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Sir Substance Minmatar Sunspot Requisitions Worlds End Consortium	Posted - 2008.07.05 09:02:00 - [1] everyone has their own code for naming ships. some kind of theme, or some way that they sperate bad name ideas from good ones. if you dont name your ship, you can leave now. see your self out, and don't forget to kick yourself on the way out. my theme is animal names, but not normal ones, the scientific ones. i also always have AU at the front, to ship its an Australian ship. for example, my typhoon, the AU Bos gaurus. named after the Gaur, for its capacity to charge and also its capacity to take lots of punishment and keep fighting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaur in addition, i never re-use a name. so, whats your code? Originally by: Ekrid Edited by: Ekrid on 02/07/2008 14:33:35 because trying to fit medium beam lasers is like trying to shove a cow in your mailbox. doable, but it gets messy.
Thelying dutchman North Eastern Swat Pandemic Legion	Posted - 2008.07.05 09:04:00 - [2] fail...
Metal Monster	Posted - 2008.07.05 09:06:00 - [3] Thelying dutchman: You fail....
Thelying dutchman North Eastern Swat Pandemic Legion	Posted - 2008.07.05 09:08:00 - [4] don't have that one yet its usually epic fail or something like that
Ralara Caldari Vivicide	Posted - 2008.07.05 09:09:00 - [5] Quote: how do you name your ships? By right clicking and selecting "set name". A text box appears and you can type in several characters, including special symbols and spaces. You need to be in your ship, at the time of naming. --
KayaYautja Caldari KAOS. Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2008.07.05 09:19:00 - [6] Yay for smartass responses. Always fun reading them. My ship names are generally random. Usually the first things that pop into my head when i first sit in them. --- I'm the omega
Banana Torres Federal Defence Union	Posted - 2008.07.05 09:42:00 - [7] I like my ships to have names that work both when they have to stand alone and also have the F- prefix to indicate that they are part of a federation fleet. So my Megathron is In Trouble, which becomes F-In Trouble when in a fleet. etc, etc...
Zinras Caldari Order of draugr	Posted - 2008.07.05 09:48:00 - [8] Edited by: Zinras on 05/07/2008 09:48:10 I just name my ships as stupidly as humanly possible. I figured out long ago that I have no talent for naming stuff, so I name my ships something stupid. For instance, I had a Drake named "Plywood" and I have a Brutix named "Hello Kitty 2.0". Originally by: CCP Greyscale moderated - mother abuse - Mitnal CCP's best friend
Chickai Hawk	Posted - 2008.07.05 09:57:00 - [9] I na,me mine "..." I live in low/null-sec and it sometimes catches the newbie scanners out as thats the same as the distance when its off grid
Tippia Caldari School of Applied Knowledge	Posted - 2008.07.05 10:31:00 - [10] By appearance. Moa = Fugly Drake = Brick Myrm = Not a B-Wing Thorax = Boioioioing
techzer0 IDLE GUNS IDLE EMPIRE	Posted - 2008.07.05 10:36:00 - [11] I change mine at random when I think that someone has scanned it enough times or figured out what ship name is my ship. Names go from girls names to just random babble and 1337 speak, because they never really live long enough to deserve a real name Can I just say... don't rename your ships please, it makes finding a single war target in a system with 100+ people in it soooooooooo much easier ------------ Originally by: CCP Mitnal It's great being a puppetmaster
Dmian Gallente Starline Engineering Corporation	Posted - 2008.07.05 10:41:00 - [12] Changing the first (or the first two) letter(s): Gianna, Dianna, Trianna, Brianna, Sianna, etc. Giera, Diera, Triera, Briera, Siera, etc. ---- Eve Alpha - The font of Eve - Get it here
Nocturnal Avenger Black Plague. RAZOR Alliance	Posted - 2008.07.05 10:46:00 - [13] Originally by: Sir Substance so, whats your code? Quite often something about killing amarr scum. - Carebear Pirate -
Bushgallam	Posted - 2008.07.05 10:48:00 - [14] Edited by: Bushgallam on 05/07/2008 11:03:30 'I' mostly kind of morph the ship name/type with it's fitting/role, for example, a tackling fitted Ares = Takares or intackleptor, a hign dps Rupture = RuDPSure, a heavily tanked thrasher (is that possible?) = thranker, a salvager catalyst = salvalyst, ... It makes it easier when I browse in assets to remotely guess what fittings my ships have.
Lui Kai Perkone	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:20:00 - [15] Lui Kai's Ibis I like to give the scanners a giggle. ----------------
Arwen Ariniel Gallente Shaolin Legacy	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:20:00 - [16] Usually i name them after mythological beings (Banshee, Tor, ...) or cuddly things (Bumble Bee, Lady Bug, ...) Except when it's Caldari... The names of my Caldari ships usually show my distaste for them... Oh, and I strongly believe that taking your ship out before it has a name jinxes it --- If it floats, and it doesn't say 'quack', sink it!
Isilwen Nightfall Caldari Insurgent New Eden Tribe Systematic-Chaos	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:33:00 - [17] i fly almost only caldari ships, and their names are all in japanese or german. before the name i put a "ticker" that identifies its class. For example, my nanocerb is the first hac i bought, so it's AC-00 Tenshi (天使), while my tanked cerb is AC-01 Akuma (悪魔); or my rokhs are BS-00 Morgenstern and BS-01 Kanarienvogel. ---
Izo Azlion Veto. Veto Corp	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:34:00 - [18] All my ship names are based off ships or locations from Peter F Hamiltons "Nights Dawn" trilogy. Izo Azlion. ---
Franga NQX Innovations	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:38:00 - [19] I name all my ships this: 'Sir Substance, your thread sucks'. And to the guy above me in Veto, who the hell did your sig? It's awesome. Originally by: Rachel Vend ... with 100% reliability in most cases ...
Doc Extropy Gallente Kinda'Shujaa	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:40:00 - [20] Depends. Scientists, philosophers, teachers of the art of life. - in serious cases. Science fiction heros. - in nonserious cases. --- Skill queue now! Nerf skillpoint loss and half done skills! WE ARE PAYING CUSTOMERS AND DESERVE MAXIMUM COMFORT!
ArtieLange	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:42:00 - [21] After I have assembled the ship, and made it active, I right click on it and enter some characters. Usually.
Sir Substance Minmatar Sunspot Requisitions Worlds End Consortium	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:43:00 - [22] Originally by: Arwen Ariniel Oh, and I strongly believe that taking your ship out before it has a name jinxes it that's how i feel about reusing a name. twice ive bought a ship, and undocked it using a name i used before. the first one got snuck up on by a neutral in a rapier when i was out at DZ6, ripped my retriever to shreds. the second one was almost suicide ganked, got away with a mere 5 structure points. Originally by: Ekrid Edited by: Ekrid on 02/07/2008 14:33:35 because trying to fit medium beam lasers is like trying to shove a cow in your mailbox. doable, but it gets messy.
Izo Azlion Veto. Veto Corp	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:47:00 - [23] Originally by: Franga I name all my ships this: 'Sir Substance, your thread sucks'. And to the guy above me in Veto, who the hell did your sig? It's awesome. Stubnitz, former Veto member. Hes very good, made me an alternate one. Hes busy but if you ask nice and have a little ISK he might make you one. Thanks for the comment :) Izo Azlion. ---
Hannobaal Gallente Federal Defence Union	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:49:00 - [24] I have a thing for steppe nomads and horse archers, and Minmatar being as they are I name my Minmatar ships things like: Raider, Nomadic Raider, Archer, Warlord, Horse Archer, Rider, etc. ... The exception is my Stabbers who are always named "Very Crappy Vagabond". My Ares always get named "Nomad" (it's not Minmatar but the name is fitting nonetheless), and my Taranis are always "Hunter". I used to, in the past, name all my Brutixes "Little Bunny of Doom". --------------- I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Tacit Blue Caldari State War Academy	Posted - 2008.07.05 11:51:00 - [25] I am a military buff, so I name my ships for British and American warships. USS Bunker Hill, HMS Invincible, et cetera.
Abrazzar	Posted - 2008.07.05 12:06:00 - [26] My naming depends on the race the ship is from: Amarr: Angel names, like Kushiel (Punisher), Duriel (Maller), Briathos (Abaddon) Caldari: Some mythological beings from Japanese folklore, though I don't like caldari ships and might change the naming of them to something more useful than Mōryō (Heron) Gallente: A combination of a metal or mineral with a person describing its function, like Palladium Paladin (Myrm), Obsidian Knight (Vexor), Jade Monk (Exequror) Minmatar: Named after disease ridden, corpse eating filth, like Gluttonous Maggot (Hoarder), Cadaver Worm (Thrasher) or Corpse Fly (Slasher) There you have it, a almost endless source of ship names. -------- Ideas for: Mining
Onionico Series of Tubes	Posted - 2008.07.05 12:12:00 - [27] "boot.ini" 90% of the time. "ffffffffffffffffffffff" the other 10.
stinkpickle	Posted - 2008.07.05 12:12:00 - [28] all named for **** stars, my Thorax is named Ron Jeremy
Sanzorz Amarr EVEfan.dk	Posted - 2008.07.05 12:55:00 - [29] My code so far is often chaotic, malefic or evil words.
Sathanas Caldari State Protectorate	Posted - 2008.07.05 12:59:00 - [30] Tend to name mine after Royal Navy ships - of which Wikipedia is a great help :) Then design the prefix based on the corp im in at the time CSMS at the moment as I'm in the Caldari State Militia. A few favourites .. Hood, Vandal, Blackjack, Illustrious, Ark Royal, Furious, Terror, Conqueror.... Otherwise I'll use names from games or books I've played/read - mechwarrior & conflict freespace are particularly good sources for this (my name is taken from the big bad mothership in conflict freespace 2, although I know it means "Satan").
Ougaa Baalstomp Gallente Trinity Nova Trinity Nova Alliance	Posted - 2008.07.05 13:05:00 - [31] would be a nice idea for pvp corps to have a ship naming convention. Without saying too much to the opposition of course ;) Trinity Nova Mercenary Services Web Site - Nominated for the 2008 E-ON Magazine Awards
Rook Highwind Unnatural Growth	Posted - 2008.07.05 13:35:00 - [32] Whatever takes my fancy, which used to mean following Japanese navy ship naming conventions. But I get bored easily, so now it's whatever. I usually try to pick something fitting, but imo anything at all is better than "Rook Highwind's Ferox". I die a little inside whenever I see that on someone else's ship. Made me laugh seeing "Lui Kai's Ibis" attached to a drake though ______________________________________
Poz McAIDS	Posted - 2008.07.05 13:47:00 - [33] Edited by: Poz McAIDS on 05/07/2008 13:47:44 normally after po.rn stars :)
Spiteful Soul Amarr Ministry of War	Posted - 2008.07.05 13:50:00 - [34] Whatever I get from top of my head or like in my rifters case, it was an insult from my friend as we started =D, my Rifters were Fork I/Fork II and so on and my hurricane was 'Odin's third leg'.
Black Leather	Posted - 2008.07.05 14:13:00 - [35] For the most part I lose ships on a regular basis. Unless it's a special ship it simply gets a number. I'm up to No. 11 for my Myrms and No. 8 for Bestowers, for instance.
Piipsmoth Caldari State War Academy	Posted - 2008.07.05 14:19:00 - [36] Asteroid(random mineral)
Zak Zerachiel	Posted - 2008.07.05 14:25:00 - [37] I've only named one ship so far - my Caracal. I named it Baby Powder. Not because I have a baby, nor that I use/enjoy/like the powder, but merely because the thought of a powder made from babies entertains me.
Gealbhan Caldari Infernal Syndicate Red Dawn Alliance	Posted - 2008.07.05 14:29:00 - [38] Most of them have generic license plate style numbers for example: DX-1031-A for my Domi. I have a rule though, once that ship survives 3 PvP encounters it gets a proper name as in The Albatross (Harpy AC) and The Seleniar (Hyperion Class BS)
baltec1 Antares Shipyards	Posted - 2008.07.05 14:49:00 - [39] I only name 2 of my ships. The first is the unwavering fortitude, flagship of my fleet of pvp ships and my favorate battleship setup. The second is my caracal, Leeroy Jenkins. No prises for guessing what that is used for
LittleTerror Caldari Mortis Angelus The Church.	Posted - 2008.07.05 14:57:00 - [40] Originally by: KayaYautja Yay for smartass responses. Always fun reading them. My ship names are generally random. Usually the first things that pop into my head when i first sit in them. Umm and the 5000th thread about this is also fun to read ugh wait a min...
Abrazzar	Posted - 2008.07.05 15:08:00 - [41] Originally by: LittleTerror Originally by: KayaYautja Yay for smartass responses. Always fun reading them. My ship names are generally random. Usually the first things that pop into my head when i first sit in them. Umm and the 5000th thread about this is also fun to read ugh wait a min... You love doing things you hate, eh? -------- Ideas for: Mining
Viktor Fyretracker Caldari Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2008.07.05 15:10:00 - [42] Originally by: LittleTerror Originally by: KayaYautja Yay for smartass responses. Always fun reading them. My ship names are generally random. Usually the first things that pop into my head when i first sit in them. Umm and the 5000th thread about this is also fun to read ugh wait a min... im so going to necro the oldest thread on this in a week and then when people complain about necroing, tell em i did use search!
LittleTerror Caldari Mortis Angelus The Church.	Posted - 2008.07.05 15:14:00 - [43] Edited by: LittleTerror on 05/07/2008 15:15:28 Originally by: Abrazzar Originally by: LittleTerror Originally by: KayaYautja Yay for smartass responses. Always fun reading them. My ship names are generally random. Usually the first things that pop into my head when i first sit in them. Umm and the 5000th thread about this is also fun to read ugh wait a min... You love doing things you hate, eh? You love making alt characters and talking shite behind them eh? Originally by: Viktor Fyretracker Originally by: LittleTerror Originally by: KayaYautja Yay for smartass responses. Always fun reading them. My ship names are generally random. Usually the first things that pop into my head when i first sit in them. Umm and the 5000th thread about this is also fun to read ugh wait a min... im so going to necro the oldest thread on this in a week and then when people complain about necroing, tell em i did use search! Yeah you do that dude while I'll just play eve k?
Verlai	Posted - 2008.07.05 15:38:00 - [44] SPACE _____ Iteron = TRAIN Mining = ROCKS Etc. And whatever my current combat ship is: Exploding in the Sky, as it'll inevitably explode. In the sky. Of space.
Viktor Fyretracker Caldari Caldari Provisions	Posted - 2008.07.05 15:43:00 - [45] i was just being an ass. =) i name my combat ships after stuff from games. Drake=Nagafen's Revenge Raven=Vengeance of Vox Rokh=Trakanon's Trailer and then my others are just random... Badger Mark II=Mystery Machine Mining Barge=Material Defender(kudos to who gets this name)
KayaYautja Caldari KAOS. Imperial Republic Of the North	Posted - 2008.07.05 15:46:00 - [46] Originally by: LittleTerror Originally by: KayaYautja Yay for smartass responses. Always fun reading them. My ship names are generally random. Usually the first things that pop into my head when i first sit in them. Umm and the 5000th thread about this is also fun to read ugh wait a min... You did make the choice to enter and read this thread, just like the rest of us. You could ignored it, moved on. --- I'm the omega
NUBIARN Dark Ashes Circle-Of-Two	Posted - 2008.07.05 16:28:00 - [47] i use the keyboard to name my ships that how i do it
Commander Shag No Trademark The OSS	Posted - 2008.07.05 16:33:00 - [48] I'm easy, every single ship I own is named KATE BECKINSALE (yes, in caps) Except for my alt's iteron, which is approprietly named flying poo.
Par'Gellen Tres Hombres	Posted - 2008.07.05 16:42:00 - [49] I usually just pick the silliest thing that pops into my mind at the time. --- To err is human. But it shouldn't be the company motto...
Xanos Blackpaw Amarr The Firestorm Cartel	Posted - 2008.07.05 16:44:00 - [50] 90% of my ships or so is named after ships from 'the culture'...to bad that most of them is to long... Playing minmatar is "like going down a flight of stairs in a office chair firing an Uzi".
scififreak Minmatar Muffin Munchers	Posted - 2008.07.05 17:03:00 - [51] I usually name my ships (the minmatar ones, anyway) with names from Norse Mythology or the Icelandic translation of the ships name
Hal Magnon	Posted - 2008.07.05 17:08:00 - [52] All mine are cultural memes. Mining Barge = Ore and Order Cruiser = The Frikken Laser Frig = Pocket Rocket When I get an uberwtfpwn ship I'll call it the Militant Atheist. There is nothing more terrifying to an Amarr.
Isiskhan Gnostic Misanthropy	Posted - 2008.07.05 17:20:00 - [53] I often name them after Dutch cannabis breeds, ie: Skunk, White Widow, Silver Haze, etc.
Apoctasy The Python Cartel	Posted - 2008.07.05 17:34:00 - [54] Edited by: Apoctasy on 05/07/2008 17:35:10 I usually name my ships depending on their role or what I'm doing with them For example, my Manticore stealth bomber is called Date ****, as evident in my sig ----
Hatchetharry	Posted - 2008.07.05 17:53:00 - [55] Most of mine are generally named "primary target" for obvious reasons
Nachshon Caldari 17th Minmatar Tactical Wing	Posted - 2008.07.05 17:54:00 - [56] For a long time, I named my primary ship the Jerusalem (whatever) because I was listening to "Jerusalem" by Matisyahu when I got my first ship. That ended when I bought a battlecruiser and left my cruiser (the Jerusalem XVI) intact. My battlecruisers are named after my character's dead fiancee, Mirya Leyv. My frigates are now named after Minmatar systems - Kourmonen, Ammold, Vullat... My cruisers are named after minor Norse deities (Bragi, Heimdall) My battleships are named after major Norse deities (Thor, Loki). One cruiser - a blackbird - I named "Archbishop's Face" after the Amarr character Archbishop. All my active ships have the prefix TLS - Tribal Liberation Ship. ____________________________________ Caldari by birth, Minmatar by citizenship. The True Meaning of Freedom My v
Rawr Cristina Caldari Omerta Syndicate	Posted - 2008.07.05 18:08:00 - [57] It's usually random for me, or named after a ship/plane/creature (whether fictional or not) or just something silly I usually go by how the sound 'feels' to the look/role of the ship, if that makes any sense? Crow - Nova Cerberus - Zeke Falcon - Kate Navy Osprey - Starburst Drake - Mara Scorpion - Komodo ...
Mr Friendly	Posted - 2008.07.05 18:15:00 - [58] 1) if sober, after classic literature, generally 2) if not sober, after some 'rude' portion of the ship I've occasionally been aghast at what I've namad my ships once I've slept off the drink. Freud would have a field day with my nomenclature.
goodby4u Logistic Technologies Incorporated	Posted - 2008.07.05 19:15:00 - [59] I usually name my ships after gods(amarr egyptian gods, caldari greek gods, minmatar norse gods, and gellente roman gods). Geddon:apophis Abso:Anubis. Abaddon:Osiris. Apoc:Ra. Zealot:Isis.
Tobias Lee Revival.	Posted - 2008.07.05 19:23:00 - [60] If its an ew ship like a scorp i call it Primary Target for obvious reasons :P
Brewfus Keane Gallente Lightning Gadgets Inc	Posted - 2008.07.05 19:37:00 - [61] Edited by: Brewfus Keane on 05/07/2008 19:38:57 Usually the first thing that pops into my noggin at the time, so no theme just randomness. Examples: Tristram - Tristan Spank U - Incursus (used for our corps Frig wars comp going on atm ) Hairdryer - Vexor (amazing how many other people i see with the same name lol) RaxMobile - Thorax Brutal - Brutix The Don - Myrmidon MegaBrew- Megathron iMine - Exequror Savaloy - Iteron (no idea what was going through my head at the time lol) Training for Amarr atm will be interesting what i come up with for them. :P Edit: Spelt Amarr wrong :P
Julius Kalmaris Ugunduzi Interstellar Brotherhood of Nod.	Posted - 2008.07.05 19:40:00 - [62] By watching one to many episodes of Rome. *Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.*
soldieroffortune 258	Posted - 2008.07.05 20:30:00 - [63] Originally by: Tacit Blue I am a military buff, so I name my ships for British and American warships. USS Bunker Hill, HMS Invincible, et cetera. this is kinda what i do, but most of the time, i just put something like "USS Megathron" or "USS Myrmidon" and sometimes i put the number of that ship type, like if it was my 4th megathron "USS Megathron SoF-4" sometimes i will put names though, like my thorax once survived a gate camp a GATECAMP (i know probably a shitty gate camp, but still, lol) so i named it from "USS Thorax Sof-2" to "USS Defiant Sof-2B" (since it defied that gate camp and lived) and actually has survived through quite a few other things, like the Caldari "Fleet" above Luminaire, i went there when FW starteed and when the rats spawned, i killed a BC pretty quick, but then i decided why not try to take on a BS, so i went to a BS who i thought was attacking someone else, and locked and fired, and him and like 4 other ships started firing on me i warped out w/ 20% structure so, pretty much, a plain name, and if the ship does something special for me (like the USS Defiant Sof-2B) which i recently lost in a corp war (before i joined FW) it gets a new specialized name
Kvaell Minmatar Terra Incognita Vanguard.	Posted - 2008.07.05 20:37:00 - [64] Frigates: Various nicknames for military divisions Cruisers: Bacterias Battle Cruisers: Birds (Danish language) Battleships: Danish Kings in correct order Capitals: Poets and writers __________________________________________________ Terra Incognita, mare nostrum Originally by: Dark Voynix What are you? Just a half-failed BPC copy of an unresearched troll BPO ?

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