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| Lachi |
Posted on 10-07-2011 22:46
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Thank you for your work, I will try it next week. |
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| Djoe |
Posted on 11-07-2011 07:53
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I will definitely try this one, because the names that come up in the game now are just major crap. This is a problem in a lot of games though, like Football Manager ... I mean, OK, Hilaire is a belgian first name, but it dates back to WWII - hahaha...
So, thanks!
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| Djoe |
Posted on 11-07-2011 07:55
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I will definitely try this one, because the names that come up in the game now are just major crap. This is a problem in a lot of games I think, like Football Manager ...
So, thanks!
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| Ulrich Ulriksen |
Posted on 16-07-2011 16:45
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Looked at the english speaking ones where I am qualified to judge. Generally looked great.
Only found 2 errors:
On USA - Wasquez should be Vasquez
On GBR first names - Rik should be Rick, although I think that is more american so maybe not on the GBR list at all. But not Rik, unless we are thinking of folks of Dutch descent in GBR.
Some more suggestion, rather than errors
On Aus first names, I think Ian is a much more common spelling than Iain, although Iain seems to be used
Ian should probably also be on the GBR list
Xavier, makes sense on the US first name list, not sure about Aus, less hispanic influence there
Bill should probably be on the US and Canadian list as a nick name of William. Also maybe AUS and GBR. But in the first two most Williams go by Will or Bill
No French Canadian's on the CAN list that I can see. I know a couple: Roberge, LaFluer. You could find lots on NHL rosters if you are into hockey.
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| CrueTrue |
Posted on 17-07-2011 01:14
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I find it funny that a Ulrich Ulriksen, which sounds German / Danish, helps out with correcting names for US / GBR. Should we add Ulriksen to US? 
It just shows how difficult this can be. |
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 17-07-2011 18:41
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Thanks for the feedback first of all  I have edited some answers into your post
Ulrich Ulriksen wrote:
Looked at the english speaking ones where I am qualified to judge. Generally looked great.
Only found 2 errors:
On USA - Wasquez should be Vasquez - Agreed. Typo
On GBR first names - Rik should be Rick, although I think that is more american so maybe not on the GBR list at all. But not Rik, unless we are thinking of folks of Dutch descent in GBR. Rik is not normal, but I believe it could happen
Some more suggestion, rather than errors
On Aus first names, I think Ian is a much more common spelling than Iain, although Iain seems to be used - Iain is used. I will check if Ian is already there, and otherwise out it there
Ian should probably also be on the GBR list - Agreed
Xavier, makes sense on the US first name list, not sure about Aus, less hispanic influence there - Agreed
Bill should probably be on the US and Canadian list as a nick name of William. Also maybe AUS and GBR. But in the first two most Williams go by Will or Bill - Agreed
No French Canadian's on the CAN list that I can see. I know a couple: Roberge, LaFluer. You could find lots on NHL rosters if you are into hockey. - Problem is that you can't divide french canadian and english canadian names, and personally I don't like the mix of french/english names, as it may get weird. But I will look into it.
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| bombe32 |
Posted on 18-07-2011 00:30
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Some of the first Spanish names' (Idk the English word: trykstreger (Danish)) are placed wrong, I think. Never saw anyone called Lopéz, it's López. Otherwise, Spanish people wouldn't place them at all.
López
Martínez
Sánchez
Gómez
Hernández
Pérez
Jiménez
Álvarez
Mendez (I don't think it uses it)
Italy: typo, VIlla (capital I), DOnati,
USA probably could use some more last names, like Robinson and the likes, ending with -son.
And I saw my last name wasn't among the Danish names, but that's ok, as it's German and present there  Very nice job, but are there first names too? I might have missed them, it's a pretty long list. |
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| valverde321 |
Posted on 18-07-2011 01:19
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The french/english canadian problem is that most of Canada's cyclists come from Quebec. Just look at SpiderTech for example. Gilbert, Lacombe, Roberge, Boivin.... so I think you should add some french lastnames. French first names are becoming more uncommon but I wouldn't know for sure since I dont live in a particularly french part of Canada.
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 18-07-2011 09:33
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bombe32 wrote:
Some of the first Spanish names' (Idk the English word: trykstreger (Danish)) are placed wrong, I think. Never saw anyone called Lopéz, it's López. Otherwise, Spanish people wouldn't place them at all.
López
Martínez
Sánchez
Gómez
Hernández
Pérez
Jiménez
Álvarez
Mendez (I don't think it uses it) - Agreed. Mistake by me
Italy: typo, VIlla (capital I), DOnati, - Well, I'm bound to make a few
USA probably could use some more last names, like Robinson and the likes, ending with -son. - US last names are made from a list of the 1000 most common last names, so those in the list are the most used.
And I saw my last name wasn't among the Danish names, but that's ok, as it's German and present there Very nice job, but are there first names too? I might have missed them, it's a pretty long list. - First names are at the bottom of the list
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 18-07-2011 09:36
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valverde321 wrote:
The french/english canadian problem is that most of Canada's cyclists come from Quebec. Just look at SpiderTech for example. Gilbert, Lacombe, Roberge, Boivin.... so I think you should add some french lastnames. French first names are becoming more uncommon but I wouldn't know for sure since I dont live in a particularly french part of Canada.
I will look into this, and see if there's a solution. Most likely I will just add some french canadian surnames, and hope that they won't look weird combined with the first names
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| MacC |
Posted on 18-07-2011 10:12
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Excellent, some of the irish names have a "irish-american" spelling like "o'riley, kavanaugh" but thats not a big deal |
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 18-07-2011 10:29
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MacC wrote:
Excellent, some of the irish names have a "irish-american" spelling like "o'riley, kavanaugh" but thats not a big deal
That's the way they were spelled on the list I had, and to be honest I can't tell the difference Oh, and I remembered to remove Siobhan
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| MacC |
Posted on 18-07-2011 10:31
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MrDemus wrote:
MacC wrote:
Excellent, some of the irish names have a "irish-american" spelling like "o'riley, kavanaugh" but thats not a big deal
That's the way they were spelled on the list I had, and to be honest I can't tell the difference Oh, and I remembered to remove Siobhan
its excellent work, thanks |
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 18-07-2011 10:32
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MacC wrote:
MrDemus wrote:
MacC wrote:
Excellent, some of the irish names have a "irish-american" spelling like "o'riley, kavanaugh" but thats not a big deal
That's the way they were spelled on the list I had, and to be honest I can't tell the difference Oh, and I remembered to remove Siobhan
its excellent work, thanks
Thanks for the feedback
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 18-07-2011 11:39
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I am working on a version 1.1 with the corrections from the feedback, plus some added names from countries I felt were a bit short.
To be released: At some point today
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| bombe32 |
Posted on 18-07-2011 11:44
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One of the things that usually annoys me the most is the multiple first names. I would think that in most cases, a person would only be called one of the names.
Especially the Danish ones are not so realistic (Jeppe Lynge, Jesper Top etc, you get it), and also names like Jacob F. and so on... I think this is also present in some of the German first names |
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 18-07-2011 11:52
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bombe32 wrote:
One of the things that usually annoys me the most is the multiple first names. I would think that in most cases, a person would only be called one of the names.
Especially the Danish ones are not so realistic (Jeppe Lynge, Jesper Top etc, you get it), and also names like Jacob F. and so on... I think this is also present in some of the German first names
This is due to two things. 1) To avoid to many of the same names 20 Jakobs could be annoying, but if they had middle names, it increases the diversity. And it is actually used (Thomas Vedel Kvist, Chris Anker Sørensen to name a few) 2) Some of them are put there by Cyanide, and I haven't redone everything. For some countries I have only removed the obviously stupid.
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 18-07-2011 15:57
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Version 1.1 released. See first post for details on changes
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 18-07-2011 20:52
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I am still trying to get regions to work properly, so I can divide Switzerland into German, Italian and French parts namewise, but it doesn't seem to work.
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| MrDemus |
Posted on 19-07-2011 10:52
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New version up. Found a stupid error
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