Posted by Gandalf on October 24, 1999 at 18:22:15:
Lets jump into the deep end. There are three wonderful questions near the start of the creation a character that tests his name. The immortals have various names that would never make it past these bastions of CF role-playing etiquette. There are a few gods who I am suspicious about but I can not place my finger upon the whereabouts of their names. I have given some examples below: Is this name an original name as far as you know? Is this name a combination of two other names? Is this name found in any dictionary or a common slang term? Now some of you older gizzled adventurers that have been disembowelled too many times may say "Yeah but most of them are the old gods they can do what they like.(And who cares anyway?)" I say to you that Justin and Gareth seem fairly new in their ways for these are names perhaps found in the dictionary and certainly are not original. The immortals having names that are not original themselves cannot put up an arguement to these players that choose unoriginal names. Example: Note: I am not attacking BoltThrower personally or as an immortal but just using him as an example. The immortals must give an example must they not - they should change their names? No. This would be foolish to the history of the game not to mention inconvenient. Obviously the wording should be changed at the beginning. I believe a character should be allowed to make a name from two words (but many may argue). I would like to hear suggestions of a few questions that could be implemented effectively.
Twist
Galadriel
BoltThrower
Justin
Gareth
BoltThrower
Twist
BoltThrower says "No you cannot have Melkor as a name." To be answer "Why your name is unoriginal and does not qualify." BoltThrower annoyed with such a simple but effective statement deletes the persons character(even tough they have been roleplaying fairly well).