Clone on Another Server

[Vyrerus]

The longer you're on the internet and in the world, the more likely it becomes that you run into other people using your made up name(s).

Before I made Vicious, I had the name Vyre. In XIV it's Vyre Vahzl. It was my Runescape name back in 2002, and an elongated version, Vyrerus too. I was Vyre on Asura in FFXI. I'd been using it as a fantasy name since Breath of Fire II in the mid-late 90s. Lotta people think I got it from the Dark Adonis, Vyers, from Disgaea (Love him, but no).

So I've been Vyre for about 25 years. It's even in my email addresses.

Nowadays there's tons of people with it as a first or last name. There's the Vyrewatch in Runescape. There's some black metal band named VYRE. There's a business association. There's all sorts of stuff with what I thought was mine, just all over the place. Recently in some famous novelist's work, he made some guy change his name to Vyre. Stormlight Archive, I guess?

It's always a trip.

[Gameovers]

That's because of Server Limitations...

PS : Yeah, I know, I exit

lol. Walked into that one. You know I got blamed for the patch when people were stuck on Balmung. so unfair lol.

[Vahlnir]

Yay. I'm the only one of me

Strange. I thought we had a lot of server limitations.

[Gameovers]

Strange. I thought we had a lot of server limitations.

Hey! EASY. :O

lol

[Saefinn]

I made a character called Saefinn Liljasdottir. I wanted something Scandinavian, 'Saefinn' is an Icelandic name and the the surname is of course "daughter of Lilja" the Lilja part I made up on the spot because it sounded Icelandic and it didn't come from anywhere. Then the devs added a Lilja to the game, when I first encountered her my reaction was "....mum?" Even better because I had made the character a Viera.

As for copycats, if the same everything else is consistent, that is weird. Make an enemies lately? Go Mandeville dance your other you, assert dominance.

[Naelyn]

Well... Naelyn seems somehow a popular name for a character and Lune (and/or Luna)... is pretty common. Then to find someone who created an alt with the same pair forname/name than yours is not that surprising.

Many players create name based on how it sounds. There's nothing surprising nor creepy. I had alts (deleted since) who accidentaly had the same forname than other characters.

It's even mundane if you consider how many players (and far more if you consider characters and alts) play FFXIV since 2013 (or 2011).

The name doesn't bother me. The way they look doesn't bother me. The fact they both look like my character and have the same name is what's creeping me out. Down to the hairstyle. I used to use the "Aerith" hairstyle religiously. It seems way too much of a coincidence to just be happen stance.

But at the end of the day there's is nothing i can do. I mostly just concern about botting.

[Eldevern]

I mostly just concern about botting.

If so, don't worry, usually bots are some kind of kgfkiriuf-like name or "johnqsfazefa smithqsfdqs"-like name.

About the name and look, I understand your point but that's exactly why I've commented : they were all miqo'te too with similar look to my alt. It's not strange to have the same preferences for the look if you have the same preference for the name.

[Gameovers]

I made a character called Saefinn Liljasdottir. I wanted something Scandinavian, 'Saefinn' is an Icelandic name and the the surname is of course "daughter of Lilja" the Lilja part I made up on the spot because it sounded Icelandic and it didn't come from anywhere. Then the devs added a Lilja to the game, when I first encountered her my reaction was "....mum?" Even better because I had made the character a Viera.

As for copycats, if the same everything else is consistent, that is weird. Make an enemies lately? Go Mandeville dance your other you, assert dominance.

Where did this meme of Assert Dominance come from xD

[Liam_Harper]

Very doubtful it's a bot considering they took a separate DC, don't have any DoH/DoL leveled and are not part of a botting ring Retainer FC. It would also make no sense to go to the trouble of making a clone for an RMT spammer, since those inevitably get banned and are temporary characters, hence the nonsense or character generator names.

The most likely situation is that someone liked how your character looked and made a test alt for potential fantasia purposes.

[Keramory]

Every once in a while I'll see accounts with my name on random sites/games, which blow my mind because I completely made Keramory up in like 6th grade. I just can't imagine someone would see this name and say to themselves they have to have it. GL even pronouncing it how my 6th grade self intended it to be pronounced.

Also odd my wife had a similar scenario, recently found the same thing happen to her. But only after she had a slight little glimpse of fame in a particular community doing social media.