Can I get "The" before a charaters name?

I know that when I create a character if I type in "The" before the characters name it will be added as the title.

But I want "The" to appear in chat before my name.
I tried doing The The (twice) before the characters name but that wont work.

so can I get The before a characters name and appear in chat?

I'm afraid not...or I haven't found out how to do it yet...

You might be able to get away with it doing something like ".The Amazing Man", though I've never felt the need to try it out.

As the character name input distinctly disallows you to type "The" at the start of your name, rather relegating it to a title, the answer is no. My guess is they wanted to avoid confusion, i.e. "Invite THE Captain Courage, or Captain Courage?"

What if you use a name change token? In other words, is this business of moving the "The" over to the title field a function of the registration screen for new characters only?

I'd imagine the name change would be the same... but I do not know! (Easy to find out right now with the free server transfers, if you wanted to)

You can leave out the space after "The"...
Instead of The Electric-Knight, the game will accept TheElectric-Knight.

However, that's not necessarily desirable nor great looking.
Just figured I'd throw it out there as it may work for some people in some cases.

It is kind of a shame that the "The" is basically never seen by anyone (The title just doesn't really scream to anyone to notice it as much as if it were actually in the name itself... mainly, because, as you said, it is not in the chat).

This has bugged me from day 1, though I don't know if it's reasonable to be able to modify NPC text to look for the "the" when applicable when they talk to you.

For example, you can call yourself "The Sapphire Specter" but NPCs will always refer to you as "Sapphire Specter." It's a minor thing, but still, it's annoying.

good luck D.B.B.

Personally, I think it needs to be fixed so you can put "The" in your name if you desire it.

Scarlet Spectre
The Scarlet Spectre

There you go...more names added! YAY!

"The Shadow knows..." would take on such a different meaning if it were only "Shadow knows..." Who the hell cares about Shadow? We're talking about The Shadow, here! In which case, "The" is more like a title or an honorrific than an article. Grammers be-damned!

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Thanks for the advice. I didnt think about adding the extra characters in there but that will work.

I think they erred on the side of not causing confusion. I have a character named Spin Artist, for example. It would piss me off if someone created a clone named The Spin Artist and paraded around as if they're me. Of course, having said that, I realize that there's nothing stopping someone (other than a petition, so don't get any bright ideas) from creating Spin Artist' and parading around as me, but still, I don't really chalk this up as a big deal.

Come to think of it, there is a practical reason for doing it like they do. As it is, with the titles, you can be something like, "The Stupefying Foomonkey" instead of "Stupefying The Foomonkey," which takes on a little diferent meaning.

Incidentally, as I recall, when people talked to The Tick directly, they called him "Tick." (Citation: The Funeral, at 1:30 in.) I'm almost certain the cartoon was the same. I can't speak for the comic book, but unless proven otherwise, I'm going to assume there are no awkward quotes like, "Well, I'm not really working with him, The Tick, I've just been assigned to escort him..."

Would it let you have the in your name if you typer 'somethingThe' or 'something The' and then deleted the something part?????

Also, when 'the' is put in front of a name it changes who the comment is grammatically aimed at. If a villain sees you and shows their surprisal by saying your name, if they said "tick" it would show they were talking to the tick directly. but if they said "The Tick" it would be as if they were warning their surrounding allies of your presence, like in "The Tick is here!"

So i recon it would be better off if there was a code where it would say the players title in certain situations. like $title or something. This way if your character was called, "The Violent, Slicer" you could have a sentence saying. "The violent Slicer is comeing" and one saying "Slicer, my arch nemesis!"

The also adds a sense of formality to a name. With 'the' added on the front you are asserting that person at a certain importance to you, and therefore giving them authority over your current position, whereas if you were to not use 'the' you are actively removing that persons importance suggesting you have authority over them, this could be used in the case of a super villain not using 'the' as they believe they are more powerful that the hero.

They steal your "The's" in this game. I often wonder why we even have the option if it doesn't even show up in your displayed name?

This bother me too since I wanted to create a hero called The Stranger.

It would be cool to do that, but your screwed if you want a title.

Incredible Battle-Hardened The CryoTech sounds very strange.