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Fan-Stuff / Re: Soldier names

« on: June 11, 2014, 11:49:08 pm »

Am I right in thinking that names are picked completely at random from the entire range of options, rather than the computer generating an equal number from each list, e.g. French, American, Dutch etc?

If that's the case then the proportions of available nationalities need a little work. There are like ten times as many Greek names as Hindi names, which is completely disproportionate- there are c20 million ethnic Greeks in the world and maybe 200 million Hindi speakers. That's just an example.

IMO there should be a large number of names representing each of the XCOM funding nations, and smaller numbers from other places.

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Fan-Stuff / Re: Soldier names

« on: May 23, 2013, 07:09:05 pm »

I don't personally see why that matters a great deal, in the alternative SF world of XCom.

Here are some Indian (Hindi) names

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Fan-Stuff / Re: Soldier names

« on: May 19, 2013, 05:02:09 pm »

Nigerian units must be 100% black. And chineese - yellow, but currently there is no such ratio for each nation, this it would be more confident to keep any mono-racial nation from adding to xcom before that ratio will be implemented.

What about the Japanese?

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Fan-Stuff / Re: Soldier names

« on: May 17, 2013, 06:09:32 pm »

Chinese. I've used western forenames, because 1. it's easier for me, 2. Chinese people working for an international organisation will usually adopt a western name and 3. it makes more sense if you plan to make forenames interchangeable between nationalities to some extent.

I've tried to use western names that are commonly chosen by Chinese/Taiwanese people.

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Fan-Stuff / Re: Soldier names

« on: May 17, 2013, 04:03:22 pm »

Thanks! Here's a list for Nigeria, Africa's most populous country (and XCOM funding nation).

Note this is an unholy mishmash of Yoruba, Igbo and other names that i'm sure will throw up combinations that look silly to a native, but it gives a flavour of the country for the rest of us 

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Fan-Stuff / Re: Soldier names

« on: May 17, 2013, 02:00:24 pm »

Guys I don't know if you're still interested in these, but I feel non-white representation is slightly lacking in the name lists so far. For your consideration, some Arab names. More to come (i'm thinking Nigerian, Chinese, maybe Indian if i'm up to the challenge), if you're interested.