Please Lift Name Restrictions

This is a bad idea, mostly because of griefers. I spend alot of time developing the rep of my creations, whether for good or ill, and I don't want some other jerk I may make mad in some way, creating a clone of me, and besmirching my name.

And there are plenty of good names out there. I recently got 'Horizon' on Virtue, and he'll be my big project for GR.

But there are names out there I'm looking for that'd I like. They're listed in my sig. I'd like to have them, but I can be patient until they come free, if they ever do. I do agree that a level increase to around 10 would be nice for purges on accounts over 90 days, and a complete wipe of accounts over 4 years inactive.

Just because I am a comic geek and seeing the errors here bothers me:

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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect To use your Wildcat example: There have been at least 4 Wildcats in the DC universe. The original Golden Age one. Then there was the Silver Age Wildcat, who happened to be the original's protege. Then you get down to the current Wildcats (of which there are 2). The part you glossed over is that BOTH of the current Wildcats have a connection to the original Golden Age Wildcat.

Technically, this is accurate, the 2 current Wildcats have a connection to the GA Wildcat. But that is because one of them is the GA Wildcat. The Silver Age Wildcat would be better named the Earth-1 Wildcat, he was not a protege of the original, he was the Earth-1 version of the original, who was from Earth-2. Since Crisis on Infinite Earths in 1986, there has only been the original Wildcat, his goddaughter Yolanda (killed by Eclipso) and his son Tom Bronson. The original and his son are both members of the JSA.

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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect John Henry Irons was the Man of Steel, he never claimed to BE Superman, just that he felt it was his mission in life to continue his work. Superboy was a clone of Superman, he knew he wasn't the original, though he had similar traits. The 2 that were claiming to be the original were the one that actually WAS inhabiting his body, and the Cyborg Superman.

You have John Henry Irons correct. Superboy did in fact claim to be the original Superman, he didn't know he was a clone and neither did anyone else at first. Cyborg Superman was obviously not the real one, and was of course engaging in subterfuge. The other Superman at the time was not inhabiting the body of the real one, it was the Eradicator who had created his own body using Superman's as a template.

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Originally Posted by ClawsandEffect Jay Garrick was not active at the same time as Barry Allen (barring time travel), Barry Allen picked up the mantle and became The Flash when he gained super speed, apparently LONG after Jay Garrick was no longer active. I also just searched and found out something I didn't know, Barry Allen named himself after the Jay Garrick Flash from a comic book.

Jay Garrick was in fact active at the same time as Barry Allen, the same way there were 2 Supermen, 2 Batmen, 2 Robins, etc. active at once. It was during the Silver Age, with Earth-1, Earth-2, Earth-3, etc. all being extant, resulting in multiples of each character. (I use the same conceit to explain my multiple versions of Justice Blues.) After COIE, Jay was semi-retired and Barry was dead, so there was just Wally West. But Jay has been out of retirement for many years now, co-existing as Flash with both Wally and Bart at different points, and at this point in time, there are 3 Flashes all on active duty at once, Jay, Barry, and Wally. Bart having reverted to Kid Flash again.

None of this means that I think multiples of the same name should be allowed on the servers. There is a huge difference between a comic book univers with long history and storylines and a MMO. And I find that digging for a name for a character, and finding one that is really unusual, can really help me get interested in the character.

And after previewing that post, I think I may be slightly bothered by the fact that I didn't have to look any of it up.

Also fact that all the Flashes, all the GLs but one, both Wildcats etc. are related within the storyline.

They all have conections to one another. How many of the Flashes have any powers aside from super-speed? Except for Jay Garrick they are all even in the same family

Name a GL who's powers didn't involve the creation of objects with hard light. Most commonly green light, but Guy Gardner had a yellow ring for a while (which was identical in function, just yellow instead of green) Even Alan Scott, who's ring was magic based, had powers that functioned very similarly, forming a (loose) connection with the others.

Not as familiar with the Wildcats, but I'd be willing to bet their powers (if they have any) and abilities are very similar, because (as Justice Blues pointed out) the two current ones are father and son.

Long history of characters with the same name that are very closely intertwined in the lore of the universe they reside in.

They are not random people who just happened to pick the same name. THAT is the point I was making.

Also, why do Batman and Iron Man have such impact? Because there is no one else with that name

Thugs fear Batman, I imagine their fear would be less if he was "A" Batman instead of "THE" Batman.

One other person has been known as Iron Man in the history of the character, James Rhodes, and that was because Tony Stark was trying to act like Iron Man was his bodyguard and not him personally.

In allowing unlimited characters to have the same name it kills the impact of that name.

"Hooray, it's Superman!" becomes "Oh, look, another Superman"

Reading over this thread, it seems to me like a whole lot of people are being WAY too picky and snobbish about their names.

Because, you know, naming your characters in a pretendy fun-time game is SRS BZNS!

This thread just boggles my mind.