Anyway, yes, I care about my guild names so I would never join a guild with a name I didn't like. Chances are they are full of people with whom I wouldn't have much in common anyway.

A guild name is how you tell people who are you are as a guildmaster and is supposed to indicate the atmosphere you're intending to cultivate with your guild.

Wolfpaw wrote: »

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I don't agree with your cold take about "silly ninny" people in your full reply, but I'm here to say that I saw someone (a player) wearing a Death by Snu Snu tabard in Markarth just a few days ago. Maybe it got nuked on one server and not another, but I saw it and laughed hard at it.

I don't need to love the name but it has to strike me as neutral, at least. If it's a double entendre or something lewd, that's my cringe worthy. On the other hand I'm an avid horror fan who might appreciate a macabre reference which another person could view as cringeworthy.

I think the name should reflect the type of guild you're making, but it doesn't have to be exact. For example I wouldn't expect all PvP guilds to reference their alliance or PvP in their name, but I'd find it weird if one was called something like 'The Explorers Society'.

Same with joke vs serious names, both are fine but it should reflect the intended tone of the guild. If you want people to take you and the game seriously then a joke name is going to create the wrong impression, but equally if you want a laid back fun guild for casual play and joking around in chat a very serious lore-friendly name would probably attract the wrong kind of people.

Since I mainly look for laid back, casual guilds to give me people to chat to and people to play with who aren't that concerned about doing things exactly 'right' or as fast as possible a silly name can be a good sign for me, although I tend to stay away from innuendo or 'edgy' comedy. One of my current guilds is called 'Cadwell Made Me Do It' and the name, along with their recruitment message definitely helped say 'these are your kind of people'

There's a lot that can be gleaned from people's personalities and intentions by looking at the name they choose for a group.

I would not care for giving a guild a try unless it made a reasonably good first impression on me. The name is part of that.

Sometime you can get away with an ironic name, one favorite example of mine being a marketing consultant company named "Pony Slaughter and Processing, Inc." (paraphrased, the original name is not in English). However, the fine line between irony and insult is blurred in text-based online communication, and such names for guilds, FB groups, blogs, whatever, generally don't go over well. Literal minded people who are easily offended tend to cause more trouble than what it's worth.

volkeswagon wrote: »

If the guild name is offensive and in poor taste then I would avoid it because it speaks volumes of the type of people running it.

totally this, if i see the stupid names i ignore them, it shows the character of the gm and his followers... don´t support, ignore and ban trolls everywhere you see and make the community better!

I wouldn't join if it had an apostrophe in the wrong place, eg Prince's and Princess's. I've seen a guild with possibly that name or something similar. Yes, I am that Grammar... uh... person.

Sylvermynx wrote: »

yes - a name that wasn't.... lore friendly, or was "cloaked" (something sexist, or violent), or a name that was just totally stupid....

I agree. I also don't join guilds that refer to places, nations or religions that don't exist in TES but are from other franchises. The question is just: Why should I, if there are enough alternatives where people seem to know that this is Nirn and not Middle-earth, Aventuria or Oerth? That said, everyone has to choose for themselves, I'm sure that many people don't mind at all.

As long as it’s not sexist or racist I’m fine with it. I don’t mind a little humor in guild names. The ESO community could use a little humor.