are level ones. These are my mains.	
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			Here are mine!Feanu Greensong--Aurin SpellslingerTyrja Dawnleaf--Aurin StalkerAinari Novara--Cassian EsperSanielle Argentum--Cassian EngineerNymea Veragar--Human Medic and an old name I've kept with me through almost a decade of games <3Vrasha Shadowstrike--Draken StalkerVexell Trionex--Mechari WarriorNames are so fun. :3 	
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Might as well toss mine in the mix.
 
Nyca Firerain - Human Spellslinger and my primary character
Keddrath Botfeller - Granok Engineer. His secondary moniker was given to him due to his lack of patience with bots and his tendency to slag even his own.
 
Been AWOL a while due to resuming work on other projects... Minecraft and a Madcat mech model. Should start playing again soon, this week hopefully.	
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My three mains are:
 
Annabeth Wanderlust (Aurin)
Cassie Hearthweaver (Aurin)
Mara Jade (Exile Human)
Annah Khonda (Chua)
 
The first two got their last name from the random generator, though I edited them a bit. While the random names might look good at first, keep in mind there will be loads of people with the same last name as you, if you stick to the default ones. A quick edit makes them far more unique. :)
 
As for Mara Jade, she's my favorite character in the Star Wars extended universe. Not that I have much interest in the extended universe (or prequels... or clone wars series... and only mild interest in the new series... or anything else other than the original movies. But other than that, I love Star Wars.) :P
 
The last one isn't even mine. I saw it in a game once, and thought it was fun. It wasn't in use here, so I figured why not go for it. Sorry to whoever I 'stole' it from. :)	
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My first character's name was Reckless so I deemed it preferable to name all my toons starting with the first name Reckless.
 
 
Reckless Meister (MAIN Granok Engineer)
Reckless Saboteur(ALT Mordeshian Stalker)
Reckless Entity (ALT Mordesian SpellSlinger)
Reckless Titan (ALT Granok Warrior).	
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