25-07-2003 17:00									#1
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Lets decide on some names for our units....

So far, we have

Northern Warrior #1
Northern Warrior #2
Southern Warrior
Worker


What naming convention shall we use ?

Some Theme based names ?
Or random names as recommended by the team

	25-07-2003 20:11									#2
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Hmmm...

Jojo
Cheetah
Giles the Dancing Baboon
Grub Excavation Team

Simian Pygmaeus
Orangutan Clan

	01-09-2003 01:28									#3
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For units - I think we should assign a monkey species to each unit. For instance - warriors can be chimpanzees - so they will be Chimp1, Chimp2, etc. NM's can be Orangutans. Swords can be Gorillas. How does that sound.

As to workers - hmm - maybe we just call them Monkey1, Monkey 2.

	14-10-2003 04:20									#4
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We really need to start naming our fellow monkeys, as reporting the turns will soon become a burden... I found these indexes of famous monkeys... Just have to choose!

http://www.ape-o-naut.org/famous/
http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/monkey/famous/
http://www.members.aol.com/monkeymulligan/history.html

--Kon--

	14-10-2003 07:16									#5
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This guy is crazy about monkeys. He noted every time a monkey reference is made in the simpsons, and detailed notes from 12 seasons!!!

http://www.citizenlunchbox.com/monkey/tv/simpsons.php

	14-10-2003 22:02									#6
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Man - that guy has got to get a life.

(says the one who commits anywhere from 1 to 8 hours a day to civ and civ-related activities. )

Back to names - northen warrior is starting to get a bit lame.

Two choices:

1. We just start naming all our units. Whatever comes to mind. I think we should name our workers after American Presidents.

2. We go with the previous diea - mine - regarding classes of units being monkey species. But this will likely get too difficult after a while. So I say go with number 1.

Our first worker should be Washington.

Cheetah for the northen warrior.

Jojo for the middle one.

Furry for the one in town.

And Giles for the one down south.

There - done.

	14-10-2003 22:05									#7
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Ooops- we have five warriors. Well, a bit ogf gender diversity would be good too. Let's name the fifth one Zena.

	15-10-2003 04:29									#8
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I really like the famous monkeys idea... We could have a game with the other teams (i.e. let's try to guess where our name is from...? or the like) And with the list provided, we sill have NO problem picking up names.

Astro-Chimp
Beppo the Super Monkey
Bongo (from Roger Rabbit)
Chee-Chee
CORNELIUS!!!
Dr. Zaius
Jojo
Marcel (from Friends)
Mr. Teeny

And the Monkey Fab Four:
Davey Jones
Mickey Dolenz
Mike Nesmith
Peter Tork

--Kon--

	15-10-2003 05:13									#9
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I like both of Beta's ideas, and we should use both.

I think we name the warrior-sword-MI-Guerrilla tree the Chimpanzees
Gorilla's can take the Merc-Musketmen-rifleman-etc tree
Baboons take the Chariot-Horseman-Knight-Cav tree
Orang-utans are our workers
Macaque sail our galleys-carvals-
Lemurs manage our catapults-cannons-artilary

So we can have
Bubbles the Chimpanzee (warrior-sword etc)
Magilla the Gorilla (Merc)
Bob the Baboon (Knight)
Larry the Lemur Poo Thrower (Cannon)

etc etc

Feel free to nominate which primate belongs to which tree.

	15-10-2003 05:17									#10
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Famous names sound fine with me.

Although anybody can do a google search.

	15-10-2003 05:57									#11
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I think Gorilla's should go with warriors and the like, as they make a more "gorillesque" sound when they are promoted... Just an esthetic reason though...

	24-11-2003 10:42									#12
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** Bump **

And I would like to suggest the following unit naming system.

As Beta first wrote, each unit type gets a monkey species.
So Warriors are Gorillas

The naming convention we use, is
"Lulu the Gorilla"

Attached is a spreadsheet with some suggestions.



So, for example, we can have :

"Magilla the Gorilla" for warriors, swordmen, etc
"Fluffy the Macaque" for workers
"Lulu the Lemur Poo Thrower" for catapults, cannons, etc
"Gary the Gibbon Floater" for galleys, caravals, etc



I did a speadsheet some time ago, but just forgot to post it. The recent name discussion just reminded me of it.

I am not going to care too much if you want Park Rangers....That works for me as well.