Dynamo Posted February 21, 2003 Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 This got started over on the old boards as Project 3000, referring to the statistic in Champions Universe that there are ~3000 costumed supers on Champions Earth. Alistair posted a challenge to collect 3000 halfway decent names, positing that it was perhaps not possible. Boy, was he in for a shock. We shot past 3000 names before stalling a bit somewhere around 4000, with occassional contributions getting us to about 5000. Then the boards went down. It came back on these boards as Bring back Project 3000 (maybe 6000), but I thought such a useful thread should be more intuitively titled. So here it is. Contributions are encouraged. Having emerged as the maintainer of the list, I'll do periodic roundups to keep it orderly. Some contribution guidelines: Try to stick to original names. That said, I'm willing to credit most claims that either you came up with a name before Marvel/DC/Whoever did or you just hadn't seen the name used and came up with it independently. Try to stay in genre. Common given names, like Jonathan or Steve, make lousy superhero/villain names, and nonsense names, like Alistorinus, are more at home in swords & sorcery than in comicbook superheroes. Foreign names should identify the language and provide a translation to keep them from being lumped with nonsense names above. Try to avoid outright stupid names. Humor is cool, but the Chicago Hopping Slasher, Fart Boy, and Kitchen Woman are likely to be "missed" in the next roundup. Let's go! I can smell 6000 already. EDIT 3/27/06: FAQ The #1 Most Frequently Asked Question Q. Where is this list? A. As the master list grows and is reposted, it gets further back in the thread pages. Start with the last page and work forward looking for 2 very long list posts and a few shorter ones. There will also be a post with the whole list as an attachment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo Posted February 21, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 5204 Names (plus Fuzzies) EDIT: List deleted. Fresh roundup posted 2/25/03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternityShard Posted February 21, 2003 Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 Mannequin, The Flair Mason Shield Weathervane Melee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaosliege Posted February 21, 2003 Report Share Posted February 21, 2003 Brawl (no er) Scatterbrain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Just to make things easier for those collecting these. A zip file is attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nHammer Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Strike Eagle White Owl Starpower Mystery Man Blue Knight Girbralter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Xenon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kara Zor-El Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Penari (Indonesian: Dancer) My wife's character, a martial artist. : ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Thaingar Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 Good guys Champion -- flying brick Micheal -- as in the arch-angel of biblical reknown Thermal -- heat / cold powers Thaingar -- brick from alternate universe Barrak -- speedster from another alternate universe Bat-man -- bat-wielding skilled normal Dark-man -- pistol-wielding skilled normal (partner to Bat-man) Max Gunne -- blaster-wielding legendary normal Cheetah -- speedster Freak -- ugly brick Bounty Hunter -- archer Maxima -- flying female brick with various "brick trick" powers Tech Knight -- power-armored hero (leader of the Ultra-Knights consisting also of The Bronze Dragon, Ace, and Dimension) The Bronze Dragon -- guy that changes into a BIG dragon-man Ace -- lucky superhuman martial artist Dimension -- energy projector / teleporter whose powers come from the alien dimension his body has "merged" with Rock-Steady -- density increase hero Vulcan -- Collossus (of X-man fame) type hero Beowulf -- Wolverine-type hero Pele -- after the fire-goddess of Hawaii, not the soccer player Venus -- love/lust-based mind control powers Superion -- a cross between Superman and Silver Surfer Magistar -- fighter/mage with magic sword Justice -- knight with magic sword and armor and a pegasus named Victory Liberty Belle -- daughter of a WWII super-agent with minor superhuman physical ability and "super agent" skills and gadgets Synapse -- TK / mentalist, his most notable ability is the power to create a mind link and "direct" a battle (sharing combat levels with those he is linked to) Villains The Ravager -- the poor-man's Dr. Destroyer Missile Man -- the destitute man's Ravager Dr. Demolition -- skilled normal with skills / gadgets relating to explosives (leads the Demolition Crew which includes Bulldozer, Blowtorch, Buzzsaw, Piledriver, and Tower) Black Tarantula -- evil spiderman with poisonous claws and no webs Widow -- seduction-based mind-control and a deadly poisonous bite Daddy Long Legs -- Dr. Octopus type gadgeteer Nibor -- demon lord and ruler of a small island nation ... much of his power comes from a magical trident he wields Hellfire -- biker-type granted fire-based powers by a demon including a fiery motorcycle and an animated chain Ragdoll -- a dwarf with an unnaturally soft and flexible body (making him highly resistant to normal physical damage ... smokes cigars and carries a tommy-gun, leads the Toy Box Bunch which also includes Yo-Yo, Tin Soldier, Paper Doll, and Teddy Bear) Yo-Yo -- mutant with enhanced phsyique and a fettish for yo-yos ... wields two mechanically-enhanced yo-yos (made of advanced metals with built-in motors and spent-uranium weights) with great martial skill Tin Soldier -- wears a power-suit that looks like an old tin soldier and carries a powerful energy rifle that looks like an old tin-soldier's rifle Paper Doll -- female with the ability to transform herself into a two-dimensional state and create duplicates of herself while in this state (the edge of her body is a nasty NND killing attack that does body because of it's 2D state) Teddy Bear -- a large bear-like mutant with superhuman strength, regeneration, and tracking abilities as well as nasty claws Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patriot Posted February 22, 2003 Report Share Posted February 22, 2003 names Night spectre(vigilante)\ Electrik Cheif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Dug out of the Red October site Wavelength Speed Trap Requiem Odd Fellow Lurker Grave Digger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsousa Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Here are some names from a Kindom Come/Astro City type game I never ran. The Ambassador (already listed) was a Superman/Samaritan type, and his pantheon included: Red Mantis, The spirit of justice. A corruption of Rhadmanthus, Greek judge of the Underworld. Bigfoot, A Neanderthal analogue of the Ambassador Galatea, an artificial woman whose love for the Ambassador freed her from her Pygmalion. Polymer Man, a malleable hero. Sophont, The Trancendant One Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Emperador, El (The Emperor, spanish) MoonCat Penumbra Pragmatist, the Renaissance Shark-Grrl SpiritWalker Steely Dan Tiburon, El (The Shark, spanish) It would seem that there is no end to the number of viable hereo names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Jericho Lad Beach Ball Bud Girl Dampener Existential Man The Game Show Host Mover Shaker Octal Fist The Pterydactyl Stigmata This is a lazy list, it's all NPC supers I've used before that aren't as likely to have been listed yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Re: Super Names Originally posted by Dynamo Try to avoid outright stupid names. Humor is cool, but the Chicago Hopping Slasher, Fart Boy, and Kitchen Woman are likely to be "missed" in the next roundup. Let's go! I can smell 6000 already. posting the list next - stand by What in the world is wrong with Kichen Woman? I don't mean in any PC way, either, I just mean it's easy for me to envision a superheroine possessing these powers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradonSilverton Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Titeen : Russian Equivalent of Titanium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted February 23, 2003 Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Omniscience Harvester Nimbus Rose Dragon Sunset Kid Fireheart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo Posted February 23, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2003 Re: Kitchen Woman Originally posted by zornwil What in the world is wrong with Kichen Woman? I don't mean in any PC way, either, I just mean it's easy for me to envision a superheroine possessing these powers. If the first publication that comes to mind when I read a name is Too Much Coffee Man, said name is unlikely to make it to the next roundup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Names Well having to reregister was more of a pain than I thought. And the new format of the names is not transferring to well either. Now that is not Dave's fault but having to import into Excel and then into Word is not my idea of a good time. I will have to review what is now in the list and then ask for ones to be added or readded from the original list. Dave, What are you using to be track of all the names ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siberian Tiger Posted February 24, 2003 Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Scrum - British brick with duplication powers Weerstand - Resistance [Dutch] Middernacht - Midnight [Dutch] Kapitein zonne - Cpt Solar [Dutch] El espadachÃn - Swordsman [spanish] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo Posted February 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Re: Names Originally posted by death tribble Now that is not Dave's fault but having to import into Excel and then into Word is not my idea of a good time. Not as bad as you think: copy, paste special > unformatted text, sort, scrub for duplicates (quick because new entries have no number), renumber, reformat numbers to 4 digits, save as tab-separated-values text file (I keep as much of my data archive as possible in ascii-compatible file formats), open text file in Editpad, find/replace the quotation marks out (why does Excel put those in?). When it's time to post a roundup, I find/replace all the tabs with " - " and copy/paste into a posting dialog. All done. death tribble I will have to review what is now in the list and then ask for ones to be added or readded from the original list.. Everything that was in the last roundup on the old boards is in the first list posted in this thread. death tribble What are you using to be track of all the names ? I use MS Excel, following the procedure I outlined above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo Posted February 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2003 Fresh roundup tomorrow morning. Was going to do it today, but I lost track of time and gotta go to class and take my test on solid state power supplies. First thing tomorrow, I promise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theskaven Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 Here are some of the heroes that I have used: 1. Ebony Blade 2. Fluke 3. The Merc 4. Vermin Queen 5. Null 6. Drive-By 7. Singe 8. Ragnorak 9. The Peacemaker 10. Veil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibear Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 Keep up the good work Dynamo. Your efforts have been worth it, I was looking through the list last night and got inspiration for a few characters. Coming up with a name post-character was always a bit-ch for me anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted February 25, 2003 Report Share Posted February 25, 2003 Re: Super Names not sure if these have ever been done before. Memphis (ancient Egyptian city) Thebian (citizen of ancient Thebes) Ealdormann (Old English for 'alderman' ie an elected member of a town council) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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