Narga_Rocks Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Not sure about where I should put this, and I asked a mod who didn't know either Basically, in any game where it asks you to name your character, what do you typically use? I use female characters since I'd rather not look at a male for 100+ hours if I can help it, so I often name her Chloe. Probably after Chloe Sullivan, but I didn't like her character that much so I think I just like the sound of the name.
CrashGordon94 Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Now I tend to go for a guy called "Crash", really unique I know but I don't tend to be good at developing good characters with these kind of setups. >_>
Rehab Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I named my Persona 3 dude DouglasJ Falcon, my commander Shepard Doug, and my Persona 4 dude Dovahkin Naruhodo. Pretty much everything else is Mike or Sun. I am an artist Or Liam, my first name. Hey, that's the name of a cousin of mine. You don't know any Mikes in your family, do you?
Integrity Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Integrity for men, Integritina for women. If I'm trying to /srs, I have a small pool of names I choose from. Paul as a catch-all every-rpg-ever name, Vifur Danvil for the odd time I need a dwarf of some kind, and Branimir for any particularly masculine fellows. My women are almost always named Serena in this latter case.
Ein Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Ein or Fia with Rose as their last name if I can give them one. Although on my first playthrough of Nocturne I used my real name which made kicking Lucifer's ass all the more satisfying.
Strawman Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I used to always use Ace. Now I choose a favorite FE name generally out of Rolf, Dolph, Kyza, Ranulf, any other good one I think of at the time.
Acacia Sgt Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 If the character has a canon name, I tend to let them keep those. However, when there is none or I decide not to use them, then it's basically my real name for males, and for females it's usually Karen or Sophia.
Momo Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I've started to just use Momo for everything. It's fun cause it goes for either gender. I use female characters since I'd rather not look at a male for 100+ hours if I can help it That's a pretty creepy way to think about it.
Phoenix Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 More often than not, I go with either Phoenix or my legal first name which will someday be Phoenix . If I don't go with either of those, I'll try to pick something that I feel fits for that character(if they're female for instance), or just go with whatever the default name is.
Galenforcer Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 Always a girl named Yuri. If there's only a male option, then default name cause I hardly care what a guy's called. If no default male name, then I get stumped.
Parrhesia Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I have a mental list of stock names, and I use those where it suits the character in question. If I'm guaranteed they won't have a personality I don't choose, I'll often go with my real name. My main reason for not identifying as the protagonist all the time? Marche. Always a girl named Yuri. If there's only a male option, then default name cause I hardly care what a guy's called. If no default male name, then I get stumped. Yuri is a masculine Russian name, so go with that.
Esau of Isaac Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 If the profile will likely be online, or the character name is irrelevant, I tend to use Esau, or Edom, or Seyr, all different names for the same biblical figure. If it is profile-only, and offline, I tend to use my first name (Kyle). If it is relevant, and roleplaying or personality will be involved, I attach a name to them that at least attempts to signify their qualities. If the character has a given name, I tend to keep it, especially if it is voiced. If the name is excessively stupid, however, I will change it. I would die a horrible death before ever using numbers, unnecessary stupid names surrounded by symbols or characters (xXxSephirothxXx, NarutoD.Kurosaki_420, etc.), or pointless throwbacks to memes.
a.f.k.a. Howard Hughes Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I generally have 2 ways of doing it if character is male. A) Sho because I use it in just about anything I do on internet and it has stuck on me B) My second name with certain little tweak to make it flow with English. And I used it way before I started playing FE so it has nothing to do with Marcus (yeah thats right, my second name is Markus so I use character named Marcus If its female A) Im just lazy and name it Sho anyway B) I feel lulzy and name it Shonana C) I feel boring and go with the default D) I go with the easy way and name it Sakura or Marcy
Freohr Datia Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 If a male, Faolan or Finbar or Nate/Nathan and once used Lawliet (which I used in pokemon and I named the rival Light, I forget what inspired this...) For female, Freohr or Eithne. That's all really...
whase Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 when male, whase. obvious enough. when female, Hera. it's the name of the main character of my story. I only pick female when it's one of those games where you always stare at the character's...behind.. or when dialogue changes, in which case I'll likely play both genders.
Thor Odinson Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 Lumi or Camilla for female, Noctian for male. Lumi's, well, duh, Camilla's an amazon-ish chick from the Aeneid with neither a too long of a name nor a really weird sounding one (sorry if I offend any ancient greeks here), and Noctian's just a character I made for DoF and I don't have really that many male names I can pull off the top of my head. I play female more anyway, unless the male character's either really hot or the only option.
riariadne Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 If applicable, I name characters after their voice actors. Otherwise, I sort of make it up as I go along with the exception of every Link ever being Luke.
Lux Aeterna Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 If a character has an official name, I sometimes use that. Or at least a kind of one. Like Persona 4, I call him Souji Seta (although game-wise, he is technically nameless). For males... Lux or Evan. I know, original. For females... Lara, Fleur, and once I named one Kylie, I think.
TheEnd Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 Alvis, for some reason. Variations of Shujinkou (protagonist in moonspeak) have been a recent favorite of mine, as well.
Original Alear Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 If a character has an official name, I sometimes use that. Or at least a kind of one. Like Persona 4, I call him Souji Seta (although game-wise, he is technically nameless). That's after Soujiro Seta, right? XD I usually use the names Mr Bucket or Mrs Buckette, Severian, Mhoram, or Karsa, or Maira if it's a girl. Also I very occasionally use the name Gro for guys and Mevrian Daha for chicks.
Maji Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 My first name- Kang all day every day. If in the same series, I try to do some correlation. Like the hero from Dragon Warrior I name Kang, but I name Prince Midenhall of Dragon Warrior II Kang Jr. I rant about this in my Dragon Quest LP marathon /shameless self-advertisement!
Non-Existent Member Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 I mostly use the name Will for both genders. but If I wanna use a different name, I'd use names from TRS. (Holmes, Runan, Xeno, etc.) And like others said, If a character has a default name, I go with that name sometimes.
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