Your friend is instantly a freakin' amazing person for naming himself after Ned Stark. I get sick of people with variants of Sephiroth for their name, but when someone comes around as Nedstark, I just want to give them a big hug. Jonsnow would be better, though. =D

As far as making friends, I don't make new ones too often unless I meet them in the RedLotus linkshell I'm part of. I have plenty of friends. I wouldn't be able to play the game if they weren't around. Online games are no fun if you don't have friends to play with.