Pirates have been an ongoing interest among children for many decades, but the popularity of the Pirates of the Carib
bean movie trilogy appeals across the age spectrum. It has brought a rise in interest in many thing piratical.
There are a number of different Pirate MMOs. Bright Hub has reviewed several of them. Read a review of Seafight, and take a look at it at seafight.com.
We are going to dig into the workings of the various generators we review, and I'd also like to mention that some of them give names that may not be considered politically correct. Remember, generating a name is supposed to be fun.
The first site I'd like you to learn about is not actually a generator in the same sense as most of the ones in this article. At What's my Pirate name? By piratequiz.com, they use 20 questions to help scientifically determine the pirate name meant for you.
Rebecca, who was asked, among other things, whether parrots were yes, no or tasty, learned her pirate name was Iron Bess Read. Iron Bess also received a character analysis with her name.
A pirate's life isn't easy; it takes a tough person. That's okay with you, though, since you a tough person. Even through many pirates have a reputation for not being the brightest souls on earth, you defy the stereotypes. You've got taste and education. Arr!
Henry, who was asked, “Bathe much?” was Mad Harry Roberts. Analysis by the site revealed this about Mad Harry.
Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. Two things complete your pirate persona: style and swagger. Maybe a little too much swagger sometimes -- but who really cares? Arr!
I repeated as many of Henry's answers as I could remember, but presented my self as Rebecca, and female, and was told my name was Mad Bess Roberts. My character analysis was exactly the same as that of Mad Harry.
So Rebecca's name and gender gave the same first name, and the same answers that Henry gave came up with the same beginning and end parts. It uses your answers to map by name and gender, and particular answers give you your character.
Finally, Morgan, a male whose favorite color is red, was named Bloody Roger Cash. He learns:
Every pirate lives for something different. For some, it's the open sea. For others (the masochists), it's the food. For you, it's definitely the fighting. You're musical, and you've got a certain style if not flair. You'll do just fine. Arr!
I'll let you take the quiz yourself and see how you do in answering your own 20 questions.
Now we look at mapping generators and random name generators, serious and extremely frivolous, and even a couple with some historical basis.
This is one of the more interesting of the mapping generators. At Privateer Dragon's Island / Privateer Dragons of the Caribbean, names are mapped to your name. I am curious why they are calling themselves dragons- they may have it mixed up with Dragoons, who were originally a mounted infantry group with carbines- but the word has taken on other connotations, including coerce and strong arm, which do actually seem appropriate for Piratical types.
Though the database is somewhat limited, it is because they are using elements from the names of historical pirates and recombining them. First names map to titles, last names map to names and either last name or appellation. They use a separate generator for male and female names.
In the male name generator trials, I had these results: Henry Johnson /Pirate Morgan Bellamy; Henry Smythe / Pirate Nathanial Bridgeman; Paul Smith / Buccaneer Nathanial Parker; Paul Jones / Buccaneer Morgan of the Caribbean; Paul Peterson / Buccaneer Guillaume Bellamy; Peter Parker / Buccaneer Guillaume Drake; Peter Johnson / Buccaneer Morgan Bellamy; Henry Parker / Pirate Guillaume Drake.
On the next page we look at piratedragon's female name generator.