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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Carl on August 21, 2001, 12:10:00 am: all of the ones we have now have been used twice.

how about other less popular myth characters? i haven't seen a GTF Janus yet.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Shrike on August 21, 2001, 12:11:00 am: warships1.com ("http://www.warships1.com")
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Carl on August 21, 2001, 12:13:00 am: okay fine, we'll just use names of states like the US navy. anyone want a GTD Missouri?
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Carl on August 21, 2001, 12:18:00 am: didn't think so. greek names are the way to go.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Grey Wolf on August 21, 2001, 12:22:00 am: Celtic mythology. Enough war gods for a thousand mods. Where did you think Cernunnos and Morrigan came from?
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Jabu on August 21, 2001, 12:55:00 am: British warship names are way better.

HMS Dauntless, Devastation, Invincible, Furious, Glorious, Indefactible, Illustrious, Belfast, Howe, Warspite, Fearless, Agamemnon, Agincourt, Audacious, Bellerophon, Hermes, Hood, Royal Oak, Benbow, Tiger, Courageous. And Dreadnought (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)

But I'm using Celtic names.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Red5 on August 21, 2001, 01:13:00 am: You mean classes like Ulysses or Hercules? How bout using Native american names or something??
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Fineus on August 21, 2001, 01:19:00 am: I think it stands to reason that eventually we're allways going to run out of names for ships, weapons or whatever because there's a finite amount of words that will work as names for mods. This is not including all those names that sounds Vasudan or Kilrathi or whatever.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Shrike on August 21, 2001, 02:15:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Carl:
didn't think so. greek names are the way to go.

Did you actually look there? It's got basically every ship ever made there.

Bastion, Galatea and Colossus are three examples that you can find there. Oh, and they sound familliar....
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: DragonClaw on August 21, 2001, 06:26:00 am: Use Klingon and Romulan names (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Nico on August 21, 2001, 06:33:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw:
Use Klingon and Romulan names (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Startrek? No way
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: DragonClaw on August 21, 2001, 06:37:00 am: I'm not really a fan of startrek either but... those names are cool (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Eishtmo on August 22, 2001, 12:09:00 am: Use actual names. How about birds and animals? Rocks are good.

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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Sushi on August 22, 2001, 12:26:00 am: GTF Quartz?
GVD Robin?
GTC Squirrel?
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I think that for ship CLASSES, you should stick to mythology...but for the actual names of individual ships, you can go all over the place. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Shrike on August 22, 2001, 12:47:00 am: The GTC Cummingtonite. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Fineus on August 22, 2001, 01:12:00 am: GTD THEHARDESTSHIPEVERANDITLLKILLYOUALLIHATEYOUANYWAYMUUUMMM!!!!11

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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Shrike on August 22, 2001, 01:22:00 am: Um.. yeah. But you see, Cummingtonite is an actual mineral.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Jabu on August 22, 2001, 03:14:00 am: Well, TFoN ("http://koti.mbnet.fi/jabu") is featuring the GTCv Indium, Deimos Adv. class.

And its sister ship, Iridium. But that doesn't live long (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Carl on August 22, 2001, 05:26:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Shrike:
Um.. yeah. But you see, Cummingtonite is an actual mineral.

Magnesium Iron Silicate Hydroxide.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Setekh on August 22, 2001, 05:35:00 am: The GTCv Tharsis and the GTC Cardiff. Those are mine. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: aldo_14 on August 22, 2001, 07:56:00 am: If we're claiming names, then I'm taking;

SOCv Rapier
SOC Viper
GTF Vesuvius
GTT Trojan
GTT Vela
SOF Selkie
GTB Echidna

unless they're used (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Nico on August 22, 2001, 09:44:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by aldo_14:
If we're claiming names, then I'm taking;

SOCv Rapier
SOC Viper
GTF Vesuvius
GTT Trojan
GTT Vela
SOF Selkie
GTB Echidna

unless they're used (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)

Echidna is used
Anyway, all this begins to sound stupid. You claim a name only when you've a model doan, that's pretty obvious to me... Otherwise I claim all the names not taken yet, nah!

[This message has been edited by venom2506 (edited 08-22-2001).]
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Jabu on August 22, 2001, 09:49:00 am: Well, as we're taking ship names...

Indium, Iridium, Elihud, Prophet (though that's likely to have been used), Amminadab, Rehabeam, at least (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)

Naah... use them if you want. They're all featured in TFoN, but not as ship classes.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: DragonClaw on August 22, 2001, 01:09:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by venom2506:
Echidna is used

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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Mad Bomber on August 22, 2001, 07:00:00 pm: In that case im claiming certain ships for my own campaigns:

GTCa Atropos
GTD Soyokaze
GTD Aeneid
GTCv Ajax
GVCv La'kros
GVC Denkatu
GVC Tuket
GVD Busiris
GVF Heptu
GVF Nenket
GTC Cronus
PFF Boreas
GTC Peleus (for which the Peleus class is named)

and for some non-campaign-related MOD ideas i had:
GVCv Suphis
GTJ Goliath
GVD Buto
GTC Metis
GTDs Amalthea

Hey it's the name claim game! I came to play the claim game so don't blame me for my fame (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Joey_21 on August 22, 2001, 08:16:00 pm: http://www.pantheon.org/areas/all/articles.html ("http://www.pantheon.org/areas/all/articles.html")

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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Shrike on August 22, 2001, 10:33:00 pm: I claim the following

Alcyone
Oceanid
Astral
Dante

Oh wait, those are all done already. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: aldo_14 on August 23, 2001, 12:11:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by venom2506:
Echidna is used
Anyway, all this begins to sound stupid. You claim a name only when you've a model doan, that's pretty obvious to me... Otherwise I claim all the names not taken yet, nah!

[This message has been edited by venom2506 (edited 08-22-2001).]

ok-i-doke.... but I do have the models done, albeit some are only in dxf form.

On Saturday I'll reveal all.... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Bishop Gantry on August 23, 2001, 01:37:00 pm: http://www.pantheon.org/areas/ ("http://www.pantheon.org/areas/")

all sorst of mytological beasts gods heroes even african (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Jabu on August 23, 2001, 01:47:00 pm: Pantheon is fine, I just wish I could search it with my mind. I mean, I went looking for an explorer in Celtic mythology, for a ship's name, and couldn't find much.

Pantheon needs more Kalevalaic heroes too.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Joey_21 on August 23, 2001, 04:47:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Bishop Gantry:
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/ ("http://www.pantheon.org/areas/")

all sorst of mytological beasts gods heroes even african (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

That's the same thing I posted except I had it in a list view. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Stryke 9 on August 23, 2001, 08:47:00 pm: If you're really lazy or have no knowledge of obscure mythology, just make up names- do you really think that in 1000 yrs. they won't have new legends and languages that you can make up?

DSC Savoyed
CF Calatsia

Just to name a few ones that I thought up and threw away for LB.

Norse mythology is good for Shivan craft, and relatively unused.

SC Jotun

Or, you can just use old military names- an approach (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/v.gif) actually used- the Typhoon, for example, in an actual old torpedo or something similar.

And finally, when in doubt, just name it Stryke.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Sandwich on August 25, 2001, 08:08:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9:
If you're really lazy or have no knowledge of obscure mythology, just make up names- do you really think that in 1000 yrs. they won't have new legends and languages that you can make up?

DSC Savoyed
CF Calatsia

Just to name a few ones that I thought up and threw away for LB.

Norse mythology is good for Shivan craft, and relatively unused.

SC Jotun

Or, you can just use old military names- an approach (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/v.gif) actually used- the Typhoon, for example, in an actual old torpedo or something similar.

And finally, when in doubt, just name it Stryke.

Wasn't the Jotun the name of a Vasudan gas miner that Alpha 1 needs to protect?

And (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/v.gif) never usd Typhoon; the Vasudan capital ship is Typhon, with a single "o". But that's nit-picking. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Eishtmo on August 25, 2001, 09:53:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Jabu:
And its sister ship, Iridium. But that doesn't live long (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)

That was a terrible joke. Damn you for that.

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Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Snakeseyes on August 25, 2001, 10:13:00 pm: I guess it was expensive and they couldn't find any use for it.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Carl on August 25, 2001, 10:15:00 pm: GTD Zinc
GTF Tungsten
GTCv Commingtonite
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Snakeseyes on August 25, 2001, 10:36:00 pm: Eosforos (Lucifer in greek)
Thoule (The ancient greek name of Iceland)
Machaon (The son of Asclipius god of healing)
Doureios Ippos (Trojan horse)
Thermopyles
Bellerephon not Bellerophon
Dareios
Damon
Allavastrino
Genkis Khan
Feidias
Thersitis
Aias (I don't know if someone used that)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Setekh on August 25, 2001, 11:19:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9:
Norse mythology is good for Shivan craft, and relatively unused.

SC Jotun

Norse mythology is the naming convention for GTI ships. And Jotun is used by Venom's mega-huge bomber... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Nico on August 26, 2001, 05:38:00 am: Yeah! one of the few new names I didn't found to be already used somewhere else (if someone mentions the jotunheim in silent threat, I'll teach him how to fly through a window (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) )

Typhon is a greek god (yup (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif))
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Shrike on August 26, 2001, 05:43:00 am: You know, I don't think I've ever ran into a naming conflict when dealing with mythical names.... Alcyone; no, Norn; no, Dante; no, Megaera; not as far as I know.

Amusingly enough, the one naming conflict was the Wasp, which I have to finish the skin for.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Setekh on August 26, 2001, 05:48:00 am: What about Deliverance? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Shrike on August 26, 2001, 05:49:00 am: Can't think of an actual conflict with that name..... I use it just to confuse you and Styxx. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: icespeed on August 26, 2001, 06:41:00 am: what about biblical names? or have they been used?
like, i dunno, noah, or boaz, or solomon...
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Setekh on August 26, 2001, 06:48:00 am: Some Biblical names have been used. Golgotha, for example.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Nico on August 26, 2001, 07:44:00 am: In my campaign, GTA is 100 years older, so it changed of naming convention, and I use biblical names for the fighters (ezechiel), or names that sounds like it could be in the bible (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif) (raziel). Those names sounds cool to make a nice "end of the world" feeling.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: The Claw on August 26, 2001, 08:03:00 am: Bellerophon and Indefatigable are mine, Bellerophon for Freespace and Indefatigable for... a certain project I'm brewing for I-war 2 (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: aldo_14 on August 26, 2001, 08:50:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
Some Biblical names have been used. Golgotha, for example.

I think Leviathan is biblican - the whale that swallowed Jonah? There's definately an entry in the Encylopedia Mythica for it.
Title: we need a new source of MOD names
Post by: Nico on August 26, 2001, 10:40:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by The Claw:
Bellerophon and Indefatigable are mine, Bellerophon for Freespace and Indefatigable for... a certain project I'm brewing for I-war 2 (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

mmh, I think it's no pb if there's a iwar mod and a fs2 mod called the same way. if it was, well, I would say "manquerait plus que ça!" (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)