Are there any names left?

Got Coltan Claw yesterday(Claws/Inv scrapper).(idea being a man who's skin is made from a coltan like metal...got it from Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles). Just like how both words start with a C.

Just managed to snag Ring Out for an upcoming SS/WP brute on Virtue. Boxer gone bad.

Occasionally, I admit I do wish good names were easier to find. ("Good" meaning names that are stylish, descriptive, memorable, in English, and evocative of the superhero genre.)

On the other hand, I've had a few cases where I got a much better name, concept and character because so many good names were taken, so I can't really complain about a lack of names.

I wanted to make a rad/sonic defender for a long, long time, but had trouble coming up with a suitable concept and name. My original idea was some sort of post-apocalyptic punk rocker with radioactive powers, but I couldn't find anything good that fit the theme.

One day I snagged a fantastic name, musing that it'd be great for a nightcrawler-style teleporting hero. The only problem was, it still didn't fit my rad/sonic in any way. Then I realized I could portray a rad/sonic as a superhero with time and space manipulation powers. AM = speed up time, LR = slow down time, EMP = time stop, RI = teleporting bullets out of the way, EF = funky time/space distortion effects, sonic blasts = energy bolts that cause damage by warping reality. I picked up SS and Teleport for flavor, which also let me get 32.5 ranged defense and ghosting capability, and gave her a new backstory about being a US astronaut on a joint NASA-Portal Corps mission that was disrupted by Axis America's invasion. I ended up enjoying the revamped character about 10 times more.

The name in question? You won't believe it. Remember, this is on Virtue.

Warpshadow.

Hell, after reading elsewhere about World War II land mines, I rooted around and found a server where Bouncing Betty was not taken. It was Virtue, if I recall correctly. This week.

That's a classic genre-type name on the least-likely server over five years after the game's start.

Can everyone have every name? No. But there are still lots of possibilities.

I got Nuclear Summer and Cybernetic Cinder on Justice. My friend go Unwavering...on Freedom.

For the love of all that is unholy; QUIT NAMING THINGS! The more you name things; the less names there will be for everyone. Madness. Simply Madness!

:/end sarcasm:

Whenever the "I can't get a real obvious (and probably close to copyrighted) name" threads come up, I always pause to chuckle. In the long run, it's all a matter of perspective IMHO. and those who cant get a 'great and unique' name just dont seem to be able to see much further than the end of their NOES. And this thread is pretty much rubbing their's in it.

And at least I learned out how to tell if a name is 'Being used by a character in game' (Name is in use) or is 'Unusable in game per Dev's caveat' (Name is unavailable).

I had another "I can't believe that name wasn't taken yet" moment a few nights ago. I snagged Project Purity for a new Bots/Storm MM. His story is that he's trying to purify the cesspool water on Mercy Island when his lab is ransacked, his research is destroyed, and he is thrown into the cesspool water. The dip in the water gives him control over the weather. With no money to rebuild his lab or fund his research, he dusts off the robots from his "try to take over the world" days and becomes a villain on the side to make money.

I found that giving adding a common name before or following the name gives a better shot at getting the name.

For example I wanted to make a small werewolf character. As you can guess Wolfboy was taken. But William the Wolfboy was not.

I wanted a ice/ice blaster but all the powers were black or darkest grey I could get. I wanted Blackice, Darkice, or something to that effect, without success. So I went with Denver Winter (some of the dirtiest snow I ever saw was in Denver).

My dual blade scrapper, I went with Debbie Dualblades.

I did get my fire/fire scrapper name on first try Smoken Ashes (all the fire is grey)

Bot/Storm - (my quick picks, feel free to steal, hack and mangle as you see fot))
Gadget Galeforce (Gears .Galeforce)
Wendy Windup (Windy Windup)
Theodore Weathergear
- (for bot MM's I think company sounding names look good)
Weathertech
Airpower Assemblies
With the game being out 5 years, expect all the "Blade", "Winter/ice", "Fire", "Power", "Hammer", "Gun", ... names to be gone. You will have to make more unique name

I was bored and wasn't really looking to make a new toon, but I was playing with the creator one day. Playing with body types and different outfits, and BAM!

I made a female toon with some of the witch pieces and I had an 'OMG I need to keep her moment'

I ended up making yet another scrapper Silver Stiletto and was so inspired I made her evil twin sister an MM Blaque Stiletto who I'm saving for Going Rogue for my Demon Summoner.

That's another thing you have to remember whenever they announce new powers people tend to make characters to save names. I know I do, I have a few others I'm saving, new character (I have to have a few pistol users) names Like Pistolwhip Crackshot I just have to work on the outfit for that one.

Just keep trying, eventually you will find one that fits just right.

Inspiration comes in many forms. From a conversation in one of my global channels I got a burst of inspiration and now have Double Standard on Victory