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Geek Culture / Character names, suggestions please.

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Van B
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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 13:28
Hiya all,

I need a few names for my little army dudes in my compo entry. I can't think of any names that aren't blatantly copied from movies.

The idea is that the first 4 dudes are your main characters, but if a main character dies he's replaced by a recruit with a generated name - but I need 4 names for the 4 start dudes.

All but one of them is bald.

There's a wrinkly dude (White).
There's a young dude (Black).
There's a dude with stubble and hair (Black).
There's a suntanned dude with stubble (White).

I've looked at traditional names for them, like 'Vasquez' and 'Burke' and 'Tex' and 'Chief', but they don't seem to suit them much, the dudes are fairly comically proportioned (like short well-built dudes with oversized jaws and heads).

I need a lot of names for the generator too, so any names that I don't use for the main dudes I can use in the generator to name the recruits (you will be able to give your recruits a nickname after their first mission).


Cheers,

Van-B


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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 13:39
Well my psychic powers tell me...this game is like...cannon fodder...

Only name I could remember for that was Jules..heh heh

o Joe
o Ace
o Billy
o Bob

Sorry Im a bit rushed but my mate wants to go to the chippy now...

I'll come back in a bit and suggest some better ones

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Seymour
Homer


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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 14:30
Quote: " need a few names for my little army dudes in my compo entry. I can't think of any names that aren't blatantly copied from movies."


Army Dudes? Well then you've got to have: Jackson, Johnson, Smith, Rodgers, etc.


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- John
- Paul
- George
- Ringo


The third guy could be called Mr......er..... B

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Maverick, Iceman, Goose...

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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 15:58 Edited at: 16th Dec 2003 16:00
lmao.

Fluffy Bunny Feet, Mailman, Eye Witness, Wash Out, Dead Meat, The Old One...

Wonder if anyone knows where those come from


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The original Australian convicts?

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Blake, Draven, Condor, Red, Mikey (not Mickey), Vance, Clover, Bain, Stace, James, Vince, Hawk, Max, Gordon, Rain, and the one that was in all the old NES sports games, M. Boner.


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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 17:34
Well you have to fit a gomer into there somewhere, now don't you?

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Van B
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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 17:45
Yeah, the gameplay is very similar to Cannon Fodder, so much that it could be a retro entry! - I'll be making it as unique as possible, but point and click army games like this tend to follow the same formulae.

Keep those names comming Thanks!, lots to add already. I've got a cool dogtag thing, it makes a dogtag sprite for each character, with their name and rank etc - looks pretty authentic!.


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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 19:13
wasn't "Wash Out" from Hot Shots?

You just need hard sounding second names... so steer clear of "huntington-patterson" and stick to names like "steele".

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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 22:09 Edited at: 16th Dec 2003 22:09
Chufty.

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ReD_eYe?
i think arrows got some good names my favourites:
Blake
Bain
Condor


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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 22:26
Most of them are from Unreal.

I think they should be called (surnames):
- Stanton
- Jonas
- Accroyd
- Harrison

They were the first names that came into my head.

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Posted: 16th Dec 2003 23:01
Since the first four 'dudes' are most likely going to meet an early grave, I couldn't think of more suitable names than:

Maurice Gibb
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Richard Madeley

Feel free to put them in any order you like. I really don't mind as long as they all get to die! *cue Vincent Price laughter*

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Jenkins and Mendoza
(halo )


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The fattie
The other fattie
That one fattie
Jared

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Quote: "wasn't "Wash Out" from Hot Shots?"


lol yeah... that movie was funny.


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Scottie, Dirk, Hamish, Jeremiah, Keith(?), Paddy, Pile, Sgt. Sandpaper, Willis, Arnie, Pete, Johnny, Deadeye, Crackpot, Hill, Max, Jerry, Baldy...

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Darwin and Joel. that would be cool...Joel...what a sexy name.

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Posted: 17th Dec 2003 00:28 Edited at: 17th Dec 2003 00:29
Silky
Huggy
Boots
Spud

or my cats :
Scraggle
Cassi
Smudge
Pepsi

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Spudgun
Timber
Crackerjack
Tripwire


Sort of a parody of warfare...

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Posted: 17th Dec 2003 11:28
LOL! - great names! thanks , just what I was looking for. The person who suggests the best name gets to be dude #5 (like the first recruit).


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Spudgun....then I must suggest Dave Hedgehog

Flashbang, Boomhauer, Bomikov, Beltfeed, Sandpaper, Spikey, Blitz....no wait, forget that one

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Quote: "Blitz....no wait, forget that one "


WHY??? He will get to die a horrible death *Cue evil laughter*

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There's a wrinkly dude (White). : George
There's a young dude (Black). : Dwayne
There's a dude with stubble and hair (Black). : Winston
There's a suntanned dude with stubble (White). : Kyle

GOD exists and his name is Jonny Wilkinson

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Sacratese, Pimpy...

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first names/last names
Tim........ McDroughct
Joe........ Vegason
Sam........ Honda

i dono, just random names...

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Ving, Leo, Perry, Jim-Bob, Grant...

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Galileo
Copernicus
Newton
Einstein

When will you be letting us know which four get pride of place?

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Cassius
Cerberus
Chip
Eddie
Ham
Jimmy
Kane
Lexis
Nelson
Octavius
Scorpio
Sylvester
Spleen
Wolfgang
Xavier

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Just pick random names and reverse them
ex James-Semaj
Luke--Ekul
Eric--Cire

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Soldiers you say?

There's a wrinkly dude (White).
Colonel Rebuild

There's a young dude (Black).
Private Parts

There's a dude with stubble and hair (Black).
General Protection Error

There's a suntanned dude with stubble (White).
Major Mistake


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