Hi all, I know RPers and Immersion lovers make a smaller part of the larger wow community, but I do feel we make a significant portion of players and are underrepresented and often stuck into the "think you want it but don’t " section by BLizz and many players. Been loveing classic , LOVEING IT! (never thought i would again) but so many anti rp trolls whose sole purpose really is disruption it can get…
It would be so lovely to make an RP Server that Used Random Names only, Rpers would universally be ok with this and that only would scare away most Burritoboi’s and their kind.
If Blizzard ever wanted to give this smaller community a home giving them a safe fun space away from those who would harass them would be wonderful and alot could be learned and created from such a supported community
Im advocating for just One server RP-PVP Random names only, thank you so much
I laughed far too much about this, because I know people who would commit to endless hours of clicking the random name button, only to miss a name like that, and spend endless hours clicking it again just to do that.
there is only so much troll that the random name generator could create and in all honestly just that feature and level of engagement and the time dedication in getting the random name “nuttsakc” may make that player a little more immersed , and good to all
Surnames would be nice. It’s not like people can’t share the same first name, you see it in the world all the time. That’s what happens when a specie’s population booms beyond a certain point. In a tribal setting it’s easier to have each individual be unique. The only exception to that rule is race language specific names, and even then you’re bound to have more than one person with the same name. It’s only a mater of time.
Give us surnames, dashes and apostrophes. Crack down on non-RP names on RP servers.
Though usually I am okay with non-rp names, often there is a rp name attached through a RP mod. There’s an issue with purposefully offensive names, though… Those happen…often.
Every time this topic comes up I can’t help but chuckle because of how there seems to be a misconception about how names work. Names historically have been descriptors not semi random syllables that sound nice.
Thus I’d much rather have an english-darnassian dictionary to pick names from for example for a night elf… than to have it randomly pick for me.
While BurritoBoi might not sound like an RP name to you there is a common Chinese name Bao which can mean Treasure, Dumpling, and a few other things depending on how you mispronounce it. So next time you see Banshkhüü ( randomly chosen to be the transliteration of mongolian for dumpling boy ), you should say hi.
The point I’m trying to make is almost all names are phrases and descriptors. Getting bent out of shape about what people choose if they choose foolishly doesn’t really make sense for me. Honestly, I think the current punishment should be that their guild has to choose one for them or the GM does. More often than not people don’t choose their own names… the community chooses them for them. After all Stabby Jane probably didn’t choose to call herself that.
If you are on an RP-Server and and see RP breaking names, report them. If enough people report “fourtwentyGuy” he will get flagged for a rename. And I’m only on RP servers.
Jamalia is a random name, chosen in TBC (I did mash the button a bit). I just want a RP server, we always did a lot of WPVP on mine back in the day. Not interested in being camped on an imbalanced server.