In-game names: they define who we are, and how the world knows us. What isn't often explored is, how we get the names we have.
NAMING - IN THE BEGINNING
I had the curious privilege of seeing the internet as we know it form into what it is today from my childhood. There was a dark time, a scary time, when the internet wasn't really a thing people knew about, or used. We had to do some scary stuff to get information back then. DARK things. Things like, "asking people questions in real life". Who even has time for that, right? How did we live?!
When it came time to have a presence on the internet, I went through a lot of names. The one I probably had the longest (before Sacheverell) was "Pretzel", a handle I used in a lot of MMOs and FPS games. What made me choose that name? I was probably hungry. Who knows. What mattered was that people knew me by that name, and it became a part of me. Our in-game names are, in a sense, who we are; it's not even what the name implies, or where it came from, but the association we bring with it. When someone sees our in-game name, they immediately think of us, the person - what we're like, whether we're friends or not, games we play together, all that good stuff. The nature of an in-game name isn't exactly rocket science, but there is one part of it that fascinates me to no end: the origin of a name.
WHO WE ARE TODAY, AND WHY
I would never ask of you anything I wouldn't do myself, so let's start with the origin of my in-game name, "Sacheverell". In short, it came from a love for tabletop games. Without getting into all the boring details, it was the name of an entity in a particular game that I thought sounded neat, had a neat theme, and it was fun to say aloud, besides. In my voice-acting work, it was handy to have a name that resonated in a catchphrase, and it serves that purpose well. If I had to name one regret over it though, it would be how much trouble people seem to have with it, both in spelling and spoken aloud: I've seen Sacherevell, Sachaverall, Suchaverel, and countless other variations. Out loud, it gets even sillier. A wise man once told me that I should've picked an easier name, and in many ways, he was right. If I had stuck with something simpler - say, Pretzel - there would be a lot less confusion. To be fair, I've seen a lot of people mistakenly call him "criticsquid", which seems to bother me a lot more than it bothers him. Though, the idea of replacing a citrus-based descriptor with the image of a film critic still makes me giggle a little.
WHO ARE YOU, AND WHY
Forget me for a minute, let's talk about you! What made you choose your in-game name? Is there a cool back-story, with some deeper personal meaning? Did you take it off a cereal box? Smash the keyboard with a hammer? No story is too awesome or silly! Let's hear about your in-game name!
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Suqerb posted a message on ♦Enthralers♦ • Wizards • ♦Part of TPP♦
Introduction: Hello everyone. We are the Enthralers, Wizards of the Prosperous People, and we will always ensure that we will succeed in the brink of defeat. On that note, the Enthralers are not entitled to just making enchants and potions, we want to have fun and have variety in what we do, but our primary goal; to be the Wizards of the Prosperous People.
♦ Lore ♦
Species: Istari
What The Society Values: What we value is the wisdom that we have, and to guide people to achieve their goals, doing whatever is necesary to get there. We are a group of helpers, and we'll support the doings of those who are kind and we'll do the best we can to help them. While having fun in the process, too.
Building Style: The building styles that we have is elegant, using techniques that are not plain, or bland. We want to be more original, not stereotypical. We usually use wood or stone brick to build our structures with, it can be as defensive as we want it to be.
Ideals Of Society: To try and gain peace. If peace doesn't work, then we may enforce violence for good purposes. We want this society to be a nice society full of good natured people, jokes, and the working for our good nation.
History: The Enthralers came from a time long, long ago. We learned from past mistakes and grew stronger in the arts of wizadry, enchanting, and brewing, passing them on for generations. The Enthralers started nearly a thousand years ago, orginating from Middle-earth, because we were apart of the instari, or Wizards of Middle-earth. We were a mysterious being, because we had the same features of men, but much greater powers then of the humans. The Enthralers came from a harsh, brutal time, when there was evil, and they fought them off, and guided the humans to their destiny, their fate. As the ancestors of the Enthralers grew old, they taught their knowledge from their journies to thier children, so that they may learn this valuable knowledge, while also gaining more in their lifetime. All this knowledge was eventually passed down to the Enthralers. The Enthralers have a long history, that soon turned from pain to knowledge, to having prosperity in the way we live.
►Rules◄
1) No griefing or stealing from other faction members.
(One warning, second time is a kick from the clan)
2) Obey those who have a rank that is above yours.
(Do not do this too much or you will face a kick from the clan, always listen to those who have authority)
3) Always ask to use clan resources.
(Ask to take things that are from the clan)
5) No spamming the skype chat.
(Other people hear this chat, there will be one warning, and if you fail to stop then you will be kicked from the clan chat)
6) Put 3 in 'other' in your application.
7) Do not talk bad to other factions/clans.
(We do not want bad associations with others until we declare war)
8) Respect ALL of your clanmates,even if you're mad at someone, then don't say anything if you don't have anything nice to say.
(One warning, second time is a kick from the clan if you continue to argue)
9) Try not to cuss.
◘ Jobs ◘
Brewer (Makes potions)
Enchanter (Enchants goods for the Prosperous People)
Wizardry Resourceful Gatherer (Gathers the materials needed for the brewers, and armor/weapons for the enchanter, occasionally)
Supportive Wizard (Splashes beneficial potions on allied players)
Offensive Wizard (Uses potions to destroy the enemy)
Note: When you get accepted, you will be able to choose one job. Message me via. skype if you choose a job, please.
■ Ranks ■
The Grandmaster Wizard - Suqerb
(Maker of the Clan)
Commander Wizard - Jade777
(Proved themselves trustworthy and proved themselves to have leadership capabilities)
Master Wizard -
(Leads one/two apprentice wizard(s) and makes sure all is well)
Apprentice Wizard -
(The rank that tests leadership, and capabilities)
Citizen -
(Starting rank in Enthralers)
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