Please Keep Names Pronouncable

Niteowl · January 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">easier for voice comm</div> For all you new players out there. I know in whatever past game you might have played, it might have been fine to have a name like ^_^, or **$$#*$, but PLEASE, keep it to something pronouncable.

as a comm or a gorge, when i am trying to voice comm with someone, it's bugger to try and figure out how to say the name if it's not pronouncable.

that's all

TIA

2of12B0RG · January 2003

good luck with this one

Narfwak · January 2003

I agree, although it really is a lost cause.

DeathToll_David · January 2003

Yup couldnt agree more.

Also couldnt agree more that no one will listen. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'> <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='sad.gif'>

Guardian · January 2003

From your examples, I would call the first one Winky, and the second one asterisk-pound. (Asss_Pound for short, minus one "s") <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wow.gif'>

Mr_Headcrab · January 2003

<---- Just call me Crab <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Redford · January 2003

Yeah, but how I am supposed to say |||S*UrL1##Ma&%n!!1||| over voicecom? More importantly, will his voicecom consist mostly of annoying music compressed into oblivion over the compression and whining about how 1337 he is?

Please do not play annoying music over voicecom if your name can not be pronounced over voicecom.

Injury · January 2003

From personal experience, "Hey you," works quite well.

Guardian · January 2003

One guy was playing Marvin Gaye one time, and when I saw a marine I felt the urge to just run around the map with him and build things together. Obviously, the marine wasn't hearing the same thing I was so he just shot me...Whats Goin On?? (Whats goin on, bayybeee!)

Heh, another great one was that Downtown song. Everyone was singing along, it was great.

Injury · January 2003

"Downtown" was sung by Petula Clark in 1967. Today's useless bit of information!

P.S. Great song.

AllUrHiveRblong2us · January 2003

I thought todays useless bit of infoe was Marvin gaye+NS=kharaa feel the love!

Vinegar_Ninja · January 2003

its also kinda funny when people call you by your tag, when theres like 4 people on the same team with it ^_^

St0nkingByte · January 2003

It's amusing to hear people fumble with your weird name (not that mine is really *that* weird).

Besides my wife gets a kick out of hearing it when she's in the room <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

B33F · January 2003

well i've had people call me "bee three three eff" then i tell them it's just beef.

Racer1 · January 2003

When I'm a comm, I am busy trying to keep my team alive - I do not have time to try to descipher 1337 5P34k or otherwise unpronounceable names. So, I do the next best thing: I mute those people and periodically give them waypoints to nowhere.

outerfroggy1 · January 2003

f00kin double post!

outerfroggy1 · January 2003

Amen to that! my name in game is |4:20|Frogman Not that hard really... damn i wish it was 4:20 right NOW lol

Proclaimed_Messiah · January 2003

I never needed the hands on a clock to tell me when to smoke.

UKchaos · January 2003

Well as a comm you could always use blackmail <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'>.

"i dont give anything to players who's names i cant pronouce!"

Windelkron · January 2003

Suprisingly, people do well with my name. I don't stick numbers in it or anything... they have a tricky first time pronouncing it ("Wind...el.....kron...") and then they call me "wind" or "windel" from then on.

Yes, I know Windel means daiper in German. No, I did not intend for that.

AllUrHiveRblong2us · January 2003

People call me "all you base" far to much. It's the one word in my name that's actually spelled right, and people just kind of ignore it.

voogru · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UKchaos @ Jan 24 2003, 09:04 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>Well as a comm you could always use blackmail <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='wink.gif'>.

"i dont give anything to players who's names i cant pronouce!"</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Thats what i would do. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

Empty · January 2003

that's why my name is just "kyle" i seem to get a lot more attention from the commanders with that name <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

"**** who should I give this HMG HA JetPak Welder too... KINEST, KINIST, KINOST... ahh screw it i can't even pronounce it... 1R1337... no... OIJNMDOKFNJOIJEVS... hell no... ahh here we go, Kyle!!!"

Faded_Tiger · January 2003

Couldn't agree more... Also it's got to be able to be said in a hurry so have a name which came be shortened quickly into one or more posibilities.

As a comm I give very little to the stupid names I can't pronounce as when you want them to "weld that portal...umm...thingy.." it takes longer to get them to understand you mean them.. As Kyle said.... Give it to Kyle <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Faded Tiger

Niteowl · January 2003

yes, get kyle to do it. give the stuff to kyle. it works.

i also like the blackmail idea. eeeexcellent.

Empty · January 2003

I think this is how sayings get started <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

/me starts chanting
Kyle can do it!
Kyle can do it!
Kyle can do it!

DY357LX · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Niteowl @ Jan 23 2003, 10:58 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>For all you new players out there. I know in whatever past game you might have played, it might have been fine to have a name like ^_^, or **$$#*$, but PLEASE, keep it to something pronouncable.

as a comm or a gorge, when i am trying to voice comm with someone, it's bugger to try and figure out how to say the name if it's not pronouncable.

that's all

TIA</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
WOW! One of the rare breed of people who actually USE the voice comm!
I salute you.
As for my name, people just call me "DY" (pronounced Dee-Why) so don't even start :-P

SoulSkorpion · January 2003

Why exactly did you name yourself after a gun anyway? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='smile.gif'>

Venmoch · January 2003

<==== I love my nick!

However people just call me Ven!

AllUrHiveRblong2us · January 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>that's why my name is just "kyle" i seem to get a lot more attention from the commanders with that name</td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Now, remind me, how do you pronounde that again? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Spec-Ops · January 2003

I dislike when people call me "spic" or "specky" its not like spec or ops is hard to pronounce <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' valign='absmiddle' alt='confused.gif'>

Please Keep Names Pronouncable

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