Off Topic Discussion Megathread

[SturmChurro]

I always play a serious Orc. Though I will admit, my Oblivion orc's appearance was a little goofy. Just his hair, really. Long and neon-teal. I either name my Elder Scrolls characters Vyre or something random that sounds Orcish but probably isn't. Character I'm working on in Skyrim is named Dumaulk.

I got mistaken for being German once by an Italian man on a transatlantic flight to Frankfurt. He tried speaking to me in German, and I barely know any lol.

Also I had an instructor when I was in Naval Nuclear Prototype named Mrs. Sturm. She haaaaated me.

Well, a lot of Americans have German ancestry, especially depending on what part of the country you are from. Probably a pretty honest mistake. I'm actually mostly English, with Irish/English from my dad's side with a hint of German from my great grandmother on my grandpa's side, but I look like my grandmother, who is Spanish. So, ancestry is funny that way.

Yeah, I can't play orcs in Oblivion or Morrowind. Too ugly. Like, I actually can't play what I consider ugly characters in any game I play really, including FFXIV. Orcs are actually one of the strongest races in Skyrim, due to it's passive or racial though. You wouldn't believe how much time I spend researching names for my characters to be lore friendly, I'll spend quite awhile in generators to give me ideas. Nowadays, I just have a set few names I usually use though, since I typically just play the same races anymore. Nords, dunmer, and altmer mostly.

In this game, I never really got into the whole lore friendly thing, and for that matter, I doubt I could afford it anyway, with the amount I have used a fantasia in the past. It'd cost me like.. 30 bucks each fantasia plus name change, if I recall. I know some regulars here actually do that, and I don't know how you all do it, to be honest. Anyway, this name is kind of a trademark on here, I have rarely ever seen anyone with anything similar, heck I've only personally seen a couple with a "churro" name in-game. As far as names based on food are concerned, not many choose it. Funny thing is, I haven't had a churro in probably 10 years now. Yeah, they don't make them like they do in California here...