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I know it's a lot to read, but it will /really/ help you get a great named pet.


Capitalization
First, if you say your pet is well named, it had better be Capitalized. I don't care how nice the name is, if it isn't capitalized, it's not a proper noun. That's third grade english guys. (Maybe even second or first grade.) Proper nouns are names of people or places. <b>New York</b> is a proper noun, <b>city</b> is not. Even regular nouns can become names if you capitalize them. Like <b>stone</b> is a thing you find on the ground, but <b>Stone</b> is a common first name. And last name. That capital letter makes all the difference. Your name begins with a capital letter, why shouldn't your pet's name? One last thing- the first letter, absolutely should be capitalized. But not the whole name. Stone- Good. stone-Not good. STONE-also, not good. and st0n3- is even worse.

Symbols and Numbers
They are a no-no. I don't care if you think it's cool, or it's l33t. I don't care if your favorite online anime character is named B0n3zorz. If there is a number in the name, it is not a nicely named pet. Period. Same with symbols. Including the under_score. I know you can't have spaces in the name. But that's okay, pet names should really be one word anyway. Oh, and random letters or symbols on the outside of a name? b_Johnnie_b or XCutieX? Bad. Not good. Really bad.

One Word
This is not necessarily iron clad, and some would even disagree. But I'd say that 95% of names with 2 words in it Bobby_Joe or PeggySue or SpringBreak are not to be considered well named. In those examples, Bobby_Joe already loses out because it has a symbol in it, an underscore. The other two are capitalized, and have no symbols or numbers. They're not terrible, but generally are frowned on. Most players prefer their pets' names to be all one word. So, if you say your pet named AprilShowers is a great named pet, and people disagree, don't be surprised. Personally, I think that a 2 part name can be okay if it sounds really nice and is spelled correctly and otherwise follows the pet name rules. But I've never traded for one either. And I probably won't, and neither would a lot of people, so keep it in mind when you name your pet.

Spelling
It doesn't have to be p