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Longer character name field for manly marine names!

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Electronic Samurai:
Hello!  I've been playing DoomRL for quite a while now, but I feel there's something missing.  Whenever I start a new character, I get an irresistible urge to name them in the style of the MST3K episode 'Space Mutiny' - e.g. Dirk Hardchunk!  Beef Toughguts!  Rick Runfast!  It amuses me to march these brave soldiers off to their untimely doom.

Sadly, these names always end up being one or two characters over the name limit.  Would it be possible to increase the name field for new characters - perhaps double the length it is now?

Napsterbater:
I like your style, sir!

Electronic Samurai:
(A randomized generator for exactly these kinds of names would also seriously rock.)

Napsterbater:
That shouldn't be too hard, as all three names you quoted have exactly three syllables, and they're all either words or first names. The first name can just be picked randomly, but the second one might take a little finessing, as "Runfast" is a bit different from the other two, being <verb><adverb> rather than <adjective><noun>. You wouldn't want to end up with "Jack Runguts", just doesn't have the same ring.

If you want to collect a whole bunch of different possibilities, then I could write some simple Ruby code to put them all together.

Electronic Samurai:
As it happens, the full list of names used in the episode are available online!  Here they are:

Slab Bulkhead
Fridge Largemeat
Punt Speedchunk
Butch Deadlift
Bold Bigflank
Splint Chesthair
Flint Ironstag
Bolt Vanderhuge
Thick McRunfast
Blast Hardcheese
Buff Drinklots
Crunch Slamchest
Fist Rockbone
Stump Beefknob
Smash Lampjaw
Punch Rockgroin
Buck Plankchest
Stump Junkman
Dirk Hardpec
Rip Steakface
Slate Slabrock
Crud Bonemeal
Brick Hardmeat
Rip Slagcheek
Punch Sideiron
Gristle McThornbody
Slate Fistcrunch
Buff Hardback
Bob Johnson
Blast Thickneck
Crunch Buttsteak
Slab Squatthrust
Lump Beefbroth
Touch Rustrod
Beef Blastbody
Big McLargehuge
Smoke Manmuscle
Beat Punchmeat
Hack Blowfist
Roll Fizzlebeef

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