We had a short party this morning (Saturday), with me on as Oldfart57. If you see this, drop an in-game email to Oldfart57 and UberGrump, if you would like to party some more in those times when we are both soling.
The player had a name that had 2 capital Ss, that's as much as I recall. And yeah, he did seem like a good guy.
As for the question about the 57: evidently, at the time I started the game, yeah, there must have been 56 or so Oldfarts already in L2. ;)
I am actually genuinely interested in why ppl add a "serial number" to their names. No offence. If you had a brain **** and couldnt come up with something better when u created it, just say so :D