Are lore breaking names bothering you?

KhajiitFelix · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

Lore friendly names are boring.

Aznarb · March 2019

They do bother me but we have to tolerate / ignore them

It break immersion, so, sure.
But that not the worst. The worst are all those neon flashy mount / skin who just don't make sense in a game like this.
But it's a game, you can't force them to not do this and it's a good income for ZoS.
And if you wanna play, ZoS need income, so I deal with it.

Danikat · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

I almost always give my characters lore friendly names, or at least once which aren't obviously lore breaking. Even my silly names tend to loosely fit the naming schemes, like my temporary Argonian DK from the Undaunted event: Ports-to-Fungal-Grotto.

But it doesn't bother me if other people have silly names and some I actually find amusing, especially if it's a reference to something else.

Maybe it helps that I keep name plates turned off so I only see the name if I target them and I rarely bother to target other players and read their names at times when I'm immersed in the game. And if you're in a group who aren't all role-players and staying in character it's pretty impossible not to think of it as a game because of the way people talk about it.

Tabris93 · March 2019

They do bother me and some naming rules should be implemented

Same as others, I think it looks ridiculous and immersion breaking with some of these names. However, I am not much bothered by it in-game as I spend most of that time focusing on my own stuff.

Having that said, there were an instance (not in this game, in LotRO) where I came across an Elf Hunter/Archer called "Bowsbeforehoes". I loved that name so much I actually sent him a message, congratulating him on the most awesome name I've seen in a game.

Elsonso · March 2019

dazee wrote: »

Come on guys naming rules are draconian and moronic and limit real creativity and imagination. plenty of good names which could easily be "lore friendly' wouldnt be considered such by the stupid computer overlord deciding.

This much is true. Such a system would have to be very flexible and I think it would require constant tuning. I can't see it as being anything but a continual resource drain.

Titansteele wrote: »

I must create a new Argonian called Could-Not-Care-Less tonight

I have to admit, you would get the phrase right!

Danikat wrote: »

I almost always give my characters lore friendly names, or at least once which aren't obviously lore breaking. Even my silly names tend to loosely fit the naming schemes, like my temporary Argonian DK from the Undaunted event: Ports-to-Fungal-Grotto.

But it doesn't bother me if other people have silly names and some I actually find amusing, especially if it's a reference to something else.

This is me. Except on PTS. I don't waste my time on PTS trying to be lore friendly. First name that comes to mind, which could just be "Bald Guy" or "Long Hair"

Mayrael · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

Aznarb wrote: »

It break immersion, so, sure.
But that not the worst. The worst are all those neon flashy mount / skin who just don't make sense in a game like this.
But it's a game, you can't force them to not do this and it's a good income for ZoS.
And if you wanna play, ZoS need income, so I deal with it.

So much this. I really do t care how people call their toons because I'm not forced to read them, but those flashy anime like mounts... It's so bad... At the beginning those mounts were extremely exclusive and unique, but now when everyone ride on shiny and sparkling mounts whats the point of them? Most of them don't even fit to outfits/costumes of their owners... Cities became freak shows.

bearbelly · March 2019

To clarify my earlier response, it's the names like PwnzCareBears9000 or NoobDestroyaah2 that I dismiss as dumb.

I do sometimes get a chuckle at attempts to be at least lore-adjacent, though; say, an Argonian named Luggage-in-Training.

munster1404 · March 2019

They do bother me and some naming rules should be implemented

I just shake my head when I hover my reticle over players and see some of the insensate names they call themselves. Doesn't take much effort to use a fantasy name generator.

iAmLoki97 · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

Cannot see a problem with it, let people call their characters what they want. Do not understand why it would be an issue.

Leave my Argonian healer 'Heinz-Tomato-Ketchup' alone :'(

commodore64 · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

Keep them!
In group content it gives you a quick indicator of what type of player it's going to be. Vote->Kick

srfrogg23 · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

Different strokes for different folks. Going to have to get used to other human beings at some point.

Clanbrassil · March 2019

It does rather depend what you consider lore-breaking. XXXGoldhunter4200XX is obviously idiotic (some people have cruel parents) but what about having a character called Delia Jones? It's not Tamrielic, but it is a sensible name.

I have half a notion to make an Argonian just for the fun of creating a suitable name, but the best I have thought of so far is Trips-over-Ankles.

Kulvar · March 2019

They do bother me but we have to tolerate / ignore them

Unless they're blatantly uninspired anime/movie/comic/other game character names.
I hate these.

FierceSam · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

Your whole premise is based on the notion that all players have an insight into ESO lore when they are creating their characters.

Given this is the first thing that most players do in ESO, it is unrealistic to imagine that most will have any idea of the lore. Indeed it is much more likely that their character names will conform to their RL gaming identities than to any part of ESO.

By the time they become aware of much ESO lore it is way too late to do anything about it.

Additionally, ZOS’s penchant for charging stupid money for simply changing a character’s name makes resolving this even more unlikely.

On the plus side, I haven’t found that weird character names have had any negative impact on my immersion into the game and it’s lore. Although I do worry that some of the weird character names might have been mine.

Sixsixsix161 · March 2019

Don't care what people call their characters.

At least one of these in every game I play. Normally warlocks, failing that, mages, etc.

It's a game, and players have preferred names for their characters, for whatever reasons.

Game on.

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FierceSam · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

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I'm unlikely to make friends with someone who named his Khajiit "Grrr-Kelly," but I can probably complete a dungeon with him without having to tell him what I think of him.[/quote]

Although that is actually quite a funny name and made me laugh..

Which is not something that forum posts often do

ArchMikem · March 2019

They do bother me but we have to tolerate / ignore them

They bother me to no end. But if theyre not in violation of the ToS, you just deal with em.

Olith · March 2019

They do bother me but we have to tolerate / ignore them

I would welcome more lore-friendly names but find them much harder to remember. They are nothing but a bunch of syllables with no meaning to me. If I made up such a name I'd be worried all the time about what it might mean in our language... Seriously though, it's just easier to refer to a character as "Wilbur" or "the Sarge", so for practical reasons I stick with "joke" names.

logarifmik · March 2019

They do bother me but we have to tolerate / ignore them

It bothered me a lot at first, but now I just don't care. Instead, I really appreciate players with lore names. Sometimes I even give such players a compliment.

MattT1988 · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

munster1404 wrote: »

I just shake my head when I hover my reticle over players and see some of the insensate names they call themselves. Doesn't take much effort to use a fantasy name generator.

Don’t think it’s your or my or anybodies place to tell them too though. It’s they’re characters they can name them whatever they want, if that breaks anybodies immersion, well tough luck.

Kuramas9tails · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

People have personal and sentimental reasons sometimes for the name of their character.

May not be lore abiding but it's their character.

RABIDxWOLVERINE · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

In a sense it does but at the same time as long as mine is more lore friendly-ish, I'm sure some might say mine arent, but I think they are in ok. No sense in letting something you can't control bother you.

Michae · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

I'm just wondering what people consider lore-friendly names. For example there's plenty joke Argonian names but are they not lore friendly in every case? There's plenty of on the nose Argonian names among the NPCs, thief called Walks-Softly comes to mind due to ongoing event. Some not-so-lore-friendly can be explained with a backstory for example. I for one like making up little backstories for my characters, I treat them as characters in books or film that I observe, I also like to make little references to other things with their names, be it some NPCs from previous TES games that I liked or generally other media. I currently have four characters, can you tell me whether you consider them lore-friendly or lore-breaking?

So here they go:
- Elbereth Elf-Born - Nord female with Dunmer father,
- Dranos Athrys - Dunmer male
- Wears-Women's-Clothing - Argonian performer and drag queen,
- Detritus Fortesque - one-eyed Breton Knight.

What do you think of them?

Myrkgrav · March 2019

They do bother me but we have to tolerate / ignore them

I just ignore them unless its funny then I laugh. I don't know WHY anyone would want to name themselves something stupid but it's their character so w/e.

Skwor · March 2019

I think my next toons name will be McESOboatyface69xxx

Danikat · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

I've seen a lot of people giving examples of bad names which include numbers. I realise at least some of these are probably just random examples of something which is obviously not a real name, but if you're actually seeing names like that in-game you might want to check your UI settings, because you can't put numbers into character names, but you can put them in account names.

Go to Settings > Interface and look for Display Name (on PC it's the first option) and make sure it's set to 'Prefer Character Name', otherwise what you'll see as their name is actually their account name, which is much less likely to be lore friendly (especially on consoles where its their gamer tag and has to be used across all games).

On PC you can then use addons like Azurah to hide the account name completely, so you only see the character name. It won't totally fix the problem but it will eliminate a lot of 'inappropriate' names.

starlizard70ub17_ESO · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

Names don't bother me at all. I ignore the stupid ones and laugh at the clever or funny ones.

Elsonso · March 2019

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Danikat wrote: »

Go to Settings > Interface and look for Display Name (on PC it's the first option) and make sure it's set to 'Prefer Character Name', otherwise what you'll see as their name is actually their account name, which is much less likely to be lore friendly (especially on consoles where its their gamer tag and has to be used across all games).

I have to chuckle at the last part of this. My PSN name is actually Elder Scrolls lore friendly.

Koronach · March 2019

Lore breaking names don't bother me

Players breaking lore with names doesn't bother me. The devs breaking established lore, now that bothers me.

TiaFrye · March 2019

They do bother me but we have to tolerate / ignore them

I have to ignore these. Because it's an MMO. Also have to ignore non-khajiits in MoL skin. And non-argonians in scale skins from crates. And a lot of things.