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<blockquote data-quote="Kabouter Games" data-source="post: 7026182" data-attributes="member: 6788812"><p>No lie, one my instructors in my US Army training was Sergeant Major. Not Sergeant Major Smith or something. His last name was Major, and he was a Sergeant. </p><p></p><p>Lots of push-ups later, we learned that he didn't enjoy the joke nearly as much as we did.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Hear, hear. Stupid names show a lack of creativity and commitment on the part of the player. I mean, "Sir Kalvin of Hobbes"? Really?</p><p></p><p>REALLY?</p><p></p><p>As a DM, I put a lot of work in my setting. That includes names. Frankly, I find it insulting if/when someone brings Fighter McFightface to my table. I work for weeks and months to carefully build a setting in which you can immerse yourself, and you can't even be bothered to spend a few seconds to look at the list of names in the PHB and move around some letters to come up with something similar? What is a person who does that but a raging wankpuppet? Nobody's asking you to memorize Noldorin naming practices in the city of Tirion upon Túna in the Undying Lands. They're asking you to exercise maybe - MAYBE - 30 seconds of creativity. FFS, if you can't be arsed to look at your PHB, there are any number of name generators on the Interwebz which will spew forth suitable names instantly.</p><p></p><p>It's one thing if everyone at the table is naming their characters something stupid or silly. It's another if you're the only one. If you show up with Fighter McFightface when everyone else has carefully selected appropriate names, you're not funny, you're not clever; you're just a jerk. You've proved but one thing: You don't give a flip about anyone but yourself, or you would have taken the couple of dozen seconds to come up with an appropriate name.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the rant space. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p></p><p>Bob</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.r-p-davis.com" target="_blank">www.r-p-davis.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kabouter Games, post: 7026182, member: 6788812"] No lie, one my instructors in my US Army training was Sergeant Major. Not Sergeant Major Smith or something. His last name was Major, and he was a Sergeant. Lots of push-ups later, we learned that he didn't enjoy the joke nearly as much as we did. Hear, hear. Stupid names show a lack of creativity and commitment on the part of the player. I mean, "Sir Kalvin of Hobbes"? Really? REALLY? As a DM, I put a lot of work in my setting. That includes names. Frankly, I find it insulting if/when someone brings Fighter McFightface to my table. I work for weeks and months to carefully build a setting in which you can immerse yourself, and you can't even be bothered to spend a few seconds to look at the list of names in the PHB and move around some letters to come up with something similar? What is a person who does that but a raging wankpuppet? Nobody's asking you to memorize Noldorin naming practices in the city of Tirion upon Túna in the Undying Lands. They're asking you to exercise maybe - MAYBE - 30 seconds of creativity. FFS, if you can't be arsed to look at your PHB, there are any number of name generators on the Interwebz which will spew forth suitable names instantly. It's one thing if everyone at the table is naming their characters something stupid or silly. It's another if you're the only one. If you show up with Fighter McFightface when everyone else has carefully selected appropriate names, you're not funny, you're not clever; you're just a jerk. You've proved but one thing: You don't give a flip about anyone but yourself, or you would have taken the couple of dozen seconds to come up with an appropriate name. Thanks for the rant space. ;) Cheers, Bob [url]www.r-p-davis.com[/url] [/QUOTE]
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