Onos Name?

AngelAngel Join Date: 2002-07-09 Member: 902Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">Origin of the name?</div> I was just wondering where the team got the name for the 'Onos' (If you can not remember what it looks like the picture is ----> <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> ) I was bored and watched Alien Nation last night and came across an alien race called 'Eenos'. Is this just coincedence? Or just Onos based around that sort of name ?
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  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    I believe its just because when you first see it, most people think " Oh No".
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  • Marik_SteeleMarik_Steele To rule in hell... Join Date: 2002-11-20 Member: 9466Members
    edited December 2002
    <a href='http://www.natural-selection.org/manual/index.html' target='_blank'>The Natural Selection Official Manual</a> has the origins of ALL of the names for the Kharaa species--just click around some of the links when you're at the pages for each of the species. Pretty cool stuff! Beware that some damage count numbers may have changed by 1.03--the manual was released a few days before 1.0

    [edit] The link to the origins of the names is usually in brackets, and looks like [<u>name</u>]. It's placed after the 1-paragraph "summary" near the top of each species page.[/edit]
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  • FlatlineUTDFlatlineUTD Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7695Members
    Yeah, it's from "Oh no."

    It's in the manual.
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  • MrPinkMrPink Join Date: 2002-05-28 Member: 678Members
    it should be ownos
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  • sekdarsekdar Join Date: 2002-11-21 Member: 9564Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Scarface121+Dec 16 2002, 12:56 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Scarface121 @ Dec 16 2002, 12:56 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->it should be ownos<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    or, "ownus" <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • Hicktown_NS_PlayerHicktown_NS_Player Join Date: 2002-11-03 Member: 5665Members
    Onos is Latin for "Burden" ... that could be an interesting coincidence... heh heh <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • DunsbyDunsby Join Date: 2002-08-01 Member: 1042Awaiting Authorization
    No, it should be Awnuts.
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  • Silver_FoxSilver_Fox Spammer Join Date: 2002-01-24 Member: 34Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    <!--QuoteBegin--Hicktown NS Player+Dec 16 2002, 03:39 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Hicktown NS Player @ Dec 16 2002, 03:39 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Onos is Latin for "Burden" ... that could be an interesting coincidence... heh heh <!--emo&::asrifle::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/asrifle.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='asrifle.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--><!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    lol
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  • coilcoil Amateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance. Join Date: 2002-04-12 Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
    As for the *actual* origin, as far as I know, Flayra wasn't thinking "Oh no" (or, as EC had made popular in IRC at the time, "ohnos") at the time.

    While he and Jeff maintain that the name didn't rely on any "inspirational" material, I'm willing to bet that the name of Kronos/Cronos, the father of Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades in Greek mythology, had at least a subconscious influence.
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  • RUAewokRUAewok Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 4159Members
    what about pwnos <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • AragaithAragaith Join Date: 2002-11-24 Member: 9854Members
    one question...whats the plural of Onos?
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  • WindelkronWindelkron Join Date: 2002-04-11 Member: 419Members
    Onos.

    like sheep/sheep.

    I thought for a while it would be "Oni," but that only happens with the -us ending.
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  • WolfWolf Join Date: 2002-08-07 Member: 1100Members
    Onii
    Onoses
    Onoss
    Fish.
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  • BytorBytor Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9323Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--Aragaith+Dec 16 2002, 03:01 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Aragaith @ Dec 16 2002, 03:01 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->one question...whats the plural of Onos?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Onos. (Kinda like geese.) Example: I just got trampled by several onos! <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--emo&::onos::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tiny.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tiny.gif'><!--endemo-->
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  • killhotkillhot Join Date: 2002-12-14 Member: 10821Members
    edited December 2002
    Next version, they shud rename Onos to 'O SH!T LETS ALL RUN THERE IS A MASSIVE FUCK1NG THING COMING FOR US' <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo--> if it wud fit in!!! - just an idea <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'><!--endemo-->

    *Note* Sorry bout the swaring, i didnt think it wud get the right effect without
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  • DeathToll_DavidDeathToll_David Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7902Members
    Onos plural would be Oni
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