Greycat

Unique Tops would love to have as much as Kilts does. ... but I don't disagree at all.

So, you've met badgers, have you? 🙂

There are some things that just won't come back, though. Like dying in the Hollows and having to hotfoot it all the way back from Atlas. (And singing the praises of the taxibots who got you to that mission on the other side of the gulch.) But, close can be fun. 🙂

Eh. It's an "If you have nothing else to take" power. I seem to recall a looooong recharge for it, too, but don't quote me on that.

The bases I have are fairly basic - spot for salvage, storage, transport, couple functional NPCs.

I see we have people who prefer selfishness over protecting the game for everyone and want to rules-lawyer their "but I was .00001% different." I'm out. Policy is what it is, don't like it, take it up with the dev team. I can guarantee you you're not getting your list of rules so you can get just as *close* to the line as you dare. Me, I'll go on making thousands of costumes and characters that have zero chance of being generic'd, like I have since I3 on live.

RIght. Meaning *they do not make a profit.* If they DO make a profit, it puts them into the realm of "making money from someone else's IP" - in this case, NCSoft. You're really arguing against using common sense here, aren't you.

No. THat is a request from someone who wants to rules-lawyer their way into being able to play Ir0n-m4n because two of the letters are numbers *and* there's a dash. This was gone into on live, as well, multiple times.

I did not say one was imminent. Not even close. (In part because Homecoming has and enforces that policy.) And about profit - why do you think donations get shut down as costs are met monthly? One less argument that can be used against Homecoming.

And *this* is why they don't put down a list of guidelines versus "use common sense." "But mine was only 98.5%! I was called Super-man, notice the dash, and used a different belt!"

The flip side of that is *Marvel is part of Disney, who is known for being VERY aggressive in copyright protection.* Do *you* want to deal with Disney lawyers so someone can play as Iron Man? Especially (a) with the money Disney can put behind a suit and (b) the money the movies - and by spillover the comics and other content - have made for them recently... which is a HUGE incentive to go after people copying?

... and yet people are complaining because they got generic'd for making copyrighted or "close enough" characters. So if they don't want it lifted, then they don't want it applying to them, just everyone else. The rule's there. Follow it, or make a good enough case to the team why it shouldn't be. If they want to make copyrighted characters without getting generic'd, it's a path they can take. I never stated Homecoming was. And they won't need to, because they're following the same policy that was on live.

So what if it was 15 years ago? Know what didn't happen because of it? We *didn't get a license to use copyrighted characters* on live. Know why the lawsuit was settled? In part because *they were already generic'ing characters* to protect others copyrights and had that stated plainly in their code of conduct. (And in part because Marvel used its own employees to create examples of copyright infringement for the suit, which rather irked the judge, as I read it.) And there was no *further* lawsuit in part because they CONTINUED to actively generic copyrights (I lost count of how many former-gokus I saw with generichero#### on them.) Sort of like here. Hmm. I wonder if there's a reason for that....

Right at the top of the forums. Code of conduct. Use of copyrighted characters and content without permission is not permitted when creating characters or Architect content. This includes characters and stories from intellectual property belonging to any IP that is not City of Heroes. The infringing people were reported. The GMs agreed it was infringing. You are in the wrong. Period. This argument was tiresome on live, it's tiresome here. Here, however, you do have choices: 1. Find a server that doesn't care and play there. 2. Get the code. Be sure to pay NCSoft a license. Talk to Marvel. Pay them for a license for similar characters. Do the same with DC, Dark Horse, ... who's the one that does Dragonball, Toyama or something? Them, etc. You will now have paid out a bunch of money, but have a license to use the characters.

Someone else owns the legal rights to the character you're copying and the homecoming team does not.

Kids are not games trying to become legiitmate that already have a history of being looked at and sued by the comic industry. Adults are ... buying the comics from the copyright holder. You're *really* stretching for arguments. You should probably stop while you're behind and think about what you're really arguing for. Again. If my choice is the server having a better chance at becoming legit, but people playing blatant ripoff characters getting generic'd, and the negotiations being shut down or the server having to deal with a copyright lawsuit so you can play "yron.man?" Better get to love that black and white barcode, because I will support that generic every. single. time.

Server of a game that already went through a copyright lawsuit and is trying to become legit again is *very* different.

Right. And artists aren't being original because they use the same paints that other people use (other than vantablack.) Musicians all use the same instruments other musicians use, 99.9% of the time. They all use vibrations in the air to produce the same tones that have already existed. No music is original. Are you *sure* you want that to be your argument? Because there's a huge difference between "You're using the same parts and so can't be original, so copyright infringement is fine" and "You don't need to copy others." One is a huge leap in "logic," the other is common sense.

Oh, they'd read it, then try to rules-lawyer their way to finding some 0.01% to say "See, I shouldn't have been generic'd!" Which is generally, on top of the work to compile it in the first place, why these aren't listed.

That's that game's choice. And no kidding, comic con has people doing cosplays. Which the comic industry, *part of the con,* is fine with. You'll notice that comic con is not a legally-grey server trying to become legitimate. You're comparing apples and ... not even oranges. Apples and truck tires. You're trying to argue that Blizzard would have a problem with BLizzard cosplayers at Blizzcon. No, really? They like fans at their own event? *None of these are servers of a game that was already looked at for copyright infringement which is trying to go legit again, and which does not have the rights (that second half of "copyright") to other peoples' characters.* ... don't look like a copyrighted character, with a similar name and powers? How is this hard? There are hundreds of "power suit" wielding / wearing characters blasting energy, for instance, between live days and here. Somehow they managed to not all be Iron Man. The ones that went red and gold on with costume pieces that were very similar to the comic character, with some variant of "Iron man" in the name? Probably ended up as GenericHero####.

Hmm. yeah, I've got a similar laptop (as in "has APU and nVidia GPU," not an HP, though) and you can definitely use nVidia's drivers on it. (It also loves ignoring the GPU if I try to use the video out to play on a monitor or the TV, which is annoying. And looks awful.)

Regardless of how you feel (and you're making some pretty weak arguments - there's a difference between "I made a super strength/inv tank" and "I made a Superman clone named S.U.P.E.R.M.A.N and it got genericed," and I'm pretty sure you know it,) there are two big facts you're choosing to ignore: 1. Early in the game, Cryptic (at the time) was already embroiled in a copyright suit filed by Marvel. Yes, Marvel pulled some shenanigans, but it's in the game's history - which is why they were generic'd on live, and 2. *The devs are trying to negotiate with NCSoft to go legit.* People making copyrighted characters can cause issues with that. So yes, they have to act on copyright-infringing characters. If the choice is between "I want to be Iron Man" and "The game is now legal," I'm *not* choosing you. And I don't think the devs or GMs would, either. I'd much rather have donations go to keeping the server running than having to get even more to fight another lawsuit. I have had *hundreds* of characters on live (approaching a hundred here, actually.) Many of them probably had powerset combinations that matched comic characters - I don't know, I'm not a comic encyclopedia and there are hundreds of thousands of comic characters out there. Know how many of mine I've had a hard time trying to keep from being generic'd? Zero. It's fine to have ideas inspired by characters or franchises you like. But there's a big difference between "Female archaeologist and adventurer" and "I'm Lara Croft, down to name, backstory and look!" Be more creative. Be unique. Don't put the efforts to bring this game legally back to life at risk for everyone. And altaholic - "Everyone is using a costume that has been already done before." Really? In all the time I played live, from issue 3 to shutdown and now here, playing (there) on all servers, I ran across a similar costume to one of mine... once. I don't think I've ever had someone confuse one of my characters with a copyrighted one. So, no, "Everyone is using a costume that has been already done before" is not true in the least. The large number of costume parts make it *easier* not to look like someone else (part of the reason people play is to *make their own* look and character, after all,) not harder. (Edit: I should say twice, but that was a deliberate choice with myself and another player, and that costume didn't look like anyone else *or* any copyrighted character.)

... nothing about what I suggested modifies anything but player behaviour, and that only temporarily to earn a badge. Much like "master of" runs for badges, which already exist. I think you need to go back and re-read exactly what I posted. Since it sounds like you're mixing my suggestion and those of others.

There is not. As I recall, due to animation issues with players and powers. (You'll note the Illusionists just kind of float, versus walking.) Been asked for (with long dresses, long robes, etc.) for ages.

Assuming that's how things are done. And why are you trying to overcomplicate this?