In case anyone's wondering why I don't have any Guy Perfect characters, now you know.
Apparently someone has been grabbing names of high-profile posters from the forums and holding them hostage. Some of the server forums have threads about it.
By the way, if you want to know EXACTLY who took it: /getglobalname Philotic Knight
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I wish I would have thought of this first. Good play whoever you are. Also, you didn't get my name sucker!
Thanks Gob.
Wish I'd thought of it first as well. You could charge people real money for their names 
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I thought you quit?
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I would have charged like 4 billion influence per name. Would have been glorious. But unfortunately I was too late.
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Wish I'd thought of it first as well. You could charge people real money for their names
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Domain name camping for the digital age. Right here, right now!
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I was thinking the exact same thing lol.
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Originally Posted by Stone Daemon
I thought you quit?
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Contact me in-game: @CheeseSlicer
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I was thinking the exact same thing lol.
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Beat me to it.
Glad you aren't going. I'd miss that sexy avatar on the forums if you left
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Oh, well, as long as you have a good reason to brave the insidious new EULA.
I saw a number of people that were gloating about doing it on Exalted the first night. Yes, saying so out loud in chat. I thought they were douchebags then.
You could also see all the namegrabbers by the gray-generic characters that were appearing and logging off right away at the base of the stairs.
Luckily for me, I got the ones I needed for my existing characters.
--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
And then there was the kind soul who grabbed the "main" name of a SG-mate of mine, in order to give it to them. Gratis.
So they're not all evil villainous name-camping schemers out there...
Synchrotron, level 50 Radiation/Radiation Defender
Fighting crime on Champion since 2004
I missed getting "Venture" on Exalted but I blamed myself for falling asleep while watching a video. If someone who's going to use the name got it that's one thing; I'd hate to find out some cybersquatter grabbed it just to hold it hostage.
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"And I say now these kittens, they do not get trained/As we did in the days when Victoria reigned!" -- T. S. Eliot, "Gus, the Theatre Cat"
I doubt anyone hates me enough to grab mine. and if they do? More power to ya man. enjoy that wasted character slot. I don't even have a Chaos Creator toon that I play.
It's one thing if my name was something generic like "Hero Dude". But this is obvious intentional harassment. How many "philotic" characters do you see out there? It's pretty obvious that this was on purpose solely for the purpose of getting me upset.
It worked.
Blood Spectre over at Unleashed also made a good point about this in our chat room:
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I hate it when other people are more right about me than I am.
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Glad I'm not a high profile poster...or have any characters named Lyrik...actually...even I cannot think of any concept that would go with that name...
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Oooh...I wonder if I'm "high profile" enough to have my name grabbed on Exalted yet or not...
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PK, did you get your disagreement with the EULA settled? I haven't checked back on that since it devolved into a flame war.
Also, while I haven't tried securing names on the VIP server (I don't intend to play there), I seem to have taken someone else's name because a person walked up to me just now and told me "I think I know you." After being asked if he was inferring my real life identity from my in-game character, he confirmed that he was. Whoever "Mother Haggan" is, I apologise for stealing your name and/or your appearance and making you evil. I did not know you existed!
I do know Diamanda Hagan exists, but that's not really close enough if you know who she is.
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Samuel_Tow is the only poster that makes me want to punch him in the head more often when I'm agreeing with him than when I'm disagreeing with him.
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Just great, Westley. By reinstalling the game and accepting the new EULA, you just gave up your right against self incrimination. Damn you NC Soft Circa 1984!
And yeah, I jumped on Exalted pretty quick and name camped Friggin' Taser just to be safe.
Current Badge Hunter: Plot Device (Rad/Thermal/Dark) - 1,268 Xbox Live: Friggin Taser
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Meh... I don't plan on creating any characters on Exalted anyway. And it's not like I have a spotless reputation to protect or anything...
My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw
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Sure, but if someone's going to be a jerkface using the name Friggin' Taser, I'm dead set on making sure it's me.
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Meh... I don't plan on creating any characters on Exalted anyway. And it's not like I have a spotless reputation to protect or anything...
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Current Badge Hunter: Plot Device (Rad/Thermal/Dark) - 1,268 Xbox Live: Friggin Taser
King of Electricity, Lead Inmate running the Carl and Sons asylum, the "Man" behind the Establishment, Given Honor in Hat Form By Paragon City (Favorite Forum Poster 2006!), Master of Ceremonies of the Fair Use Law podcast
...who took the name Philotic Knight on the VIP server? I want your liver. With fava beans, and a nice chianti.