I believe there is a hide name feature in most MMos..
And who`s to say that in that particular universe the normal names are what you consider to be stupid? immersion my ass:P
Personally i like the silly names much better then if everyone ran around named variations of Windbrush sorrowsmith or whatever the fantasy theme tells you is the norm..
I personally used a name that borrow some of the language conventions from A Song of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones) and Wheel of Time. It's not a total rip off though and I don't think many people even make the connections.
Anyway, I agree with Tarand - silly name are not immersion breaking and are just fun to see. What I can't stand are the blatant copies.
At the end, even I succumbed to the silliness. I do have a mostly naked female retainer named Peenbo Shagworthy. Get over it.
Speaking of retainers, I almost had a heart-attack when I realized that your retainer name is the name displayed in the market and not your character name XD. I really didn't expect that :P.
I believe there is a hide name feature in most MMos..
And who`s to say that in that particular universe the normal names are what you consider to be stupid? immersion my ass:P
Personally i like the silly names much better then if everyone ran around named variations of Windbrush sorrowsmith or whatever the fantasy theme tells you is the norm..
I personally used a name that borrow some of the language conventions from A Song of Ice and Fire (aka Game of Thrones) and Wheel of Time. It's not a total rip off though and I don't think many people even make the connections.
Anyway, I agree with Tarand - silly name are not immersion breaking and are just fun to see. What I can't stand are the blatant copies.
At the end, even I succumbed to the silliness. I do have a mostly naked female retainer named Peenbo Shagworthy. Get over it.
Speaking of retainers, I almost had a heart-attack when I realized that your retainer name is the name displayed in the market and not your character name XD. I really didn't expect that :P.
So, I've been married 13 years, been on the planet considerably longer, and I would never to pretend to understand how the female mind works. It's alien. I'm a programmer and a logical person, but I do not understand female logic most of the time.
Bye the same token, I cannot fathom the mentality of people who give their MMORPG characters the most idiotic names possible. To me it screams "I am an idiot, hear me roar" or worse. It's hard to even say the player is incredibly immature and inconsiderate of other players (as they destroy immersion and/or insult people).
I just don't get it.
FFXIV is FULL of people with really well named characters that fit the theme and setting. And it's equally full of sheer garbage. And I just don't get how you can give your character an incredibly stupid name or ripoff a celebrity name (especially a celebrity that's a scrub like say, Miley Cyrus - we have that on Ultros).
Are people really this unoriginal and lacking for creativity and/or intellect?
Since this is a P2P game, I expect better. As in, I expect there to be a naming policy that's enforced. Ole Yoshi doesn't care about AFKers though so I doubt he'll care about this either. As long as the money piles up...why care, eh?
I find it extra odd when developers don't care about their own product. If I spent years and millions making game lore and content for a game I would not want to watch avatars named "toilet seat" running thru it spoiling it. Money be damned. I'd remove those players and spare the other players from the visual atrocities.
I would like to have a "visual" /blacklist feature. I don't want to read idiots in chat. I also don't want to SEE idiots at all. I'd like to put idiots with stupid names on "visual ignore" since I surely don't want to group with people who are advertising their low mental capacities and would rather just not even know they exist. It's really unlikely that a winner that names their character "Boobs Mcslutbag" is going to even manage to dps without doing something stupid.
Now some may say, "why care, it's just a game." True. But I value immersion and the game is more enjoyable to me when I don't have dood-ish nonsense in my face. I don't want to be thinking, "wow, that person is an amazingly stupid person" when I see their avatar.
So if YOU don't care, you could at least be considerate of people who DO care, and give your avatar a name that fits the game, lore, content. Because you don't care, right? Why antagonize when you could just use a name that'll never bother anybody.
This is a cutsie cuddly type Asian anime' type game - I wouldn't expect less.
I saw a new variation of some of those names the other day. Mike Hawkslong.. I'm normally the kinda person that can't stand stupid names like that, but it actually gave me a laugh.
Wow you hate bad names so much you created a collection of them? That's... weird.
You caught a lot it looks like. The one with Keanu Reeves, Wutang Clan and Ald Solo must have really pissed you off! 3 stupid names meeting at one bridge. What server are you on? I'm on Midgardsomr or however it's spelled. I have seen quite a few bad names there as well.
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I'm not a fan of obviously stupid names, but you're named Ald Solo...
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You can always just play the bingo version of it.
Tbh, between references and random button mashing, you basically included all names in existence, so I wonder what kind of name you have, exactly, that doesn't fit into either of the two categories?
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I saw someone named: Tess Tickles. At first I didn't think anything of it until I read it again. Testicles, I admit I laughed a little about it, but don't think it's really a good name.
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Originally posted by nerovipus32 IS there anything that doesn't upset mmorpg players?
apparently we are lacking a thread complaining about people with overly thought out names and superiority complexes...who expects people to really care about their name but no one notices so they have to bring it up themselves.
How about some of these FC names. Took me till lvl 20 to find one with a reasonable name. Would gave just made my own but none of my friends have bought the game yet
I couldn't stand the design choice of huge blue names over everyone's head like other MMO's. This is fixed by going to character configuration and turning display name plates to minimal. Not only does it make the game look much more clear it hides the names (unless in a party or you highlight them) try it out, it's very nice.
I'm also not a fan of silly names but they make me laugh. My favorite names on Ultros silly or not has to be Hung Liketaru and Orcish Grappler (Lalafell)
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Speaking of retainers, I almost had a heart-attack when I realized that your retainer name is the name displayed in the market and not your character name XD. I really didn't expect that :P.
Peenbo only stocks the best of items.
This is a cutsie cuddly type Asian anime' type game - I wouldn't expect less.
I saw a new variation of some of those names the other day. Mike Hawkslong.. I'm normally the kinda person that can't stand stupid names like that, but it actually gave me a laugh.
Wow you hate bad names so much you created a collection of them? That's... weird.
You caught a lot it looks like. The one with Keanu Reeves, Wutang Clan and Ald Solo must have really pissed you off! 3 stupid names meeting at one bridge. What server are you on? I'm on Midgardsomr or however it's spelled. I have seen quite a few bad names there as well.
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I'm not a fan of obviously stupid names, but you're named Ald Solo...
Tbh, between references and random button mashing, you basically included all names in existence, so I wonder what kind of name you have, exactly, that doesn't fit into either of the two categories?
Favorite MMO: Vanilla WoW
Currently playing: GW2, EVE
Excited for: Wildstar, maybe?
In War - Victory.
In Peace - Vigilance.
In Death - Sacrifice.
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And one annoyance is I've seen like 2 dozen "Asuna" so far. I love sword art too...but come on be original.
apparently we are lacking a thread complaining about people with overly thought out names and superiority complexes...who expects people to really care about their name but no one notices so they have to bring it up themselves.
He's on my server as well, though I've somehow missed grabbing a screenshot.
I named my character "Farts McGiggles"
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I couldn't stand the design choice of huge blue names over everyone's head like other MMO's. This is fixed by going to character configuration and turning display name plates to minimal. Not only does it make the game look much more clear it hides the names (unless in a party or you highlight them) try it out, it's very nice.
I'm also not a fan of silly names but they make me laugh. My favorite names on Ultros silly or not has to be Hung Liketaru and Orcish Grappler (Lalafell)
Yeah I just turned the name plates off. makes the game look a lot better anyway.
Those are actually creative names guys. The dumbest I've seen was "Ballz Sweat" on Goblin.
So is it too soon to start talking about P2P vs F2P and the myths of being free of Yolo Basedswag and Werrrnzz Werrrnzer the gold seller?
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