how did you pick your GB name?

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:02 pm

Mine sort of appeared in my head as I was staring at the form. I figured that since I'm female and enjoy D&D, it made some sense.

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C Elegans · Post by **C Elegans** » Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:06 pm

Since I just posted this in the Pub thread, I'll just copy it here:

The true story is simply that I have a bleeding heart for all those creatures killed and experimented upon en masse in modern science. Some people care only about the "cute" animals like rabbits or cats, I care equally of all creatures who can experince pain. At the same time, I'm pro the use of animals in science, but that doesn't mean I like it.
So, I have the habit of naming all my CRPG characters after this kind of creatures. My Diablo II sorceress was named Aplysia, a sea snail often used in neuroscience

It's just a stupid way of sending a small thought for them.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:08 pm

This is a repeat of Chrissy's first thread

Anyway, I was couldn't decide wether to post or not to post here when I chose the name

(I was on the brink of posting

)

dragon wench · Post by **dragon wench** » Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:11 pm

oops, sorry about repeating a topic, I should have checked.

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:15 pm

Originally posted by dragon wench:
oops, sorry about repeating a topic, I should have checked.

No reason to be sorry.

My name comes from when I was in school.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:17 pm

@dragon wench-I don't think anyone would mind

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Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:30 pm

I’ll repeat what I’ve said here as well:

My name is a Welsh "compound name composed of the elements 'gwalch' (hawk) and 'mai' (plain) or 'maedd' (a blow, battle). The name is borne in Arthurian legend by a nephew of King Arthur, his most distinguished and celebrated knight. (GWAHL-kmí)" [according to "A World of Baby Names" by Teresa Norman (1996, p.563)]

I thought it made a cool character name for BG2. Waverly believes that the name Gawain is a cognate of Gwalchmai, but someone else tells me that they are different. Nippy says there are some fantasy books out there with a character named Gwalchmai. None of these things were known to me at the time. I just thought it was cool.

Oddly, the reason I was looking in the Welsh section of the Baby Names book in the first place, was while my wife was pregnant with No. 2. We had given a Welsh middle name to our first (no, we have no Welsh ancestors), and were thinking about a repeat of the pattern. But, all I got was the character name. No other Welsh names struck our fancy for No. 2.

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:35 pm

i use Leedogg on all of my internet stuff, so i thought why change it here!

hey there weasel, you are up late(or early:eek

Weasel · Post by **Weasel** » Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:41 pm

Originally posted by leedogg:


hey there weasel, you are up late(or early:eek

Early.

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 12:22 am

When I first came to this message board, I was heavily involved in the item creating side of Baldur's Gate 2. I was playing with some names for a powerful +4 Bastard sword and I called it Elemental Vengeance. Running the ever-so-handy thesaurus, I discovered the word Vehemence, which means passionate fury.

So I liked it and chose Vehemence for my GB name

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 2:45 am

My name came from school. Nippy meaning fast which is exactly what I'm not. It is also something to do with my surname (Parsons).

scully1 · Post by **scully1** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 5:57 am

Loner...'cause I am one

Gruntboy · Post by **Gruntboy** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 6:28 am

Loner, you're breaking my heart.

Gruntboy from my Quake2 days. I'm a Grunt and I'm a boy.

Brink · Post by **Brink** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 6:33 am

@Gruntboy-Marines are grunts too,right??

KramoR · Post by **KramoR** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 6:34 am

I have always used Kramor, my char. was a fighter. Then I switched to paladin.

Edwin · Post by **Edwin** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 6:53 am

Because i really love this character....and i have 18 int......

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 7:07 am

Originally posted by Edwin:
Because i really love this character....and i have 18 int......

Only 18? You do realise the average IQ is around 100 or so. Tsk tsk... tis a wonder you can even type!

Edwin · Post by **Edwin** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 7:16 am

@Vehemence....i know, i know....and that's why i said that!!!! I'm an incredible subject ready to be studied...

Vehemence · Post by **Vehemence** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 7:25 am

Originally posted by Edwin:
@Vehemence....i know, i know....and that's why i said that!!!! I'm an incredible subject ready to be studied...

I'll inform CE immediately. We shall have you under examination by the morning

*takes out a really blunt and rusty knife*

Edwin · Post by **Edwin** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 7:27 am

Thanks....finally i'll have answers for all my questions...