Ok, so I;m 41mb through the download of the updates, and I had a read of the before-you-start script.
These guys are on to it.
Most of it talks about creating your name. I’ll pull some parts from it that were most interesting:
“Choose something that does not contain contemporary references, i.e. “JudasPriest”, “Bush”, “Machinehead”, “Quake”, “Rammstein”. The reason is that while it can always be argued that such a name could be in use on Da Vinci, it is very immersion breaking.”
“The sanity check: Ask yourself if a Da Vincian [the planet community is Da Vinci] would use this name. Something during the in-game naming session prompted your character to pick this name among a multitude of others. Why? What made it appeal to him or her? What does it mean for him or her? How would it appear to the other Da Vincians? Does it feel realistic?”
"Your character name is entered in free text during character creation. If you need inspiration, the Internet is a very good place to go looking for lists of names.
www.baby-namer.com (and other baby namer sites)
www.behindthename.com
www.kleimo.com/random/name.cfm"
"2. Some names will be immersion-breaking and thus unacceptable. E.g. “JediHaxx0r” or “skyWalker44_2”.
- Names will be eyeballed, since no automatic namechecker can ferret out unacceptable names, while still retaining player freedom. Name checkers can be volunteers from the community."
