Four letter names

[UglyJoe]

As I'm sure you all know, a lot of 8-bit RPGs only allowed you four letters/kana to name your characters.  I'm curious now, what did you all used to use (or still use) when naming your characters?

I would usually use BOB or JOE (no lower case font  ) and use a space to fill in the last character.  In Final Fantasy, my brother and I used to name the characters after what function they served.  Fighters were always BASH or KILL.  White mages were HEAL.  Black mages were BURN.  Whenever I used a Thief, I named them PHIL.  I have no idea why.

Nowadays, I usually use HURR, so I can imagine the NPCs making a dumb sound when talking to me.  "You must save the princess, HURR".  For Famicom games, I'll use kekekeke, because it's a silly Korean laugh meme and it's easy for me to spot it in text boxes.

[manuel]

Whenever I used a Thief, I named them PHIL.

I have a friend called Phil... 

When the game lets me use 4 Japanese characters I always use my "Japanized" name: マヌエル.

Other than that I often use the default name if there is one.

[133MHz]

Sadly my name is 5 kana (エミリアノ)

This is my naming algorithm:

* When 3 Roman letters are needed (like in arcades), I use combinations like ASS, GAY, SEX, etc.
* When 4 Roman letters are needed (like in old RPGs), I use combinations like FUCK, SHIT, PISS, CUNT, etc.
* If more than 4 letters are available, I just use my nickname (133MHz) or use a Spanish swear word.

[nurd]

* When 3 Roman letters are needed (like in arcades), I use combinations like ASS, GAY, SEX, etc.
* When 4 Roman letters are needed (like in old RPGs), I use combinations like FUCK, SHIT, PISS, CUNT, etc.
* If more than 4 letters are available, I just use my nickname (133MHz) or use a Spanish swear word.

Hmm...Well, I named a Butterfree "Faggy Kid" and a Togepi "Penis"

[keiffer01]

And I always call gary from Pokemon CACA Find it suits his personality pretty well

[Flash1087]

My real name, Tim, is only 3 letters, so as a kid I'd name myself the main character all the time. I was an egomaniac as a child.

Hmm...Well, I named a Butterfree "Faggy Kid" and a Togepi "Penis"

You are my best friend because of this.

[FamicomFreak]

And I always call gary from Pokemon CACA Find it suits his personality pretty well

LOL! I named him CACA once then ASS another time ahh great memories

[NintendoKing]

On Mother, I name my Character "Seer".

[MaxXimus]

Usually I just use default names, but I did call Cloud Goku once. I also used the ASS name a bunch of times.

[nurd]

Playing AeroFighters or whatever at a game room somewhere, I got 1st place high score so I actually used my initials (sp?) JCL

[michaelthegreat]

I sometimes just have fun with them, but I'll often shorten Michael to Mikl or Mikel (and then I say "Michael" in my head when I read it).