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[Jonathan S. Fox]

The name generator in LCS draws on a large and diverse list of names, each included for one or more of several reasons:

1. Names common in the US, to make it familiar.
2. Names rare in the US, to make it exotic.
3. Names with distinctive cultural connotations, to make it diverse.
4. Names of famous or infamous people, to make it funny.
5. Names that are just kind of cool or badass, to make it awesome.

Obviously this pretty much includes every possible name except random garbage nonsense, which is one of the strengths of the generator. But intentionally including all of these ensures that they all come up as it generates more names. A less intentional name list would mostly just have familiar names, maybe a few famous people, or a few culturally diverse names. LCS intentionally feels like it's a real grab bag from any name you might see in the US, including new names you've probably never heard before but can easily believe are real.

[Jboy2000000]

Hey Fox, just how many names are in the first/last name generators?

[Jonathan S. Fox]

Hey Fox, just how many names are in the first/last name generators?

777 first names and 830 last names. The first names are divided into separate tables by gender.

[Capital Fish]

I've always thought it would neat if names would be weighed differently depending on the immigration issue.

When immigration laws are conservative, European names like John Smith would be more common, while liberal immigration policies would lead to the player seeing more diversified names like Akira Santiago.

[SealyStar]

I've always thought it would neat if names would be weighed differently depending on the immigration issue.

When immigration laws are conservative, European names like John Smith would be more common, while liberal immigration policies would lead to the player seeing more diversified names like Akira Santiago.

And once gay or women's rights got liberal enough the gender lines would become more blurred, and some characters would have names from the other gender's list.

[Inico]

So I was in prison, and as I released a liberal convict, he entered my party. Nick Hogan, punk. I swear I would've rolled laughing if everybody in here was not sleeping.

[scrdest]

I just Liberalized the country with CCS and Nightmare. The leader was called... Max Gore. Needless to say, things got pretty violent (especially once I Enlightened a couple of CCS Lieutenants to my main squad).

[Jboy2000000]

I don't know of their in there but the first names "Sam" and "Dean" need to be in there, as well as the last name "Winchester."

[Capital Fish]

I don't know of their in there but the first names "Sam" and "Dean" need to be in there, as well as the last name "Winchester."

Sam and Winchester are in, but Dean is absent.

If you're interested (and don't mind scrolling down), the list of names in the game can be found here: http://sourceforge.net/p/lcsgame/code/HEAD/tree/trunk/src/creature/creaturenames.cpp

[pisskop]

My civ's founding Group:  the Blue metals

[Ihlosi]

Got "Harry Obama" as the arch-conservative president at the start of a game.

I guess there needs to be a "great white male patriarch" list of last names in addition to the appropriate list of first names.

[TheGrifter93]

Why isn't Manson in the RNG? How else am I to form the Manson Family besides cheating and renaming them?

[fakechuck]

My great leader: Jesus Powers.  He died by being stabbed through the body with a pitchfork by a Hick.

[tahujdt]

I got Paul McCarthy as  my founder. I made him a master musician.

[quinnr]

Oh god. Oh god. Oh god.

Was just busting some new recruits out from prison, as I'm frantically arming everyone with weapons prised from dead guards and cops and shuffling the squad around to conserve rifle ammo, I look more closely at their names...

I was going to post in here but then I saw this. I mean, the only name I can think of more awesome than John Winchester is Samuel Winchester! (Supernatural)