ToonHawk Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Hello, This is my first post since joining the forum last night. I can't tell you how excited I was when a friend of mine let me know that there was a community-run server for City of Heroes, a game I absolutely loved and played a ton of in my younger years. I completed the download last night and jumped right into character creation. That is when Disappointment punched me in the face. Completed an Ice Blaster only to find that every derivation of icy, cold, frigid, arctic name you can think of is already taken. I am literally on naming attempt 30 or 40 now... Wish me luck trying to successfully achieve my own homecoming. ~Chad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0th Power Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) The ice machine commander chill 32 degrees snow monster other side of the pillow Chillax Edited February 12, 2020 by 0th Power 1 I am Pro-Human I invented Combat Teleport I invented K'ong (More proof here too) Battle Rifle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeraphimKensai Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 The Yellow Snowball Blizzard of the Month Chocolate Frosty Ice Cube Dispenser 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbiter Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Ice powers are popular, what can we say? I suggest hitting the good ole trusty thesaurus anytime I want names that are taken. A quick search for the term you want will suggest alternatives. Torchbearer Discount Heroes SG: Frostbiter - Ice/Ice Blaster Throneblade - Broadsword/Dark Armor Brute Silver Mantra - Martial Arts/Electric Armor Scrapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sif Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 All available on Excelsior: Captain Arctic Ms/Mr Arctic That Was Cold Chill Off Ice To The Face Don't Be So Cold Frigid Delight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siolfir Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Good luck with the name! I'm terrible with coming up with names, so I'll let others take care of that in this thread. There are a couple of name release threads in the respective server sections, if you wanted to try your luck there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bopper Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Zero Kelvin Iced Teabag Hard Water Mark 1 PPM Information Guide Survivability Tool Interface DoT Procs Guide Time Manipulation Guide Bopper Builds +HP/+Regen Proc Cheat Sheet Super Pack Drop Percentages Recharge Guide Base Empowerment: Temp Powers Bopper's Tools & Formulas Mids' Reborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saikochoro Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 You could go for indirect cold names. Add a prefix to a word indicating heat and derive a unique cold name. Maybe something like “Anarid” or something. Just spitballing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarky Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Was in Fort Darwin years back. Was laughing because my friend walked by and pointed out two names in the Fort. “Flamesy” and “Thiswillwork”. welcome back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonHawk Posted February 12, 2020 Author Share Posted February 12, 2020 Thanks for all of the suggestions. I changed the name of my character in his backstory. Let me introduce... Cryonick!!! Cheers! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frostbiter Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Nice one! Torchbearer Discount Heroes SG: Frostbiter - Ice/Ice Blaster Throneblade - Broadsword/Dark Armor Brute Silver Mantra - Martial Arts/Electric Armor Scrapper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fan Mail Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 I got upset when I found out Superman was taken. So I went with tafilr. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sura Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) 20 minutes ago, ToonHawk said: Thanks for all of the suggestions. I changed the name of my character in his backstory. Let me introduce... Cryonick!!! Cheers! Nice! I like that one! You could make one of your costumes a Santa costume. 😉 Edited February 12, 2020 by Sura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HelenCarnate Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Is Brass Bra taken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sakai Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Yeah the name thing is always a challenge. I think I may have given up on actual hero names. I seem to settle upon things like Hero Named Ted and New Cool. While we are here if there is someone on Excelsior with the name Pulse or Pulsar I would gleefully give you a billion influence for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockacon Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Pretty sure I nearly broke a keyboard once in frustration not getting any of the names I wanted for one alt... even worse was when I got a couple of names of old toons from back in the day for a server on HC only to find it had already been taken on another when I wanted to build an alternate version of that character... The naming struggle is real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biostem Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Here are two sites I often use if I'm stuck for a name. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Mass Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Freaking Brisk Our cross country coach in high school, no matter how low the temperature got, never admitted it was ever cold. The closest would be that he would remark that it was "a little brisk outside". Our response was always: "Yeah! Freaking brisk!" 😬 Keep Redside - & Goldside - Alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TungstenShark Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 3 hours ago, Sakai said: While we are here if there is someone on Excelsior with the name...Pulsar I would gleefully give you a billion influence for it. LOL That would be me. 😎 It is a remake of one of my original toons from Live (formerly a Rad/Rad Defender, now a Rad/Sonic Defender). Don't think I'd ever sell the name, but it was so random to see someone post about the name I felt I owed you a response. For the record, names get me too. I will not create a toon until I get a good name to go with the concept. The struggle is real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTerror Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 And here I am with characters named things like "Operative Cunajas" and "Magical Consultant Stu." That struggle of trying to find a name is so foreign to me. Hell, I even got names like "Pure Evil" and "Fear Incarnate" months after launch (the latter of which I gave away to someone who said they'd take good care of the name, but hasn't even surpassed level 10 yet . . . *squints toward that individual*). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troo Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Bopper said: Hard Water 👍 5 hours ago, Bopper said: Iced Teabag 👀 "Homecoming is not perfect but it is still better than the alternative.. at least so far" - Unknown (Wise words Unknown!) Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techwright Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Title additions are your friends. I tried to port my #1 guy over to Excelsior only to find ever other server had a "Ray Gunn", the name I used in the original game. Funny, I play all the servers and I've never seen another with that name. Anywho, I actually deepened his backstory slightly by designating him CMDR (old abbreviation for Commander), and I've been off and running ever since. Now thinking of doing it for another of my characters I intend to port. Don't forget the professional titles too. Anyone got dibs on Senator Foghorn for a sonic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oubliette_Red Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 5 hours ago, Snarky said: Was in Fort Darwin years back. Was laughing because my friend walked by and pointed out two names in the Fort. “Flamesy” and “Thiswillwork”. welcome back! See... now I'm thinking about rolling up a plant character and naming them "Thistlework". 3 Dislike certain sounds? Silence/Modify specific sounds. Looking for modified whole powerset sfx? Check out Michiyo's modder or Solerverse's thread. Got a punny character? You should share it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abraxus Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 H2O Solid Thermodynamic Law What was no more, is REBORN! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomvg Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Cold Snap - wait... I might want to use that one if it is available. Pretty sure it isn't. I was shocked that "Random Violence" was available just a few weeks ago. Wanted to make a new Villain Scrapper and wanted to use that name... it was available. I was seriously surprised. Other names that aren't available and I was surprised were Gamma Man and Gamma Girl. They weren't available. Neither is Dark Gamma. I use Gamma in the names of most of my characters seeing as they are the "Gamma" family. Did that back when, do it now, at least in this game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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