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#1 The_Eldritch_Abomination

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Posted January 25 2013 - 07:37 PM

There are quite a few threads regarding "how did you come up with your callsign?" and "what will you name your first mech?"

So, I've decided to do something a little different- How did you come up with your mech/s names?

The mechs that I have are the Vanguard Cupcake, the Bruiser, Ye bog standerd CR-T Recruit and the Brawler.

I call my Cupcake... Cupcake because well, she's a cupcake.

Bruiser was named "Space Gundamn" both after the ridiculously OP mechs from the titular series, and a ragepost on this game's alleged "P2W status" where the writer compared "level 1 n00b mechs to level 25 Space Gundamns".

I've called my CR-T Recruit... The Walking Television, because what's more hilarious than eliminating other people with a mech that looks like a TV/ Microwave/ Computer Monitor/ Anything generally boxy-shaped with a screen on front?

The Brawler was named "TAAANK!!!", paying homage to both it's lore as a walking tank and the titular enemy from the Left 4 Dead series. (PS: I don't actually own any of the L4D games)

So, what's you story?

Edited by The_Eldritch_Abomination, January 25 2013 - 07:43 PM.

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#2 Neverm0re

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Posted January 25 2013 - 07:47 PM

My main mech is a rocketeer named Heavy Rain. That name was taken from a cthulhutech game I played in where my mech was a scimitar, a human long-range bombardment mech. Basically, my job was to rain down destruction on targets several miles away, thus "Heavy Rain". I figured a long range support mech was as good a fit for the name as would ever be found in Hawken.
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Posted January 25 2013 - 07:48 PM

They are named after important women in my life.

Click me! I dare you.

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Posted January 25 2013 - 07:48 PM

I use primarily names inspired by current military hardware or Norse gods, coupled with a prefix based on the original designation of the mech.

So, for example, the description for the ROCKETEER chassis says, "The H2 Domoff, also known as 'The Dog', is the oldest Type-C Heavy model currently in production." From this, I named my ROCKETEER "H2-D JAVELIN", taking the H2-D from H2 Domoff and JAVELIN from the US Javelin anti-tank missile system, because the mech is a missile boat.

Likewise, the description for the INFILTRATOR chassis states, "The L5 Boot, frequently found on Infiltrators, was the first prototype light walker ever created." So I designated my INFILTRATOR the "L5-B LOKI", taking the L5-B from L5 Boot and LOKI from the Norse trickster god, because of it's ability to cloak itself and the hologram projector I equiped it with.

My BRAWLER I named the "H1-H THOR" because it's flak cannon made me think of thunder, my SHARPSHOOTER is named the "M4-R LONGBOW" because sniper...longbow...it's not rocket science, my CR-T RECRUIT I changed to "CR-T CENTURION" because it seems like your primary frontline footsoldier mech, and my BRUISER I changed to "M2-H ODIN" mainly because I just think Odin sounds badass and it fits with the Norse god naming structure I've got going on.

The next mech I plan to unlock will be the SCOUT, and I have tentative plans to name it the "L2-M HEIMDALL" after the Norse god said to possess "extraordinarily acute [...] senses, most notably [...] vision and hearing."

EDIT: Added a REAPER to my arsenal as well and named it "L2-S SPECTRE".

Edited by Keiichi81, January 26 2013 - 11:09 PM.


#5 The_Eldritch_Abomination

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Posted January 25 2013 - 07:54 PM

View PostKeiichi81, on January 25 2013 - 07:48 PM, said:

I use primarily names inspired by current military hardware or Norse gods, coupled with a prefix based on the original designation of the mech.

So, for example, the description for the ROCKETEER chassis says, "The H2 Domoff, also known as 'The Dog', is the oldest Type-C Heavy model currently in production." From this, I named my ROCKETEER "H2-D JAVELIN", taking the H2-D from H2 Domoff and JAVELIN from the US Javelin anti-tank missile system, because the mech is a missile boat.

Likewise, the description for the INFILTRATOR chassis states, "The L5 Boot, frequently found on Infiltrators, was the first prototype light walker ever created." So I designated my INFILTRATOR the "L5-B LOKI", taking the L5-B from L5 Boot and LOKI from the Norse trickster god, because of it's ability to cloak itself and the hologram projector I equiped it with.

My BRAWLER I named the "H1-H THOR" because it's flak cannon made me think of thunder, my SHARPSHOOTER is named the "M4-R LONGBOW" because sniper...longbow...it's not rocket science, my CR-T RECRUIT I changed to "CR-T CENTURION" because it seems like your primary frontline footsoldier mech, and my BRUISER I changed to "M2-H ODIN" mainly because I just think Odin sounds badass and it fits with the Norse god naming structure I've got going on.
Nice names. They sound really badass.
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Posted January 25 2013 - 07:56 PM


I named my Fred, "WHAT'S IN THE BOX?!?!?"

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#7 Dread_Lord_Pitr

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Posted January 25 2013 - 10:42 PM

[edit] new post made both to bump and to update my list[/edit]

Edited by Dread_Lord_Pitr, February 18 2013 - 12:59 AM.

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#8 Guiotine

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Posted January 26 2013 - 12:27 AM

All my mechs names are assorted SC2 units. Siege tank, Ghost, Zergling, Spectre, Marauder, Goliath, Thor. I base it off of their weapons and what I think fits. Pisses me off that my scout is named reaper though :P

Edited by Guiotine, March 04 2013 - 07:07 PM.

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I dub thee, Guiotine, 'Coloxxen, the mech pokemon'

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Posted January 26 2013 - 12:30 AM

I named my CRT - Freddy


And my Rocketeer - Corvus (which is Raven in Latin)
I named it both after my namesake and because it's design looks like a bird. With the Beak like cockpit and the shields folded like wings. It just felt right.
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Posted January 26 2013 - 12:32 AM

I hired some professional developers to name them (Vanguard package ftw!!!)

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Posted January 26 2013 - 12:48 AM

Clanmates said my heat infil looks like a frog, so now he is frog :) (or was, hes actually ladybug now. But now my Heat Gren is named bullfrog in his honor)
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Posted January 26 2013 - 10:52 AM

Cruiser Bruiser (rhymes)

Stout Scout (rhymes)

Searte for CR-T (just silliness)
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Posted January 26 2013 - 02:06 PM

It's ma username!

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Posted January 26 2013 - 02:17 PM

Isabella (lvl 25 Berserker) - This was the first mech I purchased, and I named it after my old Ducati Superbike I used to own.

Nostromo (lvl 25 Recruit) - Named after the commercial towing vessel the crew was on in the first Alien movie.

R.J. (lvl 25 Scout) - The initials of the main character from "For Whom The Bell Tolls", Robert Jordan

Anton (lvl 5 Reaper) - Named after assassin Anton Chigurh from "No Country For Old Men"

Malacoda (lvl 3 Assault) - Named after one of the demons in Dante Alighieri's "Inferno" from The Divine Comedy

Manfred (lvl 1 Bruiser) - Named after Baron Manfred von Richtofen

Tommy Boy (lvl 1 Brawler) - 'cause he's big and fat

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Posted January 26 2013 - 02:20 PM

Check above SIG. Those are only the few i've come up with names for.

|CR-T Recruit "bOOBtUBE"|Sharpshooter "Ronin"|Rocketeer "Razgriz"|Reaper "DeathScythe"|Bruiser "Tank"|Brawler "ThunderThighs"|
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Posted January 26 2013 - 02:20 PM

View PostFoggy, on January 26 2013 - 02:17 PM, said:

Isabella (lvl 25 Berserker) - This was the first mech I purchased, and I named it after my old Ducati Superbike I used to own.

Nostromo (lvl 25 Recruit) - Named after the commercial towing vessel the crew was on in the first Alien movie.

R.J. (lvl 25 Scout) - The initials of the main character from "For Whom The Bell Tolls", Robert Jordan

Anton (lvl 5 Reaper) - Named after assassin Anton Chigurh from "No Country For Old Men"

Malacoda (lvl 3 Assault) - Named after one of the demons in Dante Alighieri's "Inferno" from The Divine Comedy

Manfred (lvl 1 Bruiser) - Named after Baron Manfred von Richtofen

Tommy Boy (lvl 1 Brawler) - 'cause he's big and fat

Holy hell man, relax!

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Posted January 26 2013 - 05:18 PM

Berserker - Sujala - my mums name, makes sense to me, lol

Infiltrator - Ivan - Something Russian sounds appropriate for in infi right?

Scout - Nibbles - I just keep eating at ya until you dead!

Reaper - Rufus - Why not?

Recruit Assault - Kroot - Like Kroot from Warhammer 40K Tau Army, I've got about 12 of em on my shelf

Assault - Stalin - OK, seeing a trend? not really, I'm not a commie, lol, just came to me

SharpShooter - Oswald - Wally -> Waldo -> Oswald

Bruiser - Bruce - He kicks fuzzy bunnies!

Rocketeer - Rockie - Little obvious no?

Brawler - Bob -


Grenadier - Lobbie - Lob, Lob, Lob, Lob, Lob, Lob, Lob, Lob, Lob, Lob, all he does is Lob

Vanguard Cupcake - Princess - Princess Cupcake, get it? get it?
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Posted January 26 2013 - 05:33 PM

Eh. I name my mechs after similar TF2 classes... except for Reaper and Rocketeer, they're the odd ones.
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Posted January 26 2013 - 05:39 PM

My Recruit's name is Viewtiful Fred.

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Posted January 26 2013 - 06:09 PM

Recruit - Grundle Beans

Funny player name my friend and I came across while playing Halo multiplayer a few years ago. We like to yell it out randomly while playing.


Assault - Steve

Because Steve.


Scout - Scooter

Scoot! Scoot! Scoot! If you've ever seen me in my scout, you'll understand.


Infiltrator - Scamper

The dirty rat that scampers from hole to hole, stealing yer stuff


Reaper - Charlie

The mech that's seen some fuzzy bunny maaaan



I haven't named any of the others because I never use them. ^_^

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