I admit it; I'm tired of combing through archives I failed to properly tag or memory-mark, looking for the older entries I want to reference. That was one've the reasons this didn't go up yesterday when it was supposed to.
Their database is searachable online at ontp://op.alexington.com, so you can see if somebody's already registered a name before you try for it. If you're having trouble coming up with a name and a look, they'll help you with that, right down to costume design.
This doesn't put an end to contention over names, but it does make it less necessary for it to go to knock-down, drag-out, to-the-death fights for them. Now, such contests are potentially marketable.
2006
[Aberrant] In a press conference in New York City, former DeVries employee Jacob Lexington announces his new company, Appellate Lexington Enterprises, a registry for nova names and personae. Within three hours, Project Utopia reportedly has all its in-house novas (including all the T2Mers) registered with Lexington.
Their database is searachable online at ontp://op.alexington.com, so you can see if somebody's already registered a name before you try for it. If you're having trouble coming up with a name and a look, they'll help you with that, right down to costume design.
This doesn't put an end to contention over names, but it does make it less necessary for it to go to knock-down, drag-out, to-the-death fights for them. Now, such contests are potentially marketable.