Please Lift Name Restrictions
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Agonus,
Posted on: 2009-09-17 08:47 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
They did this at one point I believe but the restrictions were like level 5 and below and hadn't logged in for <insert number here> days.
You mean, allow multiple characters with the same name on one server? No thanks, that'd destroy the non-global tell/friends system, as well as cause all sorts of wonky problems.
I've come up with names and they turned out to be taken, but after a bit more work I always have ended up with a better, more original and creative name. Use a dictionary, a thesaurus, and translator. They're very much your friends.
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Originally Posted by ShadowNate
;_; ?!?! What the heck is wrong with you, my god, I have never been so confused in my life!
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be more original?
It is frustrating. I have been in that boat too. But I would hate to have multiple people allowed to have the same name. That would not be good. But perhaps another name purge is in order. I know the dev's have said in the past the last name purge didnt really do much. But I bet the guy or gal who got the name they really wanted would disagree.
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High Huntress 50 Archery/NRG Blast
And a goatload of others. On a goatload of servers.
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It's not so bad really. Two days ago I came up with the following names on Freedom...
1. Electrosaurus - Spine/Electric Scrapper. I chose the Slate spines since they look similar to the scales on the back of a stegosaurus (sp?)
2. Iron Puma - Claws/Inv Brute.
I will admit on Iron Puma I was trying for Iron Tiger but I wasn't surprised it was taken.
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That was releasing names - not allowing more than one character with a given name on a given server, which has never been allowed. I myself would hope that never changes - first come, first served on a name on a given server.|
Originally Posted by Clouded
They did this at one point I believe but the restrictions were like level 5 and below and hadn't logged in for <insert number here> days.
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And to note - a paid up account has never been vulnerable to name purging. Only unpaid (ie. inactive in that sense) accounts.
My scrapper doesn't need an AoE. She IS an AoE.
I know how the OP feels. I invented the perfect character. He was an Invulnerability / Super Strength tanker, and I was going to take fly for a travel power. He was also going to have the Laser Eye Beams when he got high enough in level. I designed a really cool all blue costume with red boots, trunks and cape and a cool "S" logo.
Imagine my disappointment when the name "Wolverine" was taken. 
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No we don't need ten thousand heroes named Hero
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Originally Posted by Chaos Creator
No we don't need ten thousand heroes named Hero
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Lots of 50's yada yada. still finding fun things to do.
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I have a better idea. I'll consider it a challenge. Give me a name you want to use, and I'll give you at least three alternatives.
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Originally Posted by Mischief
Over the past 5 years playing CoX, I can't count the number of times I've gotten an idea for a new character and have come up with perfect a concept, costume and name, only to find the name has already been taken.
I would love to see the CoX name monopoly lifted for Issue 17 - or sometime soon. Anyone have any knowledge or guesses if this could be in the works? |
The main reason I'll not play Champions is the no unique names feature they have. If they do that here, instant uninstall. Just one person's personal preference, but thought I'd cast my vote anyway, as seeing the suggestion to remove the restriction gave me a gross feeling, ick.
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lmao!
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Originally Posted by defenestrator
i know how the op feels. I invented the perfect character. He was an invulnerability / super strength tanker, and i was going to take fly for a travel power. He was also going to have the laser eye beams when he got high enough in level. I designed a really cool all blue costume with red boots, trunks and cape and a cool "s" logo.
Imagine my disappointment when the name "wolverine" was taken. |
There are those rare moments of unexpected glee when you half heartedly check a name you know must have been taken, only to get the 'This character name is available' message.
I've only missed out on one name I wanted, and I just added an adjective to it. Problem solved.
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My most recent of such moments was just a week or so ago when I managed to grab on Virtue, Holly Day. Her primary purpose will be to serve as my SG's purchasing agent for the Winter's Gift Slow Resistance IOs come Winter Event time, what with there being no option to choose the level at purchase. So, she is level 10 and will stay that way until after the event. After that, she can resume her heroing career. |
Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree
There are those rare moments of unexpected glee when you half heartedly check a name you know must have been taken, only to get the 'This character name is available' message.
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Yeah. Very surprising when I found the name was available.
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Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree
There are those rare moments of unexpected glee when you half heartedly check a name you know must have been taken, only to get the 'This character name is available' message.
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Quite a few of my characters are foreign-language (to me) names, that both sound cool and are a thematic match. Characters can, after all, be from anywhere on earth, or have any ancestry. We live in the Google Age, a time when online Whatever-WhateverElse dictionaries or word lists can be found merely for the typing.
If they decide to have another purge, of characters level 5 and less attached to inactive (for length x) accounts, I wouldn't shed a tear. But frankly I doubt it'd do any good.
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I had one of those last night.
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Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree
There are those rare moments of unexpected glee when you half heartedly check a name you know must have been taken, only to get the 'This character name is available' message.
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total kick to the gut
This is like having Ra's Al Ghul show up at your birthday party.
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Originally Posted by defenestrator
i know how the op feels. I invented the perfect character. He was an invulnerability / super strength tanker, and i was going to take fly for a travel power. He was also going to have the laser eye beams when he got high enough in level. I designed a really cool all blue costume with red boots, trunks and cape and a cool "s" logo.
Imagine my disappointment when the name "wolverine" was taken. |
rofl!
Well, it's hard for me to sympathize with this plight as much now that I can save dreamed up costumes locally and check names both before and after character creation. And I check these names on multiple servers, which then gives me a choice: which is more important, the server or the name?
I'm pretty good at dreaming up names no has thought of. Using foreign words can help. "Mole King" taken? There's always "Talpa Rex!" I like to think it's sort of like Googlewacking. Trying to think up two and three word string combinations that would result in only one page from Google. If you can do that, you know you got something that almost no one has thought of before.
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This again?
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"Silly villain, CoX is for Heroes!" -Saicho
CO does this and it works marvelously. I have yet to see 2 people with the same name, but you do not have to reserve names or compete with a person who quit 5 years ago. Globals are a superior way of keeping track of people even here, and at CO having the global show in text is not intrusive because they make it subtle.
A game is not supposed to be some kind of... place where people enjoy themselves!
You need to be a little creative, is all. Just don't be like the guy I ran into the other night, "xXx Mr. Mountain xXx" (not the real name, but it was just as basic) who had the gall to start bragging about how good he was at picking names. o.0
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I was -shocked- a few weeks ago when I found out Dr. Star was available on Virtue.
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Originally Posted by NightshadeLegree
There are those rare moments of unexpected glee when you half heartedly check a name you know must have been taken, only to get the 'This character name is available' message.
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Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
I think they might do another name purge just before GR goes live.
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Over the past 5 years playing CoX, I can't count the number of times I've gotten an idea for a new character and have come up with perfect a concept, costume and name, only to find the name has already been taken.
I would love to see the CoX name monopoly lifted for Issue 17 - or sometime soon.
Anyone have any knowledge or guesses if this could be in the works?