L4D Bill Alias

BUR #50694 has been rejected.

create alias bill_(left_4_dead) -> bill_overbeck

Bill has 2 tags, Overbeck is his canon last name (Full name is William “Bill” Overbeck but no one calls him William lol) which is unique for a L4D character, the rest only have firsts (except Coach who goes by his “title”) so aliasing the qualified tag to his full name.

Single tag like that should be gardened, not aliased. And certainly not aliased to.

Historyanon said:

Single tag like that should be gardened, not aliased. And certainly not aliased to.

Are we not supposed to use full names in a case like this?

For consistency's sake, we shouldn't. We also should avoid this if you have to dig out some extraneous material to be able to find out what their last name is and it's not just surfaced in a large number of places involving the characters. For example, you won't see "Overbeck" being used enough times in-game that the average person will know what it's referring to.

Regarding consistency: see Francis (Left 4 Dead), Louis (Left 4 Dead) and Zoey (Left 4 Dead).

WRS said:

For consistency's sake, we shouldn't. We also should avoid this if you have to dig out some extraneous material to be able to find out what their last name is and it's not just surfaced in a large number of places involving the characters. For example, you won't see "Overbeck" being used enough times in-game that the average person will know what it's referring to.

Regarding consistency: see Francis (Left 4 Dead), Louis (Left 4 Dead) and Zoey (Left 4 Dead).

IIRC it’s from the comics, never said in-game.

Space_Force_Detective said:

IIRC it’s from the comics, never said in-game.

It's also written on his jacket, but it's basically never used so it shouldn't be the main tag.

Unbreakable said:

It's also written on his jacket, but it's basically never used so it shouldn't be the main tag.

Never noticed, This is what I get for playing with Fate reskins lol

The bulk update request #50694 (forum #398522) has been rejected by @Hillside_Moose.