Busiest Time of the Year - R3n4m3M4g3dd0N!!

[Troo]

3 hours ago, Troo said:

I'll post a list of what I got later. I had a list of 10 with two I really wished for.

 

I have ~100 alts on each Indom and Excel with about 20 on Ever, some with pretty sad naming. Some 50s will be getting new names.

 

I was able to secure some from my tiered wish list:

	Indomitable	Excelsior
Tru	nope	X
Shadow	X	nope
Demon	X	X
Spectre	X	X
Mummy	nope	nope
Endgame	X	nope
Glacier	nope	X
Saturn	X	nope
Jupiter	nope	nope
Bob	X	nope

 

I am pretty happy to get one 'Tru', and two 'Demon' and 'Spectre'.

 

Also secured: 'Supreme', 'Wiz', 'Bishop', and 'Rascal'

 

Will be dumping dozens of names into the wild by Tuesday via Drop a name, pick up a name.

 

[Troo]

I think the logins peaked around 2,500 (total all servers) with Excelsior going red. [seems pretty strong 5+ years in]

 

The strategy of [new character] [any AT] [any Power] [random costume] [Atlas Park] [run into City Hall (for the zero second logout)], rinse & repeat worked well enough. Villain side.. not as easy.

 

Biggest fear: Misspelling a name.

Biggest surprise: 10 minutes for the name release code to proliferate.

Biggest laugh: 'Bob' was available. I have a character named Bob now.

 

It was great to see so many new characters created at the spawn points.

I won't tell folks what to do but in my opinion there is no need to name squat on dozens of names we aren't going to use. Hi @Magical.

There's little difference between Star Hammer, Starhammer, S t a r h a m m e r, Star_Hammer, Star-Hammer, Hammer Star, & Star Hamster. Gold star if you read that far.

 

Congratulations to those who were able to grab that one-coveted-name!

 

And /em fistwave to whomever has Tru on Indomitable. I loathe thee.

You are nothing but a low-down, double-dealing, backstabbing, larcenous perverted worm! Hanging's too good for ya. Burning's too good for ya! You should be torn into little bitsy pieces and buried aliiiiive!  Alternately, feel free reach out with a reasonable request to make a deal and we can be friendsies, okay 🙂 

 

Edited November 2 by Troo

[MrAxe]

Got 2 out of the 4 I wanted. Heavy Mental and Medievil. The latter I've been wanting since the release of City of Villains. Third time's a charm!

[Mopery]

I had Herald of Harold, and now I finally have Harold! 🤪

[Etched]

So many copyright infringements.

 

@Troo, there are a few of the names that you recently got that should not be released in this game. Such as Spectre,  Supreme, and Bishop. DC owns Spectre and  Supreme  and Marvel/Disney owns Bishop. 

 

Personally, i dont care what names are released, however,  names like these can cause some major issues for the Homecomin crew and the last thing I would want is HC to be sued for something like a copyright infringement. 

 

And who's to say that DC or Marvel would even care but then again,  they might.

 

 

[High_Beam]

10 hours ago, Oubliette_Red said:

I want what you're drinking.

Okay so sorry bout last night and the drunk post.  I generally avoid that.  What I was drinking was Patron tequila and Pacifico Clara beer, its my one-two party go to.  I pulled the Patron out with the singular expectation of doing one shot after a failed attempt to get High Beam.  So at 2130, on Excelsior it was unavailable so I did a shot.  Said it was a nice try and then jumped to an alt that has Tina Mac Arc going.  Do the Marauder in the city mission, finish and its 2140 so I say lets give it one more try just in case.  Character select, new character High Beam.  Green Check!  OMG Becky!  Click click as fast as possible so shes standing in AP and I am just stunned, especially seeing all the others standing there many I am sure feeling the same way.  So I grab a second shot and pound the Pacifico.  Then I get to chatting with my friends and SG mates and its war stories (in game and in RL) and name stories for an hour and during that time I had several more shots and a second then third beer.  Bottle count at desk is the only proof cause I swear I don't remember a third beer; not blackout, I may be a retired Navy Chief but I have some self control.  Anyway I made that post and its nowhere as bad as I was dreading, nothing like that wedding toast incident in 1989, or my 33rd birthday party, or my retirement form the mil, or . . . you get the point.

 

Anyway, thanks to the devs for the name release.  I only wanted that name and I got it so I cannot complain about anything.  I had tried to reach out to the owner of that name for more than a year in game using their global and never got response.  Nothing stalky, just an initial, then a moth later a hey remember me have you thought about it, then one about three months ago.  I have never seen the global pop up in game so I don't feel too bad.  Oh and yeah I just assumed it was a Beam Rifle.

 

Anyway, everyone have a safe weekend.

[lemming]

I fixed my Ice Pirate characters, so I'm happy there.   An old Champs char got their name back.

Only name that I wish I got on Everlasting that I didn't is "Minimum Wage", so we'll have to figure out how to keep the spirit of the character when I move her from Excelsior.  (Named for a TMBG, but they've got an actual backstory involving Manticore, and other stuff)

 

And I checked to see if a name I had tried for in May 2021 was available "Red Herring".   I still created the char as "Crimson Herring", and I'm not sure I want to fix her.    (I might just have to do Red Herring as a new char then.  Just have to work on a different misdirection)

[Troo]

1 hour ago, Etched said:

So many copyright infringements.

 

@Troo, there are a few of the names that you recently got that should not be released in this game. Such as Spectre,  Supreme, and Bishop. DC owns Spectre and  Supreme  and Marvel/Disney owns Bishop. 

 

Personally, i dont care what names are released, however,  names like these can cause some major issues for the Homecomin crew and the last thing I would want is HC to be sued for something like a copyright infringement. 

 

And who's to say that DC or Marvel would even care but then again,  they might.

 

 

 

I am glad you brought this up.

There may be folks who planned to build 'tribute' characters with names they acquired. This is NOT allowed.

A combination of Name, Costume and/or Description can and should lead to removal. Costume alone could be enough. Name alone is more discretionary with obvious exceptions.

I tried to get Knight and Rook first, then did get Bishop. I wouldn't risk the name Bishop by intentionally infringing on any intellectual property. Mine will likely be a wizard.

 

IF I were to unintentionally infringe on some intellectual property, be cool about it, I do not know comics as well as many of our resident experts. Send me a nice tell and I would make changes. If I fail to make changes, then report me.

[Troo]

1 hour ago, High_Beam said:

Green Check!  OMG Becky!

 

Celebrate good times!!

 

 

Edited November 2 by Troo

[Techwright]

3 hours ago, Troo said:

 

I tried to get Knight and Rook first, then did get Bishop. I wouldn't risk the name Bishop by intentionally infringing on any intellectual property. Mine will likely be a wizard.

 

It's obviously been years, but I did a check during the original game for chess pieces and found that pretty much every chess piece was affiliated with one of the two big comic houses, even if most were obscure characters.  Back then, I opted for the adjective to make the distinction.  Since not all chess set pieces are black or white, I used something like "Red Bishop".  Chess identifiers worked as well, such as "Queen's Bishop".

 

Incidentally, continuing the gaming name concept, playing cards were pretty well wrapped up by DC comics thanks to Batman's nemesis group, the Royal Flush gang.  The group apparently has had something of a revolving roster, leading to several card names being used.  I don't know, though, about other terminology like say  "Two of a Kind" or "Dead Man's Hand".

[Apogee]

28 minutes ago, Techwright said:

It's obviously been years, but I did a check during the original game for chess pieces and found that pretty much every chess piece was affiliated with one of the two big comic houses, even if most were obscure characters.  Back then, I opted for the adjective to make the distinction.  Since not all chess set pieces are black or white, I used something like "Red Bishop".  Chess identifiers worked as well, such as "Queen's Bishop".

 

Incidentally, continuing the gaming name concept, playing cards were pretty well wrapped up by DC comics thanks to Batman's nemesis group, the Royal Flush gang.  The group apparently has had something of a revolving roster, leading to several card names being used.  I don't know, though, about other terminology like say  "Two of a Kind" or "Dead Man's Hand".

 

Card names as names for characters is prevalent across all media (movies, tv, books, anime, comics).  I don't think any company can lay claim to that just as they can't lay claim to common mythological names like Thor and Loki.  Now, name AND likeness is another story.

[Greycat]

... Here's one that it'd probably be impossible to check for, but I'd be curious about.

 

I wonder how many people got a name that was freed up because someone ELSE had a second-choice name and finally got the name they wanted.

[OEM61]

8 hours ago, Etched said:

So many copyright infringements.

 

@Troo, there are a few of the names that you recently got that should not be released in this game. Such as Spectre,  Supreme, and Bishop. DC owns Spectre and  Supreme  and Marvel/Disney owns Bishop. 

 

Personally, i dont care what names are released, however,  names like these can cause some major issues for the Homecomin crew and the last thing I would want is HC to be sued for something like a copyright infringement. 

 

And who's to say that DC or Marvel would even care but then again,  they might.

 

 

Supreme is a word.  Just because someone made a comic character with that name doesn't mean that you have to give them a nickel every time you say it.
Same with Bishop.  Same with Spectre.

In these cases the looks and possibly powers of the characters become important.
There have been a number of characters named "Spectre" (or "The Spectre").  Plenty of Ghosts out there.  Quite a few Phantoms.  You can have one, too.

Of course, I am not the final judge, but real word names should be fine in and of themselves.  Just don't give your Spectre a green and white costume.

[OEM61]

2 hours ago, Greycat said:

... Here's one that it'd probably be impossible to check for, but I'd be curious about.

 

I wonder how many people got a name that was freed up because someone ELSE had a second-choice name and finally got the name they wanted.

I thought about that one, too.

Even now, maybe some people that want a certain name have yet to log in to check it for some reason, so if I was really interested in a name I might still check on it after I logged in and/or before I logged out for at least a week.

[Greycat]

1 hour ago, OEM61 said:

Even now, maybe some people that want a certain name have yet to log in to check it for some reason

 

... well, given that despite the announcements and having it on the launcher, there was still a lot of "wait, what? Name what?" in in-game chat...

[Etched]

3 hours ago, OEM61 said:

Supreme is a word.  Just because someone made a comic character with that name doesn't mean that you have to give them a nickel every time you say it.
Same with Bishop.  Same with Spectre.

 

Tell that to Disney and Warner Brothers lawyers.  I don't think they'll agree with you.

 

I agree with you though, they are just words but I'll bet you a buck that some other person that has knowledge about those characters will report the names.

 

[Oubliette_Red]

16 hours ago, Etched said:

 

Tell that to Disney and Warner Brothers lawyers.  I don't think they'll agree with you.

 

I agree with you though, they are just words but I'll bet you a buck that some other person that has knowledge about those characters will report the names.

 

 

Folks can report all they want, but if my Spectre* isn't wearing a green hooded cloak and green undies over a white uni, then it's a non-issue.

 

*I don't actually have the name

[Etched]

4 hours ago, Oubliette_Red said:

 

Folks can report all they want, but if my Spectre* isn't wearing a green hooded cloak and green undies over a white uni, then it's a non-issue.

 

*I don't actually have the name

 

You would think that if the toon doesn't look the way it does in the comic that it's no big deal and they move on with their lives.  Buy that is not true within this game. Example,  when I got back playing, I found that the name Hobgoblin was available. I made a female that didn't sport the yellow and blue that the comic version wore. By all means that toon had no resemblance to the comic book character. A word that has been around longer than Marvel comics but yet it was reported and stripped. 

 

It happens and the Devs don't play.

Edited November 3 by Etched

[Apogee]

On 11/2/2024 at 2:24 AM, MrAxe said:

Got 2 out of the 4 I wanted. Heavy Mental and Medievil. The latter I've been wanting since the release of City of Villains. Third time's a charm!

 

Isn't it spelled Medieval?  Or are you intentionally being punny?

[tidge]

I ended up renaming two characters with names I wanted long ago upon character creation which had previously been "camped". I debated if I really wanted to do the rename(s) and I decided to, basically because I'd already invested time in those characters, originally wanted those names, and

1. One character's original (to me) name was a simple extension of the name I originally wanted but could not get
2. One character's original (to me) name was supposed to be a pun, but since the pun name was not available I had gone with the non-pun version

I was thinking about playing up a new character with from scratch for #1, but I wasn't planning any changes I can't do on a second build so *poof rename*. For #2, while I got comments on the character's non-pun name, I'd rather have the pun name!

 

There were two names I wanted from my Live roster that weren't available.

[Ghost]

On 11/3/2024 at 5:17 PM, Etched said:

 

You would think that if the toon doesn't look the way it does in the comic that it's no big deal and they move on with their lives.  Buy that is not true within this game. Example,  when I got back playing, I found that the name Hobgoblin was available. I made a female that didn't sport the yellow and blue that the comic version wore. By all means that toon had no resemblance to the comic book character. A word that has been around longer than Marvel comics but yet it was reported and stripped. 

 

It happens and the Devs don't play.

The GMs have admitted to mistakenly stripping names in the past.  It happens.

There’s a post around here somewhere saying to just reach out and plead your case.  Will it always work?  Probably not, but at least they’d be willing to listen.

[MrAxe]

On 11/4/2024 at 12:06 AM, Apogee said:

 

Isn't it spelled Medieval?  Or are you intentionally being punny?

Its punny. Wanted a kind of 80's cartoon inspired villain and I felt that fit.

Edited November 7 by MrAxe