[opensource-dev] display names = the end of 1.x viewers?

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2010-08-19, at 21:42, Bryon Ruxton wrote:
> Argent, Keep in mind once the feature is implemented:
> One will be able to choose "Captain America"
> with captain.america becoming his unique username.
> And it wouldn't be fair to prevent anyone else to RP "Captain America" as
> his display name.

So pick a different name. It's not a great hardship. Legitimate writers and artists have had to deal with this problem since, like, Captain America was created (no, long before that). It's a trademarked name. I mean, technically, you'd need to get Marvel's permission to have Captain America as your username, or to have a role-play based on it.

Seriously, I don't see the problem. "That name's taken" is something people have had to deal with since the Romans had to call THEIR war-god Mars instead of Ares.