To the OP. Be more creative. You don't even have to venture into other languages unless it fits your theme.
Here's a free tool to help you come up with cool names
http://thesaurus.com/
I'm not as overboard as Memphis Bill is, but I have nearly 100 characters and each of them has a unique name. My advice is to think harder and be more creative than the guy that stole "IRONingboardMAN" from "you" (who thought of it first? OH YEAH the guy that all ready has it.)
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as a confirmed alt-o-holic I haven't found this to be the case, mostly because I don't get the urge to make alts that are similar to characters I already have.|
Originally Posted by Ukaserex
The more characters you make, yeah, the harder cool names are to get.
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A handful of recent-ish alts in no particular order:
Cathode Ray, beam rifle/rad corrupter
Scab Factory, mace/stone brute
Shame Spiral, time/psy controller
SilverRage, street justice/shield brute
Head Fearleader, db/wp stalker
Plasma Noir, dark/dark dominator
Dopplegangster, thugs/time mastermind
There are more, but these are the ones I've played a bit.
All came to me in a flash, got the names first try on either Freedom or Virtue.
I just don't understand "there are no names!" complaints.
I've never had any problems getting ones I liked, and the few times I've had to re-try I ended up coming up with a better one anyway.
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Wrong. i mentioned a single aspect that tends to be overlooked in previous discussions of this topic. That is not going into the many, many, many other points on the con side that come up every time. (Not that i necessarily agree with all of the opinions that come up, which is beside the point since i in fact didn't do what you seem to believe i did.)|
Originally Posted by Jack_NoMind
You just did! Not only that, but you didn't even finish reading my post before you hit quote
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i quoted and read your post in its entirety. It's not like there was much there.
That another game uses a character+global naming system is irrelevant to the ease of implementing it here. That game was coded from before beta to work that way.
Edit: Just to clarify, i wasn't saying i wasn't going to reply to your assertion, i meant that i wasn't going to list all the objections that are raised in opposition whenever anyone proposes switching to a local+global naming scheme. There's at least a dozen or so that come up every time that i didn't go into at all.
Dr. Todt's theme.
i make stuff...
On a whim, I created a new character that I wanted to call 'Enterprise', or 'Excelsior' even though I knew those might eventually get genericed. I didn't know what else to call Captain Kirk's only true love... Until I mentioned 'NC-1700' to a friend and the rest is History! 'Starship NC 17' is now going where everyone has gone before, seeking out new things and going 'pew-pew-pew!!' at them... while nearly naked.
With creativity and good humor new names are everywhere! Don't settle for old names, they've all been used and abused and gotten dirty. Instead, make a new name for yourself!
Be Well!
Fireheart
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....you know that NC 17 is a film rating, right? Just sayin'. :P
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Originally Posted by Fireheart
On a whim, I created a new character that I wanted to call 'Enterprise', or 'Excelsior' even though I knew those might eventually get genericed. I didn't know what else to call Captain Kirk's only true love... Until I mentioned 'NC-1700' to a friend and the rest is History! 'Starship NC 17' is now going where everyone has gone before, seeking out new things and going 'pew-pew-pew!!' at them... while nearly naked.
With creativity and good humor new names are everywhere! Don't settle for old names, they've all been used and abused and gotten dirty. Instead, make a new name for yourself! Be Well! Fireheart |
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So's XXX but that's successfully been used as a name for a super spy in at least two movies that I can think of. (maybe even three or four if that vague feeling I'm getting is correct)
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Originally Posted by Psychoti
....you know that NC 17 is a film rating, right? Just sayin'. :P
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Since he says the toon is running around "nearly naked"...I kinda think that was the point... |
Originally Posted by Psychoti
....you know that NC 17 is a film rating, right? Just sayin'. :P
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Originally Posted by Psychoti
....you know that NC 17 is a film rating, right? Just sayin'. :P
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
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And used to be used as an indication for a very strong alcoholic beverage which gave rise to it's use as a film rating to indicate very explicit or the most explicit fims. And in radio communication it has been used as a signal for an urgent message but less urgent than SOS.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
So's XXX but that's successfully been used as a name for a super spy in at least two movies that I can think of. (maybe even three or four if that vague feeling I'm getting is correct)
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Originally Posted by mauk2
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Is it sometimes a bit harder for me to get a name now then when the game first came out? Sure. Do I think we need a name free-up? Only if, as others have said, it's just from banned accounts. Do we need a name wipe? No, not at all.
So I have to put more effort into naming characters. That usually makes them better in the end.
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Haha! So jealous of this one.
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Originally Posted by Nethergoat
Dopplegangster, thugs/time mastermind
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The rule is that they must be loved. --Jayne Fynes-Clinton, Death of an Abandoned Dog
For someone who enjoys getting pun names, I recently rolled up "Sands of Moo", a KM/Dark Brute. While it may not be a great name to others, I find it a very fun one.
Throwing darts at the board to see if something sticks.....
Come show your resolve and fight my brute!
Tanks: Gauntlet, the streak breaker and you!
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Originally Posted by PapaSlade
Rangle's right....this is fun.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
So's XXX but that's successfully been used as a name for a super spy in at least two movies that I can think of. (maybe even three or four if that vague feeling I'm getting is correct)
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Actually X used to be a real film rating.
Triple-X was never a film rating. It was a marketing gimmick.
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Organica posted one she made in her recent Zero to Awesome Redux thread- Moo Vestment. =)
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Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down
For someone who enjoys getting pun names, I recently rolled up "Sands of Moo", a KM/Dark Brute. While it may not be a great name to others, I find it a very fun one.
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I humbly bow to your superior (hands on) knowledge of the adult film industry. |
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
Actually X used to be a real film rating.
Triple-X was never a film rating. It was a marketing gimmick. |
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A long deleted toon that I had was a dark/regen named "Sands of Mew." Had Sands, Shadow Maul, and Flurry. It was a "cat" character and of course everyone wanted to know why it wasn't a claws scrapper "sigh"
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Originally Posted by Rangle M. Down
For someone who enjoys getting pun names, I recently rolled up "Sands of Moo", a KM/Dark Brute. While it may not be a great name to others, I find it a very fun one.
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-I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
-When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson
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Fixed that for you.
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
I humbly bow to your superior (hands on) knowledge of the history of the US film rating system.
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Originally Posted by Adelante
Will there be another wipe so people can have names to use? It's so crazy that the dead realms have all the good names reserved still and yet theyre never active.
Anyone know if they're working on a way to improve this? It's getting very limited for creations and imagination. Alot of us are already using capital I as lowercase L to bypass this. |
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Makes sense if they don't use the same film rating system where he's from.
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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect
Psychoti........missed a pun?
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The Secret World - Arcadia - Shinzo
Rift - Faeblight - Bloodspeaker
LotRO - Gladden - Aranelion
STO - Holodeck - @Captain_Thiraas
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I think he's from Texas. How different is their film rating system?
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Originally Posted by Bloodspeaker
Makes sense if they don't use the same film rating system where he's from.
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I thought the Texas film rating* system was this:
Stuff with guns and explosions.
Stuff they don't watch.
*I kid, I kid...
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Originally Posted by PapaSlade
Rangle's right....this is fun.
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Originally Posted by Ukaserex
The more characters you make, yeah, the harder cool names are to get.
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Originally Posted by Memphis_Bill
It is? (says the 300+, two account altaholic.)
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With some time limit - there have been bans that were reversed due to errors and situations not the account owners fault.|
Originally Posted by Nethergoat
this is reasonable.
if you manage to get yourself banned, you forfeit your name rights. |
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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project
I think he's from Texas. How different is their film rating system?
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After four pages of reading, I haven't seen this question answered: what the heck is a dead realm?|
Originally Posted by Adelante
It's so crazy that the dead realms have all the good names reserved still and yet theyre never active.
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Is he talking about the under populated servers? If so, why would those servers get blamed for the problem? I would tend think the more active servers would also have a higher number of names in use among both active and inactive accounts. Seems like they'd free up a lot more names with a sweep of Freedom than Pinnacle. (Not that I agree any servers need to get swept for names)
-Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Albert Einstein.
-I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. - Galileo Galilei
-When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson