Altheran Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Beside nicknames describing their functions, namely "minelayer" and "dronecarrier", nowadays bombers have received unexpected nicknames (thanks to mostly Verain) respectively "boy bomber" and "girl bomber"... But the next bomber seem to mostly be an hybrid between the two previous ones, allowing both mines and drones as a system ability... And since the nicknames given so far were designating genders, I'm now eager to see what funny nickname will come for the upcoming one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuciwalker Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 boy bomber and girl bomber had a baby bomber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimAce Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Hermaphrobomber? >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalphitis Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 boy bomber and girl bomber had a baby bomber No, it would be best if only Verain used that terminology. Let's not encourage it. It's terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamascusAdontise Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 (edited) Beside nicknames describing their functions, namely "minelayer" and "dronecarrier", nowadays bombers have received unexpected nicknames (thanks to mostly Verain) respectively "boy bomber" and "girl bomber"... But the next bomber seem to mostly be an hybrid between the two previous ones, allowing both mines and drones as a system ability... And since the nicknames given so far were designating genders, I'm now eager to see what funny nickname will come for the upcoming one. Introducing for your approval / dismissal: Androgynous - Andro Bomber - Also PAT works Edited May 11, 2014 by DamascusAdontise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuinMantha Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 No, it would be best if only Verain used that terminology. Let's not encourage it. It's terrible. Yeeeah, I'm going with this. No offense, of course, Verain. The terminology's just not clear enough to distinguish one from the other. I can't immediately tell the difference without some explanation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuciwalker Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 No, it would be best if only Verain used that terminology. Let's not encourage it. It's terrible. I like it and as we established earlier you have no idea what you're talking about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalphitis Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I like it Ok, then let's hear your explanation as to why it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verain Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Boy and girl bomber are pretty clear. They also are very good for vent calls, being monosyllabic. As for the new one, I think he's supposed to be more of a dogfighter, so he might be the dog bomber? I'm really not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verain Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 No, it would be best if only Verain used that terminology. Let's not encourage it. It's terrible. You don't have to use it. It's a clear and fast nickname that everyone understands already, but if you don't like it, no one is forcing you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalphitis Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 Boy and girl bomber are pretty clear. Except it's not clear.... When you're looking for an extension cord, and you ask somebody for the 'male' end - that is clear. And what you do in vent is your own business. Say whatever you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrinityLyre Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I like it and as we established earlier you have no idea what you're talking about This! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimAce Posted May 11, 2014 Share Posted May 11, 2014 I've still got no idea what boy bomber and girl bomber is. I just assume that if they crash into each other Barry White starts playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin_Kelvar Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) Except it's not clear.... When you're looking for an extension cord, and you ask somebody for the 'male' end - that is clear. And what you do in vent is your own business. Say whatever you want. Agreed. As the names have nothing to do with their loadouts I had no idea what bomber was which. I still don't find it helpful than just saying "drone bomber" or "mine bomber" and often times still have no idea what bomber is being talked about even though I've read one or two posts where it was explained. Edited May 12, 2014 by Gavin_Kelvar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom_VI Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I like it and as we established earlier you have no idea what you're talking about Yeah but the terminaology only works if their are two rather than tree types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devrius Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 If I get the terminology right: - Girl bomber: launches her drones and cares for them, never too far and replaces them only if destroyed. - Boy bomber: fires and forgets, never looking twice and often destroying it's own mines by replacing them with new ones. The new bomber should probably be something like a "Teen bomber" rebelling against his parents and trying to be something it's not: a dogfighter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tunewalker Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 If I get the terminology right: - Girl bomber: launches her drones and cares for them, never too far and replaces them only if destroyed. - Boy bomber: fires and forgets, never looking twice and often destroying it's own mines by replacing them with new ones. The new bomber should probably be something like a "Teen bomber" rebelling against his parents and trying to be something it's not: a dogfighter. I think this post wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoom_VI Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Personally I think the new bomber should be named George. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilgrim_Grey Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Personally I think the new bomber should be named George. How about 7? Or Jerry? Elaine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuciwalker Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 Yeah but the terminaology only works if their are two rather than tree types. I already explained it: girl bomber and boy bomber had baby bomber, baby bomber is type 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrimAce Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 How about 7? Or Jerry? Elaine? No, no, no, no, no. Soda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendul Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) Boy and girl bomber are pretty clear. They also are very good for vent calls, being monosyllabic. As for the new one, I think he's supposed to be more of a dogfighter, so he might be the dog bomber? I'm really not sure. So when you find yourself in a premade, using voip for coordination you truly believe that syllabic streamlining was a big determining factor in if you won or lost a match? Or more importantly if you hadn't you would have lost? Edited May 12, 2014 by Lendul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verain Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 So when you find yourself in a premade, using voip for coordination you truly believe that syllabic streamlining was a big determining factor in if you won or lost a match? Or more importantly if you hadn't you would have lost? One of the better questions in awhile. I'm actually of the belief that having a language that is fast actually helps you think faster. We don't know a whole lot about cognition, but it certainly seems that parts of thoughts have to be encoded as speech. That's a personal belief: I can't prove that. But when it comes to calls in vent, yes, I'm sure that being able to speak coherently and quickly is an advantage. Does it change the match? Like anything that helps, probably some times? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidenti Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 I'm calling it Mini-Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathemagica Posted May 12, 2014 Share Posted May 12, 2014 (edited) One of the better questions in awhile. I'm actually of the belief that having a language that is fast actually helps you think faster. We don't know a whole lot about cognition, but it certainly seems that parts of thoughts have to be encoded as speech. That's a personal belief: I can't prove that. But when it comes to calls in vent, yes, I'm sure that being able to speak coherently and quickly is an advantage. Does it change the match? Like anything that helps, probably some times? I can't prove it either, but I know, that my mind assigns names to certain objects and only works with the name and never thinks about the object itself. This especially happens with things that I don't see directly (and I usually look out for the drones/mines first and the bomber only afterward, because it's easier to identify that way). For those things, it takes me a long time to translate from the assigned name to anything else. I can only work with the assigned name, because it replaced everything else. If I have to think first, what it is I'm actually thinking about, it will take several seconds longer until I can give a warning to my team. Once we're talking about seconds, things can be game deciding. As far as I know, different people process thoughts differently, so this probably doesn't work the same way for everyone. I didn't know the 'boy/girl bomber' nicknames before, but apparently, they aren't as obvious, as some people think. My thoughts were: Boy bomber: Drones fire around wildly, so that's the dronecarrier. Girl bomber: Can create a chain of big explosions, so it's the minelayer. But apparently that's wrong, so these nicknames might not be as obvious as you claim. Edit: I like the 'teen bomber'. Since it is younger than the other two bombers, this is easy to memorize. Edited May 12, 2014 by Mathemagica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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