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Re: The Fantasy Name Game
Posted By: Nyperold, on host 205.216.76.201
Date: Monday, November 29, 1999, at 19:37:22
In Reply To: The Fantasy Name Game posted by CodeMan38 on Monday, November 29, 1999, at 16:29:55:

> (I've finally decided to "de-lurk" from the forum, after months and months of visiting this site... Hey, it's one of the few message boards I actually enjoy *reading*. So, a quick "hello" to everyone in the forum...)
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> Anyway...
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> One of my (online) friends and I recently thought up an "alternate" use for the Fantasy Name Generator. (Yes, we were *really* bored that night.) It's something resembling a party game, except it isn't, because we're not exactly the most social creatures...but, oh well.
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> Basically, the idea is, pick a name from the Name Gen screen, and come up with an idea for a character whom it might possibly belong to.
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> For example, here are some of the names I've seen generated recently-- along with my ideas for characters that might correspond to them:
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> "Quayler"-- Turns everyone he sees into a certain former US Vice President.
> "Bluperon"-- Always flubbing up his most important actions.
> "Xibito"-- The evil museum curator.
> "Cetherther" and "Samsam"-- Two of Jar Jar Binks' (less annoying) cousins.
> "Lytorest"-- An undertaker.
> "Chedaru"-- A new Pokémon, which resembles a wheel of cheese.
> "Tanrayshywora"-- A timid sun goddess.
> "Periph"-- Can't see straight in front of himself, but he can surely see everything *else*...
> "Essoiss"-- Either an anthropomorphic gasoline pump, or perhaps his only form of communication is a Morse Code distress signal.
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> Anyone else want to try their hand at it?
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> -- codeman"life? what life?"38

Funny, I've done that by myself. I'll try it again, and see what I can come up with.

In the meantime, here's something to ponder: if I had never changed my screen name, what would you think if you saw Nyperold on the FNG list?

This is for everybody who wants to respond, not "just" codeman38.

Nyper"going to FNG now"old

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