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Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - Dokujisan - 03-26-2010 We are going to change some weapon names in Xonotic. At this point, we're not sure exactly which weapon names will change. Maybe all of them. It depends on how many good ideas are brought up. For this renaming process, we want brainstorming ideas from the community with a 3 step process. 1. Brainstorm words 2. Contribute weapon names 3. Vote This is Step 1 There are basically three styles of weapon names (that I can think of) 1. Acronyms like HLAC (which is a bad acronym example, but anyway...) 2. Technical descriptive name like "assault rifle" or "railgun" which often get shortened during conversation to things like "rail" 3. Made up names with no meaning (like 'nex' and 'electro') which may be based on real words Step 1 of this brainstorming process will involve collecting words that could be used as a basis for any of the 3 styles of names listed above. If you can think of words that may be used in weapon naming, then dump them in this thread. Note: This is NOT the thread for posting complete weapon name ideas. That is step 2 and I will create another thread for that. This is only coming up with words to help fuel ideas for Step 2. If you want to discuss ideas more thoroughly about the weapon names, then go to the Weapon Names: General discussion thread. Don't try to hold discussions on this Step 1 thread. I will occasionally update this first post with the full list of words from within this thread. ------------------------------------------------- Here is the latest summary of words in this thread (03.28.2010) acceleration aeon alpha anyon aphotic (without light) array atavachron avenger ballistic beta bio-* bionic bosson bradyon cabrodine cannon chronoton close-range coils concussion condensation cortenide d-brane damage defensive deflector delphic destabilizer destructor diboridium displacer disrupter duotronic dynamic eclipse eisilium elliptical encephalo energy energy explosive feedback field flak flechette flow fluctuation flux fusion gamma gladius goo graviton gun haptic higgs hurricane hybrid hyperbola impulse incendiary (or incinerate) induction infuser inhibitor initrode interphasic intimidator ion ionic ittyon karitori (japanese for reaper) kemocite kinetic launcher lepton lexorian lightning lunitac magnetic magnetospheric marauder mechanism meson meta-* micro-* missile mist molecular multi-* nacelle negligible neuralizing neutralizer neutrino neutron nitrium nitro-* nitron nullifier offensive omni-* oscillation paradox paraphoretic particle passive personal (or interpersonal) phase phasic (esp. if combined something like "trans-") phoenix phosphorus photon piercing pinball planar plasma pocket polarizer positronic power precision projectile promethean propulsion proton-* psionic pulse pulverizer (pulverizing) quad quantum radioactive ravager ray reaper reflex regenerative replulsor (although a "repulsive" gun might have its charms) rocket rubindium shock shrapnel shredder skypiercer sonic soul spastic sprayer stun stunrunner sub-* subatomic subcutaneous sublime superluminal (superluminic) - "faster than light" suppressor (suppressive) system tachyon tactical tardyon target teryon tetracyanate tetryon thalmerite thoron titan toranium tornado trans-* tri-* tricyclic trilithium vacuum vaporize (vaporizer) varied velocity verterium xanulus RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - Erusavion - 03-26-2010 Marauder Skypiercer Eclipse Karitori (japanese for reaper) Reaper Ravager Mist Tornado Hurricane Soul And now I'm out of creative gas. RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - norbert79 - 03-26-2010 Multi- flow Reflex Varied Initrode Xanulus Sub Energy That's all for now from me. RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - Lee_Stricklin - 03-26-2010 Here's a few words that can be used in weapon names Tactical Magnetic Pulse Precision Pinball Sprayer Offensive RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - paperclips - 03-26-2010 mmmm... technobabble... anyon atavachron bio-* bradyon cabrodine coils condensation cortenide D-brane delphic diboridium disrupter duotronic encephalo eisilium Faster Than Light fluctuation graviton higgs hyperbola induction inhibitor interphasic ionic ittyon kemocite lexorian magnetospheric meta-* micro-* multi-* nacelle neuralizing neutrino nitron nitrium nullifier omni-* paraphoretic phase photon positronic promethean quantum rubindium sub-* subcutaneous tachyon tardyon teryon tetracyanate tetryon thalmerite thoron toranium trans-* tri-* tricyclic trilithium vaporizer verterium RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - Lamoot - 03-26-2010 So many words already listed I can contribute only two: Kinetic Shrapnel RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - Aleator - 03-26-2010 aeon feedback flux quad lepton bosson array chronoton graviton paradox vacuum infuser displacer destabilizer pulverizer deflector polarizer molecular subatomic ballistic haptic psionic bionic @paperclips: Faster Than Light would be superluminal/superluminic RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - rainerzufalldererste - 03-26-2010 PHOENIX proton-* Avenger nitro-* destructor Phosphorus lightning I like the first one "PHOENIX" most because of "Rising from the ashes" and "nix" RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - Silica Gel: Do Not Eat - 03-26-2010 annihilator ion particle neutron intimidator neutralizer shock pocket rocket chicken launcher projectile impulse RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - accident - 03-26-2010 More adjectives: planar elliptical phasic (esp. if combined something like "trans-") A few nouns: meson goo flak flechette HEAP (as in highly-explosive armor-piercing ammo) ...and I think we should spend a thought for the weaker guns. So: personal, or interpersonal stun passive negligible (e.g., NDG, negligible damage gun) suppressor/ive defensive close-range replulsor (although a "repulsive" gun might have its charms) RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - master[mind] - 03-26-2010 Fourdrinier. Think transforming human's into paper, i.e. pulverizing them. It's just a cool sounding name. RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - MoonRise - 03-26-2010 I can only think of One after that list: Concussion RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - xaGe - 03-26-2010 lunitac sonic stunrunner spastic RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - PanzerZero - 03-27-2010 I can think of a couple things Ballistic Incendiary (or incinerate) Gladius Missile Radioactive (related words:gamma,alpha,beta,neutron) Impulse Vaporize Sublime Aphotic (without light) Hybrid Shredder Titan Ill probably look through soul caliber to rip off some good words. That game has an assload of good weapon/technique names RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - Sless - 03-31-2010 Tic Xoon Howler Gravity~ Frogger / Crawler / Crouch "The Ultimate Weapon of All-destruction" EM~ Harpune Smoker Photonix Rocketlauncher Railgun -just my 2 cents- RE: Weapon names STEP 1 - brainstorming words - ai - 03-31-2010 ai ... You don't need another word ... for anything ... ai