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===Acceptable Names=== | ===Acceptable Names=== | ||
When choosing your name, you should keep the following things in mind. | |||
First and most important: <b>If Romeo, Juliet, or one of our Immortals asks you to change your name, then change your name.</b> We don't like to spend our time arguing with you about why Superduperlovechildofdeath is detrimental to the RP atmosphere that we try to maintain. And no, we don't believe you, Superduperlovechildofdeath, when you say this is your real name that your real parents gave you in real life. | |||
The best name is not a real word. This name is your own creation. It has vowels in all the appropriate places to keep the consonants apart and can be pronounced out loud without seriously damaging one's tongue. It has no nasty words within it, either. | |||
Words or names you might hear in real life are okay. Not great, but okay. These can include anything from Michael to Fiddler. These names can be improved upon, but are not forbidden if you can't think of anything better. | |||
More often than not, a boasting a poor name will result in being asked to change it. Several things can make a name poor. Read on for more details. | |||
*silly names. Omelette is silly. Bourgeois is too. Frop isn't. | |||
*offensive names of any kind, even dictionary words. | |||
*multiple words (thegreatone, slowhead, lordsmith). | |||
*trade or protected names (Cocacola, Microsoft, Nabisco). | |||
*a name from a book, story, song, or game (Drizzt, Nerevarine, Sephiroth). | |||
*any of these above with their letters reversed (Tzzird, Remohlive). | |||
*any of these above with slight variations (Sefiroth, Froddo, Gollom). | |||
*onomatopoetic words (Kerplop, Buzz, Hiss, Ribbit). | |||
*refer to anything in Achaea (Ashtan, Celani, etc). | |||
*names overly similar to existing Achaean immortal names. | |||
Having a forbidden name can result in the loss of your character if you do not change it. Forbidden names include profanity, racial slurs, stuttering letters(bobbbbbb), keyboard jokes(asdf), and those most likely unpronouncable(klzgt). | |||
One final thing about names: You may see other adventurers with names that aren't in the good or okay categories, and while unfortunate, that can't be immediately rectified in many cases. These names have slipped through the cracks until they became well known, but it shouldn't prevent you from choosing a name that will improve the overall quality of roleplay you, and those around you, experience. | |||
===Choosing a Race=== | ===Choosing a Race=== | ||