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What do you name your ships and why?
Daft Loon:
Mostly song references
Pyra - Rosenrot - Rammstein song/album, Rammstein => ramming stone => battering ram and the rosenrot album cover has a frozen ship that reminds me of fjords etc
Junker - Undead son - Tarot song, the junker is made of scrap so its kinda undead
Galleon - EffervescingElephant - Syd Barret song, galleon is big like an elephant and quad hwachas are vaguely effervescent
Sabaton songs:
Goldfish - Ghost Division - song about the blitzkrieg, the goldfish seems like the best ship for rapid overwhelming attacks
Squid - Night Witch - song about russian night bombers, ".....unexpected, undetected ...."
Spire - White Death - song about a famous finnish sniper, still have fewer kills with this ship than the real man
Mobula - Drunken Kereru - Only non song reference - Named for the New Zealand wood pigeon which like the mobula has a distinctly rounded belly, is rather clumsy in flight and has 5 forward facing light guns.......
sparklerfish:
My ship names are either rave-related (I'm a raver/rave DJ) or named after fonts (typography/graphic design nerd).
Spire: Elysium - named after one of my favorite happy hardcore tunes of all time, by Scott Brown - link to listen: https://youtu.be/GyZiBzbVRgU
Junker: Kandi Rave Party - some ravers in America wear loads of bright plastic bracelets, called 'kandi'. I'm a kandi kid.
Pyramidion: Boots 'n' Cats - say it out loud repeatedly. turn on some strobe lights and lasers. insta-rave
Squid: Budmo Jiggler - the stupidest name for a font I've ever heard, and a goofy-looking font
Galleon: Bodoni Egyptian Pro - slab serif font. Feels weighty like a galleon, especially bold of course
Goldfish: Helvetica - boring font for boring ship
Mobula: Novecento Wide - because it's wide, duh... though the font itself isn't that wide
pictures of the fonts in question:
Budmo Jiggler:
Bodoni Egyptian Pro:
Helvetica:
Novecento Wide:
The Mann:
--- Quote from: The Mann on May 15, 2015, 08:01:55 am ---Spire - Senpai's Serendipity: Named in honour of the craziness of an April Iron Fork...
Mobula - The Fiery Pantaloons: Named for the shape and of course, a curry I had the night I first used the Mobula.
Pyramidion - The H.M.S Nautilus: Named for many reasons 1) I am from England, 2) Nautilus is a cool name and 3) Have not thought to change it over a year...
Squid - Drop the Squid Beats / CrpArrow3; Given two names in honour of The Bards.
Goldfish - M.C Powerpuff: Named because I am Captain Fabulous, obviously...
Galleon - The Drunken Mann: The name speaks for itself whenever I use the Galleon...
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Oh I forgot my Junker,
I named my Junker H.M.S Octavarium as I am a huge fan of the band Dream Theater and since I am a Keyboardist, I named my ship in honour of one of their best songs with arguably the best Keyboard Solo in history!
I suppose enemies say "I'm trapped inside this Octavarium!" whenever I try and ram and kill them...
Bartholomew Layton:
Most of the names for my ships are in jokes between me and the rest of my clan. It was a great day to be had by all when we where having the naming ceremony.
Squid - Hentai
I think the joke is fairly obvious on that one.
Galleon - Dynamic Entry
This was mainly because I was shouting that whenever we came out from a dust cloud or fog in front of the enemy.
Pyramidion - Dairy Farmer
It's a bit of a joke but I am know to some of my friends as "that pirate looking fellow" and I am a big fan of the Monkey Island games.
Goldfish -Fartfish
Lots and lots of flamethrowers with that one.
Junker - Pog mo Thoin
This is a throw out to my home. If you know the irish you can guess the meaning.
Spire - Tallest
For it is big and mighty.
Mobula - Honest Mistake
Mainly because it was one, when I first picked that ship.
Most of the names might get changed later on, but I think these will stick around for a while yet.
Dementio:
--- Quote from: Bartholomew Layton on May 18, 2015, 04:17:53 pm ---Spire - Tallest
For it is big and mighty.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2OsTIEfps4
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