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You could try googling "Russian Names" or "Polish Names". It should yield at least something. Another way is to pick names from the news, dissect them and combine the parts. For an example Dimitri Medvejev, Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin dissected and combined would make Boris Vladimirovits Medvejev. (That is, the Russians use their father's name as a middle name, for an example Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.)
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"Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013. -
My thought is to use the Olympic name databaseOriginally posted by M-Type View Post
to allow a quick name from almost any country.Comment
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I usually use lists of sports personalities as well. For Polish, Russian, and French male names I usually check the wikipedia listings for their national football (or soccer if you prefer) teams then mix up first names and surnames as Medic suggested. For female names I usually try tennis players first.Author of the unofficial and strictly non canon Alternative Survivor’s Guide to the United KingdomComment
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Originally posted by Rainbow Six View Post
Beat me again!
World Cup squads. Just click a nation and their squads on the right.Lieutenant John Chard: If it's a miracle, Colour Sergeant, it's a short chamber Boxer Henry point 45 caliber miracle.
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Reminds me of a joke in a Finnish TV-show in the 90ies.
A sports commentator is reading the sports news in the TV. "Kalina Kulakova and Raisa Smetanina fought. The quarrel begun, when Kulakova gave Smetanina a razor for birthday and Smetanina, angried by the gift, kicked Kulakova on - what's this On the balls Okay, I'm off to the pub..."
"Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013.Comment
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Excellent, thanks for the great info. I'll have a list of names I can pull up if needed, just got to remember to cross 'em off!
I was also thinking about giving certain individuals (Polish that are pro-NATO for example) 'Americanized' names. Like 'John' and 'Tim' and such, because the US troops that were stationed in the town weren't gonna bother learning the correct Polish pronunciation of their true names. They could joke about the names their Americans gave them. Or the players could even give the people names, whatever works.Comment
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And if anyone was wondering, I use this tool for creating random names. Go figure, there's an app for iPhone and iPads, of which I have neither.Comment
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I have a feeling that's a lot funnier if you're Finnish....Originally posted by Medic View PostReminds me of a joke in a Finnish TV-show in the 90ies.
A sports commentator is reading the sports news in the TV. "Kalina Kulakova and Raisa Smetanina fought. The quarrel begun, when Kulakova gave Smetanina a razor for birthday and Smetanina, angried by the gift, kicked Kulakova on - what's this On the balls Okay, I'm off to the pub..."
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You could throw in a regional aspect, too, for where the PC was from, or the last place they'd spent time in CONUS post-TDM. If you have a campaign in the works, seems like it would be pretty cool to have the PCs knowing some broad background (with some disinformation thrown in as well) about Texas, NYC, New England and such. Could occasionally toss in some new info when PCs run into other Americans still in Europe so that by the time they're back CONUS and, say, going into Last Submarine or Armies of the Night the general backstory has been something they've known about for a long time (+ some errors).Originally posted by natehale1971 View PostComment
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On sports teams, there's lots of Russians, Czechs and Slovaks in hockey. In a Russian-themed D&D game I was running, one of my hockey-fan players used the names of Russian-born players on the Blue Jackets for her bodyguards.My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.Comment
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I believe, it is pretty universal. Just kind of hinting, the two lady skiers would have used male hormones for getting better at their sport, in not-so-subtle way...Originally posted by stg58fal View PostI have a feeling that's a lot funnier if you're Finnish....
"Listen to me, nugget, and listen good. Don't go poppin' your head out like that, unless you want it shot off. And if you do get it shot off, make sure you're dead, because if you ain't, guess who's gotta drag your sorry ass off the field? Were short on everything, so the only painkiller I have comes in 9mm doses. Now get the hell out of my foxhole!" - an unknown medic somewhere, 2013.Comment
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Ah, so they're Russian then Or maybe Chinese
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I get worried you are channeling me! See the line I used in the $CMBG write up...Originally posted by rcaf_777 View PostComment
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