05-10-2002 01:06									#1
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I was reading the "Riders or Cavalry?" thread and thought it would be fun to have a thread about what people name their "*" units.

Names I use often:

Warrior(not that I get a lot of GLs from warriors) - Grog
Archer - Yeomen, King's/Queen's Bowmen
Swordsman - Guardsman, Palace Guards
Horseman - The Nine, The Companions, Robert's Raiders
Knight - Crusaders, Knights of [name of civ I was conquering]
Cavalry - 1st, 2nd, etc. Cavaliers, King's/Queen's Cavalry
Tank/Modern Armor - 1st, 2nd, etc. Armor

Additional names dependant on UUs:

Riders - Celestial Raiders
Samurai - Ronin
Legionary - Praetorian Guards

Upgraded units that then generate a leader, however, retain their name.

So... what do you guys ('n gals) name your units?

-Arrian

	05-10-2002 01:31									#2
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After experiencing a smiliar "Rider" as Cavalry problem myself just after 1.29f came out, I started avoiding naming -- just leaving the unit as plain old XXX. But that's boring. So now I try to give them fanciful names - often relating to a nearby city or geographic reference and often relating to the civ and/or specific leader generated. I end up with things like "Oka's Defenders," London's Raiders," Napolean's Armour," etc.

Leader names don't always work well. I recently finished a game as the Iroquois (no horses until the end of the middle ages ), and though I followed my own convention of naming a "corps" after the leader that was generated, "Cornplanter's Corps" just felt wrong for the rest of the game.

Catt

	05-10-2002 01:36									#3
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"Cornplanter's Corps" Now that's funny.

I really like naming the units... it's such a small thing, but it adds some flavor, you know? I particularly like having "The Nine" running around. Makes me feel deliciously evil.

I need to come up with better names for my swordsmen and Cavalry (tanks are so late it doesn't matter to me, they can say as "1st, 2nd, etc")

-Arrian

	05-10-2002 01:42									#4
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I haven't exactly been creative in that. I tend to name tanks Patton and thats when most of my GL were generated.

I have gotten a leader from a swordsmen finally. I named the unit D'Artangnan and would use the other Musketeers if I had more from swordsmen.

I got a couple GLs from Riders and I deliberatly gave them names that would annoy Chinese. Can't remember what though. Maybe it was Flashman.

	05-10-2002 01:50									#5
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Heroes of (cityname), or (cityname)'s Heroes -- defenders
Scourge of (cityname), or Destroyers of (cityname) -- attacking/taking city
1st (...) Fusiliers -- (cavalry, of course)

In my current game, I got a leader as I took the LAST Babylon city! Alas, it is a 1.21 (Macintosh) game from work.

	05-10-2002 04:12									#6
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I tend to name them after versions of my self. Self-centred I know. Or things like "Liberty", since they have freed an enslaved people...;-)

	05-10-2002 04:20									#7
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I call them by the location/event/challenge that made them a leader:

1) Iron Protector
2) Last Defender
3) Boat Escaper
4) Hope Giver
etc.

	05-10-2002 06:55									#8
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I started out the same as you, Arrian, with cool names from military history. Actually pulled out some of my books to keep coming up with new names.

I've been very boring now though:
First Blade
First Arrow
First Mounted
First Defender
First Motor
First Impregnable

And so on...

Boring, gotta jazz it up (although the convention works fairly well).

	05-10-2002 07:03									#9
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Jo Mamma
Biznatch
Whoop A**
Bite Me
Big Daddy
.etc

Fullfills my desire to talk some smack to the computer.

	05-10-2002 08:06									#10
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I call every one of my GL generating units "done".

	05-10-2002 08:45									#11
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I always name them after the leader they produced. Khufu's Fist, Tojo's Raiders, etc.

	05-10-2002 09:04									#12
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Royal Guard or something along those lines.

	05-10-2002 10:22									#13
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i usually get swrodsmen to do the trick, and i name them cool, manly names, like "Vlad the Impaler", "Thor the Redeemer"

	05-10-2002 15:41									#14
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I ussually name them after my cats, again not very creative, but somehow it works

BTW: do you guys try to keep them (more), now that they have names. I'm often sad to see them die , I sort of get attached to them.

	05-10-2002 17:10									#15
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quote: Originally posted by alva848 BTW: do you guys try to keep them (more), now that they have names. I'm often sad to see them die , I sort of get attached to them.

Well, the truth is that you become more attached to anything that has an actual name. I am sad too when one of my victorious units are lost Like when I lose tanks from Musketeers.....

Names I use:

Gaurdians of Fury
Swords of the Flame
Paladins
1st (2nd,3rd etc...) Battalion
Black-Ops
High Fighters
Air

	05-10-2002 18:23									#16
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I usually use names such as 12th Grenadiers, 2nd Fusaliers, or 7th Royal Lancers etc etc. I do it because many of the modern European militaries have units that have been around for hundreds of years and, unless they had one of those nasty socialist revolutions, still retain the name as a matter of pride.

	05-10-2002 18:38									#17
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I'm rather boring with my naming convention for units, they all follow the same naming standard

1st Guards X
2nd Guards X
etc..

where X = identifies the type of unit it is.

So I get units called 1st Guards Legion, 4th Guards Cavalry, 12th Guards Armour, etc...

	05-10-2002 20:13									#18
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My names kind of suck.

For example, I'll name a great leader "bob" or "joe" or "phil"


BTW, does anybody know the significance of naming GL unit's. what if it get's killed before you can use the GL?

	05-10-2002 21:13									#19
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I don't mind losing them. They die gloriously in battle, always at the front lines.

	05-10-2002 22:57									#20
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Mind generally get named along the lines of :-
Finally
At last
About F***ing time
Where were you when I missed the pyramids
Patience

and so on.

	06-10-2002 05:17									#22
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Cavalry are 1st London Cavalry, 2nd London Cavalry, and so on. Havn't actualy named tanks yet, nor infantry!

	06-10-2002 05:37									#23
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if i'm playing japanese, i usually name them after L5R characters.

	06-10-2002 11:07									#24
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If it's swordman, legionnaire or immortal, the first one will be Lintamacil (swift sword). me After that, characters from LOTR and Silmarillion e.g. Glorfindel, Turin Turambar, Eomer, Faramir.

	07-10-2002 01:30									#25
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My names are entirely fanciful

Nazgul
Slayers
Scourges of Good
Sowers of Salt
Lords of Torment
Lost Orcs
Drooling Fanboys
Soccer Hooligans
Eaters of Babies
Despoilers

	07-10-2002 04:40									#26
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I like to call them after the greek gods,
apollos wolf,
Minervas raiders was one. They always seem to be knights.

	07-10-2002 09:15									#27
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I take two things into accout when naming my units: the name of the leader the unit produced, and the age in which the leader was produced. For example, Barbaraossa's Legion.

Here's an age by age breakdown.

1) Ancient
(Blank's) Legion

2) Medieval
(Blank's) Crusaders

3) Industrial
(Blank's) Regiment

4) Modern
(Blank's) Division

	07-10-2002 10:11									#28
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These are interesting ideas people, but they will be strained when you get 55 leaders in one game lik I did.

	07-10-2002 12:21									#29
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I name them MacRider, MacRider2, MacRider3, MacCavalry, etc.
It's not the scottish Mac, it's something else, I can't explain (too long and too OT)

I consider them some kind of Imperial Guard so after they become obsolate I usually move them in the capitol and keep them there for the rest of the game!

Well, with 55 leaders in a game this could be a problem ...

	07-10-2002 12:51									#30
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55 leaders in one game? *jaw hits floor* I don't think I've gotten 55 leaders total in all games I have played....