[cell303]

This reminds me, playing WoW has been so much about names for me. Together with a friend we poked fun out of other people with stupid names or gave credit to creative ones.

Usually I had a strong opinion about somebody's playstyle and age, even educational and social background upon reading a name (Not that I was ever right in these opinions, but what's interesting is that I had them).

What's even more interesting is that we even "discriminated" characters with bad names when the game mechanic allowed us to do so (ganking, kicking out of groups,..)

So I'm not sure whether there is a correlation between playstyles and names, but it certainly makes a difference in players behaviour towards each other.

[chiph]

I've checked names on battle.net (previously, wowarmory) for uniqueness. So far, my 5 year old mage is still unique across all realms, all zones. It's even marginally pronounceable (bonus!)

I do discriminate against names I don't like by just not grouping with them, but I won't go as far as kicking them. Play style difference between PvE and PvP players, I guess. :)