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Nice! So, where might one get such an item and a CoH pint glass to go with it?
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They must be announcing the new moon zone that will be available only to cross-server teams.
By the way, I hear the new zone has an NPC that will let you rename your character, choosing any name you want! -
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So, the new moon zone will only be accessible by cross-server teams?
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Quote:There's no quibbling involved. My post was a response to the claim earlier in the thread that a certain name belonged to a Marvel comic book character and therefore was protected by copyright. My point was that this is not necessarily the case. In fact, when I did a google search, the first entry was for a radio serial character that may have later become a Fawcett comic character (I didn't do more than scan the wikipedia entry for this so I may have misread it).Thanks for the quibble correction, but I do know the difference between trademarks and copyrights. If it were something more important than a tossed off forum post I would have bothered being specific.
The rest of your correction is inaccurate in one important point. The GMs can take any reason they please. It's their game. And in practice, if a character name in CoH is the same as one from someone who appeared in a Marvel or DC comic, they're not going to let you keep it if they notice it. They err on the side of caution.
You are right that GMs can do whatever they like. CoH has long gone overboard to prevent another lawsuit over trademark infringement. However, that does not mean the OP's name is a violation of copyright or trademark.
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First, characters can be trademarked, but not copyrighted.
Second, a character's trademark incorporates more than the name. It's the whole package: the name, the look and the concept.
Third, an unutilized character can lose its trademark status. That is, characters who do not appear in any works for a certain amount of time revert to the public domain.
Certain names are blocked in CoH because they are considered to belong to characters so iconic that players would be tempted to violate another company's trademark by recreating those iconic characters.
If I created a comic book about a character named "Wolverine", depicting a giant rodent righting wrongs among forest animals, I could argue in court that it had nothing to do with the famous X-Man. I might even win. However, the cost of defending my creation against Marvel/Disney's legal team would make it not worth my time or money.
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Anyway, it sucks that a name someone wants has been stuck on a trial account for years. -
To paraphrase one of my favorite college memes:
Space, people. Space.
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Quote:I think the message here is pretty clear. What more do you need to know to understand this?I want to thank you for always understanding me and for having such a great patience and tolerance for me and for everyone in the City of Heroes community.
You are a great human being and you make a real difference.
Thank you for everything Avatea.
Delivering a public "thank you" is a nice thing to do. -
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Having something like the steam jetpack available as an alternative to wings would be awesome.
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Quote:I've been playing around with the Steampunk Gear on Test for a while, so any costumes I have to share I've already posted on the Screenshots forums about five times over, so if it seems like I'm repeating myself... I am
Isabella is an immortal shapeshifting succubus demon who feeds on human emotion.
Nice. I really like this one! -
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Quote:There's some great stuff in there! Sad to say that rarely I get to the Screenshots and Fan Creation forum.We in the Screenshots and Fan Creations forum have been doing this or a while now on the test server.
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The steampunk pack is available. Show us what you've created!
Mine's pretty basic, but I know I will use more of the steampunk pieces in the future as part of modern hero costumes.
Now show us what you've got! -
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Quote:You can start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SuperheroAny recommended reading? This may actually help me build a concept by giving me a nice structural base.
EDIT: if you want background on the COH universe, here's a timeline courtesy of Paragon Wiki. -
A powered suit of armor is a great concept for just about any character. If you like that concept, stick with it. If not, just come up with another.
Superhero concepts can vary widely. From magic, to science fiction; from normal humans with great skill, to aliens from other planets. Superheroes comes from all kinds of places. Read some comics or check out wikipedia entries on comic heroes for inspiration.
As for costumes, I like to imagine my character through the years. I'll create separate costumes for the golden age, the modern era and the future. I'll also make costumes for alternate dimension versions of him, a space hero version, good and evil costumes, etc. I think that really makes the game fun and helps me strengthen the character's overall concept.
Choose powersets that you think will be fun and don't worry too much about being ineffective.
Most importantly, have fun! Once you find a powerset that you really like and a concept to go with it, you might level a character into the 30s, the 40s and even to 50. -
I fought the Praetorians in Cap au Diable tonight. It was very fun and the lag was not as bad as a regular Rikti invasion on the Virtue server.
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Quote:True! And you had to run from the train exit to the train entrance and click again to get to the next stop. As you can imagine, it was very time consuming.Standing in front of the doors at the train station in Atlas Park watching the destinations scrolling overhead and waiting for the right one to appear to where I needed to go, and panicking when it didn't. My friend had to tell me to click on the doors and pick the destination from the list. I'd assumed it was like a proper train where you got on and it would stop at all the stations listed in order
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