WORLD OF WARCRAFT POST #1

Some people have no imagination. I can tell this by the kind of names you see on people's characters in World of Warcraft. Just a brief list of the most overused:

Characters whose names contain the words "Dark,""Fallen," or "Shadow." Apparently people think that being obscure and shrouded mystery is cool. Not when everyone is mysterious; then it's just bandwagon-style idiocy.

Characters whose names contain the word "Killer." You're a killer? No shit, you're a killer. Everyone is a killer. You can't get far in WoW without killing something. I tried to level a priest without killing anything (bad choice of character class, I know). I got to level 2 on XP from discovering new places before it all became too dangerous to traverse. Maybe I should try a rogue instead. The point is, it's impossible to be a pacifist in this game. To advance a trade skill beyond 75 points, you need to be level 10...I don't think you can get enough from exploring, so creating a character specifically for crafting can't be done without a little bloodshed.

Rogues whose name contains the word "Rogue" in it. As if the yellow Energy bar beneath your health bar didn't tip me off.

Guilds whose names contain the word "Knights" or "Legion." Dark Knights, Blood Moon Knights, and the guild I'm currently in, The Iron Knights. We're currently debating whether the name for the guild for all our Horde alts on Arthas should be Dark Knights, Dark Legion, or, my suggestion, Zeroth Order, modified to Zeroth Order Knights. (Which is currently last place in the poll. I can't win.)

Zeroth Order is a great name. Zeroth actually refers not to some mythical dark god or something, but an actual english word:

ze·roth ( P ) Pronunciation Key (zîrth, zrth)
adj.

The ordinal number matching the number 0 in a series: the zeroth power of 10.

The guild had the majority of my real-life friends in it, and we're all Computer Science students. And computers begin counting from zero, not one. Zeroth. Get it? (You'd better get it, since I just explained it to you.)

And another thing: too many one-word guild names. Immortality, Transcendence, Exodia, Vindictive, Tainted. All of these are Alliance guilds on Skullcrusher.

I'm not saying that any of these names are bad, per se, but they're uninteresting.

Some good guild names I have found:

"OMGLAZERGUNSPEWPEW" -- Just making fun of l33tspeak.

"Cannabis Vendor" -- Takes advantage of the fact that both the guild names of players and the functions of NPCs are contained in angled brackets (<>) beneath a player's name.

"is in a guild" -- "This guy is in a guild." This spawned several knockoffs, including "Needs a Drink," and "Does not want a Guild."

Well, I hope my guild name wins, despite having only one vote (mine).

And for all those looking to start a guild...Think first.