As a lot of folks have said, rule #1 is respect RPers as it’s an RP realm and our sanctuary. Rule #2 is don’t be a snotrocket.
Depending on the person you may or may not get reported for a non-RP name. If you have an RP addon with a clearly RP name but your character is not-quite-rp, most folks will give you a pass. A lot of RPers will roll tons of alts so “good” names can be taken fairly quickly.
Here’s a little guideline/introductory post I did for non-RPers or people new to RP who rolled on an RP realm. I rolled on an RP server, now what? - #53 by Putrus-sisters-of-elune I hope you find it helpful.
As for the numbered “world” chats, they’re out of character and “at your own risk”. I generally have them turned off given their typical nature, but LFG will be of particular use as going around /say -ing or /yell -ing “LFG Mara” is disruptive.
Carl’s just fine. It fits a human or Forsaken well.
I used to play with a guy named Soup. His story was that he had been an army cook before being turned undead and the soldiers called him Soup long enough that the name stuck.
There’s a difference between not following Blizz’s stated naming guidelines and using something that clearly doesn’t fit into the world. What’re you going to be using?
It looks enough like an actual character name that it will pass no problems, regardless of the real-world connotations.
I’d be careful with this. In character or not, if you go around trolling people they’ll think you’re an actual troll and may report you. Outside of small groups, people who play like that tend to get bad reputations quickly, and in Classic, reputation is going to mean a lot. At the very least they’ll probably put you on their ignore list.
That’s one of the best ways to come up with names, what’re you talking about?!