Poggy Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Thematic character names would be great. We got to name our character, but why? It's never used. Instead of Western names, all I ever see is XL ShottyKing XL or bLaZeBoi48. Shame 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Luke Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HooverRAD Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Probably because people would be wandering about with names like Mike Rotch, and Pat McGroine... Which I would find funny as hell, but people would no doubt complain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Ranger Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 1 hour ago, HooverRAD said: Probably because people would be wandering about with names like Mike Rotch, and Pat McGroine... Which I would find funny as hell, but people would no doubt complain. And their PSN or other IDs are not like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLKnives Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I know I named my character "Plumpkin" to please the 7 yr old grand daughter and no one sees it. In story mode every horse was Plumpkin 1 or 2 or 3...etc. Plumpkin is a Annoying Orange reference, it's on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpegforever Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 12 hours ago, Poggy said: Thematic character names would be great. We got to name our character, but why? It's never used. Instead of Western names, all I ever see is XL ShottyKing XL or bLaZeBoi48. Shame Not sure I got the concept. What would you name your character ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YodaMan 3D Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 For the Role-Players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy Posted December 17, 2018 Author Share Posted December 17, 2018 My character's name is Doc McGee. I wanted a Western outlaw style name. I want a game world where one can at least suspend to some degree the disbelief - I want a RPG, or at least an RPG-lite. 21st c teen 'yoof' names break the verisimilitude more than most things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abysstic Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Perhaps we could ‘earn’ nicknames.... holy Hanna I see your point. That could be catastropheous “two fingers” y3arm0ther or ninjasplif “slim”..... omg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sLLiMM Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 26 minutes ago, Abysstic said: Perhaps we could ‘earn’ nicknames.... holy Hanna I see your point. That could be catastropheous “two fingers” y3arm0ther or ninjasplif “slim”..... omg. umm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpegforever Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I think they just went for what most people wants to do...which is choosing a proper name. Same as the horse. When you can choose, you have a bit more power, so here we are with all sorts of names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YodaMan 3D Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 I joined a group last Friday from the Microsoft Game Club, apparently I missed the part where they said RP. When I joined they was all in the saloon drinking. Some rode by and started shooting up the joint and they got mad when I fired back and killed the player. At my age, drinking in real life or in a game just ain't what she used to be. They all died, so afterwards they asked me to leave. Which was fine, cause I was seeking to go make money and xp, not set around and just pretend to drink and talk to others. To each their own, I moved on and though I was in the same server, I just moved away so they could enjoy whatever it was they was trying to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BropolloCreed79 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 17 hours ago, Poggy said: Thematic character names would be great. We got to name our character, but why? It's never used. Instead of Western names, all I ever see is XL ShottyKing XL or bLaZeBoi48. Shame Because I should be able to name my character "Prof. Plops Maghee" if I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyoday63 Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 It should just be a toggle for players on what they want to see, otherwise there was no point to names. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madrigalian Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 Most of the names all look the same to me. I'm sure there's a kernel of difference in there between them all. But when you have to sift through all of the cute; Large Font/Small Font/Numbers for Letters/Letters for Numbers/ETC. it just isn't worth my time to decipher who's who. If I am trying to figure out who you are and your name looks like a fill in for an eye chart, guess what, I will simply call you "Target Next" and move on. Personally, I think this hurts the process of building an online "community", but that's probably just me. In all likelihood, even if they did start using character names instead, people would just name their characters in the same fashion. So, I don't know that it gains us much unless R* made a naming policy which would have to be policed and managed. Other companies have done this in the past. But I don't think this is a road R* wants to go down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALCHEMY Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 On 12/16/2018 at 5:40 PM, Poggy said: Thematic character names would be great. We got to name our character, but why? It's never used. Instead of Western names, all I ever see is XL ShottyKing XL or bLaZeBoi48. Shame lol thats going to be like that for any rpg you play on console. only a certain percent of players care enough to name their toons in a RP aspect whereas the other percent is largely controlled by kids between the ages of 12-17 (totally made that number up btw). its not something you or R* can control haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLimit33 Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 Agreed, thematic characters would enhance the roleplay experience for the roleplaying community, while displaying a set of realism for the general public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paladin Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 17 hours ago, Mpegforever said: What would you name your character ? Paladin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpegforever Posted December 18, 2018 Share Posted December 18, 2018 I don't think it's too bad....after all.....anybody has seen hitmarker style names in game ......... xXx*****xXx .... that's a shooter eh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poggy Posted December 18, 2018 Author Share Posted December 18, 2018 All players with generic looking characters and xX UDeDBoiZ Xx style names need their balls whipped. Just my personal opinion, of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madfretter Posted December 19, 2018 Share Posted December 19, 2018 On 12/17/2018 at 9:04 AM, Poggy said: My character's name is Doc McGee. I wanted a Western outlaw style name. I want a game world where one can at least suspend to some degree the disbelief - I want a RPG, or at least an RPG-lite. 21st c teen 'yoof' names break the verisimilitude more than most things. I tried to use Doc in my characters name, wanted to name him Doc Murray, but filtering wouldn't let me use it. I changed it to Bull Murray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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