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Geek Culture / How do you choose a name?

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The admiral
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I want a name for my team I could use my old one but that team doesnt exist anymore and so something organised and fresh I though would be a good idea. So where do you look for software team names?? Its got to be easy to say but cool sounding and not being used by anyone else.

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Saikoro
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Posted: 16th Jun 2006 05:59 Edited at: 16th Jun 2006 06:00
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Quote: "Its got to be easy to say but cool sounding and not being used by anyone else."

I think you answered your own question, cheif.

EDIT: But seriously, just think of something that relates to you and your team. Team names are so far and wide, that theres no definitive place to look for names, just think about something that relates.

"One World, One Web, One Program" -Microsoft ad.
"Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer"(One People, One Kingdom, One Leader)-Adolf Hitler.
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Cash Curtis II
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Posted: 16th Jun 2006 06:02
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You could be "Naval Command", since you're The Admiral.


Come see the WIP!
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Chily Dog
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One thing to do is think of a few words that best describe your team and their games and look up synonymous for them.

For example: "Exciting" -Synonym: Pulsating
Team Name: "Pulse Games"
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Three Score
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wow thats a very good idea

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The admiral
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Sounds like a good wish I could think of some things that describe me and my projects.

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The admiral
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Actually I thought of inspire software what do you guys think?

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Fallout
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I find the best thing to choose is a memorable catchy name with an equally catchy logo. One I always remember is "People Can Fly" with their picky of the boy pretending to be a plane. Mine is Invisible Chainsaw Software. Surprisingly nobody forgets invisiblechainsaw.com when I tell them it and that was the whole point. It sounds more stupid than cool, but who cares?

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Nicholas Thompson
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Anothing usefull factor is if your name can be shortened (British Broadcasting Corperation = BBC, The Game Creators = TGC, etc).

Its also worth getting the domain, like Fallout has.

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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I choose my depending on how amusing the name is.

Come to the last Unofficial DBPro Convention (http://convention.logicstudios.net/)
Dont do anything I wouldn't do. But if you do, take pictures.
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Nicholas Thompson
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Quote: "I choose my depending on how amusing the name is."


Well of course this is the single most important reason for chosing a name, and I didn't mention it as I thought it was something you genetically know!

Afterall, as the saying goes "You gotta laugh otherwise you'll cry"

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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 16th Jun 2006 12:50 Edited at: 16th Jun 2006 12:51
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I know, but I was only mentioning it for those who are permanently baffled.

Come to the last Unofficial DBPro Convention (http://convention.logicstudios.net/)
Dont do anything I wouldn't do. But if you do, take pictures.
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