The Open Source Names thread
Darn, too late to edit...
Psi Force - Mind/Force Field Controller or Psi/Force Field Defender
Psi Wave - Mind/Sonic Controller or Psi/Sonic Defender
Poisoness Pistolier - Thugs/Poison MM
@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"
I was talking plant doms with a friend and I came up with a female plant dom/troller:
Tabby the Tuber
Thelonious Monk
Last Argument -- Any AR blaster
Ghandi II -- Any MA scrapper.
Horseless Headman -- Broadsword scrapper with an executioner's hood
Hail Mary -- Ice/Storm controller
Dr. Goodlove -- Empath
Sin Star -- Sonic corruptor
Hammerspace -- Anyone with War Mace
Snowbite -- Any with ice
General Coverage -- Plant Control dominator
God's Miller -- Any hero, but particularly scrapper or tanker
One I was going to use then I deleted the alt was 'Psylent Scream' - a Psi/Psi Blaster...
Golden-Phoenix - Lvl 50 Fire/Fire Tank
Oodja Nikabolokov - Lvl 50 SS/WP Brute
Baby-Phoenix - Lvl 50 Peacebringer
How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could Chuck Norris?
i made a blaster called Malhavoc, simply because i like the name
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Spitfire Ace - Another British theme! Fire blaster with flight
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why fire? with the raptor pack and /flypose1 on, equipping out your assault rifle makes you look like a plane with a gun on front
Russian Rocket - Superspeed Technology Fire/Fire Blaster
Grave Mistake - Necro/Dark MM
Metal Carnage - Bots/*** MM
Straight Jacket - Psi/Mental Blaster
Brick Outhouse - Stone/*** Tank/Brute
Main 50 & Badger Nine Claws Claws/Regen/Body
Other 50's Ph10x Brute Unjust Law Tanker Samantha Urai Scrapper Codename 1250 Scrapper
Cepheus Defender Nilus Scrapper Electro Field Blaster S.PONGE Tanker
A bit cheeky this one but I've deleted the toon, so it's out there if anyone wants it:
A stalker called The Invisible Lover (with a strap line of "you won't see me coming")
Thelonious Monk
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Hail Mary
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I had that for a while - mine was a Storm/dark defender
As noted in one of the links in my sig, I listen to The Goon Show, and out of that my new fire/fire scrapper has been born.
Sinjist Thing
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As noted in one of the links in my sig, I listen to The Goon Show, and out of that my new fire/fire scrapper has been born.
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Yeah there's some excellent value to be had from the Goons I reckon.
Bluebottle, Bludnok, Eccles et al can inspire more than merriment
Now, find me a large brandy and a fast submarine to Guatemala
Thelonious Monk
Carrion Constable, Carrion Cruising, Carrion Cleopatra, Carrion Camping etc etc for Plant Trollers/Doms :P
Son of a Witch; male Cabal, Storm/Elec Def
Stereosonic; anything Sonic related
Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS
James Pond; a secret agent fish
Jubilation; some sort of explosion's to represent fireworks, maybe Energy or Grav
Fascination; it's just the way we feeel ;] For all your Danish pop star toons (lol)
@Lukas
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James Pond; a secret agent fish
Jubilation; some sort of explosion's to represent fireworks, maybe Energy or Grav
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These two wouldn't be allowed. James Pond was a game in the 80s and was, in fact, a secret agent fish. Jubilation is from X-Men (referred to as Jubilee)
@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"
Some more.
Blue Eyes: Nrg/Nrg Blaster
Sleek Metal Dragon: Sonic/Sonic Defender
The Gasman: Thugs/Poison MM. Dedicated to all the gas coming out of people's backside
A Really Daft Punk: Katana/SR Scrapper. Dedicated to saving the world using dance and electro
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Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS
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Gazerbeam was in the Disney/Pixar animated film 'The Incredibles'.
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Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS
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Edited after I spotted ML had beaten me to it
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. MARCUS AURELIUS (121-180 AD)
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Carrion Constable, Carrion Cruising, Carrion Cleopatra, Carrion Camping etc etc for Plant Trollers/Doms :P
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OOO Matron!
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Son of a Witch; male Cabal, Storm/Elec Def
Stereosonic; anything Sonic related
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nice
Allodoxaphobia is the fear of opinions.
Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. MARCUS AURELIUS (121-180 AD)
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James Pond; a secret agent fish
Jubilation; some sort of explosion's to represent fireworks, maybe Energy or Grav
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These two wouldn't be allowed. James Pond was a game in the 80s and was, in fact, a secret agent fish. Jubilation is from X-Men (referred to as Jubilee)
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Jubilation
Ju-bi-la-tion
1 : an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant
2 : an expression of great joy
and I thought I recognised James Pond from somewhere, hehe.
@Lukas
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Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS
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Gazerbeam was in the Disney/Pixar animated film 'The Incredibles'.
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Not one of the main characters though; not sure if he would be trademarked / copyright protected?
@Lukas
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Son of a Witch; male Cabal, Storm/Elec Def
Stereosonic; anything Sonic related
Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS
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I liked these and didn't know about Gazerbeam... also Jubilation would be difficult to call if it wasn't a clone of Jubilee.
Phazerbeam instead? Lazer eyes and mind contorl?
Thelonious Monk
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Not one of the main characters though; not sure if he would be trademarked / copyright protected?
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He would be trademarked/IP but you cannot copyright names. I've quoted the book Legend by David Gemmell and the film of the same name starring David Bowie... same title totally different products.
Thelonious Monk
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Gazerbeam; anything with Laser Beam Eyes; Tanker, Scrapper, PB, Rad Blast, WS
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Gazerbeam was in the Disney/Pixar animated film 'The Incredibles'.
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Not one of the main characters though; not sure if he would be trademarked / copyright protected?
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Its all one big grey area I'm afraid, I'm sure if you managed to make your Gazerbeam character anywhere near being an international hit (especially with the U.S market) - you'd hear from Disney Lawyers in a heartbeat.
I'm also interested in the IP mess that is Champions, There are copyrighted character names in there (eg: Ironclad) that are Marvel IP, as well as DC concepts (Dr.Silverback = DC's Gorilla Grodd) in all but name) that are going to be analysed very carefully by Marvel and DC's army of legal eagles.
Edit: The concept of a hyper-intelligent Gorilla Super-villain was DC's...Their Gorilla Grodd's first appearance was in The Flash #106 May 1959 - slightly ahead of Champions 1981 debut then.
You are correct if the IP is clearly a different product, stories or in a different context, however If both 'Legend' names were relating to two different superheroes I think you would find that would be a red rag to a bull for most company lawyers.
That said its hard because no-one owns the name legend as its a historical description as opposed to a made-up name such as Gazerbeam.
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Not one of the main characters though; not sure if he would be trademarked / copyright protected?
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He would be trademarked/IP but you cannot copyright names. I've quoted the book Legend by David Gemmell and the film of the same name starring David Bowie... same title totally different products.
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David Bowie was in Legend?
Are you sure you're not confusing it with Labyrinth? Tom Cruise was in Legend, along with a big red scary demon (who was still far less scary than Bowies Goblin King Hair-and-bulging-tights ensemble)
Freezeflare - My old Ice/Fire Blaster, fits any Fire & Ice toon, really
Painbound - My first Dominator, I suppose it suits any Dom
Mud Boy & Mud Girl - Originally based around the idea of psychic, healing mud (and made while rather tipsy) they would suit any Earth or Stone toons
Molten Magma & Molten Mountain - Failed attempts at Stone/Fire Tankers, would suit Brutes equally well
@Jay Leon Hart
Kerensky: this has nothing to do with underwear
Zwillinger: I put on my robe and wizard hat...
Synapse: I had to resist starting my last post off with "Yo dawg!"