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<blockquote data-quote="MGibster" data-source="post: 9048303" data-attributes="member: 4534">Like so many game related questions, this one depends entirely on the game.&nbsp; I've got one player who pretty much always gives his character one of two names.&nbsp; It's a normal Anglo-American name, we'll say Bob for the purpose of this thread, but it's pretty much the same no matter the game we play.&nbsp; It's mildly annoying, but I've just come to accept that this guy does not like to think of names for his characters and I roll with it.&nbsp; (To be fair, once in a while he does come up with original names and when he does they're not so bad.)&nbsp; A few years back, I was really annoyed with one of my players in my Trail of Cthulhu game.&nbsp; Set in New York during the 1930s, this player make a psychologist and named him Osiris Thoth Van Roth.&nbsp; This was after the player had gone over several character concepts that did not fit the parameter of the campaign, so to me, it felt like the name was kind of a middle finger.&nbsp; But I simply shook my head and rolled with it.&nbsp; The funny thing about ToC, is the GM is encouraged to make changes to the world without telling the player as their character starts to lose Sanity.&nbsp; So one day Osiris shows up to work and sees the name Oscar Van Rice on his door instead of Osiris Thoth Van Roth.&nbsp; In my Angel (of Buffy fame) game, one of the players decided to name his character Chaiporn Gunmoontree.&nbsp; This was a game in contemporary Washington state.&nbsp; The player got this from the name of a real person, or at least their stage name, who worked as a stuntman on some martial arts movies produced overseas.&nbsp; Based on the name, I had assumed this was a passive aggressive way of telling me he wasn't really interested in the campaign.&nbsp; But he envisioned his character has having hippie dippy type parents who gave him a stupid name he has to live with.&nbsp; I rolled with it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MGibster, post: 9048303, member: 4534"] Like so many game related questions, this one depends entirely on the game. I've got one player who pretty much always gives his character one of two names. It's a normal Anglo-American name, we'll say Bob for the purpose of this thread, but it's pretty much the same no matter the game we play. It's mildly annoying, but I've just come to accept that this guy does not like to think of names for his characters and I roll with it. (To be fair, once in a while he does come up with original names and when he does they're not so bad.) A few years back, I was really annoyed with one of my players in my [I]Trail of Cthulhu [/I]game. Set in New York during the 1930s, this player make a psychologist and named him Osiris Thoth Van Roth. This was after the player had gone over several character concepts that did not fit the parameter of the campaign, so to me, it felt like the name was kind of a middle finger. But I simply shook my head and rolled with it. The funny thing about ToC, is the GM is encouraged to make changes to the world without telling the player as their character starts to lose Sanity. So one day Osiris shows up to work and sees the name Oscar Van Rice on his door instead of Osiris Thoth Van Roth. In my Angel (of Buffy fame) game, one of the players decided to name his character Chaiporn Gunmoontree. This was a game in contemporary Washington state. The player got this from the name of a real person, or at least their stage name, who worked as a stuntman on some martial arts movies produced overseas. Based on the name, I had assumed this was a passive aggressive way of telling me he wasn't really interested in the campaign. But he envisioned his character has having hippie dippy type parents who gave him a stupid name he has to live with. I rolled with it. [/QUOTE]

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