Getting in Touch with the Praetorian You
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Posted on: 2009-07-01 24:09 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Heh, not many of my characters would HAVE Praetorian counterparts, given that the flow of time would have caused them to not exist there at all. Ah well ^_^
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Amalgamate :: Metacinnabarite
I could not believe metacinnabarite is a real thing. It's black mercury sulfide, which not only makes it eviler than normal cinnabar, it even sounds like something a supervillain would call himself.
Antipolar :: Taijitu
Amalgamate's evil twin, who of course would be good in Praetorian world.
Cosmic Scion :: Negastar
Best I could come up with.
Tilde :: Divisor
One of the most aggressive punctuation marks I could find.
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Hmm, let's see...
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Fat Blaster: Skinny Tanker
Wind of Fortune: Stone of Disaster
Twitchy McBlink: Solid McStare
Shiver Ash: Sweat Flame
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Pain Lord: Pleasant Peasant
Some of those are actually pretty cool.
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Actually wouldn't Castle = Fortress?
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Castle is a reference to the chess maneuver of Castling, rather than to the architectural structure called a Castle. Hence my forum Avatar.
I was actually looking for a term synonymous with "Discovered Attack" for the Praetorian name, but settled on "Checkmate" when I couldn't find anything suitable in the 2 minutes I allowed myself to look. 
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In chess, a discovered attack is an attack revealed when one piece moves out of the way of another. Discovered attacks can be extremely powerful, as the piece moved can make a threat independently of the piece it reveals. Like many chess tactics, they succeed because the opponent is unable to meet two threats at once. While typically the consequence of a discovered attack is the gain of material, they do not have to do this to be effective; the tactic can be used merely to gain a tempo.
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Some of mine become heroic, since they're currently villains...
The Denizen becomes... The Exile
The Comrade becomes... The Compatriot
The Android becomes... The Automaton
The Keystone becomes... The Gemstone
Catfight becomes... Catnip
Hordesman becomes... Berserker
Avenger America -- Ravager America
Blinding Atom -- Shining Proton
Forged of Flame -- Forged of Hellfire
Bolt Storm -- Bolt Storm, just like someone posted before, similar to Infernal.
Farstar Avenger -- Nebula Decimator(Destroyer)
And thats about all I can think of.. heh
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Well I already have a 50 praetorian named Flame Temptress
I would have really liked Flame Sorceress... but alas, on Pinnacle it is taken.
Ruby Dawn = Cerise Dawn. They're sisters, one's good, one's evil, so it's sorta the same. Rose is... well, she's undecided and waiting in the wings. Think Charmed, after Pru was offed...
Homeslicer would be... hm... maybe... no that's stupid. I think he'd just be Evil Robot Homeslicer.
Total Dependent (rad/rad defender who has about 0 offense) would become Soverignette, I suppose, but I have no idea what to make her with, power wise...
On the villain side, Jerry the Deathclown would become Nathan the Deathclown. Wait... My bad. Jerry the Defeatclown.
All the rest... be difficult to come up with anything. 
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Well... perhaps I was premature about that whole 'signing off' thing... - 11-9-2012
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I've got a couple characters with Praetorian backstories lying around, they'll definitely be spending time there (or be remade if there's a native Praetorian faction in Going Rogue.)
Explomadoza <-> Implomadoza
Hot Justice <-> Cold Revenge
I've also got Yetniy and Yintey, which are generally opposites story-wise, but they're definitely not Praetorian counterparts. Just silliness. I've also got some story pairing going on with Kiviuq and Nerrivik (who will definitely be exploring Praetoria if only to be morally middle grey like I always intended them to be), and Ariolimax and Banana Slug Woman (although they're just duplicates from different points in time).
Yikes. Thinking about it, most of my characters would be really hard to think of new Praetorian names for. Patteroast? Dr. Fejwol? Asoposl? Pungol? I guess giving my characters nonsense words for names a lot is coming back to haunt me.
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Well I already have a 50 praetorian named Flame Temptress
I would have really liked Flame Sorceress... but alas, on Pinnacle it is taken.
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Well... as soon as I read this I immediately thought of an alternative name:
Pyric Enchantress
I didn't want to suggest it if it had already been taken on Pinnacle.
It hadn't.
I created Pyric Enchantress as a place holder. If you like the name just let me know and we can arrange it so I'll delete when you're ready to build her. If you don't like the name then I'll just delete her for someone else to grab since I generally don't play on Pinnacle.
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
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Well I already have a 50 praetorian named Flame Temptress
I would have really liked Flame Sorceress... but alas, on Pinnacle it is taken.
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Well... as soon as I read this I immediately thought of an alternative name:
Pyric Enchantress
I didn't want to suggest it if it had already been taken on Pinnacle.
It hadn't.
I created Pyric Enchantress as a place holder. If you like the name just let me know and we can arrange it so I'll delete when you're ready to build her. If you don't like the name then I'll just delete her for someone else to grab since I generally don't play on Pinnacle.
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How nice! Thank you anyway but when I had created her I wanted to make sure 'Flame' stayed in the name, and that the difference would be the second word. Like how Castle said before, I wanted that noun to be more 'sinister'. Sorceress was my first choice but like I said, taken, so I went with Temptress.
Still happy with that name and like I said, shes 50 and I've had her a long time so I won't be changing the name. Thanks for the hold though!
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Well I already have a 50 praetorian named Flame Temptress
I would have really liked Flame Sorceress... but alas, on Pinnacle it is taken.
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Well... as soon as I read this I immediately thought of an alternative name:
Pyric Enchantress
I didn't want to suggest it if it had already been taken on Pinnacle.
It hadn't.
I created Pyric Enchantress as a place holder. If you like the name just let me know and we can arrange it so I'll delete when you're ready to build her. If you don't like the name then I'll just delete her for someone else to grab since I generally don't play on Pinnacle.
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How nice! Thank you anyway but when I had created her I wanted to make sure 'Flame' stayed in the name, and that the difference would be the second word. Like how Castle said before, I wanted that noun to be more 'sinister'. Sorceress was my first choice but like I said, taken, so I went with Temptress.
Still happy with that name and like I said, shes 50 and I've had her a long time so I won't be changing the name. Thanks for the hold though!
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Sure thing... name's released from captivity.. given a week of dry rations and a bottle of water... live wild.. live free Pyric Enchantress!
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
Let's see; Masochism, Hound of Souls, Pain Machine, Lady of Wrath, Mistress of Torments, and the Apostle of Agony become Hedonism, Flesh Kitten, Pleasure Machine, Tramp of Lust, Mistress of Ecstasy, and the Priest of Pleasure - and the game rapidly leaves the Teen rating behind. Or they just all go and hang out with Dominatrix.
Sky Serpent becomes the Stone Mongoose.
Darkness That Burns become Healing Light.
Entropic Girl become the Queen of Order.
Dark Unification becomes Shattering Light
Flora Fatale becomes Healing Herbs.
Malignant Flame becomes Cold Balm.
Radiance in Darkness become Dark Glory.
Shredder of Sinners becomes Sinslice.
Flame of Paradise become Cold Damnation.
Howling Dog become Silent Panther.
Feloni become The Lawgiver.
Swiftshred become Slow Smash.
Personal Combat Unit becomes Public Healing Utility.
Unseelie Sprite become Pepsi Pixie.
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The Praetorian Name thing is interesting. Let's look at some examples:
Statesman == Tyrant
Back Alley Brawler == Marauder
Positron == Anti-Matter
Mynx == Bobcat
So, in general, the Praetorian Name of a character is a reflection of their current name, but with a more...aggressive, sinister twist.
Given that:
Castle == Checkmate
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About 10 years ago I had a sci-fi story laid out where the main character's name was Castle, not because of chess but because he was so brutally straight-forward he was given that nick-name.
I made one enemy of his from a gang go by the name "Writhe" as a play on words from that, because he was manipulative as all out.
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Actually wouldn't Castle = Fortress?
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Castle is a reference to the chess maneuver of Castling, rather than to the architectural structure called a Castle. Hence my forum Avatar.
I was actually looking for a term synonymous with "Discovered Attack" for the Praetorian name, but settled on "Checkmate" when I couldn't find anything suitable in the 2 minutes I allowed myself to look.
EDIT: To add clarification:
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In chess, a discovered attack is an attack revealed when one piece moves out of the way of another. Discovered attacks can be extremely powerful, as the piece moved can make a threat independently of the piece it reveals. Like many chess tactics, they succeed because the opponent is unable to meet two threats at once. While typically the consequence of a discovered attack is the gain of material, they do not have to do this to be effective; the tactic can be used merely to gain a tempo.
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"En Passant" would be a great name for the evil Castle too. Even more so if he had a stalkerish twist.
You would never belive how many times I have had to prove that thats a real rule... *sigh*
Alyiah (Hebrew for ascender) Jordan (variant of Yarden, Hebrew for descend or flow down, name of the Jordan River)
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So, in general, the Praetorian Name of a character is a reflection of their current name, but with a more...aggressive, sinister twist.
Given that:
Castle == Checkmate
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Really? I would have gone with Queen's Gambit
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Forum name:
Mr. Squid = Sir Kraken
Heroes:
Teh Pwnzor = L33t HaXX0r
Sand Strider = Dune Sprinter
Obsidioid = Magmodious
Xhantranos Redeemed = Xhantranos Unleashed
GIGA BREAKER LOBSTER = HYPER BUSTER ARMADILLO
Villains:
The Vanguard of Gaia = The Paladin of Terra
Project Lamprey = Moray no. 4
Great White = Great Blue
Webmaster Eberlein = Orbweaver Eberlein
RadDidIt --> RadPhail
Heroes:
Radiant Beam --> Shadow Shot
Solar One --> Terra Two
Doge of Rock --> Prince of Tides
Winter Cry --> Silent Summer
Sure, I'll play:
YanYan : NayNay
Super Villain : Average Hero
a little kitten : Huge Doggy
a little bunny : Huge Carrot
a little wild : Massively Tame
Laurr : ?? (I got nothing)
Paragon Protector : Rogue Destroyer
Psyants : May Jeek
Dr Webber : Mr. Right
Mr. Right : Dr Webber
Paradox Angel : Ironic Devil
Parallel Protector (all 8) : Parallel Protector (again, 8)
Ok ill play...
Widowers Revenge/ Married bliss?
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I already made mine as a villain.
Philotic Knight (FF/Elec Defender) : Misotic Knave (Fire/Dark Corruptor)
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Not Terran Knight? Or are you (PK) against the Goddess in the Machine?
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Sorry, I don't get the reference.
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Sorry - As I recall, your handle is somewhat based off Ender's Game (and the following books) and Jane always seemed more a Goddess then a Ghost in the Machine (reference to unintended workings of code).
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Well, alas, I'm out of luck with the Praetorian thing. I had the idea of making a Praetorian version of my main a loooooong time ago - soon after the announcement of City of Villains. I was going to make up Mean Streak as my arch-villain - yes, the Praetorian Silver Streak, with essentially the same appearance, plus goatee.
Alas, the name has been taken for the last 4 years. I have tried Mean Streak, Mean-Streak, and MeanStreak - all taken. And I check again every month or so - cuz if one of those names ever opens up, I'm on it!
In the meantime, I'll just sulk.
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