Getting rid of surnames

[Kam]

I just want to make sure I'm not misunderstanding you.

You're saying that having names as they work in the real world (first name/surname) is bad...and having stuff like "XxXG0DlySephir0th86XxX" is a better option for immersion? Really?

How is it that a naming convention that actually exists in the real world is less immersive than something that looks like a bad chatroom username on AOL back in the 90's?

what i find most interesting is you're assuming a space bar STOPS those kind of names.

people will always be idiots. and its not worth discussing.

[MariyaShidou]

what i find most interesting is you're assuming a space bar STOPS those kind of names.

Because in fact it does?

[Kam]

Because in fact it does?

If you want to argue the semantics of typing out a singular convoluted name, verses a stupidly long and irregular "fantasy" name with a space bar in it. You got the wrong person.

Splitting hairs and you don't seem to realise.

[MariyaShidou]

If you want to argue the semantics of typing out a singular convoluted name, verses a stupidly long and irregular "fantasy" name with a space bar in it. You got the wrong person.

Splitting hairs and you don't seem to realise.

It isn't semantic because it's a fact? Apart from gibberish RMT, you don't see XXXSephirothXXX.

[AlphaDragoon]

what i find most interesting is you're assuming a space bar STOPS those kind of names.

people will always be idiots. and its not worth discussing.

Perhaps you're not playing the same game I am...but it in fact HAS stopped those kinds of names for the most part. There's a lot of folks with names that actually make sense rather than look like ridiculous chatroom names.

And again, instead of evading by talking about a space bar, literally EXPLAIN how having one name, where people's choices often get taken and have to resort to the ridiculous or the "username" style names, makes a game more immersive (immersive meaning you the player are more drawn into the game's world) than having two names like we do in the real world.