How do you name your ships?

[Slynky]

Besides using the word "wind" in a lot of names when I'm in my "wind naming" mood, I don't really have much of a convention besides labeling the ship hull in front of the name.

Sometimes, for fun, I tease the opponent with a name that one MIGHT be able to figure out...one of those, is naming a ship "Buffy". Buffy is a vampire slayer. So, the ship type is a "slayer" (or Sat Layer...get it?). Of course, naming a mine sweeper "broom" is a bit obvious . I'd rather name one, "Pledge" (as in a product used for dusting...and dusting off mines is what a sweeper does).

Don't ask Mark the Merciful how he names his ships! I was thwacked by ships called names such as "Pork", "Pork rinds", and "Bacon".

[Captain Kwok]

I tend to name all my ships individually - although I might get a bit lazy with repair, cargo, or supply ships.

I try to use names to match the race I'm playing.

[Kamog]

I usually don't name each ship individually; I just use the class name with the number after it because there's just too many ships to come up with unique names.

Some space yard ships I rename so that they come up in an organized order in the construction list. The ships that I want on the very top of the list I rename with a * at the beginning of the name.

As for ship class names, depending on what I feel like, I use one of the standard name lists, or I might use:

1. Pokemon names: Gengar, Raichu, Lapras, Eevee, Mew, Lugia, Entei, Moltres, Togepi, Starmie, etc
2. Location names from RPG's: Wutai, Nibelheim, Ryuon, Roron, Kueri, Midgar, Landen, Kadary, Kohlingen, Reza, Kuran, etc
3. Zoanoid names from Guyver: Ramotith, Gregole, Thancrus, Gaster, Derzerb, Panadyne, Aptom, Vamore, etc
4. Angel and computer names from Evangelion: Sachiel, Shamshel, Ramiel, Iruel, Melchior, Balsathar, Sahaqiel, etc

[Loser]

When I'm up against a Religious Player (and losing, inevitably) I like to name the special classes I design for them things like Faithless, Apostate, Unbeliever, Agnostic, Atheist, or Heretic.

[se5a]

I tend to use a mix of random letters and codes. unfortunaly I tend to just use the same name and a simular code when I upgrade, and even when I upsize to.

[Loser]

I think there are players out there who use text to make little pictures for the names of thier ships. I think I took over for someone once who did this.

Maybe it makes it easier to see them, clearly.

[Tigbit]

Mine will usually will be named like:

eg.
PD17 = Point defense first design. Then subsequent upgrades will be PD3, PD45, PD12 in that order... or some random choice of number. I seem to be under the impression that it confuses the enemy, so they can never be sure that a CS114 is actually better than a CS13 (CS=Capitol ship) or something. I actually started out counting down from 100 or something, but even that seemed a little too predictable. Even the abreviations I don't keep the same... I just think them up as I go.

But hey regardless of my naming convensions I still suck at the game.

[ July 20, 2004, 05:44: Message edited by: Tigbit ]