Epiphany!: New use for spam in gaming

[Trainz]

Oooh... Definiteness D. Multifarious.

I think I'd drop the "-ness", though.

Definite D. Multifarious. He needs a long thin black moustache he can twirl...

-Hyp.

OOoooh...

So THAT'S where he comes from. Spam. Interesting.

Definite D. Multifarious (Illustration by Allen Palmer)




Can someone compile all the good names in this list and post it here nice and tight ?

 

[der_kluge]

I got a SPAM a couple of weeks ago with the subject line that read:

bedstead pluviometer (and then some random crap)

Now, I don't know what a bedstead pluviometer is, but I suspect that in the hands of an enterprising young gnome, it could cause all sorts of havoc.

And, in case you're wondering, I think the spam was about free cable.

 

[Rel]

Can someone compile all the good names in this list and post it here nice and tight ?

I was just considering doing precisely that. If I get some time this afternoon or tonight I'll post my list. Though it means that you'll be subject to my standard for what names might prove useful. YMMV.

 

[Joshua Randall]

The hits just keep on comin'. These are good ones not so much for the names themselves, but for the associated phrases.

Jillian Huff - a chemist, she says, "You will add inches with this amazing pill." Add inches to what? And for how long?

Elizabeth McRae - "No growth then money back," promises this confident woman. Apparently her potions of enlarge person don't work reliably.

Robert Allen - "Don't push this magic button!" this d20 Cthulhu NPC screams in alarm. Although for most PCs the warning will be an irrestable incentive to do so.

Trey Little - halfling barbarian. Very sensitive about his size.

Bee-Alive-NowTech - "Can you beat the clock?" If you pay this group of necromancers enough, they promise you'll live forever... as a lich! Alternatively, in d20 Modern this could be a group of unscrupulous cryogenitians.

A Secret Friend - wants to know if you "Need extra self assurance?" Claims to be able to grant you an inherent bonus to your Charisma. May or may be telling the truth.

Earnest Christensen - this crusading paladin has a name "to [sic] good to pass up." But please don't call him Ernie. He hates that.

Louella Bartley - you may have heard of her cousin, 'Black' Bartley; they're both selling "INSIDER SECRETS" to the highest bidder. Can the PCs afford to lose?

Kailin - finally, just a good, solid D&D name.

 

[Umbran]

Why has no-one produced a d20 version of Paranoia yet?

You mean, besides the fact that knowledge of the rules is treasonous, and grounds for summary execution, so that converting the thing to a rule-set that everybody knows off the top of their heads would be detrimental to character survival?

 

[Henry]

In my own version of Thread Necromancy, I came across a patch of spam emails with some truly golden names, ripe for character use. However, they seem to be getting weirder and weirder!

Harpies H. Fruitcake
Malandra Clements
Suki P. Charles

...and my personal favorite...

Cole %LAST NAME

 

[Ferret]

I don't get spam. Its fairly depressing now....

 

[Nifft]

Two spam emails got past my filters today. The alleged authors of these emails struck me as good names for NPCs: Sapphira Bacchus and Lesa Dowdy.

I think they'll be an Elf Bard and a Dwarf Druid who travel around together.

Cheers, -- N

EDIT: Ooo, 'nother one came: Rosa Albedo. Huh... super cool name. No idea what she'd be, though.

 

[blargney the second]

*looks quickly in Spam folder*

Astigmatic C. Shuttlecock has mage written all over it.
Bertie Slaughter is obviously a gnome barbarian.
Blusher F. Channeled sounds like a septuagenarian courtesan.

To think that all this time I've had my laptop right at the gaming table, and I was struggling to come up with names for NPCs.
-blarg

 

[Kafkonia]

Oooh... Definiteness D. Multifarious.

I think I'd drop the "-ness", though.

Definite D. Multifarious. He needs a long thin black moustache he can twirl...

-Hyp.

Would be even better if you dropped the "D." and replaced it with the middle name "Lee." Or perhaps that's too heavy-handed.