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My 5-year old wanted to create an ice-based fairy. Of course, "Ice Fairy" was taken. It took her about 3 seconds flat to look at me and say, "nICE Fairy?" with the biggest grin on her face. Yep, available.|
Originally Posted by Rainbow Avenger
Invent puns.
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For the love of all that's holy, don't let a 5-year old out-pun you.
(Of course, she ended up deciding to go plant/plant dom, but hey, the thought process was there, heh.)
CoH has been unique in the sea of cloned MMOs.There are years of possibilities still
in such a well designed, well supported and well loved game.Shutting it down now doesn't
make sense on any level except, perhaps, on some spreadsheet�s bottom line. I do not
consider this an act of a company that has the interests of its customers at heart.This
calls into question why I would want to be part of any further ventures involving NCSoft.
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Thats a great story. I still have a Tank on Virtue that is Nice Ice. I am not fond of the character, but cannot delete it cause the name is, well, cool.
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Originally Posted by Lightbender
My 5-year old wanted to create an ice-based fairy. Of course, "Ice Fairy" was taken. It took her about 3 seconds flat to look at me and say, "nICE Fairy?" with the biggest grin on her face. Yep, available.
For the love of all that's holy, don't let a 5-year old out-pun you. (Of course, she ended up deciding to go plant/plant dom, but hey, the thought process was there, heh.) |
I thought I might throw my two bob in here, I had a toon I called Steve Irwin got him through to 40 no problems the cap back then, any way old mate Steve sadly passed away in RL and I sent a petition asking for a name change, this was back when name changes they were rare as hens teeth. I continued to play him to 50 after the cap change however I never really felt comfortable playing him I never got a reply back so I deleted him.
In that particular case I didn’t receive any support.
When I start a game I always pick the same name because it’s never taken I always choose “Bob the Onion”, I know right how cool is that name and its NEVER taken.
"if you ever get offered a burger from a clown and its not ronald mcdonald don�t eat it, I learnt that the hard way"
Name changes were "as rare as hen's teeth"? They were pretty liberal with the name-nerf stick in the early days... Honestly, I'm shocked you weren't able to get that one changed as it was a clear violation of the TOS.
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Just guessing but from some of the slang Boris uses I'd guess he isn't in the US so the name in question may not have registered as a violation with the EU mods. Assuming of course he had an EU account at the time.
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Originally Posted by Tyger42
Name changes were "as rare as hen's teeth"? They were pretty liberal with the name-nerf stick in the early days... Honestly, I'm shocked you weren't able to get that one changed as it was a clear violation of the TOS.
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Illiteracy Rate currently in the US is estimated at 20% of adults. |
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Is it really my fault half the nation is illiterate?
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If you are scared of getting Generic'ed. Don't do it. If you don't think it will be, then do it and don't cry when it happens.
Your character does not have capped defense. Depending on your AT the cap is between 175% - 225%. Your defense is not teal in the combat window, it can go higher. STOP SAYING IT IS CAPPED! The correct term is Soft Cap.
I enjoy playing in Mids. I specialize in Melee Characters, other AT's usually bore me.
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ROFLMAO Pine, at my wife's suggestion I changed my global to Snarky. Just saying, don't try to out-snark me. Also, this little statement of yours shows you obviously did not read the thread, or if you did your comprehension level is near nil.
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Originally Posted by _Pine_
Illiteracy Rate currently in the US is estimated at 20% of adults.
If you are scared of getting Generic'ed. Don't do it. If you don't think it will be, then do it and don't cry when it happens. |
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Thats interesting I was a little spun out as well, I was on a US account at the time and we called in dev's to fix missions a few times and I never once got grief over the name and I have seen the same name used by other people on different servers. I still have that name on 3 servers. Most people would look at the toon and say CRIKEY!! or something like that and away they go. |
Originally Posted by Tyger42
Name changes were "as rare as hen's teeth"? They were pretty liberal with the name-nerf stick in the early days... Honestly, I'm shocked you weren't able to get that one changed as it was a clear violation of the TOS.
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Didnt another game get around the problem by making each name start with a series of letters and then only the actual name you put in would show on screen but for legal purposes say you picked Zurg you actual name would be cityofheroeslibertyZurg and then satisfy the 25%. I thought I read that somewhere about another game.
"if you ever get offered a burger from a clown and its not ronald mcdonald don�t eat it, I learnt that the hard way"
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Yeah Boris, it's not as simple as that. From the response i got from the senior rep I'm okay as long as my character isn't a giant insectoid with 4 legs and razor arms, or something to that effect. (Not really sure what Zerg's look like myself. The origin for my character's name derived from Physics "ERG", then adding the Z for punch.)
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Originally Posted by Borris_Black
Didnt another game get around the problem by making each name start with a series of letters and then only the actual name you put in would show on screen but for legal purposes say you picked Zurg you actual name would be cityofheroeslibertyZurg and then satisfy the 25%. I thought I read that somewhere about another game.
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Dude. Why the hate? He wasn't being snarky, and frankly you're not either. You're just being a 'rhymes with smoosh'|
Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
ROFLMAO Pine, at my wife's suggestion I changed my global to Snarky. Just saying, don't try to out-snark me. Also, this little statement of yours shows you obviously did not read the thread, or if you did your comprehension level is near nil.
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Look at your first post in this thread. You take a long and complicated route to avoid even naming your character in the forums just in case a GM is wasting time reading every thread while looking for names to ban in the game. Your posts continue to point out how worried you are that you might get the character to level 50 and still lose the name. You continue to worry until you finally petition the GMs yourself and settle the issue.
All of this could have been avoided if you had (a) petitioned the GMs as soon as you thought it might be a problem or (b) changed the name as soon as you thought it was a problem.
His advice is valid, to you and to anyone else with a similar problem. If you yourself look at your own character and think "someone might report it as a violation" than maybe you'd be better off just not taking it in the first place.
And if you do take it, go ahead an petition yourself and get it out early. Or have a fall back name ready if you reach 50 and get nerfed.
"SARS, Bird Flue, 9/11, Anthrax in the Mail, Mad Cow Disease. Pope John Paul didn't die, he preboarded." - Christopher Titus "5th Annual End of the World Tour"
Thread was a week dead. Don't necro-post, please. Especially when you're not really adding anything new to the discussion. It was best off dead.
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Actually... it would be "Centurion Azul" in spanish, otherwise it would make no sense whatsoever
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Absolutely. Blue centurion taken? Try:
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Actually... it would be "Centurion Azul" in spanish, otherwise it would make no sense whatsoever
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Only meant to give an example of ways to work around a name you like being taken.
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I had to resort to using another language to get the name of a bird because part of the name is blocked by the darn profanity filter.
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I had to resort to using another language to get the name of a bird because part of the name is blocked by the darn profanity filter.
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Okay, as long as the thread isn't dead (She's dead Jim) I'll throw this out there. Not sure I want to run this, but I saved the name on a server in case. Anybody see any issues with "Buck Nasty?"
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Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
Okay, as long as the thread isn't dead (She's dead Jim) I'll throw this out there. Not sure I want to run this, but I saved the name on a server in case. Anybody see any issues with "Buck Nasty?"
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Wait, Isn't "Buck Nasty" a character from the Playa Hater's Ball on the Chapelle Show? If so then I wouldn't be surprised if someone petitioned it.
Edit: Why do I know the names of characters on the Chapelle Show?
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Ya, it is. One of the reasons I threw it in here. Since the thread is now on zed time anyways. Thought this would be on topic.|
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Wait, Isn't "Buck Nasty" a character from the Playa Hater's Ball on the Chapelle Show? If so then I wouldn't be surprised if someone petitioned it.
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So, if (as is true) the name has been used in a TV show is it automatic bad? Notably, the term was in general usage before the show, and it is definitely not used by a superhero/villain. I was going to post another term here, then realized I might use it as a character name lol. Same thing, common expression, only this one (to my knowledge) has never been used in a TV sketch comedy show.
Now, if I made up ("A pimp named Slickback" - you have to say the whole thing.) I could see where it would be a problem, since that is very specifically a character from Boondocks.
Why is this so difficult for you to understand?
If the name you are choosing to use is one you have from a character that already exists, then you risk having it banned. It's really that simple.
Did you get the name from a comedy sketch show? It is the intellectual property of someone else. Did you get the name from a webcomic? It is the intellectual property of someone else.
Will it get generic'd? Who knows? Honestly, I watched Chapelle and I didn't think 'Buck Nasty' was that big a deal. The iconic names like Superman, Hulk and The Tick are all easily identified, the more obscure names are really not at issue. I've had a character named Zot since the first year. There is a comic character with the name Zot, but it in no way resembles mine and I've never worried for an instant that it might get generic'd. But then I did not give the character that name because of the comic character.
So if you're picking the name just because you saw it in a comic or on tv or in some other medium, and you give it a similar look or similar powers to the source material, then you're probably going to be generic'd.
Don't wanna get your name generic'd? Don't pick a name just because you saw it in a comic book.
As for this....
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Thread was a week dead. Don't necro-post, please. Especially when you're not really adding anything new to the discussion. It was best off dead.
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Why is this so difficult for you to understand?
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Rough, have you ever done any arts? Writing, drawing, painting, playing music?
For writing, there are only seven plots.
For music, 75% of western music is a variation of the exact song. If there are extended bridges or codas, they are pretty much derivative of something else that's been done before.
For painting, unless your are Picasso, you are also going to struggle to be original. although, to be fair, he created approx 10,000 works of art in his life and only invented like 7 genres. Kind of weak.
So yeah, I am inspired, copy, call it what you like. Glad to hear you never do, get over your genius self.
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If I took that seriously I would be crushed. Luckily, I don't give a (rhymes w/ blap)!!!
Rough, have you ever done any arts? Writing, drawing, painting, playing music? For writing, there are only seven plots. For music, 75% of western music is a variation of the exact song. If there are extended bridges or codas, they are pretty much derivative of something else that's been done before. For painting, unless your are Picasso, you are also going to struggle to be original. although, to be fair, he created approx 10,000 works of art in his life and only invented like 7 genres. Kind of weak. So yeah, I am inspired, copy, call it what you like. Glad to hear you never do, get over your genius self. |
For example I have an alt inspired by H.P. Lovecraft, an anime show, and Oompah music. Giving me Polkathulu. I have another inspired by the Robocop movie, Hitler's Brain in a Jar, and our current German Pope.
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Originally Posted by Blue_Centurion
If I took that seriously I would be crushed. Luckily, I don't give a (rhymes w/ blap)!!!
Rough, have you ever done any arts? Writing, drawing, painting, playing music? For writing, there are only seven plots. For music, 75% of western music is a variation of the exact song. If there are extended bridges or codas, they are pretty much derivative of something else that's been done before. For painting, unless your are Picasso, you are also going to struggle to be original. although, to be fair, he created approx 10,000 works of art in his life and only invented like 7 genres. Kind of weak. So yeah, I am inspired, copy, call it what you like. Glad to hear you never do, get over your genius self. |
And that leads you to feel it's okay to rip off other peoples work?
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Except that's not a "to-may-to/to-mah-to issue". Inspired by takes elements from another character, but puts them into a unique character. A copy tries to duplicate the original character as closely as possible. There's no way the latter happens by accident. It can easily be avoided if you're not lazy.
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So yeah, I am inspired, copy, call it what you like. Glad to hear you never do, get over your genius self.
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I paint, I paint original works. Has something like it never existed before? I wish. I play guitar and make up songs, original stuff. Is most of it based on 12 bar progressions you will find in most western songs in one of the 12 keys? My, yes. I have written a book (unpublished). Is it basically one of the 7 plot lines that exist. Oh, my yes. Worse, it's a vampire novel. (I know, right?)
Do I take one of Picasso's works and paint by number over a copy of it? Hmmm, no.
Do I take a Stones song, put it in a different key, change the words and say it's a new work. Hmmm, no.
Do I take Ann Rice's novel, change the character names, put it in California, and call it a fresh piece. Nope.
Did I ever say that I did? Nope.
Did I say creativity is dead? Only if you do not understand sarcasm.
Take my character Buk Nasty, a fine new character. (Buck Nasty is in the urban dictionary, and "Buc Nasty is a character from the Chappelle show)
My character is a mutant (or thinks he is. In actuality he belongs to a family of ultra powerful individuals in a 2 decades running campaign my wife runs, just a little something she's been working on.)
Buk is a huge white guy with red hair. (Please contrast with the Chappelle character) Buk has been trying to get into Longbow since his early teens. He keeps flunking out because he has a bad attitude and impulse control issues. His uniform is derivative of Longbow. A parody if you will.
Buk desperately wants to be a Hero and be on the side of all thats good. Unfortunately he's got a bad case of scrapper lock thats about one taunt away from jumping out all the time. He has started a super group. The Ultra Super Force.
This is a poor little character concept I put together in about an hour or threes bumbling around with concepts. I could not get the name "Buck Nasty" out of my head for 3 days. Had to do something with it. I know this is no Picasso level of creativity. But it is in no way an exact copy of anything that I know of. I did not Xerox "Wolverine", or "Buc Nasty".
ps, can I use Xerox, or should I have said copy?
Lisa.
So don't wait for heroes, do it yourself
You've got the power
winners are losers
who got up and gave it just one more try
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