So your preferred name is unavailable?

No, but you suggested it to us. So one of us responded. Then you tried to invoke the Devs, changing the rules on us.

Seriuosly, my response was (quite clearly) a hypothetical. It was also, incidentally, on-point: people who suggest a name purge think it means they'll get the names they want, but the Dev's previous experience indicated the purge wasn't as useful as they had thought. And to the degree that it IS used, it might be used by someone else to get the names you covet, leaving you just as frustrated.

In the meantime, names like Sky God are still available on popular servers after nearly 6 years of flying Storm and Lightning characters. It's not as hard as people make it out to be.

I was quite suprised to vind the name Dark God, available on Virtue. But then again, when I broadcasted over zone, that I was looking for a team, I got a rude "I'd team you with you, but that name is lame" So, maybe that's why a name like Sky God, isn't taken? :/

what if the first part of the name is Mr. like for example Mr. Gilmore which is my Thug Poison MM

Hey, I've got "Name Redacted" on Justice

I would bet that most of the names people are clamoring for are taken by active players. It's what the devs found when they did the "every inactive character below level 35" purge, after all.

Invoked the devs? im at a loss here. I asked if you were a dev because you said "We" purged the names. Thus my post. You act like I'm trying to name drop.

The devs did a purge a while back. It freed up very few names due to the levels it affected. What I am suggesting is a total purge of any toon 1-50 for accounts inactive for 4+ years. Basically what I am getting to is, at what point do they give up on accounts that have been gone for years? If getting a name that someone has wanted for a long time keeps an active account active, then I'm all for it. Sometimes its the little things that keep you interested.

As far as these names you assume "I" want... I have most of the names I want, have for years. It would be nice to see newer players get something closer to the name they have in mind so they can make the hero/villan they envisioned. The game can mean many things to many people, but some people (myself included) dont want a toon without a concept behind them and name can be a huge part of that. Just adding my thoughts to the discussion, no need to make this a battle Sailboat.

I read somewhere that a poll was taken at HeroCon about possible name purges and the terrible global name idea, any truth to that anyone know?

What about toons from 36-50? There is a chance also that players at launch played a few toons to 50 and canceled never to return. I guess there is only one way to find out.

Why is everyone so against a name purge? Would it affect anyone that posts here negatively? Clearly you all have active accounts, would it be so injust to purge the names of accounts that have been inactive for years?

I don't think any of us are AGAINST it... it just isn't necessary. Secondly, it doesn't solve the problem that it supposedly solves per past Dev experience.

I just got Bioflux on Justice, which surprised me... and in reference to those who say that vowelless and other odd combinations are useless? You lack creativity or are a bit too formulaic in your approach to names. I have an alien outlaw character named Svyx Qordlin that I almost named Svyxqrdln. If I had used the second, it would even be pronounceable due to the L and R. Not to mention robot designations that could be all numbers, etc.