Croach instead of Infestation

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  • countbasiecountbasie Join Date: 2008-12-27 Member: 65884Members
    I thought it was clear, guys.

    Mucus is the word. Now shut up!
  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
    <!--quoteo(post=1852132:date=Jun 12 2011, 03:48 PM:name=darktimes)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (darktimes @ Jun 12 2011, 03:48 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852132"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->also, with something like Croach we'll get the same Beacon/Bacon situation, just way way worse.
    Crouch/Croach/Crotch/clutch/Couch.

    "Commander WE NEED COUCH HERE!"


    INFESTATION RULES.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Shotgun needs to be renamed as well man, TSA tech is still not up to par to give us shirts!
  • xVisionsxVisions Join Date: 2009-07-03 Member: 68021Members
    Commander: "CLEAN ALL THAT ALIEN ###### OUT OF CARGO BAY!!"
  • SilverwingSilverwing bulletsponge Join Date: 2003-11-23 Member: 23395Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1851768:date=Jun 11 2011, 07:18 AM:name=Scythe)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Scythe @ Jun 11 2011, 07:18 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1851768"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I do not think croach is a good name, sounds too much like crotch.

    --Scythe--<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


    ^^This^^
  • Soylent_greenSoylent_green Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11220Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Would anyone be offended if it was called smeg in honour of the excellent sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf?
  • SilverwingSilverwing bulletsponge Join Date: 2003-11-23 Member: 23395Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1852155:date=Jun 12 2011, 12:21 PM:name=Soylent_green)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Soylent_green @ Jun 12 2011, 12:21 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852155"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Would anyone be offended if it was called smeg in honour of the excellent sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Commander, there is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smegma" target="_blank">smegma</a> all over that room, I am not going in. Wash it first, ffs!
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    I'm going to call it "Dynamic Infestation" and I'm going to be commander and if any marine refuses to say "Dynamic Infestation" in full every time they refer to it, I'm going to give them the crappy job like putting up a phase gate in the unoccupied tech node rooms. DECORUM MUST BE MAINTAINED. 7 syllables or go home!

    Seriously though "croach" is a bad name and everyone will either call it infestation or DI just like phase gates are sometimes called PGs or resource towers are called RTs. Nobody had to think up a short snappy name for resource towers like "suck" or "slurp" or whatever.
  • lunsluns Join Date: 2010-12-05 Member: 75502Members
    i haven't heard yet any reasonable ideas of why it should be changed. I know what charlie wrote, but it makes no sense of why he thinks it should be changed. The word infestation applies pretty well to this, unless he wants to rename it to swarm? which means the same thing pretty much.

    Dynamic croach?

    or does charlie want to drop the word dynamic, because it won't be dynamic?
    i'm confused.
  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1852160:date=Jun 12 2011, 05:46 PM:name=TychoCelchuuu)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (TychoCelchuuu @ Jun 12 2011, 05:46 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852160"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I'm going to call it "Dynamic Infestation" and I'm going to be commander and if any marine refuses to say "Dynamic Infestation" in full every time they refer to it, I'm going to give them the crappy job like putting up a phase gate in the unoccupied tech node rooms. DECORUM MUST BE MAINTAINED. 7 syllables or go home!

    Seriously though "croach" is a bad name and everyone will either call it infestation or DI just like phase gates are sometimes called PGs or resource towers are called RTs. Nobody had to think up a short snappy name for resource towers like "suck" or "slurp" or whatever.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Apparently infestation is too long, and growth is too generic. Croach sounds like $*!% ... so why not DI, or DI(pronounciation "die"). KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. And it meets the goal of not being too long and unique to the game.
  • Mr.InTeLeXMr.InTeLeX Join Date: 2009-09-08 Member: 68720Members
    Well, like what i already said, marines will have to kill pustules to stop infestation while alien wil have to build them to spread the infestation. This will lead to people not talking much about infestation itself but the pustules and won't type the word infestation that often. That's why changing name to croach or mucus or whatever isn't needed, since we're not going to type about it that much.

    Also, infestation does give sci-fi-ish feels and that's good.
  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1852172:date=Jun 12 2011, 06:25 PM:name=Mr.InTeLeX)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mr.InTeLeX @ Jun 12 2011, 06:25 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852172"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Well, like what i already said, marines will have to kill pustules to stop infestation while alien wil have to build them to spread the infestation. This will lead to people not talking much about infestation itself but the pustules and won't type the word infestation that often. That's why changing name to croach or mucus or whatever isn't needed, since we're not going to type about it that much.

    Also, infestation does give sci-fi-ish feels and that's good.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Pustules will probably be nicknamed "pulses", for shortness. Makes sense to me too.
  • LazurahLazurah Join Date: 2011-06-04 Member: 102655Members
    I still like infestation. I don't like croach because even though a reason is given for it to be called "croach" (encroach, cockroach), it still totally looks and sounds like crotch. The average person will automatically associate the two words.
  • DeadzoneDeadzone Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17911Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1852171:date=Jun 12 2011, 01:15 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thaldarin @ Jun 12 2011, 01:15 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852171"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Apparently infestation is too long, and growth is too generic. Croach sounds like $*!% ... so why not DI, or DI(pronounciation "die"). KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. And it meets the goal of not being too long and unique to the game.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Now "DI" pronounced "die" I actually like. Or, you can go the "dye" route since currently it looks like gorges are trying to tie-dye the whole floor :P
  • SgtHydraSgtHydra Join Date: 2007-11-29 Member: 63046Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1851797:date=Jun 11 2011, 07:15 AM:name=Italianmagic)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Italianmagic @ Jun 11 2011, 07:15 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1851797"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->marrow<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    +1

    That really sounds intimidating and organic at the same time.

    "Croach" sounds too much like crotch.
  • Kouji_SanKouji_San Sr. Hινε Uρкεερεг - EUPT Deputy The Netherlands Join Date: 2003-05-13 Member: 16271Members, NS2 Playtester, Squad Five Blue
  • PsiWarpPsiWarp Gifted Gorge Richmond, B.C., Canada Join Date: 2010-08-28 Member: 73810Members
    The Divide? A nickname for Marines entering alien territory :o
  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->QUOTE (Italianmagic @ Jun 11 2011, 07:15 AM)
    marrow<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    <!--quoteo(post=1852218:date=Jun 12 2011, 10:56 PM:name=SgtHydra)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SgtHydra @ Jun 12 2011, 10:56 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852218"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->+1

    That really sounds intimidating and organic at the same time.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    No it doesn't. It sounds like a green vegetable. I don't know how you think it would be a good idea to constantly tell players that green vegetables are spreading all over their screens. I suggest you play Farmville for such things.
  • DeadzoneDeadzone Join Date: 2003-07-03 Member: 17911Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--quoteo(post=1852228:date=Jun 12 2011, 06:57 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thaldarin @ Jun 12 2011, 06:57 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852228"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->No it doesn't. It sounds like a green vegetable. I don't know how you think it would be a good idea to constantly tell players that green vegetables are spreading all over their screens. I suggest you play Farmville for such things.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    How does marrow, the stuff inside human bones, sound like vegetables? o.O
  • weeschweeweeschwee Join Date: 2010-11-19 Member: 75031Members
    i vote for infestation. it just seems natural at this point and i think it fits very well.
  • HarimauHarimau Join Date: 2007-12-24 Member: 63250Members
    edited June 2011
    <!--quoteo(post=1852065:date=Jun 12 2011, 07:23 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thaldarin @ Jun 12 2011, 07:23 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852065"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Technically soccer is its official name and has been since the beginning, association football(1800s), as opposed to rugby football (1700s) which came first and was known as football at the time. Attitudes and words changed with popularity of both sports, although I won't go on about heritage to an Australian ;)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'm a first-generation Australian.

    <!--quoteo--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->And how do you know I have not asked or received a refund? Just because I don't make a forum post for it, doesn't mean it hasn't happened.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    And yet you comment regardless. Please, move on with your life.

    <!--quoteo(post=1852163:date=Jun 13 2011, 02:01 AM:name=luns)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (luns @ Jun 13 2011, 02:01 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852163"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->i haven't heard yet any reasonable ideas of why it should be changed. I know what charlie wrote, but it makes no sense of why he thinks it should be changed. The word infestation applies pretty well to this, unless he wants to rename it to swarm? which means the same thing pretty much.

    Dynamic croach?

    or does charlie want to drop the word dynamic, because it won't be dynamic?
    i'm confused.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    "Dynamic" was just a descriptor for the sake of marketing, and wasn't actually part of the name Infestation.

    <!--quoteo(post=1852245:date=Jun 13 2011, 09:48 AM:name=Deadzone)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Deadzone @ Jun 13 2011, 09:48 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852245"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->How does marrow, the stuff inside human bones, sound like vegetables? o.O<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Made me laugh.
  • SilverAxSilverAx Join Date: 2003-10-26 Member: 21976Members
    Infestation sounds better.
  • mammajoe44mammajoe44 Join Date: 2011-06-04 Member: 102635Members
    how about calling it grass
  • CrispixCrispix Join Date: 2007-01-10 Member: 59543Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Supporter, Reinforced - Silver, Reinforced - Gold, Reinforced - Diamond, Reinforced - Shadow
    Infestation is fine. If I were to change the name, I would say Turf. It's another name for territory, I think of green(grass) when it comes to the definition, hostility, etc.

    Very easy to say, can't really make any jokes about it besides telling Gorges to surf(belly slide) on the Turf.

    GORGE RUSH!!! EVERYONE SURF ON THE TURF FOR SPEED BOOSTS!!! GO GO GO!!!
  • TalesinTalesin Our own little well of hate Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7710NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators
    <!--quoteo(post=1852173:date=Jun 12 2011, 12:26 PM:name=Thaldarin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Thaldarin @ Jun 12 2011, 12:26 PM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852173"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Pustules will probably be nicknamed "pulses", for shortness. Makes sense to me too.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That or (depending on the model) blisters, or just 'zits'.
  • AlignAlign Remain Calm Join Date: 2002-11-02 Member: 5216Forum Moderators, Constellation
    Pop that zit. Yeah I can definitely see that.
  • echsechs Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11568Members, Constellation
    Fester(s) and/or Festering, to me describes the infestation very well. The Hive seeks to corrupt its environment and festers the world with its infestation.
  • revbassrevbass Join Date: 2011-06-09 Member: 103386Members
    Infestation is fine. Croach sounds crappy.
  • ThaldarinThaldarin Alonzi&#33; Join Date: 2003-07-15 Member: 18173Members, Constellation
    <!--quoteo(post=1852281:date=Jun 13 2011, 08:34 AM:name=Talesin)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Talesin @ Jun 13 2011, 08:34 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852281"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->That or (depending on the model) blisters, or just 'zits'.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Yeah. It makes you wonder why things aren't just named simply to the community, rather than given a silly complex name which no one will actually care about, and will make their own word up instead.
  • MagnetoMagneto Join Date: 2010-12-22 Member: 75856Members
    <!--quoteo(post=1852294:date=Jun 13 2011, 11:46 AM:name=revbass)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (revbass @ Jun 13 2011, 11:46 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1852294"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Infestation is fine. Croach sounds crappy.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    My thoughts, no need to change it.
  • RobBRobB TUBES OF THE INTERWEB Join Date: 2003-08-11 Member: 19423Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Crunk!! lol.


    anyway, whats up with the forums. I have to log in every visit regardless of enabling cookies or not.
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