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I wanted to name my wizard 'Burning Sensation' but burning was taken. :-(
Went with Panfalcon Wyvernjack. Random name generators FTW. | ||
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Also reflects the Classic/Kunark/etc experience...unless you were among the first on the server you would have to try a bunch of different names before getting one you wanted.
People with decent names no doubt were playing early beta since 1986 etc [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] | ||
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Personally, I reserved my name in 1961 during the Eisenhower administration. The problem back then wasn't the slow internet, it was those damn female operators flirting with me because of my sexy Bell 103 modem that I got during early beta. Xaxian | |||
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Halfelf Bard.
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____ _____ _____ _____ If we assume letters can be repeated (like the name Fizz, one of my favorite wizards), then there are 26 choices for each slot. __26__ __26__ __26__ __26__ Multiplying these together (multiplication axiom of choice), we get 26^4. Some of those are inappropriate, so a bit less than that, but more importantly most are plain gibberish, like Xcdg, Oaii, and Txjq. For five-lettered names, the are 26^5 choices, and so on. The question becomes how many possible names are there in total? For us to answer that, we have to know the restriction on the longest name, which should be 2^4-1, or 15 letters. So we have to sum up: 26 26^2 26^3 26^4 .... 26^14 26^15 It's a geometric sequence, of which the series sums to 26(1-26^15)/(1-26). This is 1,744,349,715,977,154,962,390 names. If 100,000 or so are taken, that still leaves quite a bit of room to name your character. Xaxian | |||
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Frodo and Bilbo are taken! No halfling for me.
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I typically agree with you, but I think what you mean is 4-letter names that make sense??? It's funny to think that most names are taken. | |||
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Working in higher education myself, I'm pretty confident of that. That kind of math isn't easy to simply pop out and apply to real-life circumstances when you haven't been challenged to do that before. Quote:
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Somebody already has the name Raptor so I had to settle for Raptyr as my Iksar Monk.
He'll eventually be Raptyr Jesus.
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