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[Yokaiko]

52 mechs, if I named them all I would have no idea what is on them.

[BrotherSurplice]

I always try to name my mechs in some kind of punny way. Or in some way that's related to the mech and/or its loadout.

Yen Lo Wang - Shogun
Cicada - Cricket
Jenner - Flashlight
Cataphract 3D - Legion
Ilya Muromets - Sokolov (I wanted a Slavic sounding name and had been playing a lot of Dishonoured)
Cataphract 2X - Carrhae
Hunchback - Quasimodo
Awesome - Ivan
Spider - Aragog

[CarpetShark]

My Jenners are named after my first three ferrets. Tippet, Squeak and Squirt. They're painted to match their fur colors, too. White, white and brown, and white and brown with black highlights.

My Hunchback SP is named Esmerelda. Future hunchies will be Phoebus and Frollo.

My Catapults are Rochefort and Richelieu. Milady has yet to be purchased.

I'm debating the irony of Dasher, Dancer and Prancer for my eventual Stalkers. Or maybe Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Derpyhooves...

[Lyoncet]

I tend to go snarky and/or obscure in mine. And I tend to name in cycles.

My LLAS/MLAS Flame is Phaeton (Helios' son who accidentally set the world on fire).
My Jenner F is Aristotle, since it's the most practical if the three.
My Jenner D is Socrates, since it runs around stinging everyone with Streaks.
My Jenner K is Plato, because it's a s**ttier version if Socrates.
My fragile XL-wielding CN9-D is V. Laevinus (the general who lost to Pyrrhus, but also guaranteed Rome's ultimate victory in the war.)
The usually-empty-armed CN9-A is G. Scaevola, the guy who burned his hand off in a fire just to prove a point to his enemies.
My least favorite variant, the CN9-AL is Cincinatus, the general who came out of nowhere and then disappeared once he'd done his thing.

I'm kind of a snarky, pretentious ******* if you can't tell.

[Nathan Xain]

CN9-YLW- Hung Low Wang.

Of course.

[Someone2000]

I have a JR7-D named Squishy.

[Joseph Mallan]

Atlas-D- (F)
Atlas-D-DC - Crush
Jenner-D - Wraith
Jagermech-DD - Magni

[Anton Shiningstar]

Centurion-D=Dis Pater
Centurion-A=Paladin
Jagermech-A=Goibniu
Highlander-HM=Smertios
Atlas-RS=Neit
Atlas-D=Camulus

[4er3BaPa]

CPLT-C1 - 4e6ypawka (cheburashka)
JM6-DD - BraveMech

[Varnas]

At the moment I'm using a Hunchback 4SP named Faust.
Partly referencing the Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play.
Partly referencing the Panzerfaust, which was a WW2 era anti-tank single-use rocket launcher capable of penetrating even the thickest armor of the time.
Faust also means Fist in german, so that's kind of cool.

[Bobdolemite]

Tykelau, on 13 April 2013 - 04:14 PM, said:

I like the "forsale" one. When I'm grinding for 2x on a chassis I always just call it Temp Ride. If you don't mind I'm going to call them all For Sale now.

I've still only got 4 mechbays, though I have mastered 5 chassis since open beta there are only 2 that suit my playstyles.

AS7-D-DC : BURNINATE!
CTF-3D : Blinga (because it was so freakin expensive)
CDA-3M : Fat Jenner

No worries on that =) Love BURNINATE as well (Trogdor rulez) - Thought I was going to go all boring and use stuff from science fiction books, but never been about mixing universes (like star trek names in star wars or possibly gobots and BT?)

Seen a lot in here I liked, betcha there are more than a few Jackelopes out there as cents or trebs. I almost named my CN9-D Cylon as well........

Wish we could stamp names on the mech.... (disclaimer: This would be a "when the game runs wonderful" kinda thing not a .... "current situation" thing)

[bloodnor]

all my mechs are called

ATLAS DDC = FLASH AH AH
RAVEN 3L = FLASH AH AH
DARAGON 1C = FLASH AH AH

[Muhvi]

Heavy Metal: Violet
AS7-K: Reddie
HBK-4SP: MinuteMan

[MuonNeutrino]

CN9-A: Fearless. My first mech. I didn't know you could name them, so didn't have something already in mind and just went with the first thing that came to me. Fits, though, because that's the mindset and playstyle that I find works best when piloting her. Hit hard, hit fast, keep moving, and don't let up for a moment. My most-used and favorite mech, she's run everything from autocannons to gauss to streaks, but currently runs with a large laser and a triple pack of SRMs.

CN9-AL: Helios, then Phoenix. Originally only bought it to master the A, named it Helios because I wasn't going to buy DHS for a mech I wasn't going to keep and I knew it was therefore going to run as hot as the sun. Sold it after eliting it out, but eventually rebought it after I realized just how much I liked centurions. I had re-used the name by then, so Phoenix seemed to fit the 're-birth' of the mech and stuck with the fire theme.

CN9-D: Mercury. So named because of the huge engines it could mount. Ironically the engine went into a catapult as soon as I elited it, so it doesn't live up to the name anymore. Don't really use it much these days as it's got the worst hardpoints of the three and I don't really like putting XLs on centurions.

CPLT-C1: Helios. Re-used the name because I liked it, and because I originally bought it with the intent of running a PPC build. One of my most used mechs.

CPLT-A1: Sagittarius. Because naming it 'archer' seemed appropriate for a purely missile armed mech. More or less retired since LRMs and streaks aren't viable without the energy slots it doesn't have and pure SRMcats, while still viable, aren't fun to play on the new bigger maps in my opinion. Was still a very very fun mech while it lasted.

CPLT-K2: Mjolnir. Because at the time I bought it nothing in the game swung a bigger hammer. Amusingly enough my most used outfit for it has been quad large lasers rather than big ballistics.

RVN-3L: Zephyr. Because, well, good luck catching me! Bought it after ECM dropped, elited it within a week, then immediately retired it because playing it felt like cheating. I've brought it back out some lately though since they've finally been reined in their OPness a bit. I didn't name the two ****** ravens because I knew I wasn't keeping them.

CTF-2X: Nike. The goddess of victory, not the shoe. No particular connection to the mech, I just like the name.

CTF-4X: Vulcan. Continuing with the greek/roman mythology theme, what else would be more appropriate for a mech that relies on slinging excessive quantities of hot lead at its opponents?

CTF-1X: Athena. More or less only bought it to finish out the cataphracts, but gave it a name anyway because it's still a decent machine. Stuck with the mythology theme, but like my 2X there's no particular connection to the mech itself.

STK-3F: Mont'ka. I play Tau in the tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000, and in the Tau language 'Mont'ka' means 'killing blow'. As the stalker most suited to brawling and the one that I run with a mostly short-ranged loadout, the name fits.

STK-5S: R'ka'shi. Again a Tau name, this one roughly translates to 'long-strike victory', chosen since I planned to run mostly LRMs on it. I don't like pure LRM boats, though, so it's got backup weapons too.

STK-5M: Kauyon. A third Tau name, this one means 'patient hunter', as I envisioned it as my long range direct fire stalker build. Started with PPCs, srms, and medium lasers, it has evolved into a much more optimized quad ppc boat with streaks for backup. One of my best and most used mechs.

AS7-DDC: Titan. I was a bit lazy here. Liked the mythology names I had given by cataphracts, so since Atlas was one of the Titans, I named it that. I *should* have picked some particular titan, but I got lazy and wanted to get into the game quick instead of spending time pondering over the name. This one will probably get renamed when we get that ability, though I'm not sure what yet.

AS7-RS: Kronos. Continuing with the 'mythological titans' theme, but using an actual titan's name this time. No particular connection to the mech, I just liked the name.

AS7-D: Iapetus. Another titan name. This one was chosen because Iapetus was the father of the titan Atlas, and I consider the atlas-D kinda the prototypical example of an atlas.

I have too many mechs, heh. And I know I'm nothing compared to some.

[Flyby215]

Stalker 5S: PPC "Pikachu" Stalker (guess the loadout on this one?)
Stalker 5M: Painted it blue and called it "Bluenose"

[Dreamslave]

TBT-3C: Luminescence
CN9-A: LEO-MRKIII
CN9-D: Valerius
RVN-3L: FOTM
CN9-YLW: Morning Star
CTF-3D: Resonant
CTF-1X: Penumbra
TBT-5J: Halcyon
CTF-ILYA: Sonorous
CN9-AL: Visceral
DRG-FANG: Fang

[Durant Carlyle]

Spider: Huntsman (5V), Recluse (5D), Trapdoor (5K)
Cataphract: Boomstick (1X)
Awesome: Zinger (9M)
Commando: Blue Man (TDK)

Had many others, but sold them. Don't remember their names.

[drinniol]

I just have one - Quoth the Raven.

[Sir Crashalot]

Relatively new to mwo and bought a Cataphract CTF 4-X. It is armed like a medium and maneuvers like an Atlas, so I have nicknamed it The Awful.

[Novakaine]

Haha too many mechs but......
Yen-Lo - Nodachi-Ren
Stalkers - Evil Elmo, Foozie Bear and Black Noir
J-Mechs - Gat-Gun and Nightshade
Hunchies - Bucky Kat and Sleepytime
Yup too many to list.