Names that you are amazed you got
By
4_Thirty_5,
Posted on: 2012-05-14 09:43 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
Most of mine tend to be name-names or something it's doubtful would be someone's first, second or third choice. Still:
Clair de Lune (manged to keep during a transfer, too!)
Compulsion
Brimstone Cowboy - apparently this is more *others* being surprised than me.
Family Joules - fairly obvious for electric....
Home Fires
Ex Caliber (he should never have left her the guns....)
Home Guard
Unnatural Acts
Dead Raiser on Virtue. I don't use him anymore, but I still hold onto the name if I ever need to use it in the future, which I know I will.
A couple "joke names" I was surprised to get:
LOLFreedom on Freedom
AE Baby on Liberty
Play my MA arcs!
Tracking Down Jack Ketch - ArcID #2701
Cat War! - ArcID #2788
I was fairly surprised to get both Hadrian and Juno's names on Liberty, as well as Karasu and Suzume's.
And then there's my brass-covered, robotic martial artist... How in the world did everyone else miss picking up the name Steam Monk? 
@Brightfires - @Talisander
That chick what plays the bird-things...
Lesse, off the top of my head on Virtue:
Nemesister
Engiseer
Spear Maiden
Expendable Lass
Cluckwork
Some others. Still surprised I got these.
You want to know the secret of the world? It's this: Save it, and it'll repay you, every second of every day.
@Dr. Reverend - My DeviantArt Gallery
Crow Call - Gods of the Golden Age
Gotten a few "that's cool" on Gravehorde (Necro/Dark MM).
**Damien**
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." ~Dr. Seuss.
"Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car. "
Hyper Stealth since its a name of a temp power.
I was also surprised I got First Dragon and Magic Marvel.
All on freedom.
Black Aura my lvl 50 hero
Shadow Blood my lvl 50 Night Widow
The name I probably used up all my good fortune to get was Celeste on the Guardian server. She's my empathy/archery defender inspired by rosa and celes from the final fantasy games 
Jem - Ill/Rad Controller Lv 50+3 Nic - Mind/Psi Dominator Lv 50+3 Lady Liberation - Invuln/SS Tanker Lv 50+1 Invicitx - Demon/Pain Mastermind Lv 50+1 Celeste - Emp/Arch Defender Lv 50+1 Nightsilver - DB/WP Scrapper Lv 34 Dusk Howl - StJ/Regen Brute Lv 32 Kyriani - Time/Energy Defender Lv 41Psifire - FF/Psi Defender Lv 50
Star Lighter - LB/LA Peacebringer Lv 30
I was more than a little surprised when the name Decimal was available. Also Corridor. Both are such normal words that can easily have some sort of super-heroic connotation... But, I like having them, so I won't complain that they were available!
Most recently, my best "score" on a name was Ebony Shadows (a darkity dark dark domi on Infinity).
I also have a fire/fire tank named Flambe' who has been in the game for almost 8 years now.
Altoholic - but a Blaster at Heart!
Originally Posted by SpyralPegacyon
"You gave us a world where we could fly. I can't thank you enough for that."
A lot of my best ones would be more amazing if not for the Virtue Name Watch thread; that's where most of my names come from. It's rare that I come up with a name on my own and find it free, and sometimes characters I really want to play get shelved for months or years because I can't find a decent name (thanks, guy who played for a month seven years ago and hasn't been back since!).
However, just by plugging random names into the search, I've recently come across Great Wall of China, Krakatua, Star-Spangled Banner, Actual Size, Archenemy, and Blast From the Past, all on Virtue. So it's not all bad. Basically, these days I start with an available name and figure out what to make of it from there, instead of coming up with a concept and then trying to find a name for it -- that's pretty much a lost cause.
FUN FACT: That burst of light when you level up is actually the effectiveness escaping from your enhancements all at once.
Time Diver (Beam/Time Corr)
Outset (StJ/SR Scrapper)
Dawnmaiden (BS/Sheild Scrapper)
Gemstone Warden (Mind/Thorns Domi)
Starlight Mage (Dark/Cold Corr)
On Freedom: Cutey Bunny (Cosplaying bunny guy).
On Virtue: Flashing Blades
Stalking
Sulking
Lustful
Illumination (Just a month or two ago for this one)
"I do so love taking a nice, well thought out character and putting them through hell. It's like tossing a Faberge Egg onto the stage during a Gallagher concert." - me
@Palador / @Rabid Unicorn
Pre all this statesman death i was surprised to be able to get:
Statesmanic
Sister Psy-co
Ms. Liberty Bell &
Maleyz
XD
Nor' easter - ice/storm troller that I don't enjoy playing, but refuse to give the name up.
Radiation Leek - plant/rad troller
Ohmie D Clown - elec scrapper
Most recent one, TW/WP Scrapper, Draconic. Which inspired me to look up and get Drakaina and Draconem.
I was hoping friends would like to form a Magic Girl styled themed SG witht he other two names, but no go 
So, I'll likely get the one to 50, then level up the next and just have the whole Dragon Armor Magical Girl SG be a pet project all of my own.
BrandX Future Staff Fighter
The BrandX Collection
I couldn't believe I got Mr. Science way back in Issue 4 (Mister Science had been taken, though). I was also quite pleased to get Qubit when CoV went live. And somehow, no one took Werewolf Bar Mitzvah, so that's a Primalist placeholder (unless I don't like Primalists, in which case I guess I'll use it for a Claws Scrapper or something).
"You don't lose levels. You don't have equipment to wear out, repair, or lose, or that anyone can steal from you. About the only thing lighter than debt they could do is have an NPC walk by, point and laugh before you can go to the hospital or base." -Memphis_Bill
We will honor the past, and fight to the last, it will be a good way to die...
On Champion:
Supercollision
Baron Ironfist
Golden Virtue
Poison Lips
Redpain
Solar Burn
On Liberty:
Megabrain
Mister Time
Calamity Bane
Moonglitter
Thunder Huntress
On Virture:
Long-Sight
On Exalted:
Number Five
Quote:
I got the name Mother for my insect hive queen!
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
Personally, I was gobsmacked I got the name Duriel for an alien insect hive queen come to Earth. I was surprised it wasn't blocked, personally, but I've gone out of my way to make sure I don't lose it.
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"onlynamenotinuse" on Freedom. Was amazed I got it. Don't play there though.
He will honor his words; he will definitely carry out his actions. What he promises he will fulfill. He does not care about his bodily self, putting his life and death aside to come forward for another's troubled besiegement. He does not boast about his ability, or shamelessly extol his own virtues. - Sima Qian.
Mister Fist for my SS/WP Brute on Justice - I was sure that would be taken.
Mad Science the Mind/Energy Dom, also on Justice I think. Who now has a brain in a tank for a head.
Arc #40529 : The Furies of the Earth
I literally just made a new corruptor, Archery/Trick Arrow named Eagle-Eye.
Dark Energon, Founder of the Freedom Legion SG on Guardian server.
(SG founded on 12-08-'09, Top100: 08-17-'10, Top50: 12-23-'10, Top25: 12-11-'11)
Crab Spider Nephila on Titan Tracker
Weekly events on Guardian: W.A.V.E. & FNFN
I'm was surprised to get almost every variation of Frankenstein or Frankenstein's Monster, for my toons on nearly all servers
I've got a bunch that I had a weird fear that I might not get...
Raygun Goth
Hex Machine
Osteoderm (Now I'm sitting on it in anticipation of bio-armor)
Frybread (I just need to figure out what powersets to use)
Strataseed (This is my plant/earth dom that I made when Praetoria first came out. It's still only level 20 and stuck there because it was supposed to be a Devouring Earth spy and now I'm afraid to play it)
Umbragenesis (Current incarnation is a dark/dark dom)
Ultimate Sorcerer (I fully expected this to be gone)
Sound of Tindalos
Carmot
Rezdog
Zone of Isolation
Zeerust (For retro sci-fi!)
Great Attractor (grav/time, HA)
Drop-Forged Justice
Princess of Trash