Star Wars Galaxies

I noticed one thing while playing SWG regarding names.  The majority of characters have good names that one could imagine in the SW universe.  I've never been big into the RP servers of MMOs, but I'm starting to get sick and tired of all the foolish names I see from MMOs.  I am currently playing WAR and I'm really enjoying it, however, I have noticed an excessive amount of foolish names.  Names that don't even come close to fitting any lore that has ever existed in any game anywhere.  You see names like"Bigmac" "Slaphappy" "Killbill" "iamnotatank" "Timmythetooth"...and it goes on and on.  I love WAR but the names are rediculous, I don't think it says much about the community sometimes when you see those silly names.  However, I always noticed that SWG didn't have this problem as much as other MMORPGs.  Any suggestions as to why this is?  Have you noticed this too? 

I haven't played for a good 2-3 years now but back when i spent 3 years in the game i did notice the decency in names, some might not have been accurate to lore but they were still viable and realistic names, no leet rubbish or immature names..  personally i think this is because it was a much more mature game, the community was very understanding and a total stranger would have been happy to help new players. I'm not saying it didn't have it's rotten apples but these were extremely rare and usually stayed in the PvP areas (Guild i was in enjoyed a weekly run to PvP zones just to wipe em out numerous times).

*EDIT*

I was a high ranking member of ERS (Elite Republic Squad) on Kauri

I'm afraid that if you weren't around prior to the CU, you missed a lot of seriously asshat player names.  Most of those players have gone on to inflict their non-immersive names on other MMOs.  We had some people with seriously non-lore sorts of names, especially, unfortunately, on Jedi avatars.

Those who stuck around are likely to be much more into SWG for the Star Wars, not the gaming.  Which might explain why there seem to be more avatars running around with appropriate names.

Originally posted by SioBabble

I'm afraid that if you weren't around prior to the CU, you missed a lot of seriously asshat player names.  Most of those players have gone on to inflict their non-immersive names on other MMOs.  We had some people with seriously non-lore sorts of names, especially, unfortunately, on Jedi avatars.

Those who stuck around are likely to be much more into SWG for the Star Wars, not the gaming.  Which might explain why there seem to be more avatars running around with appropriate names.

The first SWG toon I rolled had a name by the random name generator used at creation.  I have since used and will continue to use that name in other MMOs.  It actually fits any genre.

No real point here. Just chiming in for the sake of it.

Originally posted by Stellos

I noticed one thing while playing SWG regarding names.  The majority of characters have good names that one could imagine in the SW universe.  I've never been big into the RP servers of MMOs, but I'm starting to get sick and tired of all the foolish names I see from MMOs.  I am currently playing WAR and I'm really enjoying it, however, I have noticed an excessive amount of foolish names.  Names that don't even come close to fitting any lore that has ever existed in any game anywhere.  You see names like"Bigmac" "Slaphappy" "Killbill" "iamnotatank" "Timmythetooth"...and it goes on and on.  I love WAR but the names are rediculous, I don't think it says much about the community sometimes when you see those silly names.  However, I always noticed that SWG didn't have this problem as much as other MMORPGs.  Any suggestions as to why this is?  Have you noticed this too? 

Heh, well a lot of us are StarWars nerds from the 70's lol.  Picking the right name for our first online StarWars experience was important :P

Originally posted by GrandAm

Originally posted by SioBabble

I'm afraid that if you weren't around prior to the CU, you missed a lot of seriously asshat player names.  Most of those players have gone on to inflict their non-immersive names on other MMOs.  We had some people with seriously non-lore sorts of names, especially, unfortunately, on Jedi avatars.

Those who stuck around are likely to be much more into SWG for the Star Wars, not the gaming.  Which might explain why there seem to be more avatars running around with appropriate names.

 

The first SWG toon I rolled had a name by the random name generator used at creation.  I have since used and will continue to use that name in other MMOs.  It actually fits any genre.

No real point here. Just chiming in for the sake of it.

Obraik is also a randomly generated name that I liked the sound of :)

Originally posted by ArcAngel3

Originally posted by Stellos

I noticed one thing while playing SWG regarding names.  The majority of characters have good names that one could imagine in the SW universe.  I've never been big into the RP servers of MMOs, but I'm starting to get sick and tired of all the foolish names I see from MMOs.  I am currently playing WAR and I'm really enjoying it, however, I have noticed an excessive amount of foolish names.  Names that don't even come close to fitting any lore that has ever existed in any game anywhere.  You see names like"Bigmac" "Slaphappy" "Killbill" "iamnotatank" "Timmythetooth"...and it goes on and on.  I love WAR but the names are rediculous, I don't think it says much about the community sometimes when you see those silly names.  However, I always noticed that SWG didn't have this problem as much as other MMORPGs.  Any suggestions as to why this is?  Have you noticed this too? 

 

Heh, well a lot of us are StarWars nerds from the 70's lol.  Picking the right name for our first online StarWars experience was important :P

lol no kidding!

I remember going to the drive-in and lying down in the back of my mom's station wagon to watch SW! I can also remember sneaking into the drive-in to see Close Encounters, The Shining, Excalibur, Fort Apache-The Bronx, and many others.. it was good to be a kid in the 70's!

When I choose a name for any MMO I like to choose a name with astrological relevence - but spelled backwards such as Suvroc. It kind of has a spacey theme, so fits well with SWG IMO.

But since I wouldn't consider myself a RP'er I love to see names with some kind of witty humor. I think the funniest name I've ever seen was in SWG. Lactose The'Intolerant made me laugh like no other :D

Some of the names that I have seen is SWG: Beef Stroganoff, BadBrains, HeWhoPassesWind, PleaseDon't HurtMe, DancesWithSaladRunsWithCrutons, CheeseEating SurrenderMonkey, GoldFarmer, PMSAvenger.

Originally posted by Antaran

I haven't played for a good 2-3 years now but back when i spent 3 years in the game i did notice the decency in names, some might not have been accurate to lore but they were still viable and realistic names, no leet rubbish or immature names..  personally i think this is because it was a much more mature game, the community was very understanding and a total stranger would have been happy to help new players. I'm not saying it didn't have it's rotten apples but these were extremely rare and usually stayed in the PvP areas (Guild i was in enjoyed a weekly run to PvP zones just to wipe em out numerous times).

 

*EDIT*

I was a high ranking member of ERS (Elite Republic Squad) on Kauri

I saw a few names in SWG that were everybit as fooolish as in any mmo.Take Hairymofo for a wookie for instance. Names do not bother me much in a mmo,a little humor goes a long way in my book. Some folks can be creative and thats a good thing.