I always name myself the default name for the character. In Platinum I always uses Lucas, In HeartGold Ethan and when I get my hand on pokemon Black/White (not sure which one I'll get. It's a hard choice) I'll go with the male character and name it it's default american name (the japanese is Touya). When I used to play pokemon diamond I still used Lucas, and in every two-version game I got I plan on playing with the girl on the the other version, but my little crybaby brother always want to play pokemon, even thought he only plays because he likes the pokemon, and only make pokemon stronger by geting a lot of rare candies by cheats, and only to evolve than. He himself only battle when it's needed to go to other places, and when he does so his pokemon are already so rare candy leveled up that he can defeat even the elite four with one move. When I was 4 year old, when I played pokemon red, I still didn't knew the characters had predetermined names, so I named myself Ash and the rival Gary, even thought I knew that they weren't the same characters from the anime. And that time my lil' brother didn't existed. I don't know why, but after what I wrote here, I'm not in the mood to end this post with a Ciao.