Name Generator - You can contribute !

Name Generator - You can contribute !

Postby Ze_PilOt » 25 Feb 2013, 12:51

One of the idea I really loved from the "crazy ideas" thread proposal is to actually create an avatar of yourself for GW.

Meaning that you will by creating a soldier, it will have a name, and your FAF nickname will be his nickname.
He will have a rank too, fitting the faction (UEF are basic military grades, Aeon are "Crusader", "Executor", "Evaluator",...)

For this to happen, we need tons of names for pre-generate them ! That's where you can really be useful !
The idea is that you give me a list of names that fit the faction in a certain format : "surname,name".
Then the whole thing will be mixed (so the surname can be used with any other name).

Some exemple with the correct formatting :

UEF:
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Chuck,Thompson
Christopher,Walker
Bruce,Campbell

(basically, the kind of name you can find in an american army enrollment list).


Cybran (two separate lists):
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Aleksei,Agapov

First list would be some russian-like names.

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Binary,Domain
Core,Five

Second list would be some computery names.

Aeon :
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Juverna,Sheelin
Nuadha,Aodh

I find Irish/Welsh/Breton names rather fitting (http://www.namenerds.com/irish/lists.html).
You probably can find similar sounding names in other cultures.

Seraphim :
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Wei,Bashshar
Anvi,Anshula
Dain,Anubhuti

In the end, will result in : Anvi-Anshula (unlike others, no real surnames).
Composed names, I took part of hindu, chinese and arabic names to generate these. But you can find similiar sounding in other culture as well.

We really need tons of them, so don't hesitate !
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Re: Name Generator - You can contribute !

Postby Kryo » 25 Feb 2013, 13:17

I know another game, that had to create "infinite" amount of names. They used a generator, that worked like that:

taking your last names for sera:

Wei,Bashshar
Anvi,Anshula
Dain,Anubhuti

split it into:

Bash shar
An shula
Anub huti

Recombinate to

Bashshula
Anshar
Anubshar
Anubshula
Bashhuti
Anhuti
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Re: Name Generator - You can contribute !

Postby Ze_PilOt » 25 Feb 2013, 13:23

Can work for seraphim, not much for other.
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Re: Name Generator - You can contribute !

Postby Kryo » 25 Feb 2013, 15:46

Ze_PilOt wrote:Can work for seraphim, not much for other.


yes indeed. but maybe you can find a name generator for american and russian names in the web too :P
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Re: Name Generator - You can contribute !

Postby Ze_PilOt » 25 Feb 2013, 16:03

The problem is not to find a generator on the web, but to find the database behind :)
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Re: Name Generator - You can contribute !

Postby Swkoll » 26 Feb 2013, 02:28

Why not just name your own character?
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Re: Name Generator - You can contribute !

Postby Ze_PilOt » 26 Feb 2013, 09:09

You really thing people will enter names that fit the lore correctly, and not any name or another nickname ?
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Re: Name Generator - You can contribute !

Postby da_monstr » 26 Feb 2013, 13:31

I really don't see the point of these names, tbh. All players already have their unique names, which they are all perfectly happy with. Why complicate your life with things like that? Just my 2 cents.

Though if you are certain you want to go through with this, I'll try to think of some names then.
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Re: Name Generator - You can contribute !

Postby Ze_PilOt » 26 Feb 2013, 13:33

Because you create an avatar that can die and lose everything you've earned. If you keep your current nickname, there will be no differentiation between your avatars, and it's bad and not fun.
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Postby da_monstr » 26 Feb 2013, 13:39

When does the character die? If he dies at defeat, then his life expectancy is going to be VERY short. :P
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