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[Team Leader]

I think the guy making up oblivion names is taking it a little too seriously.

[Cato Phoenix]

CATOPHRACT

NUFF SAID

(My spider with 12 JJs is named Icarus...)

[Thedrelle]

I have Mr Stompy and Lord Missle

[DirePhoenix]

My 'mechs have all their standard names so far. Because I think naming a vehicle (that is not a ship) is something that comes out better after you've seen it in action a few times. Like they have to sort of earn their names.

Unfortunately, we cannot rename our 'mechs after we buy them, so they stick with their default names.

[Cato Phoenix]

"Just the phracts, ma'am, just the phracts."

[Crus]

When I finally caved and bought an Ilya Muromets I named it 'Paycheck' because that is what it felt like it cost me. Also, since it has the 30% bonus to cbills, I get paid whenever I take it out for a run.

[Deathsiege]

I named my Wang- Happy Ending

[Texas Merc]

Ilya- Pistol Pete
DDC- Super Cheese
SDR-5D- Mamba
cicada2b- Eulogy
cda3m- Carl Lewis
STK-3F - Hero
As7D- Le Fatty

others are standard var names.

[Hellen Wheels]

Cato Phoenix, on 17 January 2013 - 02:42 PM, said:

"Just the phracts, ma'am, just the phracts."

As a Dragnet and Jack Webb afficianado, I LOL'd

Well done
=H=

[Budor]

I got this theme going:

Gradius
Ikaruga
GunHed
Musha Aleste
Darius
R-Type
Contra
Raiden
Pulstar
Last Resort
Axelay
Silkworm
Xenon
Apidya
Z-Out
Tatsujin
Thunderforce (lol name great game)
...

[edit] visit http://shmups.com/index.html for retro smiles

Edited by Budor, 17 January 2013 - 02:56 PM.

[Cordy Ceps]

My 3L was named "netcodeabuse" until i sold it.

My Flame is named "Bruce" and my D-DC carries the glorious name "KACKVEHIKEL".

[NRP]

I named my 6 PPC stalker "Zeus" because I like throwing lightning bolts at fools.

[w0rm]

Capult A1 "Loveboat"

[Rizzelbizzeg]

Named my Flame "RRRUG BURRRN"

Oh tequila, how I love you

[Wolf Ender]

Yen-Lo-Wang "ARCHIMEDES"

Jenner JR7-F "MITHRIDATES"
Jenner JR7-D "AGESILAUS"

Centurion CN9-A "ALCIBIADES"
Centurion CN9-AL "POLYCRATES"

Catapult CPLT-K2 "THUKYDIDES"
Catapult CPLT-C1 "THEOGENES"
Catapult CPLT-A1 "DIOGENES"

Cicada CDA-2B "PAUSANIAS"
Cicada CDA-3M "XENOPHON"
Cicada CDA-3C "MENOETIUS"

ILYA MUROMETS "SOPHOCLES"
Cataphract CTF-4X "EURIPIDES"
Cataphract CTF-2X "AESCHYLUS"

Raven RVN-3L "GYLIPPUS"
Raven RVN-2X "NICIAS"
Raven RVN-4X "LAMACHUS"

Atlas AS7-D-DC "PLATO"
Atlas AS7-D "SOCRATES"
Atlas AS7-RS "ARISTOTLE"

edit: updated 2013.01.20

Edited by Wolf Ender, 20 January 2013 - 07:33 PM.

[MuonNeutrino]

Centurion CN9-A: Fearless. Because she was my first mech, I didn't know you could name them, so I just named her the first thing that popped into my head. Works, though, because it's an apt description of the playstyle that seems to work best when piloting her.

Centurion CN9-AL: Helios, then Phoenix. Bought it to master centurions, named it Helios because I knew it was going to run as hot as the sun since I wasn't planning on springing for DHS. Sold it after I was done, but eventually rebought it. This time I named it Phoenix, to stick with the fire theme and since it rose from the ashes, figuratively speaking.

Centurion CN9-D: Mercury. Because 300 engine centurions are *fast*. Ironically as soon as I was done leveling the XP on it the engine got moved to a catapult, so it hardly lives up to the name anymore.

Catapult CPLT-C1: Helios. Bought it after I sold the CN9-AL, decided to reuse the name because I liked it - and because I was planning on running a dual PPC build on it, so I knew it was going to run just as hot as the centurion did.

Catapult CPLT-K2: Mjolnir. Because what *else* swings as big a hammer as a K2 does? Amusingly enough, I never actually ended up running a double gauss or ac20 build on it - it ran a dual ac2 sniper/harasser build for a while, then dual uac5, and now quad LL.

Catapult CPLT-A1: Sagittarius. Because 'archer' seemed like an appropriate name for a purely missile armed mech. She's always been a pure SRM cat, though - no LRMs or streaks here.

Raven RVN-3L: Zephyr. Because it runs like the wind, and you'll have to work hard if you want to catch me. Standard ECM/streak/mlas build, but shelved until piloting it no longer feels like cheating. I didn't name the two crappy ravens, since I knew I wasn't going to keep them.

Cataphract CTF-2X: Nike. Not the shoes, but the goddess of victory. No real connection to the mech itself, I just like the name.

Cataphract CTF-4X: Vulcan. Again, not the planet, but the forge god. Seemed appropriate for a mech which relies on spitting out massive quantities of hot lead.

[Voridan Atreides]

Mine are in my sig.

[Saber Avalon]

Awesomes:
AWS-8T: Warsome (Made it as close as I could to a Warhammer IIC so I crossed the names)
AWS-9M: Awesomer (Self explanitory)
AWS-8Q: Zaku (The head reminds me of a Zaku for some reason.)

Cataphracts: (All based on Neon Genesis Evangelion angels)
CTF-3D: Arael (The angel of the birds. The show depicted it as a giant glowing blue bird, my 3D has jump jets and flies plus mounts 4x LL that have blue glowy beams.)
CTF-4X: Ramiel (The angel of thunder. My 4X always has ACs that sound like thunder.)
CTF-2X: Lilith (No fancy reason for this one, just felt with the other names Lilith had to be used. I suppose since it's the 2X and Lilith is the second angel, that might work for a reason. *shrug*)

Hunchback:
HBK-4SP: Hellbringer (Yeah... I can't wait for the clans.)

Ravens:
RVN-3L: Nevermore (Quoth the raven...)
RVN-2X: Murder (A group of Ravens is called a murder instead of a flock)
RVN-4X: (Haven't decided yet; Edgar, Poe, Crow, or maybe Night Wing)

Orion: (When it comes out, each named after a star in the Orion constellation.)
Rigel
Betelgeuse
Bellatrix

Warhammer (I know it doesn't exist, but I can dream!)
Thor (Inner Sphere surats, it is a Summoner, not a Thor! That mech will get other names.)
Mjolnir
Asgard

Edit: I leave hero mechs as their hero mech name. So my Yen Lo Wang is Yen Lo Wang, for example.

Edited by Saber Avalon, 17 January 2013 - 04:14 PM.

[ollo]

Cordy Ceps, on 17 January 2013 - 02:56 PM, said:

and my D-DC carries the glorious name "KACKVEHIKEL".

Which losely translated means shitride in english...

[DrSecretStache]

Cata 4X: Blastmaster
COM-2D (Of which I have had forever): Deadlock
Hunchie 4SP: DrunkenBrawl
Spider 5D: Lil Itchy.
Oh yah, and that COM 1D that I never use and stripped for parts: Striker

I'd be more epic, but these make me feel good all the same.

I so wish we could display our names.