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What happens in comics is confusing enough without bringing the actual mythology they're bending and twisting to suit their needs.

Which reminds me of another question:

If God is all powerful can he make a rock so big even he can't lift it? - George Carlin

In my experience comments like this get made by people who are unhappy with this games unique naming policy and are jealous they didn't get a name they wanted first.

Of course you may very well be one of the few exceptions to what I just described.

Loki isn't a "god"/Asgardian at all in the marvelverse. He's a frost giant that was adopted, and as far as frost giants go he was tiny and weak and thus abandoned as a baby.

Relax? No thanks, I don't want to get that animated over this topic. At best this is yet another vehicle thread in an endless succession of vehicle threads. Nothing new has been brought up by either side.

Marvel didn't write the Copyright/Trademark laws so you can't blame them because the damn things force people/companies to file these stupid <bleep> lawsuits.

I'll agree with this statement. I believe Cryptic is very embarrassed that this 8 year old game they created which they couldn't wait to sell off with it's 8 year old content has blown their NEWER Super Hero game with all it's bells and whistles right out of the water.

To that list I'd like to add the following that I've seen made or made myself for the Halloween look alike parties I've attended over the years. Sue Storm, Johnny Storm, The Thing, Silver Surfer, Dr. Doom, Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, Cyclops, Colossus, Storm, The Spirit, Killer Number 2 (Bunraku), Snake-Eyes, Black Widow, Garrett P.I. (novels by Glenn Cook,), Muab Dib/Fremen, Samuree, Magneto, She Hulk, Hawkman, Sub Zero (Mortal Combat), Destro, Red Skull, Vision, Wonder Woman, Joker, Harley Quinn, Beatrix Kiddo, Snake Plisken. And those are just the ones I remember.

Wanna bet on that?

I did say "supposed" not what they actually did all the time.

Well hopefully you can get a laugh from the irony of seeing me say something wasn't diplomatic.

I'm not sure that invalidates what's been discussed by everyone else.

1. Direct rip offs of copyrighted/trademarked characters is against the rules.

2. Homage/parody characters that are significantly different will be left alone by GM's.

3. If you choose to break the copyright rule don't be surprised if you get hit with the gen stick, and don't expect sympathy from most players.

4. If someone chooses to petition a copyright issue, keep your dang yap shut about it. Let the GM's handle any discussions.

5. (Now this is jut my opinion) If someone feels compelled to lecture someone about their decision to create a rip off character, I think the most effective way to avoid conflict is to first compliment the person on his or her ability to recreate said character, then in a conspiratorial way, warn them that they could get genericed by a GM.

"Dude great "x" clone. Ya mind if I let ya know something?"
"Well while I think you look great, if ya get spotted by a GM, they could generic that character for copyright violation. I know it sucks but it happens."

Heck it might even be a good idea to say that they "nailed" you for the same thing.

I think they'd find that a lot less confrontational than what the OP said.

"Pleased to meet you mister soon to be known as Generic 847 924 6722, because if someone reports you, that will be your new name."


Not trying to pick on you D_E, just saying I don't think it was the most diplomatic way to broach the topic with a complete stranger.

The point I'm making is that the statement you made is exactly the argument the people making blatant rip off characters use. They want everyone to ignore the fact that they were breaking the rules in the first place. In their minds they are victims and the real bad guys are the ones enforcing the rules.

They make the same argument when they get caught using names the GM's deemed offensive.

See what I mean? It's not THEIR fault for breaking the rules, it's YOUR fault they got caught.

No. You can file a petition on the name if you like. It's up to the GM's to decide if it violates the naming policy.

The only thing I wouldn't do is confront the individual. Even if your motives are pure, and you phrase it as nonaggressively as possible most people making those rip off characters are going to respond in a defensive and or hostile manner. And much like what happened to the OP, if and when they get genned they are going to blame the person that opened his/her mouth. Cuz you know, they couldn't possibly be responsible for naming their own character and designing the costume.

What the GM's are supposed do in those cases in reset the costume to default. The names should be safe unless it also violates copyright or if they determine it is offensive in some way.

It's also hilarious that he actually thinks people who are laughing at his crazy posts are "whining" about complainers, or that we're blowing things out of proportion when he's the one that's making analogies about giving starving people moldy rotten food with maggots and tapeworms.

It's also humorous to watch as his compulsive need to get in the last word keeps him posting after saying he has nothing more to say.

If the result of the GM's not enforcing the rules means this game gets sued again I have no problem losing a handful of "players" that refuse to obey the rules.

Even if NCSoft/PS win the lawsuit they still lose financially and that hurts my game experience because the money wasted in court isn't getting spent on new content.

That's funny, I thought you said all you had to say on this subject.

I guess not.

Yes because people are going to "starve to death" because the devs only gave away an XP booster while testing a feature they're considering adding to a video game.

Oh wait, if they're starving to death, why are they wasting what money they have on a computer, internet access, and electricity to run the computer in the first place?

Wouldn't that money be better spent on food and shelter rather than getting access to a video game and complaining about an in game freebie?

You're being picky, and the devs are being decent, fair, and wise.



Are you the pot or the kettle?





Oh and here's your Olympic gold medal for mental gymnastics.

Here's the thing to remember about power leveling and farming. What really gets people upset are the various farm/pl spammers. these are the people that won't take "No." for an answer and end up getting /ignored and 1 starred. As long as you don't act like a PITA by harassing people with PL/Farm me messages, no one will care if you do either.

1 starring is done by right clicking on a character name in the chat box and selecting Notes. You get a window that let's you rate a player from 1-5 stars and add a personal note to remind you why you gave the player that rating. The number of stars you gave that player will then appear over every character on that players account when you see them That way you can easily spot people you want to avoid or you love teaming with. Only you can see the stars and notes you've assigned to other people.

Is it really that powerful? I don't pretend to know anything about the Incarnate stuff, never bothered with it. So I'll bow to your superior knowledge on that topic.