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The Nations Committee suggests a function, which allows the teams a second option besides choosing an own name. Instead of this, you can also just choose a nation and the game finds a random name for this one.

E.g.: I want a rider from Cameroon but don't have an idea for a name. So I just choose Cameroon and click on a "random name" button and the game finds one. Now I can accept this one or press it again until I get a name I like.

As long as the option to name a rider and chose his nationality myself still exists, I support this idea. My question is regarding the technical implementation: What would be the database for names for a particular nationality?

Yes, we want both options!

There are only databases which we can use and implement. If this won't work, we will fill a database by our own

Chemnitz Pro Cycling Team wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:46 am

Yes, we want both options!

There are only databases which we can use and implement. If this won't work, we will fill a database by our own

Yeah, but what database would you use? Something like https://forebears.io/?

There are other browser games doing this already, like hattrick.org for example. They generate random player names that fit the nationality. Maybe you could just ask them bluntly how they're doing it? Or use a random name generator that already exists, like https://fullnamegenerator.com/. Just make sure it fits the technical naming conditions (number of letters, how to deal with two-name-surnames and the "van der xyzs").

But I am sure, you figure it out

It's actually pretty simple. My idea is:
- choose a nationality first
- click a new button for generating a name
- the game then randomly picks names from a list
- the list can be created / maintained (practically one-time job) by anyone from the community, you'll only need a developer for converting / uploading it

sounds good

team fl wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 26, 2025 8:44 am

As long as the option to name a rider and chose his nationality myself still exists, I support this idea. My question is regarding the technical implementation: What would be the database for names for a particular nationality?

Same opinion here. To be able to name riders myself is very important.

Ah yes, very important. Only male names should be generated of course, as this game simluates the male UCI races.