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im thinking on a name change. i need some input please

Posted on 2008.04.10 at 13:38
Current Mood: excited
ok all this is going out to everyone.
im thinking of doing a complete name change to seperate myself from the inherit the earth game.
just in case i end up doing an event with kids etc and the game company sues me over something silly.

ill still have the same characteristics and colors but name will be diffrent.

then once i have a new name ill have to go change it on everything.
that then will be my new name :)
anyone have any ideas?
in the past holly remembers one i had was named Ruph.. other than that give me some ideas :)

Comments:


HollyAnn
[info]hollyannvix at 2008-04-10 17:45 (UTC) (Link)
Wow, that's going to be weird referring to you anything else other than Rif O.o

I faintly remember the one called Ruph, but would it be pronounced "ruff" or "roof"? If it's "ruff" it sounds more like a name for a dog XD

Not sure what I would suggest as a name change, personally...
lokosicek
[info]lokosicek at 2008-04-10 18:44 (UTC) (Link)
I dont think you should change your name. I like your current one, as it IS a name for a fox. You might change your name, but everyone will still have you fixed under your current name.

If you really want to go through with your name change, I would recomend something thats pronounced the same way, like Rif = Riph (Its still kinda weird though... Rif is nice, short and it fits)
Kittrel
[info]kittrel at 2008-04-10 20:40 (UTC) (Link)
Buuuut, I like Rif! I'd go with what the others say, maybe change the spelling, but you've been Rif so long no one is gonna have an easy time remembering something new! Heheh.

Maybe Riff or Rife. I dunno! You could also just change the name of your costume character and brand him as 'Tod the Fox' or something?
HollyAnn
[info]hollyannvix at 2008-04-10 23:02 (UTC) (Link)
'Tod the Fox'

Funny you should mention that! =D Back in our Old Furcadia days, he had a character named Todd, and, surprise surprise, he was a fox ;) I drew him ages ago, he's buried somewhere on my VCL archive :)
Vixen
[info]redvixen at 2008-04-10 21:15 (UTC) (Link)
The game company cannot sue you over a name, especially as you are not claiming to represent them.

Aside from that concern, do you really want to change your name? Would you be comfortable with a name change? Since you're asking for suggestions it appears that you don't really want to change your name, you're just concerned about repercussions.
rif_fox
[info]rif_fox at 2008-04-10 22:02 (UTC) (Link)
yeah the name change is a last resort thing.. but you know how companys are like today. go after anyone for cash.

again i could wing it and see what happends too.
Otteriness
[info]riverdance at 2008-04-11 15:09 (UTC) (Link)
Well, the word 'Todd' is an old English term for a fox, if my memory serves me correctly.

Have you ever read the books about the Heavenly Horse From The Outmost West? In the second book there's a pair of foxes, the male Basil and the vixen Dill. Basil seems a good name for a fox but I do like Rif;)
Tacet
[info]tacettaur at 2008-04-13 00:49 (UTC) (Link)
I'm afraid I'm a bit lost on what's going on here with this game. There's some company with a fox character in a game named Rif that is similar in name/colors and you want to change your avatar's name to avoid confusion/lawsuits?

Peronally, I would look at your interests to see if there is something you really like enough to make it your new handle. Your sister has told me she liked the Boston song Hollyann enough to make Holly her handle.
I go by Tacet (disbanding from an old avatar my ex helped me set up, it had a bad sting when I thought about it...) as a take on my Italian heritage (the word, along with tacit meaning silence, a tacit prayer or an instrument falling tacet through a movement in the piece where it is instructed not to play), as well as my family's collective love of music.

My ex was Joseph Collins, he simply went by Joseph Fox, or later on his actual name as his furry handle. The idea scares me to use your real name and if someone looked at, say, Josephcollins.Livejournal.com based on his name or email.... I can see why my ex can't get a job, if someone researched him. Furry, Hating, etc...


"Todd" is a basic Old English word that means Fox. Al'a "vixen" for a female fox. I KNOW Disney's Fox and Hound use those names (Todd and Vixie), but really, the names is much older than the movie. I can't see Disney getting ticked over Todd, less you tried to represent/steal money from them.
Something like Todd MIGHT be okay, but it may be overused (such as fox, feathers, shadow, wolf as pre/suffixes to many furry names). It'd be like naming a a bovine Cow, Ox, Heifer, Steer, etc....
rif_fox
[info]rif_fox at 2008-04-13 01:24 (UTC) (Link)
hmm well i would not know if they company would sue me say if i did a comercial for kids say.. they would look the name up see the game and get confused.

the people who did the game freaked out on the amount of detail i went through on the costume they entered me in a contest and i won.. i was blown away at the time since i just wanted to show them it.

but with all the companys going on a sueing spree you never know.. all i want to know is will i be safe to keep or change the name?
me and a friend might to things like say guide kids through a place like the science musium etc. and making a 30 second comerical for something like that will get that game company jumping up and down.
same if i wanted to make a pilot episode science for kids.


any thoughts on that? :)
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