Memphis_Bill

See Tyrant, Neuron, etc. There's precedent. There wasn't a *need* to change them - but if the goateed mustache-twirlers can get an update, why not the primal versions?

And yet a trick shot is a generic term, whereas Spiderman is not. Frankly, they're human, and the more well-known (or sue-able) the character - again, Spiderman, Wolverine, etc - the more likely it'd be to be genericed. Once it gets a little less well known and/or common - because, really, "Wolverine" is an exception specifically because of how well known the character is - the more likely they'd let it slide. Especially if it's less like the property itself.

Plus, the farther you get from the property itself, the less likely it is they'll care. Taking your list above, with "No matter how you break it up, they'll generic you" - well, if I were actually interested enough, I could probably go make a stalker named Spy Derman, the for-hire thief, covert op/assassin with stolen teleporter and energy blade technology, and have him left completely alone. Or Spyder Mann, from your list, the superspeeding ex-exotic-car salesman (named Jimmy Mann) who was so tired of the cars being stolen he whipped up a way to fight crime mixed with his love of fast things. Now, if you use the names and make them bluntly obvious ripoffs, sure, they'd get genericed - but the GMs are not machines.

No, it's a grind if there's nothing much else to do, IMHO.

Now, I pushed a character or two - one of which was done mostly because a friend was running them when I got off work, didn't *plan* on having her at multiple T3s. But, really, I haven't hopped on a trial for a while now.

Thing is... I don't look forward to going back *on* one. I'll give Keyes a whirl or two when it's out, but... eh. Even spaced out (say, running one of each a week,) it's still "grindy feeling" to me because it's the *exact same stuff.* (Which is also part of my complaint about redside... so linear.)

Plus, as Redlynne mentions - it's very tightly scripted. No variation, really, other than "Pull to the court/wall or try to keep them separated," for instance.

I'll be happy when we have more "stuff" and I can make real Incarnate progress via missions, solo missions and small task forces as well as trials, just to mix it up and keep it interesting. IF that ever happens.

/agrees 100%

*You* may not like certain names - but that's your own self imposed limitation. Not a rule for everyone else.

Way to ignore the other systems listed. ALL of which have needed attention for quite some time.

/golfclap

That... doesn't really make a difference with what you said (and which I quoted in the reply.) In fact, it makes no sense:

"Not to be unsympathetic, but even if someone managed to snag the name in between the time the last time the script was run and now, your attempts to get it couldn't have been that desperate."

... and is still irrelevant to the fact that name has been and still is tied to a trial account, a fact he would have just found out with the trial account rename. His conclusion (and irritation) that the name was "now" taken by a trial has been corrected.

Please re-read the rest of the thread.

It wasn't snagged between then and now. The trial account it was tied to was renamed with the rest, so he now *knows* it was a trial.

It's what they didn't say at the end of that...

"We turned to the forums. After laughing heartily at those wanting fixes for long-time issues and forgotten systems like AE (good work, farmers, getting your fire farm into the HOF!) PVP and base editing, we decided to write more stuff in for the well. Now Fusionette's your only hope for not being Well-Zombied."

But now... it's different.

/this.

Really, I'm starting to think The Well is the new Dr. Mindstorm or whatever his name was... as quickly (and appropriately) forgotten as he is now. Pity this fascination and need to tie The Faucet into everything isn't fading as fast.

Just out of curiosity, I wouldn't mind seeing those folks waiting on names (and while I'm STILL in favor of running the purge, no, again, no problem coming up with names, thanks, so this isn't me) give a little info.

Like I said, out of curiosity.

Namely:
- The name(s) they're looking for on what server, and
- Is it/are they tied to a standard account (don't say "But it's inactive,") an account without a global, or a trial (@Trial 1290834) account. (Obviously don't give the globals.)

Really wondering what the results would be. (The name/server would be for independent verification.)

We do have at least one someone's learned is tied up in a trial, and has been for a while.

Um... Perhaps you should just concentrate on this part. --^

while keeping this in mind. With how you've never seen the level 50 content. Or incarnate trials.

The closest I can recall it had to being mentioned was a CYA statement when server transfers were released. In essence:

"Here you go, server transfers. Disclaimer, if we EVER do anything in the future that would make these moot, such as lumping everyone into a single server instance, there are no refunds."

Which means the second anyone with the remotest tinge of red to their name brings up the word "server" - even if they're talking about their experience at a restaurant - cross server and single-massive-server get brought up by players as "promised" and "talked about." No matter how much work or how unlikely the devs mention it being.

A reason to buy a much sturdier shower cap.

See, here's the thing with that.

The Kheldians aren't just alien to Earth. They're alien to our *galaxy,* according to their lore. Which raises a fair number of questions in and of itself, such as how widespread they are, how far the CS's nets are and the like.

By "Extragalactic," we don't know just WHERE they originated - someplace like Canis Major (25,000 light years away from us - possibly "reasonable," time wise,) or Andromeda (closest full galaxy, but several times the distance, 2.5 million light years.) We also don't know *how* they travelled in interstellar, much less intergalactic, space. While the Nictus can jump from one place to another, ignoring the in-between spaces, thanks to Cysts... the cysts still have to GET here. They have mass. It would take quite a bit of energy to get them here - and nothing says the Khelds and Nictus only went one way.

Still, coming from there, at 1/10 light speed a cyst would "only" take 250,000 years to get here.... fairly reasonable. Even at 1/100, we're looking at 2.5 million years (if it's just "sent out," not transported somehow,) so Earth would have existed as a potential target planet at that point.

1/10 light speed from Andromeda (again, basically just "sending out seeds," and assuming - big assumption - that normal Khelds can do this, not just Nictus) we'd still be viable, of cousre - but if they sent them out towards US, why not elsewhere? Would the CS really have been in Andromeda, or other Local Group galaxies?

It's probably much more fair to say that Twilight's Son - assuming he's telling the truth - is the last Kheldian known living *in our galaxy* in his time.

Actually, if my (very rusty) HTML knowledge holds, it used to be doable via imgmap (image map) - even on a single image. I *don't* know if it's actually doable on the boards at this point, though.

For now, went with a guide to my guides, linked down below. (I'd have done the editing you mentioned, ZM, but with what I have planned I'd probably swamp what little space I'd saved quickly!)

Thanks, everyone