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[Lady_Alizarin]

The M or F tags in the names of character's looks really messy and makes the name look cluttered. :/
Again, people should just make a biography so they don't need to put M or F in their name. c:

I do agree, BUT some people are just too lazy to read character bios. I often times take a peek into character bios, just to see what I'm dealing with. I write a bio, just in case there are others out there who are willing to take the time and read it.

[rustheart]

I only do this when my character is a strange breed like my made up breed called a Vorox.  I do this because it makes people ask me what a Vorox is therefore having an chance to add a new member.  But putting 'Lion' or 'wolf' in your name is just weird.  It's not like I can't tell your a lion with your huge body and huge lion like mane or anything!  But if you are something different I think it is ok to put 'human' in your name because not everyone is going to read your bio and may thing your powerplaying if you use a gun or something.  I also think it is ok to put your rank in your name.  Since it is hard to remember who's rank is who's I find it easier if it is in their name.  Example - SDOM meaning Snow Dogs(Group name), omega(Rank), male(Gender).  These letters can help people in large groups!

[WhiteLightHeart]

Arr, the old age/gender/species tags just sound like something you might see in an Omegle chatroom. (xD)

I personally don't care for them, with exception of a few instances. That is, if you have an unusual species (not a lion/wolf/cheetah/leopard/jaguar), then I could understand why you might want to add the species to their nametag, so there's no confusion when you first join a roleplay with someone. I generally don't do that, but I have before. It's understandable.

The other exception is if you're in a distinct group/roleplay. Like TECs, for example, or my old wolf Rp, Divided Skies. There were two packs, and so we would put CM (for Crystal Moon) or ES (for Ebony Sun) at the end of names. And, if your wolf had a special rank, you could add another letter to it that represents that position. Since my character, Allegra, was the Alpha female of Ebony Sun, her entire name was "Allegra AFES."
It sometimes does get in the way of the character name, but a clearly-shown position in a roleplay can sometimes be helpful. It's a distinguishing characteristic for those who haven't had the time to read into another's bio, in particular.

As for adding the age, gender and species to a large canine that is quite distinctly a wolf, I just don't think it's all that needed. -shrug- Not that I'm hating on it, of course, but it just seems to be a lot tidier to have just your character name, and to learn about them through good old roleplay. ^^

[Killian]

Some nice opinions here. For RP groups I think it would be nice if players paid enough attention to learn what others ranks are, and if one knows his own he doesn't really need to know everyone elses and if he does he can ask. I think knowing all this right away by just looking at the names takes something away from the RP, as people don't have name tags in real life. If you know what I mean, what could be learned through RPing by watching and talking to people is taken away.

Same for if you're a uncommon species, the discovery will be part of the RP. I like to RP with people with my unusual species, sometimes they never find out what I am and other times they have to ask (Even though they could read my bio!). I feel it adds to the realism.  

[Nemena]

I generally put species into most of my character's names; very, very few people read their biographies-- and all of my characters have one. I do agree that it's clunky and distracting, but it saves the hassle of explaining every few seconds when randomly roleplaying with strangers. I used to tire of having to mention that my hyena's not a wolf, especially since none of my hyenas wear the designated 'spotted hyena' markings! It saves me a lot of headaches; I've hardly any instantaneously recognizable species on my character list.  While discovery's one of the most fun aspects of roleplay, I'll leave that to working out my character's histories-- as opposed to their species. It provides much more opportunity for development and growth, in my own opinion. My biographies are strictly 'appearance only'; there's not a word of their background in sight (unless absolutely necessary).

My group-exclusive characters and obvious ones (wolf, lion, cheetah etc) lack tags entirely, but I'll admittedly be a little reluctant to join groups if they've an unnecessary requirement to throw a jumble of letters onto your name (when there's no divided faction in your group, for example). I find SCL, TRI, IXXI and the like a lot more jarring than a gender and species. This is just my opinion, though!

[Tearless]

I'm definitely in favour of putting that stuff in the bio. Unless you're a fairly unusual or made up species, it probably isn't necessary anyway (oh, that golden maned feline with the Swahili name is a male lion? I thought it was a space whale!). If you're in a large pack or pride and need to know who's what, fine, but otherwise it just clutters up your name. Besides, I love reading peoples' bios. I wish it was more of a thing.

[BlackHolesAndRevelations]

Exactly.
Well, I'm into group tags because you can see the ranks.
Now in my groups, for example, The Chief (Me)'s tag is aHCf. The small f standing for female. I hate it when people always go, "omgz r u a boi". Especially when your name is like.. Belle. Nothing else can make a person seem.. Less.. Uh. Yeah intelligent I guess? For lack of a better word. I think that if you want to know, look in their bio. See if they say he or she, or even male or female. If you don't know, wait until RP when they say he or she. If you feel bold, go ahead and ask, but I think some tags make it easier to not appear oblivious to the bio, name, or anything else. I agree with the rest though.

[SpringLeaf]

Unless I'm a dragon, I usually don't put the F or M _____ thing. I see lots of people in Sky's Rim with names like Flora F demondra, and they don't have room to put the whole thing. Like Oreloki, for example, his character Karl. Karl is the name label. And in his bio, he says everything about Karl. I do that, too, with Jaypool.

[Lady_Alizarin]

There was this one time when I was participating in a wild horse roleplay, and this one character had F Filly at the end of her name. I told her "If you have filly on the end of your name, then there is no need for the F. People will know you are a girl since you are a filly." And she was all "I DON'T CARE! DON JUDGE ME! I know all about horses!!" So what? I probably know more about horses than you do, since I used to handle them. But what does that have to do with you putting an uneeded F in your name?

[WhiteLightHeart]

There was this one time when I was participating in a wild horse roleplay, and this one character had F Filly at the end of her name. I told her "If you have filly on the end of your name, then there is no need for the F. People will know you are a girl since you are a filly." And she was all "I DON'T CARE! DON JUDGE ME! I know all about horses!!" So what? I probably know more about horses than you do, since I used to handle them. But what does that have to do with you putting an uneeded F in your name?

"Well, that escalated quickly." <-- My response.

Hurrhurr. It was an honest point, anyway, since fillies be female horses under a year old (if I'm correct), and colts are the male counterparts. But either way, sometimes I wonder if some roleplayers put these nametags because they legitimately feel it's necessary, or if they've just "grown up" as RPers seeing others with the nametags, and learning that they won't look like a RPer if they don't have the tags.
In most cases, it might seem like a stretch, but I've often wondered that.
Say, imagine you're a brand new RPer. You go to Bonfire, since that seems to be the easiest place to find a roleplay, and you see *gasp* tons of them running around. That one's a fox, this one's a wolf, that one is... Well, you don't know what that is. But it looks cool, and it has a nametag with some made-up species in its name.
You don't have a tag, and no one is talking to you...
Maybe if you put "Wolf" in your name, the other wolves will talk to you, because you have a common species! And oh, maybe if you put "F" in your name, mebbeh then you might have a more distinct chance of having a male approach you. Mebbeh he would want to be your mate? That would be oodles of cuteness.
So you do just that, and you end up finding your first wolf pack RP, and pretty much everyone else you meet has those nametags, with the exceptions of a few.
By the time you're several weeks into regular roleplay, chances are you've just grown accustomed to throwing in a nametag into your character's name. You might write a bio, or you might not, but the nametag has always seemed to cause the least confusion as to what you're playing when you try to start casual roleplay with someone.

^Lolscenarios.
But anyweh, those're my thoughts on the more 'obvious' nametags that would otherwise seem to be unnecessary.