Etar1pAI
Honorable Pirate
I have a fascination with character names. I put a lot of thought into what I name my characters, no matter what game I'm playing...POTCO is no exception. I spend the time crafting the perfect name. So I also wonder what made a person pick the name they gave their pirate. Especially if it's a "funky" name.
So I wonder...what made you pick the name you gave your pirate(s)? You might even have a story behind it?
It doesn't matter if you made it up completely yourself, had the game randomize a name, used part of your actual name...there had to be something there that made you think, "Yeah. That's the name for my pirate."
So for me. Mines a bit of a story. My only pirate's name is Jukka Spineshank. For some reason I thought that a foreign (at least to me here in the US) name would be fitting. Because I thought, I'm playing an exotic game genre (Pirates), in an exotic location (Caribbean), so I thought a somewhat at least, exotic name would be fitting. (I was actually surprised to see there are two other Jukka's in the POTCO directory, still I'm glad it's a rare name). I am a big fan of progressive and symphonic rock and metal...many of the bands in that genre are from Europe. So I went to my favorite bands to find a cool European name. One of my favorite bands is one called, Nightwish. Their drummer, Jukka Nevalainen,
has a cool air about him, wears a bandana almost all the time, has piercings, has facial hair (a goatee, his hands are hiding it, in that picture). He's practically a pirate as it is anyway lol (and an awesome drummer to boot). So I purposefully decided my pirate would have a goatee of some kind, piercings, and even a somewhat narrow face, just like Jukka. I told ya I get into it deep, when naming a character lol. And that is where the first name Jukka, came from.
Last name was a bit tougher, actually. I wanted a pirate-y last name (naturally) and one that worked well with his first name (didn't sound awkward). So I thought something "skeletal-like" might be cool, plus my pirate's body I made thin and lean (like me IRL) so you'd probably see more of it through the skin lol. Also, seeings how there are hordes of skeletons in the game, and you go skeletal in PVP. So I actually don't entirely remember where I got Spineshank. It happens to be a band as well that I like, so I might have had the CD laying around. So that's usually what I go with. I also think it sorta sounds like a knot you'd use while sailing, "I'm gonna tie a spineshank to secure this rigging." I know a sheepshank isn't a sailing knot or overly safe or practical but something sorta like that lol. And it had that "skeletal" bit to it and I could definitely see a pirate shanking someone so, that works out pretty well too. That's where Spineshank, came from.
*Takes a breath* So that's where I got my pirate's name from. Your's doesn't have to be in depth like this at all, again, what made you pick the name you gave your pirate(s)?
~Etar1pAI
So I wonder...what made you pick the name you gave your pirate(s)? You might even have a story behind it?
It doesn't matter if you made it up completely yourself, had the game randomize a name, used part of your actual name...there had to be something there that made you think, "Yeah. That's the name for my pirate."
So for me. Mines a bit of a story. My only pirate's name is Jukka Spineshank. For some reason I thought that a foreign (at least to me here in the US) name would be fitting. Because I thought, I'm playing an exotic game genre (Pirates), in an exotic location (Caribbean), so I thought a somewhat at least, exotic name would be fitting. (I was actually surprised to see there are two other Jukka's in the POTCO directory, still I'm glad it's a rare name). I am a big fan of progressive and symphonic rock and metal...many of the bands in that genre are from Europe. So I went to my favorite bands to find a cool European name. One of my favorite bands is one called, Nightwish. Their drummer, Jukka Nevalainen,
has a cool air about him, wears a bandana almost all the time, has piercings, has facial hair (a goatee, his hands are hiding it, in that picture). He's practically a pirate as it is anyway lol (and an awesome drummer to boot). So I purposefully decided my pirate would have a goatee of some kind, piercings, and even a somewhat narrow face, just like Jukka. I told ya I get into it deep, when naming a character lol. And that is where the first name Jukka, came from.
Last name was a bit tougher, actually. I wanted a pirate-y last name (naturally) and one that worked well with his first name (didn't sound awkward). So I thought something "skeletal-like" might be cool, plus my pirate's body I made thin and lean (like me IRL) so you'd probably see more of it through the skin lol. Also, seeings how there are hordes of skeletons in the game, and you go skeletal in PVP. So I actually don't entirely remember where I got Spineshank. It happens to be a band as well that I like, so I might have had the CD laying around. So that's usually what I go with. I also think it sorta sounds like a knot you'd use while sailing, "I'm gonna tie a spineshank to secure this rigging." I know a sheepshank isn't a sailing knot or overly safe or practical but something sorta like that lol. And it had that "skeletal" bit to it and I could definitely see a pirate shanking someone so, that works out pretty well too. That's where Spineshank, came from.
*Takes a breath* So that's where I got my pirate's name from. Your's doesn't have to be in depth like this at all, again, what made you pick the name you gave your pirate(s)?
~Etar1pAI