21 August 2007 | PlayOn authors archive
In our analysis of guild names, we found that a basic grammar was able to parse about 90% of the names. This allowed us to create a guild name generator that used the grammar to create new guild names based on the weighted vocabulary of World of Warcraft guild names.
See full article for description of the guild name grammar we used.
Description of Guild Name Grammar
< > denotes parts of speech
[ ] denotes optional elements
1. Singletons
- [The] <Noun> / <Adjective>
- e.g., Chaos, Brutality, The Wicked, The Legion
2. Simple Noun Phrase
- [The] <Adjective> <Noun>
- e.g., Eternal Angels, The Swinging Swords
3. Complex Noun Phrase
- [The] <Two Word Adjective> <Noun>
- e.g., Pretty Pink Gnomes, The Blood Knuckle Pirates
4. “Of” / “In” Construction
- [The] <Group Term> of [the] [<Adjective>] <Noun>
- e.g., Brotherhood of Light, The Army of Dark Night, Gathering of Bloody Blade Fools, Brothers in Arms
The grammar described can correctly parse about 90% of unique guild names over a 3-month period in WoW. The remaining guild names that fall outside of this grammar tend to be:
1. Prepositional Phrases
- The Darkness Within
- Mad When Wet
2. Single Letter Names
- O T C
- D T A
3. Uses Pronouns / Verb Phrases
- I OWN YOU
- We Eat Allies
4. Contains Foreign Words
- La Fleur de Lys
Cases 1 and 2 are excluded by the parser. Currently, case 3 names are excluded if they use a pronoun and case 4 names are erroneously parsed within the weighted lexicon.
Try this name.
Mortal Vengeance
Dunno If you have it.
Also
Lethal.Dynasty
Very interesting
How bout Squirrels in Black
Final Crusades its my guild tag and team and crew
it means The hero of a crusade
Crusade:means an army attacking a castle an army of millions of minions
im pretty sure it means a holy war…
noobsauce…
FinalUnion
Prophecy
Paradise
Wrath
I came Up with a few more my own invention this time:
FinalFusion
TheFinalSleep
DivineHold
EyesOfDestiny
The LastEmbrace
Death’sMark
TheMovement
WhiteShadow
Chaos
Havoc
TheOrder
LastWords
God’sWrath
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October 22nd, 2007 at 7:09pm
Posted by MWB
From “Bloodlust Clam” to “Ninjas of the Sanguine Dynasty.” Awesome, and bookmarked for much future use.