Personally surprised at how FEW .Hack names I've seen. I think I've seen only one Tsukasa and maybe one Haseo, but that's it.
Personally surprised at how FEW .Hack names I've seen. I think I've seen only one Tsukasa and maybe one Haseo, but that's it.
"Be Excellent to Each Other..."
PSN: PGS_CodeCass
Highwind, Strife, Lockhart, Stark and Lannister are the most common last names I see and take note of.
Also a lot of "Japanese"/Anime related names and I put Japanese in quotes since often times they sound Japanese or are random Japanese words smashed together and not actual names.
TBH, as someone of Japanese descent I really dont get the fixation many gamers have with things Japanese.
Because Japanese names/stuff sound and look exotic to people who are not Japanese.Highwind, Strife, Lockhart, Stark and Lannister are the most common last names I see and take note of.
Also a lot of "Japanese"/Anime related names and I put Japanese in quotes since often times they sound Japanese or are random Japanese words smashed together and not actual names.
TBH, as someone of Japanese descent I really dont get the fixation many gamers have with things Japanese.
So, I am also of European descent as I am of mixed heritage and I would find it just as strange if suddenly many gamers became fixated on things French, Dutch or whatever.
I just tend to find cultural fixations by groups of people strange, it just so happens that one of the big ones in the states is a fixation with Japanese culture and that comes off especially odd to me since I grew up with Japanese things being commonplace. Its a matter of perspective, hence why I said "as someone of Japanese descent". People being really into something that is commonplace to you and not really a big deal tends to come off strange. It was not an insult, just an observation and opinion.
People are free to name their fictional characters whatever they want as long as it is not offensive or against policy, just as I am free to have whatever feelings towards different fictional names or naming conventions.
My guess as to why Japanese players give their characters names that are more European based would be that one, they are Japanese and therefore want to name their characters something different and not Japanese, two, European names seem to fit better with the Fantasy setting and with the FF series as a whole.
Also, Europe is a continent and has many countries and cultures in it, whereas Japan is a single country and culture. So a more fair comparison would have been Europe and Asia.
Last edited by TouchandFeel; 08-19-2014 at 03:17 AM.
My name is totally not original. I go it from, umm . . . that ugh, book. YEAH! That Book . . . . you know, that the movie was made out of? And then there was a TV Series on it that was cancelled by Fox after 1 season?
/troll.
The Evolution of my internet identity:
I have the impression people in this thread would be interested in original names.
I played a char in FFXI for 6 years, it was deleted by my sister-in-law who had access to the account via my brother. Re rolled a second character. and played FFXI for another year or so. (both original names)
FFXIV 1.0 : Rolled a lallafell, took 1st Char, "Taru'd" the name (Misneach - Mishini), took 2nd char, "Taru'd" that name (Dracien - Dracoto) and made it my char name (Mishini Dracoto)
FFXIV 2.0 - rolled a new char on an NA server and made it a Roe. Read Lore, Roe's are Germanic, so made it German -sounding. Misenklauph Drakkfhur.
I see more "kitty" than every other ff name combined...but I actually dont see that many ff names, just occasionally
Last edited by MrSmiley; 08-19-2014 at 02:11 AM.
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