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Did you know... that naming every character "Bob" was common in the
play-by-mail game Mobius I?
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... that naming every character "Bob" was common in the
play-by-mail game
Mobius-I? Source: Rich, Scott; Carver, Dan (April 1988). "So Your Setup Turn for Mobius-I Just Arrived". Flying Buffalo Quarterly. No. 60. p. 15.
Comment: QPQ pending; Source is Dan Carver, one of the two game designers, who said: "Some players only name their overlord ... others give all of their characters the same name (Bob seems to be popular)."
Article meets DYK requirements, the hook is intriguing to non-specialists and is cited inline (AGF on the sourcing since the reference is a book), no close paraphrasing was found, and a QPQ has been provided. Just some minor issues:
Players have used various sources to name their characters, including phone books, friends, fictional characters, obituaries, and other. I think this sentence is missing a word or two here.
Speaking of that sentence, I think that was also quite interesting and could also make a good hook.
Much appreciated
Narutolovehinata5. I adjusted the sentence. Please let me know if that doesn't make sense. ALTs below.
ALT1: ... that players in the
play-by-mail game
Mobius-I named their characters using phone books, friends names, fictional characters, and obituaries?
ALT1a: ... that characters in the
play-by-mail game
Mobius-I were named using phone books, friends names, fictional characters, and obituaries?