How do you guys avoid making cliches?

[BlackIceAdept]

Originally posted by Guzeinbuick
I do a lot of reading, and I've written a lot of stories. Thing is, all my RPGs have wierd plots for some reason I do not understand. X_X

Ditto...Mine is gonna have no super powered villain either I hate that like in ToS Mithos was a freaking angel... the only one there that in fact "stood a chance" wasn't Lloyd it was Collete, and if you bothered Kratos... Otherwise it was hopeless... really all Mithos had to do was remove Lloyds exsphere and game over storywise...

[Guzeinbuick]

Okay, you guys've really helped! ^_^
Now, I've got another quesion, but I don't want to make two threads in such short succession that're kinda the same.
So how do you guys make good names? Like, all the names I come up with sound so stupid. I'm never good at it. Is there a secret or technique to it or is it just a natural born talent?

[CoolZidane]

I would have to say it's all random. I usually think about the characters, and suddenly a name will come up. Then, I think, "Hey....that's pretty good."

[Bluhman]

1. Smash the keyboard/close your eyes and use your finger to select different keys. For example

jhixz

2. Enter in vowels inbetween selected consonants.

jahixiz

3. Rearrange the letters a little

hajixzi

4. Capitalize

Hajixzi

[Guzeinbuick]

Originally posted by Bluhman
1. Smash the keyboard/close your eyes and use your finger to select different keys. For example

jhixz

2. Enter in vowels inbetween selected consonants.

jahixiz

3. Rearrange the letters a little

hajixzi

4. Capitalize

Hajixzi

XD Dude that's crazy.

[FFL2and3rocks]

I just throw random syllables together.

"Hmm... Po? No... uh... Pen? Ten? Ten! Next syllable... hmm... Tur? No. Pur? Yes! Tenpur!"

[Goatulon]

I just call them by my friends nicknames like The Pops. Now theres a game that seems to be slightly lacking in Cliches. Then again it is the first video game I've heard of based around a nudist chef having a secret recipe for Brunswick Stew stolen from him. But maybe I just dont know as many video games as I previously believed myself to.