A Name is a Name is a Name

There are over 540 players with the name 'Backstab' or some sad variation of: Backstabb, Backstabx, Backstabu, Backstabyou... you get the picture, its really pathetic. 538 Rogues and 2 confused hunters and not half a brain between them all. A battle between all the rogues named 'Backstabb' and all the warlocks named 'Sauron' would be nearly as epic as the rumble between all the 'Beef' Taurens and the 'Legolas' Night Elves, two groups that have waged a smear campaign longer than Mages have been trying to 'justify' Arcane spec.

What compels someone to ruin their most important feature, their characters name? Nothing comes close to the first impression a name makes. No amounts of gear, experience, or elbow rubbing with the elites will erase what a bad name does for you in half a second. Still skeptical? Lets take a look at two hypothetical recruits:

------------------------------------------Maleighton--------------------------XxlolcatsluverxX
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----------------------------------------------------Retards, they can never help themselves

Both of them have the same gear, the same credentials, and the same raiding experience. Yet one of them screams "I am a window licker!" Can you guess which one? If you guessed the guy that clearly has an obsession with lolcats.com, and felt it necessary for that information to be the first thing he shares with strangers, than you guessed right! (Special Note: there are in fact 21 people named 'lolcats' and only 6 are alliance!)


A name effects the person behind the keyboard just as much as that persons spec, class, and gear. Do you think Gurgthock would be so famous if it weren't for his hardy authoritative name? The big capital G and tough sounding 'thock' at the end that just snaps off the tongue. Same goes with other legends of WoW: Sebudai, Xi, Kungen, Awake and on and on. These geniuses of WoW set their path aimed for the very top at the Character Creation Screen. Imagine how things would be different if Gurgthock instead, those many years ago, named himself "SuperShammylolz". Here's a glimpse of what EJ might look like instead...


------------------------------------------------------------------Yea, thats some Scary Shit


Theres no telling where we would be had that precious moment in time had gone the other way. Thankfully this safe bastion from the hell that is the Internet was created instead of the 3rd largest Domestic Hello Kitty fan site.

A name is not just a name, but in fact your ticket to success or failure. Becoming known or being unknown. Like a firm hand shake and a warm smile, your name needs to say "Hello, I am ready to rock balls". As Gurgthock said in this quote I just made up: "I ow everything I have to the random name generator. My raiding success, my eventual Nagrand NPC, my T6... everything. As any great raider will tell you, your name matters most." But for most people, for the unwashed masses of WoW players, they are blissfully ignorant of the big green retard sign above their head. Be thankful that the creators of WoW gave us, the enlightened few, a readily available check for mental capacity.

Without it we would surely be lost.

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