25-05-2005 22:53									#1
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So far, warriors seem to be anything, and Bowmen are named after our own members.

How do we want to do the defensive (Spear->Pike->Etc) and mounted (Horse->Knight->Cavalry) chains?

I propose we name the mounted units after Babylon 5 characters.

	25-05-2005 23:29									#2
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More specificly the heros.

So the one we just built would be Sinclair.
The one to complete next turn would be Sheridan.
I guess Ivana would be the 3rd horseman.

	26-05-2005 02:43									#3
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Yes, heroes of course. And those sound like good ones to be the first up.

	26-05-2005 07:12									#4
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Sounds good to me.

	26-05-2005 09:11									#5
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Cool.

What should we do with the defensive upgrade chain?

	26-05-2005 14:45									#6
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If you need inspiration for 'regular' names, check this one:

http://www.preople.com/?r=more_global

This is a list of people whose names occur most frequently on the internet. We could use their first names.

	26-05-2005 16:20									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Kloreep Cool. What should we do with the defensive upgrade chain?

I always liked supermodel or actress names - Elle, Heidi, Natasha, and the like.

	26-05-2005 16:20									#8
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Better yet....

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	26-05-2005 17:18									#9
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I like the Babylon 5 connection. Good idea.

	26-05-2005 19:20									#10
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For defensive units:

Ladies [heroines] from Sci-Fi shows other than B5?

1. Padme
2. Leia
3. Pretiest female Jedi ever; what's her name? [dies during order 66]
4. Boomer [new version of Battle Star Galatica]
5. Starbuck [new version of Battle Star Galatica]
6. Dax
7. Seven of Nine

	26-05-2005 20:08									#11
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T'Pol has to be on that list.

Personally, I like Hoshi Saito

	27-05-2005 08:15									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Shogun Gunner T'Pol has to be on that list. Personally, I like Hoshi Saito

I see we share similar tastes. I loved the dark universe shows where Hoshi took over.

But whatever way we go - we have to have Uma as part of the crwod.

	27-05-2005 18:54									#13
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I didn't much care for the dark universe shows since they had no bearing on what's going on in the "real" universe. (Ok, one of the ship thats were lost and never seen again happens to have gone to the dark universe [and back in time there], that's it.)

I also didn't much care for the alternate 1940s episodes since they also had no bearing on the real timetime.

I liked the most the bits about the inital steps of forming the Federation and the explaination of why Klingons look different in TOS that all the other series.

quote: Originally posted by Beta I see we share similar tastes. I loved the dark universe shows where Hoshi took over. But whatever way we go - we have to have Uma as part of the crwod.

	04-06-2005 11:31									#14
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quote: Originally posted by Kloreep So far, warriors seem to be anything, and Bowmen are named after our own members. How do we want to do the defensive (Spear->Pike->Etc) and mounted (Horse->Knight->Cavalry) chains? I propose we name the mounted units after Babylon 5 characters.

Yes, a good show.

	14-06-2005 18:42									#15
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Beta suggested we name the workers with random 5-digit numbers.

http://www.random.org/

63041 45787 13704 40099 10742
74155 20264 43172 19826 37371
42592 34413 55006 27360 77182
33969 26309 89412 32210 57847
60234 42373 66447 98244 73564
45772 16002 67827 75234 71089
32453 35029 36126 94660 45048
47168 62806 57700 80266 61314
40579 23638 57507 88818 84932
79923 27216 94080 56644 25194
65164 32796 30158 49685 58949
55165 32704 83100 81857 12840
58694 32159 86900 33455 80461
58772 14512 38869 81806 32123
75005 22688 69367 95689 31582
16120 79084 39026 47114 21893
95836 29478 84688 29336 10714
43421 53845 12888 10109 52428
71636 45316 64193 68953 77516
91034 58147 28009 23799 65436

That should keep us for a while.

As we see below, servant is "Aved". Should our workers be "Aved 58147" instead of "BW58147"?

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	14-06-2005 18:50									#16
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More Babylonian names...
http://www.bridgesforpeace.com/publ...Article-13.html

Belteshazzar - Daniel's new name consisted of Bel. being another name for the god Marduk. The name Belteshazzar means "May god protect his life."

Shadrach - In Hananiah's new name the last -ach is another form of Achu, the Sumerian moon god-a lesser diety in the pantheon of Babylonian gods. Interestingly, his symbol was a moon crescent.

Meshach - In Mishael's new name, as well, the -ach on the end of his name also indicates the god Achu, and one notices the -me or -mi meaning "who" and the -sha meaning "is like." His name means, "Who is like Achu?"

Avednego - Azariah's new name consists of Aved meaning "servant" -nego means "of Nebo." The name then means "the servant of Nebo." Nego is another name for Nebo or Nebu, after whom Nebuchadnezzar is also named.

	14-06-2005 18:55									#17
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Babylonian names for celestial bodies...

http://www.friesian.com/week.htm

Sin Moon
Nabû Mercury
Ishtar Venus
Shamash Sun
Nergal Mars
Marduk Jupiter
Ninurta Saturn

They look like names of gods

	15-06-2005 10:01									#18
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I generated a new list of numbers that only go up to 3 digits. No offense, it's just I doubt we'll ever need more than 999 workers, and 3-digit numbers will be easier to handle.

	15-06-2005 18:49									#19
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But I toiled for what seemed like minutes on that.

What about the "Aved" prefix? Babylonian for servant.

	16-06-2005 09:39									#20
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Delin (spelling?)
G'Kar
Mondo
The One


O'neal
Samanta
Danial Jackson
Tealc
Hammond of Texas
Bratac

From "Known Space"
Speaker with Animals
Gil Hamilton
Lucas Gardener
Teela Brown
Louis Wu
Nessus
The Hindmost
Bram
Beowulf Shaeffer
Jack Brennan
Tunesmith

	22-06-2005 08:57									#21
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Per E_T's request, the next 10 worker numbers:

454
643
088
217
189
989
325
980
636
408

Also, how do we want to name catapults?

	22-06-2005 09:10									#22
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either after famous rocks or how about...

Tosses Cats

	22-06-2005 19:07									#23
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Does anybody feel like explaining the worker naming system to me? I mean, isnīt it much more complicated to have random numbers than simply counting upwards?
Of course, it will confuse our enemies, but with 100 workers we will surely have double uses of certain names because of the random picks...

	22-06-2005 20:39									#24
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I think if we have a duplicate name/number we go onto the next. We don't want to use incremental numbers.

We could come up with a list of actual names for workers.

	22-06-2005 23:55									#25
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OK. The famous rock list is a bad idea for catapults. Other than Ayres and Gilbraltar, I can't find many.

We could name the catapults like this:
So and so's hammer
Fist of someone
This god's anvil

Or (we do I suggest these things?) we could name the cats after famous cats.
Tom (and Jerry)
Felix
Oil Can Harry
Morris
Snowball 1-6
Duchess
Jose DelGato
Yes someone has already compiled a list:
http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/famous/cats.html

But this has nothing to do with Babylon.

OR...
We could name the cats after the city it is to rain doom on.

	23-06-2005 01:09									#26
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quote: Originally posted by skrobism either after famous rocks or how about... Tosses Cats

Ack!

Better:

Tosses Cows
Tosses Dirty Underwear
Tosses a Coin
Tosses Your Mother-in-Law
Tosses Cats & Dogs
Tosses Tom, Dick & Harry
Tosses a Boomerang (oh no!)
Tosses Nothing in Particular
Tosses Great Balls of Fire
Tosses Random Numbers at You
etc.

	23-06-2005 05:02									#27
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I am all in favor of the cats being named "Tosses..."

	23-06-2005 06:17									#28
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I like BFM's suggestion. "Tosses..." random things.

"Tosses Wooden Rabbits" should definitely be used. Have to fit in a Monty Python reference somewhere.

	23-06-2005 06:18									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Micha Does anybody feel like explaining the worker naming system to me? I mean, isnīt it much more complicated to have random numbers than simply counting upwards? Of course, it will confuse our enemies, but with 100 workers we will surely have double uses of certain names because of the random picks...

The random number generator I used had a setting to avoid duplication, so we should be okay on duplicates.

And yes, it will leave the other teams without a worker count, which is the idea.

	24-06-2005 15:47									#30
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But then, giving those workers actual names will do the same trick, right?

How about three-letters names?
- Urk
- Bah
- Gee
- Nog
- Foi
- Lea
- Gor
- Tar
- Sid
- Ned
- Pal
- Nut

I love the idea of naming our cats "tosses ..."

Also for warring units Iīd love to have some types named "xxx brigade" with xxx being an animal or something. Maybe it would fit for spearmen? IIRC we still donīt have a method for naming those anyway...