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The Vixen
Gallente DataPipe Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.13 02:13:00 -
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Why do many alliances... have periods at the end of their name? I'm OCD and it drives me nuts.
Exalted. The Firm. Triumvirate.
Don't alliances cost 1Bill to create? If so, I doubt their preferred alliance name is already taken resulting in them having to add a .[period] to the end of it.
Blah.
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The Vixen
Gallente DataPipe Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.13 02:13:00 -
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Why do many alliances... have periods at the end of their name? I'm OCD and it drives me nuts.
Exalted. The Firm. Triumvirate.
Don't alliances cost 1Bill to create? If so, I doubt their preferred alliance name is already taken resulting in them having to add a .[period] to the end of it.
Blah.
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Brunswick2
coracao ardente Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2008.10.13 02:15:00 -
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I think its because alliance names cannot be the same as other alliances/corps/players/etc.
So it does end up getting pretty limited.
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Brunswick2
coracao ardente Triumvirate.
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Posted - 2008.10.13 02:15:00 -
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I think its because alliance names cannot be the same as other alliances/corps/players/etc.
So it does end up getting pretty limited.
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The Vixen
Gallente DataPipe Industries
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Posted - 2008.10.13 02:19:00 -
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Originally by: Brunswick2 I think its because alliance names cannot be the same as other alliances/corps/players/etc.
So it does end up getting pretty limited.
Ah, you can't have an alliance name be the same as a previously created CORP name? In that case, I suppose that makes sense. I don't think alliance and corps should share the same database though.
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Ackaroth
Plundering Penguins
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Posted - 2008.10.13 02:20:00 -
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Sometimes people forget to pay the bill, and then alliance closes, so they reform with a period at end, as well.
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Sacul
Wreckless Abandon G00DFELLAS
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Posted - 2008.10.13 02:21:00 -
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Also because many of the names that mean anything, sound decently cool or have a reference are taken allready for shits and giggles by 1 man corp or alliances.
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Mistress Suffering
Einherjar Rising Cry Havoc.
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Posted - 2008.10.13 02:33:00 -
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Edited by: Mistress Suffering on 13/10/2008 02:33:12 Its not even just other corps/alliances, any character name pre-empts the alliance name too.
So every random alt sitting unused out there clobbers potential alliance names as well.
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Echelon Administrator
Echelon Holdings Echelon.
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Posted - 2008.10.13 03:06:00 -
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As already said, any decent name is generally taken already. I don't see a problem with it though, better than people using numbers instead of letters in their names, now that does drive me nuts. Yes that's you Sev3rance. Although there are more, it's not just them.
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Admiral Pelleon
Caldari White Shadow Imperium Conviction.
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Posted - 2008.10.13 03:11:00 -
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Originally by: Mistress Suffering Edited by: Mistress Suffering on 13/10/2008 02:33:12 Its not even just other corps/alliances, any character name pre-empts the alliance name too.
So every random alt sitting unused out there clobbers potential alliance names as well.
This.
Confirmed yesterday. ________
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Vasili Z
Pyre of Gods
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Posted - 2008.10.13 03:14:00 -
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Because I am ****ing awesome. -------
Muse - Official band of frapsed Eve videos
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Moon Kitten
GoonFleet
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Posted - 2008.10.13 04:33:00 -
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Lack of imagination.
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Dark Motoko
Caldari Stormlord Battleforce Vanguard.
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Posted - 2008.10.13 04:37:00 -
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For us, the name 'Vanguard' was already taken by a character. Pity they can't put Alliance names on a seperate file table or something.
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Prof Patpending
Bodgit and Scarper Industrial
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Posted - 2008.10.13 06:18:00 -
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Originally by: Moon Kitten Lack of imagination.
Hammer, Nail, Head.
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Ishamel 1
Omega Fleet Enterprises Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2008.10.13 16:08:00 -
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Originally by: Moon Kitten Lack of imagination.
Agreeing with Moon Kitten for probably the only time.
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Kirra Liu
Gemini Industries Inc
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Posted - 2008.10.13 16:22:00 -
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Originally by: Moon Kitten Lack of imagination
I gotta disagree. You can say that it's down to a lack of imagination but it's more to the fact that unless we want to see 1337 names or names that look like they belong to a chinese isk farmer then we have to start to recycle names that may be in use already.
It really ****es me off when I see a decent name that is already taken by a character that has never left their NPC corp, is 4 years old and has no standings whatsoever. They are usually completely inactive and were made just because someone wanted a cool name before others got it.
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Narciss Sevar
Caldari Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2008.10.13 17:25:00 -
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Originally by: Ishamel 1
Originally by: Moon Kitten Lack of imagination.
Agreeing with Moon Kitten for probably the only time.
Pretty funny considering executive outcomes is a racist militant group in the real world. Great imagination there.
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Dianabolic
Reikoku Band of Brothers
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Posted - 2008.10.13 17:36:00 -
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Originally by: Narciss Sevar
Originally by: Ishamel 1
Originally by: Moon Kitten Lack of imagination.
Agreeing with Moon Kitten for probably the only time.
Pretty funny considering executive outcomes is a racist militant group in the real world. Great imagination there.
Hey quick guys, let's get on the RL comparisons tout suite! Reikoku Diplomatic Forums
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Karmakoma3245
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Posted - 2008.10.13 17:40:00 -
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Originally by: Narciss Sevar
Originally by: Ishamel 1
Originally by: Moon Kitten Lack of imagination.
Agreeing with Moon Kitten for probably the only time.
Pretty funny considering executive outcomes is a racist militant group in the real world. Great imagination there.
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Crimsonjade
Dark Dominion
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Posted - 2008.10.13 18:03:00 -
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Originally by: Narciss Sevar
Originally by: Ishamel 1
Originally by: Moon Kitten Lack of imagination.
Agreeing with Moon Kitten for probably the only time.
Pretty funny considering executive outcomes is a racist militant group in the real world. Great imagination there.
did you just make that up or are you that naive?
Im not defending them but ffs at least pull thy head from your ass before you make a statement.
They are employed by the Angola Government tbfh
now there Senior staff is made up of Ex-South african soldiers which may hold some ******ed veiws on life, but as a whole they are just another Merc force in a world where every major corporations employee said companys for an assortment of services,
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Audrea
Omega Fleet Enterprises Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2008.10.13 18:05:00 -
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Edited by: Audrea on 13/10/2008 18:05:50
Originally by: Narciss Sevar
Originally by: Ishamel 1
Originally by: Moon Kitten Lack of imagination.
Agreeing with Moon Kitten for probably the only time.
Pretty funny considering executive outcomes is a racist militant group in the real world. Great imagination there.
You know how dumb you made yourself look?
I've read the wiki page about E0. here is relevant part for the uninformed/lazy/dumb (pick one for yourself):
Quote: The South African intelligence services started to defame Executive Outcomes for a long period. Although Executive Outcomes was highly regarded in the military world, allegations that Executive Outcomes was paid in diamonds and oil- and mineral concessions was the cause that the company got bad coverage in the press. Despite their initial successes in Sierra Leone, where the contractors were welcomed by the local population (citation needed), the company was forced to leave the country by the United Nations. After Executive Outcomes left, the country was back in turmoil again.
Whatever rumors you heard from your uninformed african friend(s), its just intentional propaganda created by those with interests to see the successful corporation fail... which btw only brought peace to Sierra Leone, must have embarrassed the UN badly enough, forcing EO out and letting war and death resume (without taking care of it, of course), only to make their egos feel better and bigger... what a nice useful organization, UN
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Flinx Evenstar
Minmatar Omniscient Order Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2008.10.13 18:10:00 -
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Derail is successful
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Mo'Chuisle
Gallente Omega Fleet Enterprises Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2008.10.13 18:18:00 -
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Originally by: Flinx Evenstar Derail is successful
o/\o
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Kuolematon
Space Perverts and Forum Warriors United
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Posted - 2008.10.13 18:38:00 -
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Originally by: Audrea .. what a nice useful organization, UN
Nice, petition inc
"The Amarr are the tanking and ganking floating rods of goldcrap"
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Colonel Xaven
Decadence. RAZOR Alliance
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Posted - 2008.10.13 18:45:00 -
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It's just because smileys don't work.
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Triest
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2008.10.13 18:59:00 -
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Edited by: Triest on 13/10/2008 19:01:37 Edited by: Triest on 13/10/2008 19:00:20
Originally by: Audrea
I've read the wiki page about E0. here is relevant part for the uninformed/lazy/dumb (pick one for yourself):
Quote: The South African intelligence services started to defame Executive Outcomes for a long period. Although Executive Outcomes was highly regarded in the military world, allegations that Executive Outcomes was paid in diamonds and oil- and mineral concessions was the cause that the company got bad coverage in the press. Despite their initial successes in Sierra Leone, where the contractors were welcomed by the local population (citation needed), the company was forced to leave the country by the United Nations. After Executive Outcomes left, the country was back in turmoil again.
Whatever rumors you heard from your uninformed african friend(s), its just intentional propaganda created by those with interests to see the successful corporation fail... which btw only brought peace to Sierra Leone, must have embarrassed the UN badly enough, forcing EO out and letting war and death resume (without taking care of it, of course), only to make their egos feel better and bigger... what a nice useful organization, UN
That's funny, the wikipedia entry you cite was changed less than a week ago from:
Thanks to the corporate expertise of Barlow and others, Executive Outcomes' operations were cloaked behind a network of shadowy multinational holding entities, mining and oil companies, transportation, and security companies. Allegedly, the entire structure engaged in the extraction of mineral and oil resources from the failed states where EO served its clients. The practice was referred to as "predatory capitalism" by Dr. Robert J. Bunker and Steven F. Marin.
If you're going to call them a group of nice people, you might want to, you know, use a source with fewer horrific grammatical errors. Also, 'forced from the country by the United Nations' is pretty hilarious. There are so many well-intentioned mercenary groups getting bullied around by the UN these days.
That they were 'welcomed with open arms' by the local populace is also phenomenal, given the penchant for hacking-off of limbs in the various conflicts there.
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Doddy
Omega Fleet Enterprises Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2008.10.13 19:10:00 -
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Originally by: Narciss Sevar
Originally by: Ishamel 1
Originally by: Moon Kitten Lack of imagination.
Agreeing with Moon Kitten for probably the only time.
Pretty funny considering executive outcomes is a racist militant group in the real world. Great imagination there.
You do know what militant means right? Its about as far from mercenary as you can get. In any case your corp name is is a profanity filter avoiding single letter away from being a racist term so stfu.
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Triest
Sniggerdly Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2008.10.13 19:14:00 -
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Edited by: Triest on 13/10/2008 19:14:17
Originally by: Doddy
You do know what militant means right? Its about as far from mercenary as you can get. In any case your corp name is is a profanity filter avoiding single letter away from being a racist term so stfu.
Man, you EXE guys just keep on giving.
Militant: A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party. Mercenary: A professional soldier hired for service in a foreign army.
Not exactly the most clear-cut case of opposites; Mercenaries are, by definition, militants, although the converse is not true.
More to the point, though, arguing about definitions while apparently being unaware that '*****rdly' is actually not related to the racial slur is pretty awesome.
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Bitchslap
Body of Crime CORPVS DELICTI
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Posted - 2008.10.13 19:18:00 -
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oohnoez i forgot the "."
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Doddy
Omega Fleet Enterprises Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2008.10.13 19:22:00 -
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Edited by: Doddy on 13/10/2008 19:23:59 Edited by: Doddy on 13/10/2008 19:22:37
Originally by: Triest Edited by: Triest on 13/10/2008 19:14:17
Originally by: Doddy
You do know what militant means right? Its about as far from mercenary as you can get. In any case your corp name is is a profanity filter avoiding single letter away from being a racist term so stfu.
Man, you EXE guys just keep on giving.
Militant: A fighting, warring, or aggressive person or party. Mercenary: A professional soldier hired for service in a foreign army.
Not exactly the most clear-cut case of opposites; Mercenaries are, by definition, militants, although the converse is not true.
More to the point, though, arguing about definitions while apparently being unaware that '*****rdly' is actually not related to the racial slur is pretty awesome.
I feel you are being willfully ignorant here. The term ******dly is conected to the term ******. The word *****rdly (with an a, which snigg does not have)is not. As for militant you could have carried on your quote from wikipedia -
The word militant has come to refer to any individual or party engaged in aggressive physical or verbal combat, usually for a cause.
It goes on to say:
The term militant can describe those who aggressively and violently promote a political philosophy in the name of a movement (and sometimes have an extreme solution for their goal). The various movements that seek to apply militancy as a solution, or who use militancy to rationalize their solutions for issues in the modern world seldom share common tactics. Traits shared by many militants include:
1. employing force or violence directly, either in offence or in defense 2. justifying the use of force using the ideological rhetoric of their particular group
Hardly the definitions of a mercenary organisation.
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