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Awful and Awesome names, the third

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  • BloodshedBloodshed I smoke my friends Down to the FilterRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    My DK's name is Kãin, I've yet to encounter a problem with it.
    I generally group with friends, and they tend to get me on their friends list asap so they don't have to remember alt + 0227, but they love to give me shit about it on vent =P

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  • Panda4YouPanda4You Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I can imagine this concept existing on every server around the world but I'd never thought of it, or seen it, so i giggled:

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    47 Armory results. None for "Bullclinton", though.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Doing a little mining on my baby DK when I see:
    [1.General][Hottyhotty]:LFG ramps!"

    please please please, I know this is Outlands which means its like 90% chance of it being a dk, but please let it be a druid.
    shift-click
    Hottyhotty: 59 blood elf Death Knight <Death Warriorz>
    FUCK!

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  • Just Some DudeJust Some Dude Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Coming to a server near you in Cataclysm: Hairycaray, the Tauren Paladin.

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  • HenroidHenroid Mexican kicked from Immigration Thread Centrism is Racism :3Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Coming to a server near you in Cataclysm: Hairycaray, the Tauren Paladin.

    Ugh. Did you really have to do that?

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  • jackaljackal Fuck Yes. That is an orderly anal warehouse. Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I don't remember the exact name, but I ran into a player whose guild name was something like, <You gank me and I get my main>. To make things extra sad, I'm on a PvE server.

    [edit] Crap, I put "PVP" originally instead of "PVE".

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  • superprokopsuperprokop Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I would have ganked him personally.

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    Neyla wrote: »
    bowen wrote: »
    It's sort of like gay sex in prison. You shut your mouth and just grit your teeth and hope you don't come out with a torn rectum.

    Limed for great truth.

    I lol'd hard because it is so true...

    I bet you didn't even give him the courtesy of a reach around!
  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Saw Crusader Zím this morning. :^:

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  • JoeslopJoeslop Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Continuing the trend of Rape Guilds.

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  • DisruptorX2DisruptorX2 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Sharing that with the forums, too?

    Worst thing about guild names like that is that they aren't even original bad. They are bad ripoffs of a rather bad idea.

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited December 2009
    Your tool tip is ridiculous.

    I also found that guild name pretty funny.

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  • ZythonZython Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Ishtaar wrote: »
    Did you try petitioning a GM about it? We have a couple people who have gotten their names "back" if it's reserved by an inactive account. Worth a shot at least.

    I should try that. I've had to use "Zaithon" for the past year and a half.

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  • jackaljackal Fuck Yes. That is an orderly anal warehouse. Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I ran into a DK named "Arthias". I checked the armory, and yep, there's pretty much a Paladin or DK named "Arthias" on every realm. :( They must get a record number of /facepalms.

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  • ArchArch Neat-o, mosquito! Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    jackal wrote: »
    I ran into a DK named "Arthias". I checked the armory, and yep, there's pretty much a Paladin or DK named "Arthias" on every realm. :( They must get a record number of /facepalms.

    Arrthuss

    This guy is in my guild

    I facepalm everytime he logs on

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  • GPIA7RGPIA7R Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Saw a Sephirothh last night. Kinda surprised, that's almost as unique as the original Sephiroth... only a single letter difference is a pretty big accomplishment.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited December 2009
    Why does nearly every goddamn death knight I see feel the need to add "dk" somewhere in the name? Do people perhaps mistake them for a priest?

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Echo wrote: »
    Why does nearly every goddamn death knight I see feel the need to add "dk" somewhere in the name? Do people perhaps mistake them for a priest?
    I'm going to assume they're unoriginal people who had a main everyone knew them by so when they could make a new toon they just tagged dk to the name they always used.

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  • jackaljackal Fuck Yes. That is an orderly anal warehouse. Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    There's a Paladin named Arthasdk. :)

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I hate people.

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  • 815165815165 Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Echo wrote: »
    Why does nearly every goddamn death knight I see feel the need to add "dk" somewhere in the name? Do people perhaps mistake them for a priest?
    If they're from Denmark do they have to add DKDK to the end of their name?

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  • Panda4YouPanda4You Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    GPIA7R wrote: »
    Saw a Sephirothh last night. Kinda surprised, that's almost as unique as the original Sephiroth... only a single letter difference is a pretty big accomplishment.
    Reposting this gem all up ins:
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    It's from prolly a couple of years back, but I saw one of these clowns again, in general, some weeks ago.

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  • reVersereVerse Attack and Dethrone God Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I like it how he thinks there's someone lamer than him.

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  • Racist JokeRacist Joke Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I was just thinking about this. Have any of you guys ever seen a character with the original Sephiroth? No stupid extra characters or accents, but just the name? Same with other popular names? I don't think I've ever seen someone with an original name in-game.

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  • mrsnackroadmrsnackroad Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    We've been looking at the upcoming Guild Achievements for Cataclysm, and while details are scarce, our official guild is pretty much just a bunch of us from work who happen to be level eighty, while our raiders (myself and a rogue) tend to pug along with another guild we've allied with.

    We desire these delicious guild achievement buffs, so we've talked about possibly starting a splinter group for raiding, taking our <Breakfast Champions> guild name and running with it at 1 AM.

    <Brunching Verdict> was one of the favorites, as was <Breakfast Crusade>.

    See, I'm like a shark, I just gotta keep making terrible names.

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  • SabreMauSabreMau ネトゲしよう 판다리아Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Haven't personally seen one, but they do exist.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited December 2009
    These guys.

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  • Racist JokeRacist Joke Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    SabreMau wrote: »
    Haven't personally seen one, but they do exist.

    I know they exist. It's just weird how you never see them in-game. You always see the variations of the name, but never the original.

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  • AriviaArivia I Like A Challenge Earth-1Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Credit to some DK on Drenden for Sonuvalich.

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  • Fig-DFig-D Tustin, CA, USRegistered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I've got one of those in my guild as well.

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  • NeylaNeyla Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Echo wrote: »
    Why does nearly every goddamn death knight I see feel the need to add "dk" somewhere in the name? Do people perhaps mistake them for a priest?

    To be fair some of them do gem/gear for SP. It's easy to mistake....

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  • mrsnackroadmrsnackroad Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Neyla wrote: »
    Echo wrote: »
    Why does nearly every goddamn death knight I see feel the need to add "dk" somewhere in the name? Do people perhaps mistake them for a priest?

    To be fair some of them do gem/gear for SP. It's easy to mistake....

    I get asked to heal way more often than I should.

    I'm rather fond of the "Lobster Rage Fist" guild that's recently begun showing up on server, as irrational as it is.

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  • SegSeg Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Neyla wrote: »
    Echo wrote: »
    Why does nearly every goddamn death knight I see feel the need to add "dk" somewhere in the name? Do people perhaps mistake them for a priest?

    To be fair some of them do gem/gear for SP. It's easy to mistake....

    Thinking about it, those might be the same people who used SP Mail on their Hunters. And SP Plate on the Ret paladins.

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  • AriviaArivia I Like A Challenge Earth-1Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    I wonder if those people are stupid or just got really confused by the fact that paladins used to tank with sp weapons.

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  • formatformat Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    spell power used to be really good for all types of paladins.

    just run through HFP, the first place many brand new DKs do quests outside of the starting zone, and count how many spell power plate quest rewards there is.

    you can quickly realize why DKs can get confused as to what to use.

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  • GnutsonGnutson Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    format wrote: »

    just run through HFP, the first place many brand new DKs do quests outside of the starting zone, and count how many spell power plate quest rewards there is.

    you can quickly realize why DKs can get confused as to what to use.

    It's not always the player that's automaticly an idiot. Not everyone reads forums and researches for their fun time.

    DK's for one could definitely be explained better as your making them, and stats in general could as well.

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  • SegSeg Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Gnutson wrote: »
    format wrote: »

    just run through HFP, the first place many brand new DKs do quests outside of the starting zone, and count how many spell power plate quest rewards there is.

    you can quickly realize why DKs can get confused as to what to use.

    It's not always the player that's automaticly an idiot. Not everyone reads forums and researches for their fun time.

    DK's for one could definitely be explained better as your making them, and stats in general could as well.

    Blizzard has done a poor job of tutoring the player. And I think that is part of why they are removing so many stats with 4.0. They know they have done a poor job of tutoring and have decided to remove much of the unnecessary complication that comes from having all of those stats.

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  • formatformat Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Gnutson wrote: »
    format wrote: »

    just run through HFP, the first place many brand new DKs do quests outside of the starting zone, and count how many spell power plate quest rewards there is.

    you can quickly realize why DKs can get confused as to what to use.

    It's not always the player that's automaticly an idiot. Not everyone reads forums and researches for their fun time.

    DK's for one could definitely be explained better as your making them, and stats in general could as well.

    The DK starting area has about two choices in it. The first is "What type of weapon do you want?" The next is "What trinket do you want?"

    And then they get catapulted into Hellfire and all of a sudden its like "HERE ARE 6 QUEST REWARDS TO CHOOSE FROM PICK NOW! 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Times up! LEEEEROOOY JENKIIINS"

    The brand new DK is like "Well uhh shit uhhh. I guess I use plate this one is plate I will equip it."

    The first quests rewards they get are "Hey this one is blue that other one I have is green . These quests rewards are obviously well thought out and I should just use whatever I am given."

    It is more of a problem endemic of different design policies and changes in game mechanics through expansions. The WotLK quests and rewards are good, and the DK starting zone is the best there is. Then the Death Knight has to, for all intents and purposes, go backwards in design progression and wade through this spell power plate that at one point was actually OK for one class.

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  • AldoAldo Hippo Hooray Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    Didn't you need to own a high level toon before you're even allowed to make a death knight? I guess blizzard assumed people would have known a thing or two about stats and how they work before they would make a death knight.

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  • TofystedethTofystedeth Registered User regular
    edited December 2009
    And the plate in BC that doesn't have SP or Int, has Agi on it.
    Last night in Ony 10 there was a DK weilding Marrowstrike (not in and of itself bad) who also had 3 +16 agi gems.

    On the topic of names, there is, or at least was, a paladin on my server named simply: Me

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