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Character Naming Emergency

BashfulBanshee

By BashfulBanshee,
Posted on: 2010-06-08 15:55 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by NekoNeko View Post
I've seen the dude! No really I remember this character, it made me laugh at the time. Haven't seen him in a while... sad to hear he ended up in the bit-bucket.
You could make him yourself!


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Originally Posted by Dersk View Post
I don't know if the generated names like "mistress man" and "grenade stabber" were supposed to be serious or not.
Did you use any parameters, or were they random?

 

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Hyper-Collider
Collision Matrix
Iron-Collider
Ultra-Collider
Omega Collider
Siege Collider
Living Collision
Human Collider
Unstable Collision
Magna-Collider


One of those should work.



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Originally Posted by Dersk View Post
I don't know if the generated names like "mistress man" and "grenade stabber" were supposed to be serious or not.
Mind if I take Mistress Man?

 

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Well, Captain Collision comes to mind immediately based on your first choice.
Capt. Collision, if you liked that.
Depending on your concept, Collision Kid (But it doesn't sound like that was what you were going after).

Collision Crusader...

King Collision, Collision King

Captain Kinetic Collision from Kentucky

Captain Collide

The Great Collide

Captain Kaboom

Collision Blast

Frenetic Kinetic

Collision Commander
Collision Command

Collision-Man

The Caped Collide

Mr. Collide

Collision-Crash

Captain Blap

Collider

The Collidinator (Names don't always have to be proper words)

Or go with a certain color for the costume and/or power customization:
The Crimson Collision
Cobalt Collision


Best of luck, mate!

@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan

 

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For some reason the first name that popped into my head was "Collide O. Scope"

Not great, but not too bad either IMO.

 

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Captain_Zero needs to pop back in here and let us know what he did for this naming emergency.

--NT

They all laughed at me when I said I wanted to be a comedian.
But I showed them, and nobody's laughing at me now!

If I became a red name, I would be all "and what would you mere mortals like to entertain me with today, mu hu ha ha ha!" ~Arcanaville

 

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How about "Tanks Hate Me" ?

We don' need no stinkin' signatures!

 

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Pinball Wizard
Poppen Lock
Poppen Fresh
Flavor Blast aka Fists of Flavor
Party Popper
Phantasmagoriffic
Skittle Witch
Heavy Nova
San Fran Disco
Frau Kapow
Boom-Zooka

Stay Gold, Paragon. Stay Gold.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

 

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Originally Posted by MaHaBone23 View Post
Pinball Wizard
Poppen Lock
Poppen Fresh
Flavor Blast aka Fists of Flavor
Party Popper
Phantasmagoriffic
Skittle Witch
Heavy Nova
San Fran Disco
Frau Kapow
Boom-Zooka
With a terrible list (Haha, just my opinion! ) you end up winning the thread with the best name I've seen in a while... Boom-Zooka!!

Haha, brilliant!

@Zethustra
"Now at midnight all the agents and the superhuman crew come out
and round up everyone that knows more than they do"-Dylan

 

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Originally Posted by MaHaBone23 View Post
Pinball Wizard
Poppen Lock
Poppen Fresh
Flavor Blast aka Fists of Flavor
Party Popper
Phantasmagoriffic
Skittle Witch
Heavy Nova
San Fran Disco
Frau Kapow
Boom-Zooka
I like Skittle Witch... but only if it's a reference to the game of Skittles, and not the candy.

 

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Originally Posted by Felderburg View Post
I like Skittle Witch... but only if it's a reference to the game of Skittles, and not the candy.
TASTE THE RAINBOW!

...yes, that took me way too long.

Stay Gold, Paragon. Stay Gold.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

 

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Originally Posted by Captain_Zero View Post
Hey everybody, I really need some help coming up with a good name for my Energy/Energy Blaster. I had originally intended to call him Collision, but it was taken. Now I can't decide what to call him. Any suggestions, please?
Percussion
Donnybrook
Discordance
Clash
Fracas
Exigency
Rumpus
Bell-Ringer


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I believe for this issue I'll come down firmly on the side of Boom-Zooka. Although San Fran Disco makes me chuckle, it lacks that important "oo" sound.

Then again, I have a character named DJ Shoopuff, so, y'know.

 

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Originally Posted by Decorum View Post
I really like the name Donnybrook, but it's more appropriate for a Scrapper.

And makes me also want one named Brouhaha.
Since scrappers don't really get a good set that simulates fisticuffs, I'd say Donnybrook is better for a tank.

Brouhaha is a nice one too.


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Originally Posted by MaHaBone23 View Post
Pinball Wizard
Poppen Lock
Poppen Fresh
Flavor Blast aka Fists of Flavor
Party Popper
Phantasmagoriffic
Skittle Witch
Heavy Nova
San Fran Disco
Frau Kapow
Boom-Zooka
Pinball Blizzard is what I named my PvP Energy/Storm Corr over on Freedom, but I LOVE Boom-Zooka!!

How about BOOM diggity?



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Hyperstrike notes:

Since scrappers don't really get a good set that simulates fisticuffs, I'd say Donnybrook is better for a tank.

Brouhaha is a nice one too.
Possibly, although I do like the new MA alternate animations for that.

Dec out.

 

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Originally Posted by Forbin_Project View Post
I was thinking along the lines of ______ Collider like one of those particle accelerators that are used to speed up particles and such and smash them together.
I was thinking "Supercollider", like the canceled Superconducting Supercollider. It even has "Super" in the name!

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Originally Posted by Willowpaw View Post
Someone also has Large Hadron on Virtue. I'm surprised it hasn't been hit with the generic bat due to some clueless idiot petitioning it and the petition being received by an inattentive GM who misread the name.

(And no, that is not my character, I just checked a while ago when I thought it would be an amusing name to grab, and was only mildly surprised to find the name taken.)
Seeing Hadron, my guttermind read Hardon... So I came up with...

Blue Pill V (Using "V" or Vanguard Logo[Vet reward] as chest symbol)
Power Pill V (Using "V" or Vanguard Logo[Vet reward] as chest symbol)
Blue V&V (M&M is trademarked)

Other names:
BP PR Rep (Gotta wear a suit)
KB Krazy
Chaotic KB

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When creating characters like this I sometimes branch off with a backstory to find something to rhyme with. So, ideas.

Smitegiest
Fedora Borealis (actually the name of a former character but you can steal it)
The Blast Supper (name I gave to an ex before we broke up, PLEASE steal it)
Blast of the Mohicans
Babababloom (Plant/Energy Dominator? Not fit for your character but someone might like)
Farce of Nature
MC Squared (surely taken?)
Rebound Guy (i.e. as a reference to dating)
Violet Reaction
Kilowasp
Debt-o-Nation (also Debt o'Nation)
Knightroglycrine
Boogedy Blue (maybe an obscure reference to people under 25, but here's a hint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQfz5_b12O8 )

 

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Originally Posted by Hyperstrike View Post
Since scrappers don't really get a good set that simulates fisticuffs, I'd say Donnybrook is better for a tank.

Brouhaha is a nice one too.
Brouhaha sounds more like a Sonic...

Be Well!
Fireheart

 

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You could use Broo Ha Ha and use the jester costume pieces.

Stay Gold, Paragon. Stay Gold.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.

 

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Boom-de-ah-da.

If we are to die, let us die like men. -- Patrick Cleburne
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The rule is that they must be loved. --Jayne Fynes-Clinton, Death of an Abandoned Dog

 

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Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex View Post
When creating characters like this I sometimes branch off with a backstory to find something to rhyme with. So, ideas.

Smitegiest
Fedora Borealis (actually the name of a former character but you can steal it)
The Blast Supper (name I gave to an ex before we broke up, PLEASE steal it)
Blast of the Mohicans
Babababloom (Plant/Energy Dominator? Not fit for your character but someone might like)
Farce of Nature
MC Squared (surely taken?)
Rebound Guy (i.e. as a reference to dating)
Violet Reaction
Kilowasp
Debt-o-Nation (also Debt o'Nation)
Knightroglycrine
Boogedy Blue (maybe an obscure reference to people under 25, but here's a hint: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQfz5_b12O8 )
Just snagged Kilowasp on Virtue for my electric-powered stinging insect character. No idea why I didn't think of that ages ago. Probably because I was focused on bee-themed names.

(Sometimes, I wish there could be a Dev thumbs up button for quality posts, because you pretty much nailed it.) -- Ghost Falcon

 

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Hey everyone, thanks for all of your input. I forgot to mention that he's lately been going by the name Captain Force, but I grew tired of this name (and realized I accidentally misspelled it when I rolled the char.) There have been some great ideas here, but so far I'm leaning towards Powerforce.

Some other possibilities I've been considering are:

Flashforce
Powershock
Powerbeam
Forcebeam