New Names Every Round

[Fitchace]

Summary (a quick, 2-3 sentence summary):

Whenever you join CM you have the option to pick a random character name or create a custom one. This idea would be to remove the option to create a custom name, leaving you with the only option to generate a random name to your liking each time you play (You cannot save your character random name). Just imagine, a round where there was no meta enemies, and meta friends. No relationships, no past history of each player. This idea brings just that to the table.

Benefits (How this will benefit the server and game as a whole):

Scenarios where no one knows who each player is will remove all that meta relationship annoying stuff. It would add immersion due to the ranking system and eliminate all those cool character backstories that kinda mess up the lore. Also it will get rid of those immersion breaking names people like to have and nicknames people give themselves.

Details (Description of how you think this would work, the benefits, etc):

I think it would be great for adding a new story each time not knowing what to expect from the player your dealing with. A lot of people will hate this for losing their freedom of custom names, but just consider the pros and cons. The players entering the game will get to set up their character anyway they want yet they will not be allowed to create a custom name. They will only be able to generate a random name until they find one that they like to play as for that round.


Implementation (Optional, if you have an idea how to implement it):

Edit options for players joining (I have no idea I am only guessing)

[Feweh]

No.

People play on servers and enjoy being well known. This wouldnt be worth the reduced Meta.

[NoShamNoWow]

People like to have their own special little guy, make relations and friends, and KEEP those friends. You build a personality, respect, and someone you know to trust. This what builds a community, having someone different everytime is bland. Say you actually do have a good moment with a totally random person with no background at all, you would want to save that moment and be known for it, Having a random character would destroy that. Sorry but i'm going with a -1.

[Seehund]

Three quarters of the CM appeal to me is character relationships, and the role play derived.

No. Just no.

[Lostmixup]

Alright, I want to identify as my character. Having a forced random name wouldn't help. Also you can set your name to random if you please.

[Wickedtemp]

-1000

Pretty sure the main reason you're even making this suggestion is because Bill Carson has such a bad reputation, due to shitty actions and decisions, that you've gotten sick of the negativity towards your character. Especially because this post is made right after a complaint thread about you.

So instead of saying "I fucked up and I'll try to improve." you're trying to just make it impossible for people to have characters so you don't have to put Carson away.

[Jack McIntyre]

I was about to say something that wicked had just said although I wouldn't have used those exact words. Bill I first met your character as the CL and learning of your antics as we played I'll be honest I saw you as the perfect rival to my character. The marine who is trying to watch the back of his fellow marines and to make the corp proud. Your character when you play CL is the perfect corporate antagonist and I believe that although you mean well in your other jobs you take, you still have that mindset of being the antagonist. Your reputation has gone down because people see you as the bad guy, granted you make a perfect bad guy during rounds when you play CL, people have seen you time and time again do sketchy tactics which makes you seem like you are trying to make your side lose on purpose. People don't want to know that their leader on their team is trying to help the enemy, thus why people want to lynch you when you play commander. You shouldn't want people to change their names because your reputation is bad, you should work on getting yours up. Do heroic things that make people see you aren't such a bad guy. You are a good player Bill, and as mentioned good with role playing. That being said you are just to good at your job with being CL and although meta grudging is against the rules, it is kinda of hard to yell at players when you have shown many rounds as the CO to do actions that seem to hinder the marines or xenos. Just my two cents between your compliant thread and this one.

[monkeysfist101]

I'd rather not lose the character I've spent the last few months developing and building relationships with, thank you.
-1

[GracieGrace0]

A big fat -1 to this. Like seriously? Just no. I also agree with Jack McIntyre, though I personally have never seen you play as CL, instead of trying to change everyone, show everyone you aren't a bad player and that you can be heroic.

[Hycinth]

Just because you don't have any friends doesn't mean you can take everyone else's friends away.

[coroneljones]

-1
This would also mean that all those dossiers that were made,will be wasted work

[Wickedtemp]

Not to mention the fact that several people have said that the lack of individuality is one reason they don't play as a Xeno... People would literally leave if this was implemented. I'd be one of them as well.

[Sargeantmuffinman]

Someones name idenetifies who they are and who they trust but without it, they are no one. -1

[BlackHeartKabal]

This suggestion was only made because Bill Carson is now an epithet for bad commanders, and yesterday we had a mutiny against a latejoining Bill Carson in record time. (Has there been any other commander who has been mutinied within ten minutes? TEN MINUTES?) This is just a kneejerk reaction to that.

Seriously, Bill Carson, I had to push people away and bodyblock you in a ripley to prevent you from getting lynched in that mutiny. It took one guy dragging you away and one guy in a powerloader mech to prevent you from being murdered. You directly caused a killteam to arrive on the Sulaco, and your order, ONE ORDER, lost the round for the aliens.

If you don't want to face shit, either improve as Bill, or take on a different name.

-2

[Wesmas]

-1 I would also like to point out there was some kinda staff application which was shot down because the person used random name, so the admins couldnt gauge how good the person was from memory.
And if people were trying to meta, they would just start posting their Ckey in LOOC at round start so people knew who they were.

[hockeylife68]

terrible idea

[Edgelord]

I can't -1 this enough. What you speak of would remove the identity, the dossiers, the friendships... What kind of game do you want CM to be, man?

[Stivan34]

This...THIS... A big -1, I dont want to lose my character so nah.

[Fitchace]

Well -1011 score for this idea. Clearly this would do more harm than good, thanks for your comments guys!

[SkyeAuroline]

Well -1011 score for this idea. Clearly this would do more harm than good, thanks for your comments guys!

-1012 after this post, actually. And... yeah, it would do more harm than good. You'd be breaking what little sense of community the game has left in it, just so you can force everyone down the same random-name path that you're going to need to use if you want to avoid Carson's reputation.

[Butterrobber202]

-1

'GODDAMN IT MARINE SHAPE UP YOUR ACT YOU PIECE OF CANNON FODDER'

Plus, I'm not losing Snowball. My Character since Pre-Alpha.

[apophis775]

Nope, never.