Tenzhi

Umlauts, carets, diacritics, and such might be the 'croutons' you're looking for. Last time I tried to use letters with such marks, though, it couldn't be done.

I see the point went well over your head there. There's absolutely nothing wrong with being creative. The reason it's not the ideal solution in this environment is because creativity doesn't guarantee that you'll get the name you want. The *only* thing that guarantees you'll get the name you want is to get it first. Nor does getting it first necessarily mean you were being creative.

If that were true the issue in question wouldn't even have existed - there wouldn't have been servers specifically designated as "European" in the first place that needed to be merged when it became no longer cost effective to maintain them separately.

I was surprised to get "Bad Blood" when "Hemotoxin" was unavailable (that character is currently on the backburner now that I know Bio Armor is in the works). And I have to admit that I like "Bad Blood" better.

I was unsurprised when "Crimson Arrow" was taken right after Archery came out, and was already prepared to fall back on that character's real name "Eustace Black".

It's rare that I get stumped on a name. But the person who got "Crimson Arrow" wasn't being more creative than me, and I certainly wasn't being more creative than the next person who might want "Bad Blood".

And being willing to compromise certainly isn't being creative, and by its very nature compromise isn't the ideal solution.

Being creative isn't the ideal solution in this environment, being first is. Which is ultimately not an ideal environment, regardless of the number of ways to cope with it.

Anyone could say they're a "god" or got their powers from an accident of science. The distinction just doesn't work. Thus, the only way the racism angle works is if all people with powers suffer...

...and that's just a superheroic train wreck.

The need to adapt is caused by the system, ergo it's not the fault of the creator.

It's not being any more creative to get Texas Noun when someone else can't get The Inquantumite.

If you've already imagined a character complete with name, and the system prevents you from having that name, the failure isn't with the imagination. And the person who got that name before you doesn't have a better imagination, they just had the good fortune to get the name first.

Even word salad occasionally has dressing.

The secret to getting the name you want in this environment isn't to "be creative", but rather to have the good fortune to be first.

If that's the case, imagine what would happen if you ignored local customers to better serve the internet/mail-order guy across the pond.

Ditto. In the case of the Judgement powers, I'd have it give the player a melee-ish range aura that does high damage and knockup for maybe 10 seconds or so. Then you could run though whichever enemies you wanted. They'd probably have to limit the number of time it could affect an individual enemy...

The problem, I'd say, is that the racism analogy doesn't work well when you have a bunch of other superheroes running around who aren't ostracized for having powers/being different. Of course, I'd be perfectly happy with dropping that aspect of the X-Men.

Maybe they've *seen* Surrogates, but continually forget about it. I know I do. And I'd say it was a good movie. Just didn't stick with me.

So, what you're saying is that you lack emotions and have a need to defeat 'living' targets.

I vaguely recall watching it on VHS or DVD. I rented it because I'd enjoyed the book, but now I don't much recall either.

If everyone were guaranteed to be in the same zone at all times of day it might be spam. As it is, every few minutes or so there could be people who just logged in, people who just zoned in, or people who just finished a trial and might need fresh meat that did not see the prior message(s).

I didn't see that comment. I saw a comment of defeat and resignation bereft of any sort of complaint.