(08-06-2013, 10:05 PM)Koren Wrote:(08-06-2013, 09:53 PM)Myxie Tryxle Wrote: I made my character's name way back in 1.0 when I didn't know anything about naming conventions. Â In going back and writing up her backstory, I decided she changed it in the last year from Mikhi Trikhel, her tribal name, when she moved to Ul'dah. Â There's lots of options.
The real jerk of the situation - you hit the nail right on the head there.
Naming conventions came only recently all things considered so a lot of people have characters they're porting without a history/culture that they realistically couldn't have had in the first place which people are going to question ICly why they don't. Â
Timey wimey weirdness, isn't it?
We did have naming conventions back then.
I know Z's and a few other letters were often used for Keeper names (hence my own catgirl Azyria Zyada), I know Seekers had apostrophes in their names and all Miqo'te had short ones... I know Elezen sound French... I know Lalafel names were pretty established as they are now...
It's just that now we've got this all more detailed and more people know about it.
So it's not new it's more.. more easily available and more detailed.
That said naming conventions are a guide, not a restriction.
