 Lazy Names in Shadowrun, Dragons named Dragon, Kofookuru, etc. |
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 Oct 23 2007, 02:51 AM
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Manus Celer Dei  Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802  |
So after stewing for a few days over the muckup of "koborokuru" (korobokkuru), I let my thoughts drift back to another Shadowrun naming pet peeve: the existence of at least two dragons named "dragon" (Lung and Ryuumyou, though at least the latter is a proper name meaning "ferocious dragon" instead of simply being the word "dragon" in the local language) and one that, as far as I can tell, is named after a city in Yemen. Are there any other instances we can think of of deeply lazy naming amongst major Shadowrun entities? Keep in mind that I'm looking for abysmally lazy names, like dragons named "dragon" or blatant misspellings of historical or legendary figures that can't be passed off as deliberate modification (as a non-SR-related example, as deeply annoying as I find the term "magick", there's no mistaking that it's deliberate. I'm looking for things more along the lines of "majic", or even "maigc").
Anything come to mind? ~J |
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Oct 23 2007, 06:12 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,838 Joined: 1-September 05 Member No.: 7,669 |
Somewhere I remember seeing an NPC contact that was named simply 'Guy'. Does that count?
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Oct 23 2007, 12:08 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Just a guy? :D
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Mar 14 2008, 12:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 3-March 06 From: CalFree Member No.: 8,329 |
Nameless, the Street Samurai from SR1. Although it's a great handle. A guy in my first group had a troll named "Nobody" (who also spoke in a terrible Schwarzenegger/Rainer Wolfcastle sort of way). "Don't worry, Nobody's going to harm you". Heh.
Lung's a super-ancient Great Dragon, right? Maybe it's not that he's named after the word "dragon", but it's the other way around. EDIT: woah, old thread. sorry. |
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Mar 14 2008, 12:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 392 Joined: 20-March 02 From: Illinois Member No.: 2,421 |
There's a bunch of generic stuff like "Wolf"; but some NPCs can pull it off awesomely (See: Wolfgang Kies).
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Mar 14 2008, 03:51 AM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...had a PC in my RiS campaign with a fixer named "Fixie"
A player in one of my 4th ed scenarios had a fixer named "two-two" (2 loyalty/2connection) |
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Mar 14 2008, 10:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 718 Joined: 10-September 05 From: Montevideo, in the elusive shadows of Latin America Member No.: 7,727 |
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Mar 14 2008, 10:55 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
if i have to think of names, i mostly go by looking at what the thing to be named is meant to be doing . . is it a samurai? let's think of a generic street name OR regular name and reverse engineer the other part from that one *g*
Carter Melon as real name, Charmaine Leon as false name, Chameleon as street name because it is a predator-built for example *g* Else i have somewhere a nice PDF with all kinds of names in and i just close my eyes and let my hand do some scrolling and see where i land ^^ |
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Mar 14 2008, 02:28 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 194 Joined: 3-March 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 11,150 |
Just use a rock and roll band name generator. I have found some great handles using it.
http://www.bandnamemaker.com/ ...though..."Juicy Puke" may be a bit much for a Street Sam. |
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Mar 14 2008, 02:42 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 259 Joined: 2-September 07 From: In the AGS, underwater Member No.: 13,049 |
When it comes to street names, I often omit giving my characters one, unless they're supposed to be well known in the shadows. I rather let a street name for them develop from whatever their ingame actions might represent.
For connection or NPC names, I often take a DVD movie from my shelf, watch the credits and take a random first and last name from the barrage of names floating across the screen. |
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Mar 14 2008, 02:45 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,784 Joined: 28-July 04 From: Cleveland, OH Member No.: 6,522 |
QUOTE (Kyoto Kid @ Mar 13 2008, 11:51 PM)  A player in one of my 4th ed scenarios had a fixer named "two-two" (2 loyalty/2connection) Sorry, but this is obligatory -- did she dress like a ballerina? |
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Mar 14 2008, 02:48 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
QUOTE (the_dunner @ Mar 14 2008, 09:45 AM) Sorry, but this is obligatory -- did she dress like a ballerina? If not HE should have (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Mar 14 2008, 02:53 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...I believe he actually did, not all the time.
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Mar 14 2008, 03:05 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 10,737 |
The original: Captain Nemo.
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Mar 14 2008, 03:10 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 15-August 06 From: The Barrens of Detroit Member No.: 9,120 |
I had a fence contact named "Chain-link". All i got was groans when i called him.
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Mar 14 2008, 04:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 829 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 770 |
QUOTE (HappyDaze @ Oct 23 2007, 07:12 AM) Somewhere I remember seeing an NPC contact that was named simply 'Guy'. Does that count? But "Guy" is an actual name, you know. |
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Mar 14 2008, 04:50 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
QUOTE (cREbralFIX @ Mar 14 2008, 09:28 AM) Just use a rock and roll band name generator. I have found some great handles using it. http://www.bandnamemaker.com/ ...though..."Juicy Puke" may be a bit much for a Street Sam. "Tank Supermarket" I can already see there first video. |
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Mar 14 2008, 07:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 464 Joined: 3-March 06 From: CalFree Member No.: 8,329 |
"Nemo" (nobody) was also the alias used by Ulysses when Polyphemus the cyclops asked him his name (apparently for a Classical Greek hero, using a pseudonym would have been on a par with the 47 ronin story). Later, Polyphemus has to admit that nobody blinded him. HA-ha.
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Mar 15 2008, 12:49 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 10,737 |
QUOTE (john_doe @ Mar 14 2008, 10:10 AM) I had a fence contact named "Chain-link". All i got was groans when i called him. *GROAN* *steals* |
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Mar 15 2008, 03:09 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 103 Joined: 15-August 06 From: The Barrens of Detroit Member No.: 9,120 |
QUOTE (bibliophile20 @ Mar 14 2008, 08:49 PM) *steals* <--- is flattered |
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Mar 15 2008, 03:49 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,379 Joined: 16-April 02 From: the LI shadows Member No.: 2,607 |
QUOTE (Vegetaman @ Mar 13 2008, 07:20 PM) There's a bunch of generic stuff like "Wolf"; but some NPCs can pull it off awesomely (See: Wolfgang Kies). I briefly met Michael Stackpole at ICON years ago, before 'Wolf and Raven' was compiled into it's own novel. I forgot if "Kies" is pronounced "Keys" or rhymes with Wise. |
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Mar 15 2008, 04:12 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314 |
QUOTE (BookWyrm @ Mar 14 2008, 09:49 PM) I briefly met Michael Stackpole at ICON years ago, before 'Wolf and Raven' was compiled into it's own novel. I forgot if "Kies" is pronounced "Keys" or rhymes with Wise. If it's German, it would be pronounced "Keess," with a long 'e' and the 's' devoiced at the end. |
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Mar 15 2008, 04:14 AM
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Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314 |
I had a shadow spirit of catharsis in one of my campaigns. It fed off of people's temptations, including the hacker's addiction to alcohol. For want of a better name, I called it Tantalus.
I don't believe that anyone in the group caught it. Not sure whether to be happy or sad about that. |
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Mar 15 2008, 04:33 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 177 Joined: 12-March 08 Member No.: 15,766 |
My contact on my face is named Leeroy Jenkins.
My contact on my Sam is Johnny Walker. Both are terrible and lazy. =P |
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