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[Pwent]

Ive noticed a disturbing trend that has frown to epidemic proportions:
ADJECTIVES FOR NAMES?!?!
How stupid can you get?!
"Hi, my names Bob"
"Hi, im Indecisive."
Do you see what i mean? Just plain dumb.
I dont know which came first, adjectives for crit names, or adjectives for clan names... But one things for sure, this is just pathetic.
"Hi, Im Pwent of The Chosen" Sounds acceptable right? Now lets try this...
"Hi, Im Explosively_Carnivorous of (hmm lets use an actual clan name here) Broken" ........ Ok but those aren't really a names are they?
Now i understand people are just trying to be creative or something, but when i look at my screen and its says "Sneaky went East." or "Delicate cast a spell on herself." I wonder WHAT these people are thinking. Its not a name. Its an adjective, a word used to describe something. If you want to describe how sneaky or delicate you are do it in your profile.
Just think of it this way, you (or your wife, or girlfriend depending on how stupid you are) have a kid. The doctor asks "What will you name him/her?" and you look at the doctor, and say "Nostalgic!"
Stop being stupid, people.

[Squee]

You forget one thing: Creating a proper name is part of RP'ing; a near extinct concept in Nightmist. I'm not going to say it's not there...because it is...just not in the numbers it should be.

[Pwent]

But an adjective isnt a proper name! BOB IS A PROPER NAME!!

[Sera]

But an adjective isnt a proper name! BOB IS A PROPER NAME!!

Ummk, since when is "Pwent" a name?

I will admit I have a few "Non-Proper" names such as "Empathy, Shrooms, Faux, Trippy" but I also have "Sera, Charity and Kyrie".

I believe you should just chill out about what people name thier crits. It is their choice, not yours. A lot of the good names are taken already anway.

[Pwent]

Pwent is the nickname of a dwarf in RA Salvatore's ongoing Icewind Dale saga. His full name is Thibbledorf Pwent.
Oh and for anyone who knows my paci Adon, no i didnt "jack" Aidon's name, Adon is a cleric of Sune Firehair in The Avatar Trilogy (forgot the authors name).

[Deval]

Then shouldn't you be more worried about your own creativity than other people using adjectives for names. Using names from other games n fiction for your crits is lame.

[Vodka]

But an adjective isnt a proper name! BOB IS A PROPER NAME!!

Ummk, since when is "Pwent" a name?

I will admit I have a few "Non-Proper" names such as "Empathy, Shrooms, Faux, Trippy" but I also have "Sera, Charity and Kyrie".

I believe you should just chill out about what people name thier crits. It is their choice, not yours. A lot of the good names are taken already anway.

Yeah, I know.. lots of good names are taken, agreed. Imagine the jealousy over my main crit name /giggle

[Zylia]

In a world where Burger_Cleric, Sausage_Cleric, and Halfling_Paladin (good examples off the top of my head, no offense!) are allowed, I'd be less concerned with names such as Indecisive and Sneaky. I'd first concentrate on ridiculous names such as that. I'd rather own an adjective name than one of those

[Vanilla]

..."Delicate cast a spell on herself." I wonder WHAT these people are thinking...

Jeeze... don't hate on my crit's name. Personally I like using adjectives for names. Have you ever just sat in any random spot and just watched people go by with their funny names? I love to do that. I recommend you do it too, it'll put you into a better mood Mr. Cranky Pants.

[Hatchet Crew]

i have Budha... thats a real name then i have downer bleach and nevermind

[dognapot]

i gave him away, and he's probably deleted, but seriously, you got to spice things up sometimes. i made the hamburgler, and he stole your hamburgers. some names are just plain stupid, and some stupid names are fun, but it's just a name. hell, dognapot? it's a dog in a pot. that's retarded.

edit: just realized that pwent wasn't a thrice bastardized rendition of "owned". even though i know that ownd, pwned, pwnd, etc. are making me stupid because they're degenerating my preconcieved instincts in interpreting written communication, i can't help but feel that seeing unintentional arrivals to 1337 have the same effect. like you're still at rome no matter what road you took.

Edited by dognapot, 21 April 2004 - 04:36 AM.

[Deval]

I reckon Dogs most philosophical posts surface when he is very very high on drugs.

[Shane]

I have to agree with the being creative part a little. I mean its the person rolling that crit choice to name it whatever. But how about try and show some creativity before you hit next to get to rolling. Think about it a min or perhaps 5. Choose a name that you can put something into besides exp.

[Gaddy]

Hmmm....
my main, Gaddy is my last name...so that's a gooden.

then there are umm..
Lancaster (original crit, it's just a name that came with it, people have informed me of towns named Lancaster nearly all around the globe though)
Tequila (noun)
Dangerous (adj)
Gad (verb)
Prankster (adj, noun)
Newb (adj that owns you all)
Image (noun)
Cervix (...lol, noun)
Everlast (that's a good name..apperently a payless shoe brand..or people told me so a proper noun kind of)
Prism (umm...noun )
Effort (-shrug-..and i get As in english
Mercury (planet so i guess a proper noun)

Also currently level 1s holding names are-
Stadius - newb gave him to me to put on current Gaddy til i felt like name swapping and sold old gaddy, now Maximus...that was dumb of me :-\

Degraded -just one i thought up some night when i got fked up and noticed how much i suck at this game now

Stasis - Cris gave it to me, one of Archie's old clerics, will probably name swap Spyro with him when Randy is done getting Spyro to master, cause spyro is a gay name and Stasis is the shiznit (I believe it means "balance" in Latin)

I think my adjective names are probably the best of them, I would never give up the names Newb (unless newb really really wanted it and paid me for name change to a good name) or Dangerous or Prankster (i bought them all for a good enough bit too)

I personally love the name Gad because it is my favorite word..for those that don't know what the verb means do a /who on any of my crits...To wander about seeking amusement ;-p i know you're all lazy asses...

Image, Cervix, Prism, and Tequila could be changed for all I care, there are many things I would like more.....just can't get them or think of them :S

Lancaster, Effort, and Mercury all go back to my old school stuff..Mercury just my old druid back when the hit and runs first came about with Devout messing with everyone lol...Effort was my first cleric..back around this time last year i bought him...Lancaster is the original, back all the way to when i pretty much first started (anyone else notice he's still only master..and..ya..wow.)

Edited by Gaddy, 21 April 2004 - 04:57 AM.

[Sera]

..."Delicate cast a spell on herself." I wonder WHAT these people are thinking...

Jeeze... don't hate on my crit's name. Personally I like using adjectives for names. Have you ever just sat in any random spot and just watched people go by with their funny names? I love to do that. I recommend you do it too, it'll put you into a better mood Mr. Cranky Pants.

lmao I'm sorry this is totally off topic but your "Mr Cranky Pants" reminds me of the nickname we have for my nephew "ConorBob CrabbyPants" (when he's cranky) .. also reminded me of "Mr Grumpy Gills" as Dorie called Marlin on Finding Nemo.


Ok.. back on topic now.. sorry ...

Edited by Sera, 21 April 2004 - 06:03 AM.

[Bean]

Who bloody well cares...

It's just a name...

Are you telling me that naming my ranger symmetry was wrong? *Thats my only name that isnt Rp really so... Heh*

BAH@U

[Xlithan]

But an adjective isnt a proper name! BOB IS A PROPER NAME!!

STFU YOU GOD DAM IDIOT, IF YOU DONT LIKE IT **** OFF!

~ Modified due to language.

Edited by Deval, 21 April 2004 - 10:35 AM.

[Shane]

Lmao easy Squiggle, its not really enough to get your panties bunched up over.

[Raylen]

I guess for my part, i just like names that either look cool, or have a kinda cool meaning or relevance...here's some of my favourites

Vigilante - definitely cool
Stiletto - great thief name
Mayhem - i have this saved, haven't decided on a crit for it yet, zerker seems good

Other names i've got that i like - Dilemma, Fractal, Protest, Quantum, Tomahawk, Apache

I'm sure there must be others, but i'm at uni and can't check my accounts

As for my most stupid name - FlowerArranger "His feet are protected by Flippers" - on an arch! thief...

[Xlithan]

well if people don't LIKE the game, why do they even PLAY it. Some people just do it to wind me up, or just to have something to complain about. Pwent, you're an old woman, go shopping for grapes and stop annoying people

[alone]

Ok, I'm sorry this post is off-topic.. But the best name there is has to be Death.. All of your funky names just can't compare to Death is sharpening his blade, staring at you. and Death is pointing at you..

I really should get out more.

[Vanilla]

lmao I'm sorry this is totally off topic  but your "Mr Cranky Pants" reminds me of the nickname we have for my nephew "ConorBob CrabbyPants" (when he's cranky) .. also reminded me of "Mr Grumpy Gills" as Dorie called Marlin on Finding Nemo.

Awwww that's so cute! You know I never think of Finding Nemo whenever I call someone Mr. Cranky Pants but I have a strong feeling from now on I'm going to lol... speaking of Cranky Pants and crit names... it's not yet taken... mwahahahaha!

Ok no... I don't like long names for crits. Too bad.

[Pandilex]

Then shouldn't you be more worried about your own creativity than other people using adjectives for names. Using names from other games n fiction for your crits is lame.

I'm not lame

[Deval]

Then shouldn't you be more worried about your own creativity than other people using adjectives for names. Using names from other games n fiction for your crits is lame.

I'm not lame

*co-lame-ugh*

*snicker*

[Crane]

As Bean has already said - it's just a name.

I wanted some good names for my crits, but because of the large volume of crits (over 20000), a lot of the good names have already been taken. People choose names to describe their character, to sound cool, interesting, or even in honour of someone or something:

For example... Crane... some people think my Paladin's name is unusual, and they would do if they thought I named it after a piece of machinery you find at building sites, but it is also an oriental bird, and White Crane Kung Fu is a martial art I am very fond of and practice very regularly, so I have honoured my style of Kung Fu! My cleric, Complement, as in to make complete - well, no army would be complete without a cleric. Coulomb, my mage... the coulomb is the unit of electric charge, so it ties in well with the shock spell. I have a few odd ones out, like Imogen, Europa and Kimitra - but I have personal reasons for choosing them.

Do not worry too much about crits' names - as they say, do not judge a book by its cover.

EDIT: Fixed grammar mistake.

Edited by Crane, 22 April 2004 - 12:57 PM.

[Squee]

Here is a Fantasy Name Generator. There's not much more you can do than that.

[Conn]

Then shouldn't you be more worried about your own creativity than other people using adjectives for names. Using names from other games n fiction for your crits is lame.

I use ALOT of names from books as my character names.

[Ork]

first off cool link squee.

secondly... i have a friend named apple. And guess what the name desiree comes from... desire, my fathers middle name means ominous... the meaning of these names are not nouns (except apple... but his parents are hippies).

my point being, im sure if you read a tolkien novel, and you found out what some of the elves names meant, they would not all be nouns. names do not have to be nouns (well technicly a name is a noun... but you know what i mean), they can be based on anything. occupation (common for last names), physical characteristics, (what do you think goliath means), or even a damn fruit!

Edited by Ork, 23 April 2004 - 02:06 AM.

[Sneaky]

Now i understand people are just trying to be creative or something, but when i look at my screen and its says "Sneaky went East." or "Delicate cast a spell on herself." I wonder WHAT these people are thinking. Its not a name. Its an adjective, a word used to describe something.

Eh-hem. The word is describing the character, and it is a thief. Bob is a very creative name....

Pay me 100k and i promise I'll name change.