Team Name Needed

[Hermit]

In the Champion's Universe's United States, many cities have had their share of super human crime. Las Vegas was not one of them; protected by "The Deal", a strange compact that was rumored to have kept supervillains out in exchange for certain tasks and favors... if you believe in such things, Sin City was untouched despite the wealth there.

The Deal, it seems is broken, new players and old move in the shadowy circles of power, and the Entertainment Capitol of the World beckons like the prize gem in a crown for those costumed criminals who previously thought it forbidden.

Yet a new team has arisen, a group of heroes picking up the gauntlet and taking on all comers who would treat their radiant home like some plum just anyone can stick his thumb in. Twice now they've been put to the test, and twice now they've been victorious!

Now, if only they had a name... :D

Our HERO Central game is going great, but we're at a loss for a team name, and Winterhawk (our GM) suggested I try a poll here to see what you folks thought best. Of course, there's no guarentee we will absolutely go with what wins out (Heck, we might have a run off, etc), but it is something to take into account, and we DO appreciate it.

Thanks in advance

[TheRavenIs]

I'll go with the "New Deal", seeing that it is where it is it fits. Plus I just like the idea of a team that can use poker hands as combat manueavers.

Aces High----go high and hit them hard

[aylwin13]

The Aces definitely has a comic book feel to it. That's what I'd go with.

[Enforcer84]

I like Sin City Saints.

[Speedball]

I probably should've held off from voting, since I'm one of the players (Apex, the team's brick), but I couldn't help it!
I liked the "Sin City Saints," both for the alliteration and for the irony that some of the team members hardly live a saintly lifestyle...

[Supreme Serpent]

High Rollers

[casualplayer]

If they are based out of Vegas they should call themselves The Convention. New Deal was already suggested, especially appropriate if a team member is wheelchair bound and you want to piss off Republicans. Casino? The Gamesmen? The Players? Desert Eagles? The Dry Heat? The Rat Pack? The Flying Elvises?

Please tell me you don't have villains like the One-armed Bandit? Pit Boss might be ok if done right.

[winterhawk]

Let me just say that Hermit just wrote up the premise of the campaign better than I could've imagined, and I'm the GM!

I will restrain from voting, unless a tie-breaker is needed.

[Watchdog]

Interesting concept, as Las Vegas is my favorite vacation destination. I've been there many times.

I think one thing that would set a campaign in Las Vegas apart from other cities would be the desire to keep out not just high-powered villains, as you describe in the campaign write-up, but lots of so-called minor paranormals. Ten points of telepathy, TK, or Clairaudience may be worthless when going up against Dr. Destroyer, but could absolutely wreak havoc on the casinos. Their security system to detect such powers would probably be on a par with the best PRIMUS or similar organizations would have to offer.

As for the name, I think of the suggestions, Vegas Aces is the best. Perhaps it just brings back fond memories of the Wild Card novels, where "ace" was slang for having superhuman powers. "Saints" doesn't quite fit the city of "What Happens Here, Stays Here".

My suggestion for a team name would be "The Locals", especially if the PCs are all Vegas natives or have at least lived Vegas for a long time. The locals are what Las Vegas gamblers call themselves to distinguish themselves from the tourists. Locals play the smaller casinos off the strip where the video poker odds are better and the slots are looser. They see themselves as savvier than the tourists who never leave the strip.

The danger of having too much of a gambling theme in the team name is that the public could see them, rightly or wrongly, as tools of the big casino corporations, like MGM-Mirage and Harrah's. "The Locals" would identify them as protectors of the city, not just the tourists and casino interests.

[transmetahuman]

I voted "Sin City Saints", but only because I figure super teams always go through lineup changes, so "Sin City Seven" might be too constraining a name somewhere down the line.

[Phil]

I'll go with the "New Deal", seeing that it is where it is it fits.

I couldnt ever have a superhero team named after a British welfare-to-work programme :)

[Red Knight]

I voted for the Watch / Watchmen...

I know that it is an actual comicbook but I was thinking more historical.

The first "police" departments were little more than a group of individuals that agreed to take turns staying up and watching for trouble. Should trouble arise, they would sound a bell or start yelling or blow a whistle.. etc etc.. They were called the Watch and Ward. This is where the first premise of a community "police force" came from.

I think that the name Watchmen would be apt. Also, I don't know a lot of the lesser fluff of the group but I can imagine a person situated in a high penthouse suite in downtown Las Vegas, with a security system that is tied into all of the cities video surveillance systems. He/She could be called teh Watcher or something... Nothing like having a surviellance grid that covers almost the entire city... that you don't have to install!

Just my thoughts.

[Savinien]

I play in a different game based in Sin City and our team is called the Aces.

We were originally called Lucky 7, but the roster got so low it seemed silly.

Aces High is a good name, too.

[Zed-F]

I personally prefer Aces High. :thumbup:

[Runehammer]

I probably should've held off from voting, since I'm one of the players (Apex, the team's brick), but I couldn't help it!
I liked the "Sin City Saints," both for the alliteration and for the irony that some of the team members hardly live a saintly lifestyle...

hmmm....Dark Saviors, then....

[Supreme Serpent]

The Wild Cards - powerful, unexpected, edgy-sounding, ties into Vegas.

[Zed-F]

From following along, we're not talking dark saviours so much as flawed heroes.

[Agent 13]

Perhaps The Fix, as in "the fix is in". (Extra x's can be added to fit the feel of your campaign.)

[Blue]

The Neon Knights.

[Libra]

I liked the Vegas Aces. Classic and Classy, but what about the Vice City Aces?

[beauxdeigh]

The Aces definitely has a comic book feel to it. That's what I'd go with.

That's why I went with it as well. It's the most 4-Color of the lot (IMO).

Of course, if the game isn't 4-Color, then Sin City Saints is also an excellent name.

[John T]

From following along, we're not talking dark saviours so much as flawed heroes.Personal suggestion: "The Sinners"

John T

[Wolfjack]

I like "Sin City Saints", or one personal suggestion is "High Rollers". I also like "Aces High". Hmmmm... what about "Fortune's Soldiers"? An interesting play on words...

Best... Lee

[winterhawk]

Interesting concept, as Las Vegas is my favorite vacation destination. I've been there many times.

I've only been there once, and it got into my blood, hence the campaign setting and my planned return in Sept. ;)


I think one thing that would set a campaign in Las Vegas apart from other cities would be the desire to keep out not just high-powered villains, as you describe in the campaign write-up, but lots of so-called minor paranormals. Ten points of telepathy, TK, or Clairaudience may be worthless when going up against Dr. Destroyer, but could absolutely wreak havoc on the casinos. Their security system to detect such powers would probably be on a par with the best PRIMUS or similar organizations would have to offer.

Mr. Cutter, in charge of Special Security at the Royale Casino, put it best: "We have the same set up as Stronghold. In here, your just a regular jerk in jammies, no powers"


..."The Locals" would identify them as protectors of the city, not just the tourists and casino interests.

Ooh, that's a good one! :)

[Vanguard00]

"Sin City Saints" sounds like a sports team to me. I could see the media dubbing the group the "Sin City Seven" or even "Wild Cards" until such time as they are forthcoming with their own name. I like "Wild Cards", myself, but "City Guard" is good, too.

The "New Untouchables" has a nice connotation. Might be a bit over-the-top, though.

I've always been partial to "Justiciary", myself.

Perhaps "The Line" - there are gambling connotations, of course ("the line" being a bookmaking term), but simply have one enterprising hero say "We are the line in the sand between what's good and what isn't. From now on, you don't want to cross the line. Trust me." and poof! Instant name.

[MisterBaldy]

How about...The Show Stoppers

[Supreme Serpent]

Perhaps "The Line" - there are gambling connotations, of course ("the line" being a bookmaking term), but simply have one enterprising hero say "We are the line in the sand between what's good and what isn't. From now on, you don't want to cross the line. Trust me." and poof! Instant name.

I like that one. Reminds me of the "First Line" as in first line of defense from Marvel: The Lost Generation.

Especially if the group has weird-looking members, howabout "The Odds" ?

"If you're a criminal in Las Vegas - The Odds are against you!"

[Vanguard00]

What was the verdict? What name did you choose?

[Hermit]

What was the verdict? What name did you choose?

It looks like we're going with the Sin City Saints. If nothing else, it should be humorous when the team realizes the press expects them to die and provide at least three miracles ;)

[Cancer]

I voted for "The House", but I think "The Averages" (for "the law of averages") could also work.

[Edsel]

I voted other since I like the Aces High suggestion that has been made.

The two Sin City options might be viable unless you are trying to closely simulate the real world. In the real world the city father's of Las Vegas would probably not be very thrilled with the word sin being associated with their city. In a comic book world though being PC can go right out the window.

[Kirby]

Just realize that the first Vegas villain team you meet will probably be like DC's "The Royal Flush Gang": Ace was a robot with various powers, King was the leader with wife Queen, I don't remember what Jack's tricks were (maybe throwing razor sharp cards?) and Ten was a hot fighter. ;)

[OddHat]

Alcoholics Anonymous

The Compulsive Gamblers

The Buffet Behemoths

The Showgirls

The DTs

If sponsored by a hotel:

The Trumpeters

The Trocadare-Devils

[ZootSoot]

I went with "The New Deal" but I keep having this image of a massive urban destruction fight in which the horrendou architectural blight that is the Las Vegas Strip (and maybe some of the outlying McMansion developments) are reduced to dust. To see Vegas flattened like one of those Nevada mockups they used to test atomic weapons on,<sob> it would be a dream come true . . .

[Lethosos]

Sin City Saints seem to look good here--I couldn't have made a better team name. :D

Too bad Queen of Spades is over in Vibora Bay.

[Cancer]

I dunno. I thought you had to be dead to be a saint. So is everyone on the team dead?

[Lethosos]

Well, it's a fairly generic term to refer to sainthood. They don't need to be actual saints, just that they are compared to the dirty underbelly of Las Vegas. :D

[Kirby]

While I don't care for the name Sin City Saints, it's not like the New Orleans Saints and their cheerleaders are good boys and girls, either.

[Tom]

I dunno. I thought you had to be dead to be a saint. So is everyone on the team dead?
Well.. legally.. I suppose Facet qualifies as dead...