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<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</H1>
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<LI><em>From</em>: Adam Wiggins <<A HREF="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 22:39:45 -0700 (MST)</LI>
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[Richard Woolcock:]
> Matt Chatterley wrote:
> > 2. Set up probabilities of occurance for each name, rather than making it
> > arr[random(sizeof(arr))] or something to that effect - this way you would
> > have more Johns than Naseems, which is probably realistic. ;)
>
> Or just put in lots of 'John's ;) I've also wondered about matching
> forenames to surnames. Armand Smith sounds pretty silly, for example.
> I've not really worried about it for now.
Oh, I should think that the names are listed by race. That's most
of the fun in doing something like this. For instance, on a Tolkien-based
mud (a very rich source to draw names from), you've got big lists of
first and last names for dwarves, elves, hobbits, etc. In some cases
there may be overlap - between humans and hobbits, for example.
This also brings to mind that name generator that someone was working
on. Can't remember who right off hand, but you defined the rules of
a given language/naming scheme and it spit out as many names as you
like. Quite handy, I should think...
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00308" HREF="msg00308.html">Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Tue 18 Nov 1997, 12:20 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00309" HREF="msg00309.html">Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Tue 18 Nov 1997, 18:08 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00312" HREF="msg00312.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Wed 19 Nov 1997, 08:07 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00318" HREF="msg00318.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Richard Woolcock <a href="mailto:KaVir#dial,pipex.com">KaVir#dial,pipex.com</a>, Wed 19 Nov 1997, 22:45 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00321" HREF="msg00321.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Thu 20 Nov 1997, 05:40 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00621" HREF="msg00621.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Wed 10 Dec 1997, 06:41 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00338" HREF="msg00338.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Fri 21 Nov 1997, 19:33 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00343" HREF="msg00343.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Sauron <a href="mailto:dlove#kusd,kusd.edu">dlove#kusd,kusd.edu</a>, Sat 22 Nov 1997, 02:39 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00351" HREF="msg00351.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: Introductions and descriptions</A></strong>,
Marian Griffith <a href="mailto:gryphon#iaehv,nl">gryphon#iaehv,nl</a>, Sat 22 Nov 1997, 10:24 GMT
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