These names....

GBS · 06-01-2006, 03:44 PM

Some of the wildest names I have ever seen. No killer for me but I do hope someone comes up with a new name pack. Had a guy from Little Rock, Ark. with a name I couldn't come close to pronouncing...I don't think so.

Doughnuts? · 06-01-2006, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by GBS

Some of the wildest names I have ever seen. No killer for me but I do hope someone comes up with a new name pack. Had a guy from Little Rock, Ark. with a name I couldn't come close to pronouncing...I don't think so.

Agreed. The game is great, but the names are a killer for me, at least when it comes to fictional leagues. Won't set one up until I severely edit the files. I think the frequencies in the default are out of whack. Too many silly, bizarre names.

sovereignstar · 06-01-2006, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by GBS

Some of the wildest names I have ever seen. No killer for me but I do hope someone comes up with a new name pack. Had a guy from Little Rock, Ark. with a name I couldn't come close to pronouncing...I don't think so.

Are you implying that you can pronounce every person from the United States' name? What was the name anyways?

Raidergoo · 06-01-2006, 03:59 PM

The names are straight from Census dept data

form this link, I think ...http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html

swishbish33 · 06-01-2006, 04:12 PM

It's kind of xenophobic to think that people from Little Rock, Ark. wouldn't have something other than a good ol' name like "Tom Smith." Or that people don't have bizarre names. Look at the kids born to people in Hollywood. I think one kid's name was "Apple." That's a crazy f'ing name.

Anything is possible so long as humans exist.

GBS · 06-01-2006, 04:18 PM

Hillarious!!

DrArbiter · 06-01-2006, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Doughnuts?

Agreed. The game is great, but the names are a killer for me, at least when it comes to fictional leagues. Won't set one up until I severely edit the files. I think the frequencies in the default are out of whack. Too many silly, bizarre names.

There is a tendency for our brains to look at a large set of names and judge them as a group "weird" simply because they're unfamiliar.

As an exercise, take the names of all the players currently in MLB, and then take a set of names of similar size you won't be familiar with -- say, all the players currently in single-A. You might be surprised how "weird" the single-A names are -- but if they as a group all made the majors, they'd suddenly be familar-sounding.

CareerOver · 06-01-2006, 04:53 PM

Census data was used...we're populating fictional worlds and thousands of players..we're going to get strange names from cities...

Jason · 06-01-2006, 05:00 PM

Can you provide examples of the "weird names" you're seeing?

tehwholeworld · 06-01-2006, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by swishbish33

It's kind of xenophobic to think that people from Little Rock, Ark. wouldn't have something other than a good ol' name like "Tom Smith." Or that people don't have bizarre names. Look at the kids born to people in Hollywood. I think one kid's name was "Apple." That's a crazy f'ing name.

Anything is possible so long as humans exist.

Frank Zappa named his kids Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan, and Diva Muffin

I demand names like this in the game! (not seriously

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Bobble · 06-01-2006, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by GBS

Some of the wildest names I have ever seen. No killer for me but I do hope someone comes up with a new name pack. Had a guy from Little Rock, Ark. with a name I couldn't come close to pronouncing...I don't think so.

I agree. I saw a player the other day named "Lastings Milledge" of all things! Surely a glitch. Sort it out, Matrix!

Blackie · 06-01-2006, 05:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Bobble

I agree. I saw a player the other day named "Lastings Milledge" of all things! Surely a glitch. Sort it out, Matrix!

I'm guessing you are a Mets fan and this is a joke right

jte87 · 06-01-2006, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Blackie

I'm guessing you are a Mets fan and this is a joke right

Excellent sleuthing!

BrandonJ33 · 06-01-2006, 08:14 PM

This thread sorely needs examples.

...and I sorely need to update my avatar from 3 years ago (Soriano Yankees jersey

)

Doibhilin · 06-01-2006, 08:55 PM

I saw a guy named "Coco Crisp" in my game! It was a game killer and I threw my laptop out of a window.

randomlefty10 · 06-01-2006, 09:02 PM

There was this whole bunch of names...geez...like all vowels and stuff...bunch of ys and zs and these weird dash things that look like - right in the middle of the names!!!11 completely unrealistic. i mean common how am i suppossed to pronounce this guys name..ichiro suzuki itch-eye-rue? what kind of name is this?

Doughnuts? · 06-01-2006, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by BrandonJ33

This thread sorely needs examples.

...and I sorely need to update my avatar from 3 years ago (Soriano Yankees jersey

)

From my US based, 10% foreigner league:

Cuarto Cuecuecha

Taurino Azcuy

Turi Escarsiga

Nemisio Inigo

Shih-k'ai Zhao

Ka-Byong Yi

Iestyn Creighton

Kkoch-no-eul Kim (A classic baseball name)

Indrapramati Yelsangikar

It goes on and on. Once in a while, ok. But way, way too much.

Comedian2004 · 06-01-2006, 09:22 PM

Milton Bradley came up in one of mine, now I have an attorney wanting me to put a stupid TM after his name or he is threatening to sue me.

Raidergoo · 06-01-2006, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by BrandonJ33

This thread sorely needs examples.

...and I sorely need to update my avatar from 3 years ago (Soriano Yankees jersey

)

Leave it the way it is, it is quite retrograde.

Raidergoo · 06-01-2006, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Doughnuts?

Nemisio Inigo

My name is Nemisio Inigo. You beaned my father.

Prepare to die!

06-01-2006, 03:44 PM	#1
GBS Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 233	These names.... Some of the wildest names I have ever seen. No killer for me but I do hope someone comes up with a new name pack. Had a guy from Little Rock, Ark. with a name I couldn't come close to pronouncing...I don't think so.

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swishbish33 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 117	It's kind of xenophobic to think that people from Little Rock, Ark. wouldn't have something other than a good ol' name like "Tom Smith." Or that people don't have bizarre names. Look at the kids born to people in Hollywood. I think one kid's name was "Apple." That's a crazy f'ing name. Anything is possible so long as humans exist. Last edited by swishbish33; 06-01-2006 at 04:14 PM.

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CareerOver Bat Boy Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 19	Census data was used...we're populating fictional worlds and thousands of players..we're going to get strange names from cities... __________________ FUNNY, WEIRD, INTELLIGENT, AND SKEWED BASEBALL OPINIONS: http://www.dailyskew.com/baseball.htm

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BrandonJ33 Minors (Rookie Ball) Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Mechanicsville, VA Posts: 33	This thread sorely needs examples. ...and I sorely need to update my avatar from 3 years ago (Soriano Yankees jersey ) Last edited by BrandonJ33; 06-01-2006 at 08:16 PM.

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randomlefty10 All Star Starter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 1,438	There was this whole bunch of names...geez...like all vowels and stuff...bunch of ys and zs and these weird dash things that look like - right in the middle of the names!!!11 completely unrealistic. i mean common how am i suppossed to pronounce this guys name..ichiro suzuki itch-eye-rue? what kind of name is this? __________________ Find your passion, embrace it, and leave the world a better place than you found it.

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Raidergoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 9,004	The names are straight from Census dept data form this link, I think ...http://www.census.gov/genealogy/names/names_files.html

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GBS Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 233	Hillarious!!

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Jason Hall Of Famer Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3,827 Blog Entries: 3	Can you provide examples of the "weird names" you're seeing?

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Doibhilin Minors (Single A) Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 85	I saw a guy named "Coco Crisp" in my game! It was a game killer and I threw my laptop out of a window.

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Comedian2004 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In a house in Saint Cloud, Florida. Posts: 7,085	Milton Bradley came up in one of mine, now I have an attorney wanting me to put a stupid TM after his name or he is threatening to sue me. __________________ Like BLUES? Visit www.smokestacklightnin.com, you will LOVE it! New show every Monday!! New Blues HOF![/COLOR][/FONT]