drdread Posted September 7, 2021 Posted September 7, 2021 (edited) Did some clean-up. Now available: Doctor Deathwish Darkula Mister Chiller Earthward Bantam Blow Fish Frosten Man Edited September 7, 2021 by drdread forgot one 1 1
InvaderStych Posted September 28, 2021 Posted September 28, 2021 Acid Reina Acid Reign Decided I won't find a combination I enjoy as much as the wordplay, so recently deleted the former, while the latter alternate also looks to be available. 1 You see a mousetrap? I see free cheese and a f$%^ing challenge.
Techwright Posted October 6, 2021 Posted October 6, 2021 On 9/7/2021 at 9:18 AM, drdread said: Did some clean-up. Now available: Blow Fish I'll not be using it, but I'd very much like to one day see this one running around Paragon City in a duo with an owl-theme character called Hootie. 😉 1
Player2 Posted December 17, 2021 Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) Some names for you all to play with: Apotheosis Jones Pact Ritual Sacrifice Soulhammer Edited December 13, 2022 by Player2 2
Mjolnerd Posted December 18, 2021 Posted December 18, 2021 6 hours ago, Player2 said: Boobytrap I had to grab this one, it's just too good not to. There's really only one way to go with it from a design standpoint, obvious as it may be. So here's my new Traps defender: 2 Formerly of Virtue, now on Excelsior: Ace of Spades | Adamant Eve | Arch-Rival | The Bee | Blackbelt | Citizen Arcane | Core | Ctrl Alt Defeat | Daddy Longlegs | Diamant | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Freak Accident Galactrix | Great White Shark | Heavy Machinery | Highway Star | The Howl | Inter-Galactica | Ion Maiden | Knockout Artist | Krakatoa | The Night's Templar | The Pact Paroled McDonald | Sentinelle | Virtual Boy | Volcaniac | White Widow | Yucatan And my most recent 50, Doctor Roswell (Psychic Blast/Atomic Manipulation blaster, 16 August 2024)
Player2 Posted December 18, 2021 Posted December 18, 2021 14 minutes ago, Mjolnerd said: I had to grab this one, it's just too good not to. There's really only one way to go with it from a design standpoint, obvious as it may be. So here's my new Traps defender: I went with Gravity/Traps controller... and she looked like this: 2
Echo Night Posted April 13, 2022 Posted April 13, 2022 (edited) Some names I just won't be able to get to. Reply here, send me a tell or email @Echo Night if you want em. First come first get. I'll hold onto them until they're taken, then I'll update the list. Jack Swag Motor Hum Biolence Outlaw Assassin Doctor Space Cape Rock n Thundra Asee Dsee Silent Deep Epic Blades Thunder Thumbs Bloody Knuckles Star Tears Circle Back Star Cries Mechanical Fury More HumanThan Human Shock Absorb Soul Igniter Skill Check Dane Star Lethal Heat Dreamfolder Aeon Gold Echo Locator Brocco Li Rigor Rags Fuzzy Trace Lescoe Brandon Edited April 13, 2022 by Echo Night 1 1
klulka1 Posted April 18, 2022 Posted April 18, 2022 Dark Quantum Demon is now available for anyone who wants to use it.
Player2 Posted June 17, 2022 Posted June 17, 2022 Looking to get some names on Excelsior. Moved to Torch to play with RL friends awhile back and they've since abandoned the game, and I'd like to come back to Excelsior with some of my regulars. I've got names for trade on Excelsior for characters I'm less interested in playing, or if you'd like to move to Torch with the same name there we can arrange that, also. Also, do me favor and shoot me a private message if you have any of these names and are not interested in parting with them... will save me time and grief of wondering whether or not I should give up on them. If you want to make a deal, you can private message me here on the forum or in game as @Player2. NAMES WANTED ON EXCELSIOR Big Girl (my main, and my primary interest in bringing over to Excelsior) Boobytrap (I know, I just suggested this and someone grabbed it here a little while back) Espionage White Hot Decider Halloween Girl Hot Spell Kicks Kid Nemesis Lucky 7 Midnight Rose Misfortune Pretense Red Hot Hottie Soulsword Thunderblade NAMES I HAVE TO TRADE ON EXCELSIOR Battle Babe Blixt Blood Mage Boost Cheesecake Crazed Dragonstorm Glory Hammer Instigator Kings Row Queen Large Lass Legendary Mighty One Naked Fury Omnipotence Peerless Quickener Something Else Threat Level
Grasshopper Posted June 18, 2022 Posted June 18, 2022 5 hours ago, Player2 said: NAMES I HAVE TO TRADE ON EXCELSIOR Kings Row Queen I've no need for it, but that's a really great name. 1 1
Unknown_User Posted July 13, 2022 Posted July 13, 2022 (edited) Seeing as I don't play on Excelsior anymore I have released the following names into the wild. May they find a loving home American Valor Atomic Spectre Bee Bullseye (Not 100% sure this name will be available after I release it) Captain Lightning Chromia Curare Dreadwing Everglade Horribelle Imperial Invincibelle Iron Tiger Katana Major Risk Madam Cold Menace Metalhead Mudslinger Night Woman Outburst Owl Woman Payback Posionous Pinnacle Red Sun Red Viper Rumor Samaritan Shadoweaver Silver Ghost Warbird Edited July 13, 2022 by Unknown_User 1
Player2 Posted July 14, 2022 Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, Unknown_User said: Bullseye (Not 100% sure this name will be available after I release it) Legally speaking, that name cannot be trademarked. As long as no one uses it in conjunction with an appearance similar to the Daredevil foe, it would be fine. Unique made up names can be trademarked, as can legally distinct images. Public domain words (anything found in the dictionary) cannot be trademarked. Also... damn, someone beat me to Menace and Payback. Edited July 14, 2022 by Player2
Player2 Posted July 15, 2022 Posted July 15, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 4:01 PM, Player2 said: Looking to get some names on Excelsior. Moved to Torch to play with RL friends awhile back and they've since abandoned the game, and I'd like to come back to Excelsior with some of my regulars. I've got names for trade on Excelsior for characters I'm less interested in playing, or if you'd like to move to Torch with the same name there we can arrange that, also. Also, do me favor and shoot me a private message if you have any of these names and are not interested in parting with them... will save me time and grief of wondering whether or not I should give up on them. If you want to make a deal, you can private message me here on the forum or in game as @Player2. NAMES WANTED ON EXCELSIOR Big Girl (my main, and my primary interest in bringing over to Excelsior) Boobytrap (I know, I just suggested this and someone grabbed it here a little while back) Espionage White Hot Decider Halloween Girl Hot Spell Kicks Kid Nemesis Lucky 7 Midnight Rose Misfortune Pretense Red Hot Hottie Soulsword Thunderblade NAMES I HAVE TO TRADE ON EXCELSIOR Battle Babe Blixt Blood Mage Boost Cheesecake Crazed Dragonstorm Glory Hammer Instigator Kings Row Queen Large Lass Legendary Mighty One Naked Fury Omnipotence Peerless Quickener Something Else Threat Level Big Girl has been granted to me. 😎 Large Lass is now available for whomever wants it!
Akalabeth Posted November 5, 2022 Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) Just released: Slobbers Kennadi Edited November 5, 2022 by Akalabeth
Disruptor Posted November 5, 2022 Posted November 5, 2022 Just released these: Nipsy Muscle Tactician Technician Groov Super Duper Guy Two Trapsmaster. Em Bi Son Uno11 barrage boy Evil Uno Evil Uno2 Nibel Test3245 Captain Conflag Nibelheim2 Nibelheim
Zhym Posted November 5, 2022 Posted November 5, 2022 (edited) On 7/14/2022 at 4:19 AM, Player2 said: Public domain words (anything found in the dictionary) cannot be trademarked. Amazon®, Apple®, Oracle®, and Target® would all like a word. Not to mention Marvel®, who has indeed registered Bullseye® as a trademark. :) You may be thinking of "genericization"—that when a name of a particular product starts to become used as a generic term for all products of that type, it loses protection as a trademark. Some historical examples include Aspirin, Escalator, and Teleprompter—all of which used to be trademarked product names but eventually became generic terms. But there's no rule that dictionary words can't be trademarked. BTW, to bring this slightly on-topic, "Escalator" is available on Excelsior, but "Aspirin" and "Teleprompter" are taken (I figured that last one is way too good to still be available.) ETA: Please meet my newest character, the Purple Pedant. Battle cry: "Well, actually..." Edited November 5, 2022 by Zhym 1
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Player2 Posted December 12, 2022 Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) On 11/5/2022 at 11:49 AM, Zhym said: Amazon®, Apple®, Oracle®, and Target® would all like a word. Not to mention Marvel®, who has indeed registered Bullseye® as a trademark. 🙂 You may be thinking of "genericization"—that when a name of a particular product starts to become used as a generic term for all products of that type, it loses protection as a trademark. Some historical examples include Aspirin, Escalator, and Teleprompter—all of which used to be trademarked product names but eventually became generic terms. But there's no rule that dictionary words can't be trademarked. BTW, to bring this slightly on-topic, "Escalator" is available on Excelsior, but "Aspirin" and "Teleprompter" are taken (I figured that last one is way too good to still be available.) ETA: Please meet my newest character, the Purple Pedant. Battle cry: "Well, actually..." Some additional info on this topic: https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/55883/character-name-trademarks-and-copyrights Marvel and DC both own characters named Captain Marvel (although technically DC has started calling their's Shazam to avoid confusion, even though that's just a load of crap, because the wizard's name who gives the hero his powers is Shazam). Only Marvel can publish a comic book named Captain Marvel, though, because they have that trademarked as a comic book title... even though the words Captain and Marvel are technically common words. Likewise, Marvel has a trademark on Thor, even though that name belongs to public domain mythology. Marvel owns the rights to publish comic books (and cartoons and movies) using that name. Marvel also has a trademark on their specific likeness of Thor. Years back, Image Comics published a comic where the title character (Supreme) fought Thor and took his hammer. This lead to the two competing in Asgard by Odin's decree for who would keep Mjolnir... a very similar story to the one Marvel published that is the origin story of Beta Ray Bill. Image's use of Thor in both name and appearance was quite legal because the trademark doesn't apply here as the character's name is used in the story and was not the title of the comic, and his appearance was distinctly different from Marvel's version of Thor for having red hair and a unique style. So, technically, Marvel does indeed have a trademark on their character Bullseye. However, as they do not regularly publish a Bullseye comic book, it's dubious as to whether or not anyone else could do so (because I'm too lazy to go look up when the last time they did publish a Bullseye comic and when their trademark to it was last applied, as trademarks must be renewed every 10 years)... and as long as someone isn't trying to recreate Marvel's version of Bullseye (any of them, probably including the female version in Lady Bullseye), trademark law would not be something that could be invoked over the word as a character name. Oh, yeah, one more edit... DC Comics has also used their own version of Thor as the mythological Norse god of thunder. Not to mention the name being used by various other comics for characters both based on the myths as well as being completely original in both origin and appearance. Edited December 12, 2022 by Player2
Mjolnerd Posted December 14, 2022 Posted December 14, 2022 I don't think it matters which armchair copyright lawyer is technically right as much as whether Homecoming's legal team (do they have a legal team?) wants to mess with Disney's and/or Warner Bros' legal teams about it. I'm guessing they don't. Use names similar to those of existing characters at your own risk; the cemeteries are full of people who had the right of way. Anyway, I released the following today: Chessboard Devkit Four Elements Giant Saguaro Glacierface Inkarnate Miss Fire One-Hit Wonder Pharaoh's Curse Pop Culture Ripperologist Rotten Egg Silent Sentinel Vacant Championship 2 Formerly of Virtue, now on Excelsior: Ace of Spades | Adamant Eve | Arch-Rival | The Bee | Blackbelt | Citizen Arcane | Core | Ctrl Alt Defeat | Daddy Longlegs | Diamant | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Freak Accident Galactrix | Great White Shark | Heavy Machinery | Highway Star | The Howl | Inter-Galactica | Ion Maiden | Knockout Artist | Krakatoa | The Night's Templar | The Pact Paroled McDonald | Sentinelle | Virtual Boy | Volcaniac | White Widow | Yucatan And my most recent 50, Doctor Roswell (Psychic Blast/Atomic Manipulation blaster, 16 August 2024)
Flitwick Posted December 20, 2022 Posted December 20, 2022 (edited) Willing to trade a few names on Excelsior: Frog Watcher Rumble Doe Lemur Powerboy Poem Mumble Country Boy Abraham Van Helsing My global is @Vulture Edited December 20, 2022 by Flitwick
Player2 Posted December 20, 2022 Posted December 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Flitwick said: Willing to trade a few names on Excelsior: Frog Watcher Rumble Doe Lemur Powerboy Poem Mumble Country Boy Abraham Van Helsing My global is @Vulture Is that list what you have to trade or looking to acquire?
Mjolnerd Posted December 21, 2022 Posted December 21, 2022 10 hours ago, Player2 said: Is that list what you have to trade or looking to acquire? /getglobalname Frog shows it owned by @Vulture, this appears to be a list of offers. I just released more unused names: Sabaton Rocking Horse Miss Illusion Egomaniac Papa Loa Formerly of Virtue, now on Excelsior: Ace of Spades | Adamant Eve | Arch-Rival | The Bee | Blackbelt | Citizen Arcane | Core | Ctrl Alt Defeat | Daddy Longlegs | Diamant | Drop Dead Gorgeous | Freak Accident Galactrix | Great White Shark | Heavy Machinery | Highway Star | The Howl | Inter-Galactica | Ion Maiden | Knockout Artist | Krakatoa | The Night's Templar | The Pact Paroled McDonald | Sentinelle | Virtual Boy | Volcaniac | White Widow | Yucatan And my most recent 50, Doctor Roswell (Psychic Blast/Atomic Manipulation blaster, 16 August 2024)
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