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Elfa
03.02.2013 , 03:37 PM | #231
The fault here lies solely with Bioware who should have had the proper foresight to allow characters with multiple names which the cannons supports.

Period.
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Eillack
03.02.2013 , 04:13 PM | #232
Quote: Originally Posted by Elfa View Post
The fault here lies solely with Bioware who should have had the proper foresight to allow characters with multiple names which the cannons supports.

Period.
My bets on alternate account for Copperfield or the OP.

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Vandicus
03.02.2013 , 04:35 PM | #233
Quote: Originally Posted by Elfa View Post
The fault here lies solely with Bioware who should have had the proper foresight to allow characters with multiple names which the cannons supports.

Period.
I'm guessing you wanted to be named Vader or Luke Skywalker eh?
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Darth_Halford
03.02.2013 , 05:25 PM | #234
Quote: Originally Posted by Elfa View Post
The fault here lies solely with Bioware who should have had the proper foresight to allow characters with multiple names which the cannons supports.

Period.
Easier said than done mate. Legacy throws that all out the window. Game has to keep Legacy unique per server and account, and character names unique so it knows what Legacy to associate with.
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Hoodling
03.02.2013 , 06:01 PM | #235
Quote: Originally Posted by MariaD View Post
An interesting theme came up in this topic. It looks like corporations somehow have more rights to dictionary words, even if individuals have been using that word earlier.

This is just one aspect of how messed-up the copyright and trademark laws have become.

For another example, check out despair.com - the home of Demotivators (TM). They actually hold trademark rights to the frown smiley :-( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despair,_Inc.

Regardless of how I feel about the OP's list of names, I dislike how invasive trademarks are!
All this patent-troll crap and the frivolous litigation that follows should be kept to the real world. There's no way in hell anyone can make money of a trademark/brand name by using the name on a silly little MMO character, and that's what copyrights are all about, isn't it?

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Darth_Halford
03.02.2013 , 06:32 PM | #236
Quote: Originally Posted by Hoodling View Post
All this patent-troll crap and the frivolous litigation that follows should be kept to the real world. There's no way in hell anyone can make money of a trademark/brand name by using the name on a silly little MMO character, and that's what copyrights are all about, isn't it?
If people can get full-time pay by being a League of Legends blogger, what makes it so hard to believe that nobody would make money with a MMO character that's named from a derived source?

That is also completly moot point. Copyright and Intellectual Property Law doesn't discriminate wether you made money off of it or not. If the holder of that Copyright or IP forbids you to use it, than that's the end of it.
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Hoodling
03.02.2013 , 06:51 PM | #237
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I loved this thread. The OP told everyone how their opinions sucked until one person agreed with him and then he posted the above. The OP isn't looking for a discussion people, he just wants a pity party.
Of all the things I was talking about in my OP, what people got hung up on was whether or not the names I had were indeed "epic" or not. That's so far removed from the point of this thread that I don't quite know where to start pointing it out to people. The point is, they were my names, and I liked them. I chose each and every one of those names for a reason. The first bunch of replies (and most replies since) to this thread has had absolutely nothing to do with the message I wanted to convey with my OP. Is there any moderation on these forums what so ever?

It's a beautiful thing to see someone come along amongst a sea of stupidity to restore my faith in the intelligence of my fellow man by managing to understand the simple point I was trying to make. But then people like yourself reset the balance to zero with mad dribble like this, taken completely out of context. So, once again, just for you... here's my point: Names are important to me. They took my names. It happened a while back. I'm still angry. The End!

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Thylbanus
03.02.2013 , 07:38 PM | #238
I don't know if it was because of this post, but I saw a Superman on my server. He was a trooper, body type 4.
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Darth_Halford
03.02.2013 , 07:42 PM | #239
Quote: Originally Posted by Hoodling View Post
Of all the things I was talking about in my OP, what people got hung up on was whether or not the names I had were indeed "epic" or not. That's so far removed from the point of this thread that I don't quite know where to start pointing it out to people. The point is, they were my names, and I liked them. I chose each and every one of those names for a reason. The first bunch of replies (and most replies since) to this thread has had absolutely nothing to do with the message I wanted to convey with my OP. Is there any moderation on these forums what so ever?

It's a beautiful thing to see someone come along amongst a sea of stupidity to restore my faith in the intelligence of my fellow man by managing to understand the simple point I was trying to make. But then people like yourself reset the balance to zero with mad dribble like this, taken completely out of context. So, once again, just for you... here's my point: Names are important to me. They took my names. It happened a while back. I'm still angry. The End!
If the fact that your character names are "epic" is not what you wanted to convey to people than why even put in the original thread? Why even display the names of your characters?

Why post on here if you said before that you didn't care what people said?

What do you REALLY expect to happen? You're not going to get your name(s) back, and there's nothing they could have done to avoid this problem. (your previous idea of a completly fresh server to transfer to would only change who is upset, not make fewer people upset)
Quote: Originally Posted by wjramussen
IF I want my own story, I break out a word processor.

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Etheric
03.02.2013 , 08:06 PM | #240
Quote: Originally Posted by Elfa View Post
The fault here lies solely with Bioware who should have had the proper foresight to allow characters with multiple names which the cannons supports.

Period.
The lack of forsight seem quite endemic amongst team behind this game, especially when one bills this as an MMO.

People might want to sit in chairs ? Lordy be what an interesting concept.

People might want to do something besides wac-a -mole on NPC's ? Are you serious ?!?

Guilds might need something more than pick nose on fleet when not running operations ? Whats not "Heroic" about picking your nose, sometime you really gotta dig in there.

Having a unique first and last name allows more variation thereby accomodating more people.Thinking things through means i need to be awake and lucid while at work and that makes my head hurt

And the list could go on and on. Its a fine game to play but the lack of vision, planning and implementation didn't do it any favors.
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