Vote Freem for the VIP server name!
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Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2011-06-28 18:12 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
There are times when we are more than happy to incorporate player suggestions and ideas, such as the new Merit Vendors in Ouroboros.
Then there are the other times. 
In all sincerity, while we definitely agree that FREEM is funny and definitely has a place in the culture of City of Heroes and Paragon Studios, it might be a bit too esoteric for a new VIP player 
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Besides...you should hear the other name ideas. 
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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That just means that they need to re-integrate Freem into a more prominent place in the game. Like... the trainer in the new Galaxy City zone. "Ding! Time to go see Freem!"
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
In all sincerity, while we definitely agree that FREEM is funny and definitely has a place in the culture of City of Heroes and Paragon Studios, it might be a bit too esoteric for a new VIP player
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Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
That just means that they need to re-integrate Freem into a more prominent place in the game. Like... the trainer in the new Galaxy City zone. "Ding! Time to go see Freem!"
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uh...
*blink*
Andy Belford
Community Manager
Paragon Studios
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Originally Posted by Bubbawheat
That just means that they need to re-integrate Freem into a more prominent place in the game. Like... the trainer in the new Galaxy City zone. "Ding! Time to go see Freem!"
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Back Alley Brawler has been training Heroes in Galaxy City since... well Forever!!
If he's not in Galaxy for Issue 21, he better well not be replaced.
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...but not as a trainer. He's in one of the preview screenshots... actually fighting! Better than a mere trainer, I'd say.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
I can assure you he's in Galaxy City...
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In a similar vein, would it be possible to either add a vendor to Pocket D to whom you can sell enhancements, or modify the bartenders so that they'll buy them? It would be better thematically if they, like Ghost Falcon, bought them at the 'wrong store' prices, because they would be a shortcut to allow players in a trial league that was staging from there to dump enhancements without having to run off to another zone, and not giving us best price would be what we'd be paying for the convenience.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
There are times when we are more than happy to incorporate player suggestions and ideas, such as the new Merit Vendors in Ouroboros.
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Freem is from Calvin & Hobbes. It's a term Calvin uses as Spaceman Spiff. So, due to possible copyright issues, I don't think Freem will be the server name.
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Ok, you win. I vote for Freem AND Back Alley Bunny!
Freem would be nice, or VIP_Server_1.
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Calvin & Hobbes used it in 2007 (possible earlier mentions but that's the earliest I could find). Colbert used it in 2007 (as "freedom without the do", mocking armchair politicians). Warhammer used it in 2004. Kevin & Kell used it in 1995. Someone says it was used as far back as 1955, according to Google. (As everyone knows, everything on the internet is the truth.)|
Originally Posted by Kheldarn
Freem is from Calvin & Hobbes. It's a term Calvin uses as Spaceman Spiff. So, due to possible copyright issues, I don't think Freem will be the server name.
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Freem isn't copyrighted in any database, nor is it trademarked.
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I also saw it in an issue of The Maxx by Sam Keith from the 90s.
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Calvin & Hobbes used it in 2007. Colbert used it in 2007. Warhammer used it in 2004. Someone says it was used as far back as 1955, according to Google. (As everyone knows, everything on the internet is the truth.)
Freem isn't copyrighted in any database, nor is it trademarked. |
Freem could be the new trainer in Perez Park. Then maybe as as a second VIP server
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Calvin & Hobbes used it in 2007
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Originally Posted by Aggelakis
Calvin & Hobbes used it in 2007...
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Calvin and Hobbes ended well before that. Before the 21st century, even.
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My thoughts exactly. Sure, we all had a chuckle during the whole FREEM thing but it's old news. Not really that funny anymore. Alienating potential new players with old inside jokes is the last thing Paragon is going to want to do. Besides, if anything, I'd rather name it 'Kill Skuls'.
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Originally Posted by Zwillinger
There are times when we are more than happy to incorporate player suggestions and ideas, such as the new Merit Vendors in Ouroboros.
Then there are the other times. In all sincerity, while we definitely agree that FREEM is funny and definitely has a place in the culture of City of Heroes and Paragon Studios, it might be a bit too esoteric for a new VIP player . Besides...you should hear the other name ideas. |
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I don't get the 'Freem' thing. I'm British, and I don't think it's a well-known trope or joke or whatever in the UK. Maybe it's relatively unknown in the rest of Europe too.
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I don't know that Freem is really a big joke in America either. Its spot in City is from the April Fool's joke in 2008 that we were getting visual sound effects (such as POW! and WHAM! and FREEM!) It also appears during the first mission of Mender Ramiel's arc, when you are granted "Limitless Radial Freeeem"|
Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
I don't get the 'Freem' thing. I'm British, and I don't think it's a well-known trope or joke or whatever in the UK. Maybe it's relatively unknown in the rest of Europe too.
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However I adamantly vote NO NO AND NO to naming the VIP server Freem. Not that I think there's actually any danger of that.
Many people in the Repeat Offenders use Freem as an abbreviation for Freedom. we call for ITFs on Freem, etc. Having an actual server called Freem would throw that all outta whack.
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Being British has nothing to do with it; It's an in-joke, you just had to be there.|
Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
I don't get the 'Freem' thing. I'm British, and I don't think it's a well-known trope or joke or whatever in the UK. Maybe it's relatively unknown in the rest of Europe too.
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I vote against it as the server name though...and speaking of such things, what are they going to rename the Freedom server to?
What?
You just can't have a server with the same name as the game, that would be just silly.
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Originally Posted by MrCaptainMan
I don't get the 'Freem' thing. I'm British, and I don't think it's a well-known trope or joke or whatever in the UK. Maybe it's relatively unknown in the rest of Europe too.
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Other names are being discussed in this thread, but there's no real consensus on a serious name.
Personally, I think Freem is an excellent choice for the VIP server. Yes, it's an inside joke. But it's a very popular inside joke, and it's comic book related too. I imagine this would need a lot of player support to make this actually happen, so show your support in this thread. Show the devs that we like the name. I'll try to keep this original post updated every few days with the total number of people who support "Freem" as the new VIP server name.
Freem as the new VIP server name, yes or no?