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30th Jun 2012, 07:52 PM
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 Does anyone else really dislike the randomly generated names for babies?
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MandyMarie87
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Test Subject
Join Date: May 2012 |
The names that come up just aren't my style at all. I always have to go to the City Hall the change the poor kids names. They all seem very "teen-momish" and never suit the family. |
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30th Jun 2012, 10:07 PM
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hannahmh87
Field Researcher
Join Date: Sep 2009 |
EA has generated some interesting names for some of my sims. Most of the time I just let them be as I have twallans story progression & woohooer mod and a lot of my unactive sims are at it like rabbits. I do wonder what the developers were on when they came up with the list of names. |
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30th Jun 2012, 10:11 PM
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Elphiron
Lab Assistant
Join Date: Mar 2012 |
I agree. They all seem to have a 'y' in places there should be an 'i' or 'a'. It's always Joslyn, Kaytlyn, Jayden. Also Guadeloupe? Tuesday?! The fist one, okay is a name rarely, but Tuesday? Really?! |
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30th Jun 2012, 10:18 PM
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fway
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If you're tired of the strange name generation, Twallan has a tuning mod that allows you to choose names that you would like generated within the game. http://nraas.wikispaces.com/StoryPr...ist+Information |
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30th Jun 2012, 10:47 PM
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writerchick
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Two words: Tuesday Weld... 
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30th Jun 2012, 10:51 PM
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Elphiron
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Join Date: Mar 2012 |
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That isn't her real name though! 
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30th Jun 2012, 11:20 PM
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eskie227
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Join Date: Nov 2009 |
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And sims aren't real people! 
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30th Jun 2012, 11:52 PM
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Anniversary
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Join Date: Jun 2012 |
Tuesday is a cute name! Give it a few days and it'd grow on you. I like naming sims "things" instead of "names". What is a name anyway? It's just a made up word, usually. Diode, Diskette, and Doorframe are triplets. Their parents are Beadsprite and Awning Traveler. 
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30th Jun 2012, 11:56 PM
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Exactly! At least Tuesday is a name someone went by, even if only as a stage name. What kind of name is River? Or Blanket? Or Rumor? People select some really stupid nouns for their offspring. And also for themselves... why should Sims get off easy?
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30th Jun 2012, 11:59 PM
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writerchick
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You could call him/her Dorie, for extra cuteness! I'm not sure about Beadsprite, though...
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30th Jun 2012, 11:59 PM
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Rushifell
Test Subject
Join Date: Oct 2011 |
I just dislike their translations. I play the game in my native language (which isn't english), and the names sounds pretty much like something from Duckburg. |
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1st Jul 2012, 12:39 AM
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Orilon
Scholar
Join Date: Jul 2011 |
I have Twallan's SP, and most of the time the names are ok, but there are times I use Master Controller and change it. Naming a boy Kelly or Courtney, for example. |
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1st Jul 2012, 12:51 AM
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Anniversary
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Join Date: Jun 2012 |
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She is a free spirit! Do not try to tell her who to be!!! |
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1st Jul 2012, 08:18 AM
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hannahmh87
Field Researcher
Join Date: Sep 2009 |
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This is what gets on my nerves more than the random names. I can accept random names because it makes the game somewhat realistic (some people in the real world give their children bizarre names) but giving a gender specific name to the wrong gender   .
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1st Jul 2012, 03:25 PM
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CiscoB
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Join Date: Nov 2011 |
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To be fair, Kelly started out as a boy name, but evolved into more commonly being a girl name over time. Google tells me that Courtney is an androgynous name that is more commonly used for girls. |
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1st Jul 2012, 10:54 PM
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PunkyBreester
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Or Wednesday Adams
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1st Jul 2012, 11:34 PM
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Elphiron
Lab Assistant
Join Date: Mar 2012 |
Alright! I concede that it's fine to name your child after the days of the week Thing is though, why Tuesday? It's probably the most nondescript day of the week! You might as well call your child 'mid afternoon'!
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1st Jul 2012, 11:43 PM
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QueenJimmyIV
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Thor: You CAN'T name your child Tuesday! At least name it Thursday! Loki: I DO WHAT I WANT THOR |
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2nd Jul 2012, 12:03 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2012 |
Midafternoon is the kind of name I'd use, too... Maybe Midafter Noon? |
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2nd Jul 2012, 01:38 AM
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Orilon
Scholar
Join Date: Jul 2011 |
There is already a repair woman named Tuesday Sears running around Sunset Valley. What I find interesting is when names from a story I'm reading online shows up in names of the inactives. |
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2nd Jul 2012, 01:53 AM
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eskie227
Theorist
Join Date: Nov 2009 |
As long as it's not Moonbeam................ |
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2nd Jul 2012, 02:10 AM
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applefeather2
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Join Date: Dec 2005 |
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Moonbeam Smith. Nah, doesn't do it for me either. Stay away from Moonbeam. Now, Starshine, that is another matter. Starshine Smith. Bet you can't say that fast and drunk. |
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2nd Jul 2012, 02:18 AM
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eskie227
Theorist
Join Date: Nov 2009 |
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I bet Starshine can't say it fast and drunk either. Love to see the attempt, though. |
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2nd Jul 2012, 02:48 AM
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Bij0ux
Lab Assistant
Join Date: Oct 2010 |
I have to agree to a certain extent. I'd rather exchange your over-the-top weird names for my ugly boring normal names in my French game like Diane, Natalie, George, Simone, Susanne, Nancy, Stéphane and all those older generation names. They're just... lifeless. All of the random sims get overly common names in my game =/ |
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Take in consideration that I'm french and I try my best to write an understandable english :)
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2nd Jul 2012, 04:10 PM
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Ranissa
Field Researcher
Join Date: Jul 2007 |
This is why I get a pop up notification asking me to name any babies born to my families (Nraas). Otherwise, I like trying to explain away weird or silly names on the townies. To me it's more real, considering people in real life can have fairly odd names. I mean, me, my brother, and my father all have the same first name (mine is just the Spanish derivation that Americans loved to use in the '70s for girls). |
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