Character Names

Re: Character Names

Post 18 Nov 2010 16:38

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Anatsu comes from my real name (somehow, can't remember how tho), I recently googled my nick and got alot of links to some collectable card game :S

My ingame nick Labello comes from a (enter drums here) LIPSTICK brand! wich happenned to be in the wrong place at the wrong time..

Re: Character Names

Post 18 Nov 2010 17:13

User avatarYumie
 
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The forum name (which also happens to be one of my alt's name) is a short form of my real name.
I got Koljo (my original main) in a time when I wanted uncommon names from far obscure countries mythology (Finland looked very far/obscure by that time. I also tried hungarian mythology). Happened to find in some book I was reading at the time that Koljo would be some evil spirit, a god of death who lived in the depths of a lake or something like that. Since my first choice "Hiisi" was already taken, I picked Koljo ;P
My other toons' names lack of a story, except for Towandah, that I got from Green Fried Tomatoes. That parking lot scene is one of my all times favorite (:

Re: Character Names

Post 18 Nov 2010 17:47

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Yumie wrote:My other toons' names lack of a story, except for Towandah, that I got from Green Fried Tomatoes. That parking lot scene is one of my all times favorite (:


Guilty. I have to admit, I thought that scene was awesome. :)

Re: Character Names

Post 18 Nov 2010 17:50

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The name Kruf was originally created for Dark Age of Camelot, since the ones I usually use were all taken and weren't terribly fitting for the Norse mythology setting (was playing on Midgard faction there), so I just smashed my hands on keyboard until something workable came up.

Since then, pretty much all of my characters have been named with random keyboard smashing, with the exception of some bank alts (and a character that was made to be a bank alt but ended up being my second raiding alt).

Re: Character Names

Post 18 Nov 2010 18:15

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Opex written with english letters but appearing like in Bulgarian (read "Oreh") means 'walnut' (nut). Comes from 'as hard as a nut' because like personality irl i am.

Re: Character Names

Post 19 Nov 2010 07:36

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Looking back, it seems very immature, but I was playing a MUD (text based mmo), which let you set (almost) whatever title you wanted after your name.

So I chose my name as "Teh" so I could at level 25 (title level) give myself title "Teh Win".

Yeah it was back in the day when FTW was a new thing... :)

Re: Character Names

Post 21 Nov 2010 11:18

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Stannislaus comes from a very controversial series of books, "His Dark Materials". It is the name of a character who is an explorer, Stannislaus Grumman.

When I decided to make my DK alt I wanted to name him Grumman, but that was unavailable, so I changed it to Gromman.

My shammy Dalari was a result of the random name generator. It came up with Dalaree, so I changed the ee to an i.

Re: Character Names

Post 21 Nov 2010 17:05

User avatarDiamondTear
 
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Yumie wrote:The forum name (which also happens to be one of my alt's name) is a short form of my real name.


What's your realm name then?


I won't stalk you... I promise.

Re: Character Names

Post 21 Nov 2010 22:01

User avatarYumie
 
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DiamondTear wrote:
Yumie wrote:The forum name (which also happens to be one of my alt's name) is a short form of my real name.


What's your realm name then?


I won't stalk you... I promise.


Ahaha. I wouldn't mind, I like stalking people anyway xD
My real name is Mayumi (:

Edit: I'm curious now, why did you ask? xD
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Re: Character Names

Post 22 Nov 2010 13:26

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Usually my nickname it's Otakuyo, which means Otaku+yo(which means "me" in spanish).But since my real name is Christian, i changed for once and choosed Chris.

About my characters here goes the list:

Jumper (Subtilety specced rogue, it comes from the movie)
Windfall (Just my favorite word for my favorite character, that's my DK)

Anatsu: Your nick happens to be spelled much alike with the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG "ANSATSU" card.