names – Set Side B https://setsideb.com The Flipside of Gaming Wed, 13 Dec 2023 08:37:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://setsideb.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/cropped-mascot512-32x32.png names – Set Side B https://setsideb.com 32 32 Names For Bootleg Pac-Man Ghosts https://setsideb.com/names-for-bootleg-pac-man-ghosts/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://setsideb.com/?p=6538
From a bootleg made by “SegaSA / Sonic.” Appears to have no relation to the Sega we know, or its spiny progeny. One of the few bootlegs that gives Pac-Man himself a nickname.
From a bootleg made to work on Moon Alien hardware. These are the “alternate” official names for the ghosts. Are they direct translations of the Japanese ghost names? Those are remarkably ugly ghost colors: hence, this remark.
These boring names are from “JPM bootleg,” I assume that is its maker.
From NewPuc2, Set 2. The best bootleg names I’ve seen so far, by a wide margin, even if they have nothing to do with their colors or personalities. I can almost forgive the misspellings.

]]> F-Zero 99 User Names, Good and Bad https://setsideb.com/f-zero-99-user-names-good-and-bad/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://setsideb.com/?p=6319 Continue reading "F-Zero 99 User Names, Good and Bad"]]> I’m trying to ease up on Youtube links, which I’ve come to realize take up a lot of the content of this blog by weight. I probably won’t be too successful at this, as it’s become a lot harder to find interesting written content on the internet, though it was never really easy.

I’ve been playing a lot of F-Zero 99 lately. I’ve been working on posts introducing the game, which is really great I think, but that kind of content (ugh the C word) takes time to write and check.

So in the meantime, enjoy/cringe at this collection of fun, and bad, handles spotted in the game. Of course, such a determination of quality is inherently subjective. But I think you’ll find that its lack is easier to adjudicate.

  • Ganondoof,
  • ◆El Guapo◆ (I like to think it’s a Cat Town reference)
  • Hootcifer (Owl House)
  • Valnar (Grandia II)
  • Ghost Cake
  • POWBlock
  • GimmieFife
  • ManChild30 (ah, honesty)
  • Snautilus
  • Gaudimann
  • SmileyBone (a Bone fan I see)
  • adorabunny
  • Mamasaurus
  • GIANTROBOT (there’s something to be said for pure enthusiasm)
  • Damitbobby
  • SnickerRoo
  • AAAAAAAAAH (I counted the As to make sure I wrote it right)
  • MissHeart (speaking for all the fem names in this list, takes a lot of guts to express girliness in this environment even if there’s no voice chat)
  • Moi
  • Cheesemage
  • Flarky (it’s fun to say!)
  • Chibi-Nini
  • LordFeh
  • Espurrator
  • GudNameGuy
  • Goooose
  • PixieVolt
  • Malo (taking time off from his shop)
  • Need4Sneed
  • Boisterous
  • Apostrophe
  • fax-kun
  • koppa (I hope this was intended as a Shiren reference)
  • HALLOWEEN! (I assume they only play one day a year)
  • Frizbeee
  • Bubbline
  • Orcustra
  • Lonk (a fellow GDQ viewer)
  • PeterMeh
  • lovemykids (I assume this is a pure statement of affection and not a demand)
  • TheKraggle (Lego Movie references are welcome)
  • DadMode7
  • SisterDoom
“Waddle DIO always comes first!”

Obnoxious names, much less in number thankfully:

  • Hugh Jass
  • BON9ERMan
  • Gotenks (what is this, 2002?)
  • Jeb Bush (what is this, 2016? and terrible?)
  • Wet Shart (I am opposed to this word and all that it stands for)
  • MAGA KING (Please go jump in a hole until your brain develops, if it ever will)

F-Zero 99 is not a fitting stage for such lusers. Get out of here with that sub-Sephiroth378 crap.

Don’t be like MAGA KING. If you’re going to be ignorant, at least have the decency to be quiet about it–also, less importantly, maybe try not sucking at F-Zero 99 so bad lol.

Note: while Nintendo continues to gamely update their blocklists to prevent newly-discovered ways to express slurs, they aren’t perfect, and I’ve seen a couple of outright offensive names. Those don’t even get the dignity of being present in my list of bad handles.

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