Nothing too serious of a question, but I’ve found people are largely indifferent or HATE people that have some sort of alt code in their name because the one they wanted was taken.
Does it strike you as unoriginal? or do you not even really care as long as the name works?
An alt code because the name they wanted was taken? I guess it is just a another respelling of the name, a creative way to get a not very creative name. I am always surprised by names that are already taken or a common name that is not taken, so making a creative name should not be too hard.
An alt code that is actually part of the name, that’s a horse of a different color.
Yeah, I’m not talking accents or anything.
Just a person who wanted a name but it was taken, like (Let’s just say for example, John. Someone wanted John, but instead made Jóhn)
That kinda thing
Considering most RP’ers use TRP or another add on for their profile, I don’t think it really matters if you use alt codes to get the name over your head what you want. Its a bit annoying at times when people have so many you can’t really make out what its supposed to be, but I generally look to their TRP to find out what the characters name is actually supposed to be.
The only time alt code names really affect me is when I need to input the name for mail or guild invites; to which I tend to dislike it due to my own ineptitude with alt codes. Other than times like I really don’t care, especially since, as previously mentioned, the use of modded profiles is rather common.
I don’t really care. Just right click and copy their name if I need it for something.
Personally I don’t use them. I was so presently surprised that Benedikt was available on ED. It’s the German spelling of the name and this guy is Alteraci, who I’ve decided sound German in Orcish. I snicker when I run into a Benadyct or what have you in a hehehe, guess you should’ve woke up earlier sort of way.
But when a name’s not taken I try to come up with something different. This is the internet where in addition to fantasy name generators you have free access to names from all recorded peroids of human history and every language known to man.
I don’t hold a grudge if people do make a Jőhn. But I do get very annoyed when people use ß for a B. That symbol makes a ‘ss’ sound. And I’ll keep calling you Ssaldwin or Ssethany or Rossert until you bother to learn what symbols mean. Part of that’s me being a pedant and part of it’s me knowing some German, so my knee jerk reaction is to read the symbol for what it is. It has nothing to do with the letter B.
I’m shocked that my chosen name wasn’t available, so I just went with the simplest altcode I could for the name. Some servers I am on I can get my chosen name. Raede with the spaced out ae instead of the “ash” symbol, which doesn’t represent the pronunciation at all.
I recently rolled him again on WRA and had to use the “ash” symbol (as in the one I’m using to make this post) to get the name. I clarify it with TRP, though he goes by Shadow to anyone he’s not an intimate familiar with.
I mostly dislike them because it’s hard to invite or whisper the person anywhere. Otherwise, I don’t mind. I know how it is to get attached to a name, only to find it’s TAKEN! Especially if your character is named something common like Raven or Eli.
The name thing has always been like a tried joke. Sure, you might be able to name yourself Unityelf but a lot of NPC’s refer to you by name and it’s less funny and down right annoying.
A lot of different games use spaces and comas for there name plates and I’m not really sure why Blizzard haven’t brought that in in a update. It seems like it would just be a few lines of code in a ‘IF’ statement.
I don’t really care about the character’s name outside of TRP for the sake of RP. Alt codes really aren’t that big of a deal.
It’s friggen annoying to type when you’re trying to invite someone LOL
Other than that I couldn’t care less. I don’t personally use them for that reason alone. I’d rather add an extra letter or make an OOC name that I then correct with my RP profile, you know?
Personally? For me?
I could careless.
I run with addons that allow me to whisper people and the default UI should allow people to whisper people with alt codes in their name by merely clicking on the name twice.
I just run addons to make sure I don’t miss anything.