Getting rid of surnames

[Overkill9000]

...it used to really piss me off when I seen someones name when they copied it from something else....

i totally get what you mean /nod

[AsterBarnivere]

i totally get what you mean /nod

I wholeheartedly agree. It grinds my gears..
(I wonder what happened to originality)

[Konachibi]

I wholeheartedly agree. It grinds my gears..
(I wonder what happened to originality)

It died when an MMO came out that stole both it's original design from something else and incorporated an endless supply of pop-culture references that filled the game to the point where hardly anything in the game was not stolen from something else.

*points to World Of Warcraft*

[Dargoth_Draconia]

It died when an MMO came out that stole both it's original design from something else and incorporated an endless supply of pop-culture references that filled the game to the point where hardly anything in the game was not stolen from something else.

*points to World Of Warcraft*

But it actually works with WoW well. Fits by nature, doesn't bother me when I play it. It bothers me though in any other MMO though. WoW has special privileges though.

[Konachibi]

Actually it used to really piss me off when I seen someones name when they copied it from something else, sorry Rinoa. It doesn't bother me as much now I got over it for the most part, some people just lack any creativity. Darrgoth Draconia is a name I came up years ago and it wasn't inspired by anything I just thought it sounded good. (Actually it would be 2 R's now but I used a different beta account and was on Wutai in beta and that name got saved so I couldn't use it >.<)

I wish everyone was capable of coming up with a realistic fantasy name but I know it just isn't going to happen. Even if it derived from something else add to it and make it your own. That is just asking too much though.

A name i used to use was Latreia. I had made it up by using the notion of "let's make a name that has more vowels than consinents" (or however that's spelled)

I found out a year later, after always being confused as to why greek people kept whispering to me, that it was in fact a greek word meaning "worship".

Whoops (b'.')b

[Rinoa]

Actually it used to really piss me off when I seen someones name when they copied it from something else, sorry Rinoa.

Yeah, I don't have much imagination. My secondary is a carbon copy of my primary, The only thing that is different is her last name. I even stole her last name from another character.=)

[Abriael]

No. Simple as that. Not only it's a silly idea, but it's not even feasible.

[Overkill9000]

lol i had to give my alt this name when i saw it available XD my other alt is Ceilin Cat but my main has a normal name XD Dragomir Rven

which is actually named after my web hosting consultant, cus i thought his name was cool, Dragomir, so BA, and Rven is kinda of an abbreviation of Remote ViewEN(ing)

but i enjoy funny names XD my fav on my server is High Potion (name envy)

[Konachibi]

lol i had to give my alt this name when i saw it available XD my other alt is Ceilin Cat but my main has a normal name XD Dragomir Rven

which is actually named after my web hosting consultant, cus i thought his name was cool, Dragomir, so BA, and Rven is kinda of an abbreviation of Remote ViewEN(ing)

but i enjoy funny names XD my fav on my server is High Potion (name envy)

Saw someone on my server earlier called Hotpotato Salad.

[Kam]

Saw someone on my server earlier called Hotpotato Salad.

And people are arguing the point that surnames create more immersion. lol.

No they certainly dont - they only clutter the screen and the chat log. Especially when coming across a particularly retardedly long name. (which will happen with or with out surnames obviously for those of you who havent read the entire thread). My point is immersion.