Trying to come up with cool character names like:

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

Ah, here's a keeper

[Awson]

Name him Peter and accept that every facet of your life doesn't need to be special or unique.

<3

[Darcs]

@Awson
>common as fuck euro-centric name because you don't wanna be special
2lame, fam

[Dinh AaronMk]

>Obscure constellation because special snowflakism.

Just use a baby name site on whatever relevant culture you're character it is and stop trying hard.

It's not that hard.

[BrobyDDark]

@Awson
>common as fuck euro-centric name because you don't wanna be special
2lame, fam

@Darcs

Having a weird name doesn't make someone special.

Being a good, interesting person does.

[Awson]

Shit, I don't match either of those criteria.

[BrobyDDark]

Shit, I don't match either of those criteria.

@Awson

Then you're doomed to die an NPC's death. Would you prefer dragon or homicidal protagonist?

[Vilageidiotx]

Name: Beautious Perfectus Ali

Profession: Bein' special.

[aza]

Not obscure enough
Change every second letter with the 3rd letter of the sentences that are multiples of 14 in the 6th most popular book in 2006

[Dinh AaronMk]

<Snipped quote by Awson>

Then you're doomed to die an NPC's death. Would you prefer dragon or homicidal protagonist?

@BrobyDDark

I would rather unfortunate circumstance as brought about by the correct collision of two unintended objects, therefore hurtling me mysteriously at an odd angle towards the horizon until I collide with the skybox and come back down to Earth.

[Vilageidiotx]

<Snipped quote by BrobyDDark>

I would rather unfortunate circumstance as brought about by the correct collision of two unintended objects, therefore hurtling me mysteriously at an odd angle towards the horizon until I collide with the skybox and come back down to Earth.

@Dinh AaronMk

Death by nineties physics engines.

[Keyguyperson]

Name him Peter and accept that every facet of your life doesn't need to be special or unique.

<3

@Awson

But then it won't have some deep meaning that is ultimately completely irrelevant to the story!

[Raxacoricofallapatorius]

Sometimes I think my sense of humor is wasted on you guys.

[mdk]

Name them by using Cockney rhyming slang for adjectives that would describe them.

Say you're writing a blonde dude. James Bond rhymes with Blonde. So his name is James.

[BrobyDDark]

Sometimes I think my sense of humor is wasted on you guys.

@Raxacoricofallapatorius

You think right

[Arawak]

I just smasha bunch of words together from different languages for my aliens. Than make some bullshit syllabic alphabet for the names of the aliens. It works for fantasy creatures too.

So who wants to meet the Cyrcp?

Or the alien engineer Cyvkyim Vnyyp Kzpp? Maybe it will teach you the secret of anti-gravity if you can pronounce its name right.

For people I just look up baby names like Aaron apparently does.

[Vilageidiotx]

Those sound like Polish aliens.

[Dinh AaronMk]

Those sound like Polish aliens.

@Vilageidiotx

Vraclwyzck arp Gvezyck Wyzl'wy

[Arawak]

Polish is a very alien language.

[Vilageidiotx]

Yeh, I don't think anybody on earth understands it. It's like a code they invented to confuse their neighbors.