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The clever and the cliche' - Water Blast Toon Names

Absolut_

By Absolut_,
Posted on: 2012-07-12 16:42 in CoH and CoV General Discussions

 

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
Why does a character with water powers have to have a synonym or metaphor for "water" in their name?
You say that like this is the first time that's happened. This happens with almost every new powerset. Why, I remember when psychic blast first came out...there was a horde of blasters with "Psi, Mental, or Psychic" in their names. And they weren't even clever with it, for the most part.

 

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Went for the classy name of Splashback

He fell into a vat of toxic urine samples :P

 

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Surprising, but I got Niagara Falls.

Niiiiaaagra Falls!

...Slowly, I turned. Step by step, inch by inch...

I used to fiddle with my back feet music for a black onyx. My entire room absorbed every echo. The music was . . . thud like. The music was . . . thud like. I usually played such things as rough-neck and thug. Opaque melodies that would bug most people. Music from the other side of the fence.

 

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Originally Posted by PSLAnimal View Post
Surprising, but I got Niagara Falls.

Niiiiaaagra Falls!

...Slowly, I turned. Step by step, inch by inch...

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I'll let someone else check if Golden Shower is still available.

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I still have Submariner on Virtue. Won't ever use it.
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if you're never gonna use it, why have it? .. Rude.
Probably a moot point anyway....



Chances are that name's made its way onto the "banned outright" list by now, and deleting it would result in nobody, bpphantom or otherwise, being able to make a new character with it.

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I like dumb names like the Marine Marine and the Amazon of the Amazon.

 

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I like dumb names like the Marine Marine and the Amazon of the Amazon.
Years ago, when archery sets were new, I briefly had "Longbow Longbow."

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I like dumb names like the Marine Marine and the Amazon of the Amazon.
Them ain't dumb. Just ask Monstrous Monstress, Metal Mettle, or Intense Intents.

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Originally Posted by Snowzone View Post
On Beta I made an emo Water/Pain Corruptor called Floods of Tears.

Nice. I briefly had a Dark/Pain Corruptor named "Emophilia" but he annoyed me so much I had to delete. If I could stand to look at "blood blasts" without feeling sick than Water/Pain would have been a possibility.

 

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Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion View Post
Ionized Water here! (Water Blast/Cold Dom. Corruptor).

Nothing fancy but it just so happened that it works with my global name (@Energizing Ion)...most call me Ion so...Ionized Water...ta-da...

SEE HOW CREATIVE I AM?!
Along the same vein (or completely opposite) I had Deionize, but opted to change to Hydration.



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I am really torn about making a villain named Urine For It Now.

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Originally Posted by PSLAnimal View Post
Surprising, but I got Niagara Falls.

Niiiiaaagra Falls!

...Slowly, I turned. Step by step, inch by inch...
In an interesting side note, I also managed to pin down the name Viagra Falls. Haven't decided on a concept yet.

I used to fiddle with my back feet music for a black onyx. My entire room absorbed every echo. The music was . . . thud like. The music was . . . thud like. I usually played such things as rough-neck and thug. Opaque melodies that would bug most people. Music from the other side of the fence.

 

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Nobody did Water/Cold or Water/Ice named "Water Cooler"?

 

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Originally Posted by Lucretia_MacEvil View Post
River Kwai (I'm thinking an asian water controller. bonus points of you catch the reference)
don't do that, he will get a bunch of tells from lowbies, asking him to bridge.

(ok, i know, the joke doesn't technically work anymore, but im keepin my pun.)

 

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In an interesting side note, I also managed to pin down the name Viagra Falls. Haven't decided on a concept yet.
isn't that the opposite of what it's supposed to do?

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I just rolled a WB/TM corrupter. I called her Water Wings and yes she is sporting water colored Celestial Wings.

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow View Post
nor do Rogue's powers have much to do with her name.
Don't be blinded by the super strength, flight, and invulnerability - Rogue's power is to *steal* powers. The only way to be more thematically attached to the name would be if her power was to backstab people.

I find it interesting that you went through X-Men related characters and left out - just off the top of my head - Beast, Iceman, Angel, Blob, Phoenix, Juggernaut, Leech, Multiple Man, Toad, Magneto, Pyro, Quicksilver, Storm, Marrow, Strong Guy, Dazzler, and Colossus.

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It's why I don't have a good idea of how common the names are. Are they more common in this game?
It's common enough to be a common theme associated with superheroes. It *might* not have a majority prevalence.

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I have Thirst Mutilator (who will be Water/Nature because electrolytes help plants grow), and Tidal Rave (Water/Sonic).

 

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Sure, we have people like Spider-Man who has the powers of a spider, Magneto who has the powers of magnetism, Storm who has control over storms and so forth. But for every Cyborg and Beastboy we have a Raven and Robin, is what I'm saying. It's why I don't have a good idea of how common the names are. Are they more common in this game?
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I find it interesting that you went through X-Men related characters and left out - just off the top of my head - Beast, Iceman, Angel, Blob, Phoenix, Juggernaut, Leech, Multiple Man, Toad, Magneto, Pyro, Quicksilver, Storm, Marrow, Strong Guy, Dazzler, and Colossus.

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I've got Liquid Courage reserved on Victory, haven't actually bought the powerset yet though.

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Originally Posted by TheSummerEvening View Post
I have Thirst Mutilator (who will be Water/Nature because electrolytes are what plants crave), and Tidal Rave (Water/Sonic).
Fixed.

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it has gone from unconscionable to downright appalling that we have no way of measuring our characters' wetness.
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Originally Posted by Oedipus_Tex View Post
Nice. I briefly had a Dark/Pain Corruptor named "Emophilia" but he annoyed me so much I had to delete. If I could stand to look at "blood blasts" without feeling sick than Water/Pain would have been a possibility.
I didn't actually make them blood blasts. I made the primary colour light blue, like the standard colour, with the secondary colour a dark red. The secondary colour isn't that prominent so it doesn't look that gruesome.