Angry_Angel

Not just in Steel, there's 5th Column in the new V series as well!!!

Thank you for reminding me.

Captain created an android on his account whose exterior shell is modeled after my villainess main. Sadly, I cannot recall if the two women have met even once. I should write to him and ask how my doppleganger is doing and sue for costume monies.

<3 Rook.

A bustle would so work. Was thinking that the first time I saw my character walking in a trenchcoat.

Picked this one up on Virtue just a few weeks ago. It was a gift for my husband who intends to re-roll for Going Rogue's demon-summoning powerset. In essence, the demons are his dolls and the MM's mind is the house they're stored in when not out playing. Not grabbing it here but wanted to say -good find, Chosen-!

Ha, I just realized. My husband plays with dolls.

That's true in my case. Although I have the 63 month vet reward, nearly all of my names were obtained in the last two years.

I guess I lucked out. That is how I picked up: Vamp, Heretic, Death, Czarina, Phobia, Nefer, Berlin and Silk. Then again, a name's desirability is subjective. To me, those are great names. Other people may think they're crap.

In case they have another reclaim, make a list of the names you want in advance. Worry about perfecting a costume later.

I've also picked up great (to me) names from friends. American Anthem and Witchcraft were gifts from good friends who had outlived them. Heavenly was a gift from a forum celeb who pm'd me out of the blue because she knew I ran an angel themed group.

Some names were picked up on a whim. Alt, Noa, Terravolta, and Una were just casual afterthoughts while playing. Know what I do often? If I'm playing with a radio or the television on in the office and hear a nice lyric or interesting thought, I'll quickly type "/getglobalname, so and so". If the name is taken, usually a global will come back. If a global is not retrieved, I'll type "/friend, so and so". Heroes will show on the local friends list, villains rejected - or vice versa depending on which side I'm on. If a second message appears stating the name does not exist or is hidden, then I'll log off and check if it's locked or truly available. Sounds like a process but it takes seconds.

I also find inspiration from others in the same way. Dyson had a biography for his main with mention of a starmada force. I was so taken by the word that I took it and Starmada was born. I've wanted a twin for her for some time and saw someone with the name Starkadia; a quick check in Google and found that Arkadia was also spelled with a "c". Starcadia was born a few weeks ago.

Then there's my server's forum's famous Name Thread. Folks will ask for names and put up names (free and trade). Picked up a few names there was well: Dakota, Freeze Frame, and Paris.

Sometimes I will Google themes. With Paris and Berlin, I thought it would be neat to have an army of world capitals since there is a type of angel responsible for protecting each nation. Google brought up a list of all the current and past world capitals from which I picked over the most feminine sounding. A quick check showed that: Havana, Brasilia, Tokyo, and Pretoria were free.

Then there's bouts of silliness. Following a conversation about shameless PL'ing, I made Shameless (a brute) and Pea Elle (her twin sister, a thermal corr). Following a conversation about regional dialects, Broken English was born - she's a Brit with a Cockney accent that no one on her international polo team could understand. Sunday Mourning was also a play on words.

My point is, in the last two years... following a massive wipe on my account, I've been active and resourceful on some and lucky on others on what may be the busiest server. Come to think of it, with all the different ways I pick up names, I can't recall how I got Vanessa, Posh, and Vignette. I'm pretty sure they were "on a whim" picks.

Though my -favorite- to this day is three years old and a thesaurus pick. I wanted an extraterrestrial. Thesuarus found "alien, foreign, exotic". I added an "a" at the end and Exotica was born. Sadly, people think she's inspired by a stripper.

Happy hunting, y'all.

I've run it more than once on the same character. I'm a simple person and earning one of each temporary power associated with the GM is just an extension of my trophy-hunting.

As far as a "wham bam" approach, I can see that being a different situation by time of day and course over the three weeks available. During prime PM and weekend hours, the event is completed nearly immediately on busy servers such as Virtue. If you're looking to savor a slower experience and have the schedule to do so, perhaps assemble friends if you're on later in the eve or wait until everyone's had their fill about two weeks in.

There's no way for an event with a set number of rules to satisfy everyone. The best I can do is tailor my personal experience in how I run it when I do log in.