Character Name Conficts

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Relativity wrote:

If I want to call my character George, why can't I?

I want mine to be Dushan.
It's my real life name.
It's my father's name.
It's my father's father name.
It's going to be my first son's name.
It's my account name.
And it is already taken by someone else.
And it has happened every time I played an RPG online.

Nah .... what can you do. I named my char Duchan. That was still available.

As soon as I learned, that you have to have unique name, I created a bunch of characters, that I don't play yet, with all my desired names, that have not yet been taken.

If everyone has done that, then all the "normal" names are already taken.

Good luck with comming up with your names!

I don't get your suggestions guys. Your problem is that there are too many names taken so you have to start using "combo names" or add numbers to the end (even if they are in text), right? And your suggestion to solve such a problem is to make everyone have a combo name or some numbers at the end? Are you guys for real?

Why bother with a system like this? You would like me to be named Aelloon.243, where the numbers at the end can't actually even be chosen so that you can name yourself Aelloon.557? Why can't I just name myself Aelloon, since I tried this name first and then you name yourself AelloonFiveFiveSeven. It would essentially have the same result.

Or combo names: why force everyone to be named Aelloon.Aelloon (if they didn't know of this system at character creation, which a lot of games don't really make clear!) or force them to be named Aelloon.Smith or Smith.Aelloon just so you can also use the "Aelloon" name? Why can't I just name myself "Aelloon" while you name yourself AelloonSmith instead?!

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Dushan wrote:

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Relativity wrote:

If I want to call my character George, why can't I?

I want mine to be Dushan.
It's my real life name.
It's my father's name.
It's my father's father name.
It's going to be my first son's name.
It's my account name.
And it is already taken by someone else.
And it has happened every time I played an RPG online.

Nah .... what can you do. I named my char Duchan. That was still available.

As soon as I learned, that you have to have unique name, I created a bunch of characters, that I don't play yet, with all my desired names, that have not yet been taken.

If everyone has done that, then all the "normal" names are already taken.

Good luck with comming up with your names!

So, you want your name to be Dushan, but it was taken. And your suggestion to such a problem would be to tie it to the account making your name "Dushan.Dushan" or have a random number at the end making it "Dushan.257". So riddle me this: why can't you just name your character "DushanDushan" or "DushanTwoFiveSeven"? If that's okay with you it would have no difference.


EDIT: Damnit, Mark did it wayyy earlier.

I'm all up for hidden random string attached such that there could be many people named Mark run around the world of Wraeclast. Add a family name that is fine too, but it is hard to come up with a somewhat unique name that also still sounds good. Jutazapool for example is actually bordering to the ridiculous.

There are players that seek some identification with their character and want a more "immersed" feeling. In other words while Mr_oversizedEpeen works for a race it is not the dandy name you like to look at for 90 or let alone 100 levels, not in a group not for your own character.

I tend to name my race characters some stupid stuff like: smelly_thighs, but still seek decent names out for my mains. Not that there is much roleplay going on, but it is the way I like it and I'm quite sure I am not alone on this, just as I am sure there's a bunch of people who do not care at all.

Having just 1 Mark in the world would be quite sad and what if that 1 Mark would not be you Mark? No you would be Mark_11_23 since there are also no family names or your family would be called: Mark_Smash and Aunty_Smash_Hilda. Ever since the addition of family names and making this historical progress for mankind, it is the duty of a game developer to uphold the line of progress and not slack off and let us regress. Don't tell the community that you got bested by your ancestors a few 100 years ago, stand up for your name Mark!

I'm definitely a fan of the family name, though it's less necessary now than it was in the past when you couldn't see people's account names.

Would love to see a name-purge in a few months, with announcements about it leading up to the day. (Character is saved, gets asked to pick a new name on replay.)

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pneuma wrote:

I'm definitely a fan of the family name, though it's less necessary now than it was in the past when you couldn't see people's account names.

Would love to see a name-purge in a few months, with announcements about it leading up to the day. (Character is saved, gets asked to pick a new name on replay.)

I would rather have it be accounts have a certain amount of time to lock 1-2 (?) names so that people cannot sit there spamming login and take all the names of some of the more famous players or even friends names just to piss them off.

This would flush some active accounts name reserve to give players who really want a name on their main character the chance to get it from someone who just created 10+ characters that they don't even play. This would also solve the problem with inactive accounts holding character names.

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Ozgwald wrote:

I'm all up for hidden random string attached such that there could be many people named Mark run around the world of Wraeclast. Add a family name that is fine too, but it is hard to come up with a somewhat unique name that also still sounds good. Jutazapool for example is actually bordering to the ridiculous.

There are players that seek some identification with their character and want a more "immersed" feeling. In other words while Mr_oversizedEpeen works for a race it is not the dandy name you like to look at for 90 or let alone 100 levels, not in a group not for your own character.

I tend to name my race characters some stupid stuff like: smelly_thighs, but still seek decent names out for my mains. Not that there is much roleplay going on, but it is the way I like it and I'm quite sure I am not alone on this, just as I am sure there's a bunch of people who do not care at all.

Having just 1 Mark in the world would be quite sad and what if that 1 Mark would not be you Mark? No you would be Mark_11_23 since there are also no family names or your family would be called: Mark_Smash and Aunty_Smash_Hilda. Ever since the addition of family names and making this historical progress for mankind, it is the duty of a game developer to uphold the line of progress and not slack off and let us regress. Don't tell the community that you got bested by your ancestors a few 100 years ago, stand up for your name Mark!

I don't think you understand what Mark was saying. What Mark was saying is that YOU can still name yourself "MarkOzgwald", while he can name himself "Mark". If there was a forced last name he would be named "MarkBlah" while you would STILL be "MarkOzgwald", that way NOBODY would be named "Mark". So what is the point of all this?

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Aelloon wrote:

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Ozgwald wrote:

I don't think you understand what Mark was saying. What Mark was saying is that YOU can still name yourself "MarkOzgwald", while he can name himself "Mark". If there was a forced last name he would be named "MarkBlah" while you would STILL be "MarkOzgwald", that way NOBODY would be named "Mark". So what is the point of all this?

The family name, random string, having the account attached to your character allow for more unique names even though there are two marks running around.

The fact you can't understand why having two characters named Mark is more unique than having 1 Mark in the entirety of the world is not my issue. See it as a random game where you are allowed to pick the same number again, this having far more options.

How many 3 letter names are available?

Cat, Jon, Rob....
Hag, XXX, QRW....

If you can't see the difference between MarkOzgwald and Mark Ozgwald or far that matter just Mark... well how insightful of you!

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_readingInfavorofthisVeryUniquestyleofnamemakingISquiteFASCINATING.Idon'tunderstand
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I spent about 40 minutes today finding a 3 char name I wanted. Was easier when I figured out underscore was acceptable.

So.

not that bad, yet. Just grab the names you want ahead of time!

Also, Vitriol, and pox, you guys, who have these names.

I hate you.

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Ozgwald wrote:

The fact you can't understand why having two characters named Mark is more unique than having 1 Mark in the entirety of the world is not my issue

u·nique (y-nk)
adj.
1. Being the only one of its kind

Many people are jealous of the trolling potential of the characters and account I created. Willing to sell for the right prices in many many exalted (as they are prone to evil miss use, such as scams and my conscience needs to be payed off with a hefty sum to depart of them)

I could depart of:

Account_Service

and or:

Account_Services

Many humorous lines have been shared with various streamers and many have tried to turn of the Tips and Tricks services in their options menu to find it wasn't possible. On the day of the daily deals a few people got genuinely afraid of in game advertising for micro-transactions, I might have had my stake in that.

Oh and don't forget:

Hi there Exile! The new daily deal offers micro-transactions at a discount price. Don't forget to pay the website a visit! To turn off this service go into the options menu.

o/

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u·nique (y-nk)
adj.
1. Being the only one of its kind

I think you fail to see the point. A world where there is only one option is predetermined and since it will lead to that one option it can not have an unknown outcome. The world itself is unique in a single existence, but every world with the same rules have the exact same outcome, thus quite boring as it only knows 1 configuration. Maybe the words of choice was wrong and instead of unique Ozgwald would have said: "less varied." You could have concluded that yourself from the lines.

The addition of chaos or the element for names or items to be repeated gives a more varied feel or a more unique feel. Two Marks can be named the same but be different all together. There is no Chaos without Order. You've given up a more genuine world for a predetermined world with a set outcome with names ever growing larger in length.

If I take the name A no one else can take the name A and if we would even have an orderly fashion to name ourselves the next guy would be called B. The outcome of B was predetermined the only logical choice after A and as such C will follow too. I am now in favor of this orderly and sterile system. I would like to see it implemented in daily life too.

Such that we can have people with identities such as: J_ohn_Dalson2 this way the game immersion will grow and the world we live in becomes more unique as each individual will have an unique name. Seeing less immersion in names such as M_ark or MarkDalson as they divine normal naming convention and as such the way they perceived is an issue of the world we live in and does not reside within the game.