Alternate name for alien "commander"?
Racer1
Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9615Members
Join Date: 2002-11-22 Member: 9615Members
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Yea. I didn't like the name "Alien Commander" for the Aliens leader.
The word "commander" is more suitable for something more techonlogicaly evolved, and that's not the case of Aliens.
I like Hivemind.
- Who's the mom?
- Who's the mother?
lol
"We need more hiveminds" - in that creepy alien voice
"Somebody hivemind"
"Need another hivemind"
"We need to consume this hivemind" (alien version of ejecting, except the alien loses his life as the hive eats and digests him lol)
If the player is a higher lifeform, he gets his res back but has to re-evolve in an egg when respawned.
Khamander? Like Kharaa?
"Someone OM, ffs."
Sounds silly. Hivemind would be an excellent choice from my point of view.
"You must construct additional pylons!"
"We require more pylons!"
"ALL FOR THE EMPIRE!"
...
"Our gateway has no power, we must build a pylon mirror so that our forces can be brought to this place."
Noes to:
*Overmind doesn't sound like Starcraft... it IS Starcraft. That's the Leader of the Zerg in the original Starcraft (before the BW Expansion).
*Hivemind. I also initially thought of Hivemind but (as someone else said) it sounds too singular for a game where multiple players can command.
*Mother: Will lend itself to exercise ingame cursing.
I'd like a name that suggests the player is linking up to the hivemind. But something better than just Hivelink, Hiveseer, or Hivemerger.
From Thesaurus (taking away some entries)
Searched Commander:
Main Entry: commander
Definition: leader of military or other organization
Synonyms: administrator, boss, captain, chief, director, mastermind, ruler
Main Entry: administration
Definition: human or group who manages effort of an organization
Synonyms: advisers, consulate, directors, executive, governing body, headquarters, supervisors
Main Entry: administrator
Definition: person who manages organization
Synonyms: captain, chief, consul, controller, custodian, executive, governor, head honcho, inspector, leader, manager, overseer, supervisor
Main Entry: captain
Definition: chief of vehicle, effort
Synonyms: authority, boss, chieftain, guide, leader, master, operator, pilot, royalty
After going through that, I like "Hive Operator" best.
"I want to Op"
"Need an Op!"
"Who's going to go Hive Op?"
"Who da HO?"
Ahh shi...!
I def. think a derivation of kharaa has to be in there somewhere....
Spot on!
and Omega