# Play Now option, Names
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/play-now-option-names/5401
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [March 12, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/play-now-option-names/5401 "2014-03-12T20:50:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@pulsefrequency](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pulsefrequency)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2014, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/play-now-option-names/5401/1 "2014-03-12T20:50:03Z")
when you start from scratch and hit Play Now, if you get a female, it sometimes gives you a male name. come to think of it, i dont think ive ever seen the converse happen, but i will keep an eye out.
it also starts you with the male version of whatever profession rolls. just got a female bowhunter named rob keys, started with boxer shorts… i also spawned with a sports bra… though i recall another recent instance when i rolled a female with boxers and a sports bra. maybe i did get the female prof, idk. either way started with Hoarder and 12/11/8/7, i take it she decided, to hell with the world, she always hated being a girl, and changed her name and stabbed her eye out. who knows. we’ll see how it plays out.
thats for the stable version btw.
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### Author:  [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/play-now-option-names/5401/2 "2014-03-12T21:28:42Z")
The name problem might be related to backer names, many of which do not have an explicit gender assigned to them IIRC.
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### Author:  [@KA101](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/KA101)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 8:26am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/play-now-option-names/5401/3 "2014-03-14T08:26:39Z")
> [@i2amroy](#):
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> The name problem might be related to backer names, many of which do not have an explicit gender assigned to them IIRC.
All of 'em, last I checked. Not sure what’s up with the underwear but then I hadn’t noticed any difference.
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### Author:  [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 8:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/play-now-option-names/5401/4 "2014-03-14T08:33:30Z")
> [@KA101](#):
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> [quote=“i2amroy, post:2, topic:5401”]The name problem might be related to backer names, many of which do not have an explicit gender assigned to them IIRC.
All of 'em, last I checked. Not sure what’s up with the underwear but then I hadn’t noticed any difference.[/quote]
To my knowledge, boxers are generally worn by men, but I know a few women who wore boxers because they were “more comfortable” according to them. …So maybe not a bug?
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### Author:  [@tasteful](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/tasteful)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 8:49am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/play-now-option-names/5401/5 "2014-03-14T08:49:01Z")
i know a few women who wear boxers because theyre “less comfortable” but theyre freaky
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### Author:  [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 5:20pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/play-now-option-names/5401/6 "2014-03-14T17:20:59Z")
I wear boxers. They’re comfortable; feels like I’m not wearing any underwear at all.
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### Author:  [@pulsefrequency](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/pulsefrequency)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/play-now-option-names/5401/7 "2014-03-14T17:39:51Z")
yea i still havent spawned male with a female name but a few females with male names and a few females with female names… sometimes females spawn with panties or boxers but always with a sports bra. i dont think the profession is messed up; i think i was mistaken on that. i keep getting female profs with female spawns.