One of the most interesting components of network computer games – a possibility of social interactions. Moreover, in some games it is impossible to reach significant tops alone therefore players should integrate in guild, and the popularity of guild in many respects depends on its name.
Basic principles and bans
There are two essentially different approaches to the choice of the name of guild or clan. In the first case the name is anyway connected with the game, and in the second – with the real world. For example, in a game about elves and dragons it is possible to meet as players from guild "Dragons hunters", and representatives of Krasnoyarsk citizens clan. It is natural that in terms of game process and immersion in virtual reality the first option is significantly better than the second, but also "realistic" approach has the right to life.
Anyway when choosing the name it is worth being guided not only own esthetic representations and sense of humour, but also rules of any given game. The fact is that in the majority of games there is a number of the restrictions connected with names and names of guilds and clans. For example, in the game World of Tanks the names of clans connected with Nazi symbolics are prohibited therefore at an official forum messages about forced dissolution of the next clan of admirers of Hitlerite Germany regularly appear. Besides, practically everywhere it is forbidden to use the tabooed vocabulary, provocative phrases, abusive and ambiguous terms in names of guilds.
Pathos or humour?
Having decided on the bans, it is possible to begin to think out the unique name for the guild. Keep in mind that the name should be harmonious, it is rather easy to be said and though to some extent to capture the essence of your association. You should not be fond of excessively pathos names, kind of seductively they did not sound. For example, if you call guild from three-five people "Owners of the world", it, of course, will demonstrate your optimism, but at the same time will become the indirect proof of your immaturity and neglect objective reality. Besides such impudence can provoke other players to aggression. It is better to select something more neutral. In so-called "bipolar" role-playing games where all players belong to one of two contradictory fractions, in the name of guild it is quite valid to reflect the attitude towards opponents or "patriotic" views.
For guild it is possible to select also the ridiculous name, and it is for this purpose absolutely optional to be beyond the game world. After all, in rather worked computer games there is history, a plot, mythology and steady stereotypes. In popular role-playing game of World of Warcraft, for example, there is a guild "Gnomes ate my grandfather". On the one hand this name, obviously, is comic, but with another it does not "beat out" players in reality. By the way, in many games there are ratings of clans and guilds which can be found on the official sites. Such lists can quite become for you an inspiration source when choosing the name for own guild, however it is better to avoid banal copying.