Hey, PSers (lol, pissers). This has probably already been suggested but I'm wondering if the dev team is thinking about giving the spies and mercs a company/branch title to procede their class? ex: Shadownet Spy; Shadownet being the rookie-training branch of Third Echelon according to all implications.
If they were, I think it'd be a good idea for the Forum to brainstorm company titles for both classes and vote on the best one. Democracy and all that shit.
I'm thinking Darklight or Darkwatch or something like that for the spies. Maybe SOD, for Stealth Operations Detachment, a clandestine branch of the CIA.
And for the mercenaries something more iconic: Fortress (or maybe just fort)? Perimeter? GRID? For Guaranteed Regulatory Issue Defense?
Merc
Fist: Freelance International Security Taskforce.
I don't remember our writer giving them names. But that's a long time ago. Why would they have names? If you're being hired on a per-contract base, you can team up with another Merc/Spy who is also a hired infiltrator/defender next 'assignment'.
But if you can come up with some good examples, we can consider them.
Quote from: frvge on December 08, 2009, 11:28:45 PM
I don't remember our writer giving them names. But that's a long time ago. Why would they have names? If you're being hired on a per-contract base, you can team up with another Merc/Spy who is also a hired infiltrator/defender next 'assignment'.
But if you can come up with some good examples, we can consider them.
Well I'm assuming these characters won't be lone wolf bounty hunter archetypes. I'm assuming they work for some company or branch of the gov't and I think those agencies should be named for the sake of awesomeness. I remember the developers giving them generic titles like High Tech. Security for the Mercs and something else for the spies.
Quote from: Wh1tE_Dw4rF on December 08, 2009, 11:24:01 PM
Merc
Fist: Freelance International Security Taskforce.
Dude...that's golden. It's always a plus when the accronym's a word. What would you put for spies?
NIGHT Agents.
National
Intelligence
Gathering
Hidden
Team
Or
SHARD.
Special
Hidden
Anti-terrorism
Response
Detachment
=D
C'mon Frvge this has the potentional to be a lot of fun.
Mercs: North-American Reactive Defense Squad or NARDS in short.
Special Hitmen In Training
We already have official names.
Mercs are
PENIS - Private ENforcement for International Security
Spies are
VAGINA - Very Agile Guys In Nighttime Attire.
Seroiusly though, I say stay away from acronyms.
Here are some real names for real Mercenary companies.
Executive Outcomes
Sandline International
Gurkha Security Guards, Ltd
DynCorp International
Xe Services LLC (Blackwater)
Strategic Informants with Low-Level Yields: SILLY
Quote from: Zedblade on December 09, 2009, 01:46:54 AM
We already have official names.
Mercs are
PENIS - Private ENforcement for International Security
Spies are
VAGINA - Very Agile Guys In Nighttime Attire.
Seroiusly though, I say stay away from acronyms.
Here are some real names for real Mercenary companies.
Executive Outcomes
Sandline International
Gurkha Security Guards, Ltd
DynCorp International
Xe Services LLC (Blackwater)
You don't like acronyms? What are you Zed, some kind of terrorist?
Without acronyms we wouldn't have the ACLU, FEMA, the NAACP, the AARP, the IRS, the FDA, the NRA, the NFL, the NBA, the WNBA.
Why do you hate the 1st Amendment Zed?! Why do you hate women?! Why do you hate the troops?!
>:(
Seriously though, I think acronyms are more iconic and easier to remember. I mean...Gurka? DynCorps? The hell do those things even mean?
Right now, I think SHARD and FIST are good.
Federal Undercover Criminal Killers!
Quote from: frvge on December 09, 2009, 02:35:05 AM
Federal Undercover Criminal Killers!
Social Pariahs Enigmatically Rape Mercenaries.
Fuck, now you've got me doing it. =D
Quote from: Savior20061 on December 09, 2009, 02:59:52 AM
Quote from: frvge on December 09, 2009, 02:35:05 AM
Federal Undercover Criminal Killers!
Social Pariahs Enigmatically Rape Mercenaries.
Fuck, now you've got me doing it. =D
o rly :D ,savior ur alive :D hai XD lmao
Acronyms can be cool but are overused in games nowadays. F.E.A.R.? S.T.A.L.K.E.R.? The people that made SvM were a little creative by naming their mercenaries as Argus -- a mythological giant that had 100 eyes hence "all eyes." It fit the mercenaries perfectly. I suggest something along those lines. Just something different than an acronym. Shadownet isn't the best name, but the futuristic technological theme contrasted well with the mythology for the mercenary.
Quote from: Savior20061 on December 08, 2009, 11:20:32 PM
Shadownet being the rookie-training branch of Third Echelon according to all implications.
wat
Also backronyms are terrible don't use them please.
???
Guess I'm the only one that's not sick of acronyms. Fair enough.
We could give them a generic animal name, like Ravens for the spies and Bears for the mercs, but after more than 20 different incarnations of Power Rangers, I guess you guys are tired of those too.
Cross Corporation or Templar Exec.=Merc. (slight nod to the religious bullshit going on in Blackwater).
Or Troy? Troy Corporation.
Spies could have ghosts names, like the alien vehicles in Halo: Ghosts, Wraiths, Banshees, Phantoms, Specters. Something like that.
LOL at Agent.
Actually that isn't a bad idea.
Spectre Stealth Agency Spies, and Grizzly Mercenary inc....
Or something less lame.
Bahamut Inc.
Dirt-Tech Inc.
XNR (not an acronym, just a name)
Ven Inc.
Leviathan Inc.
Mjöllnir
Jörmungandr Inc. (spies)
WÃ,,“land
Asguard PMC (or Asgard) (mercs?)
Niflheimr (spies?)
Tyr
Vili
Yeah. Now choose something that isn't lame.
I like Leviathan Inc.
Quote from: MR.Mic on December 09, 2009, 01:34:14 AM
Mercs: North-American Reactive Defense Squad or NARDS in short.
North Europeans would be so much cooler.
Quote from: Kurbutti on December 28, 2009, 01:36:04 PM
Quote from: MR.Mic on December 09, 2009, 01:34:14 AM
Mercs: North-American Reactive Defense Squad or NARDS in short.
North Europeans would be so much cooler.
Seconded.
How about NERDS vs GEEKS?
>:(
G.A.R.G.A.M.E.L. Vs. S.M.U.R.F.S ?
Since I've gotten the feeling PS holds a pursuit of being newbie-appealing and what so ever, thereby I might dare suggest that we simply use something as blunt as Offense and Defense, not only due to their considerable descriptional power, but also because of the fact that epic names bear no actual meaning at all in terms of gameplay or anything.
Quote from: nubishdubishbone on December 29, 2009, 05:13:25 AM
G.A.R.G.A.M.E.L. Vs. S.M.U.R.F.S ?
>:(
Quote from: Kurbutti on December 29, 2009, 05:50:36 AM
Since I've gotten the feeling PS holds a pursuit of being newbie-appealing and what so ever, thereby I might dare suggest that we simply use something as blunt as Offense and Defense, not only due to their considerable descriptional power, but also because of the fact that epic names bear no actual meaning at all in terms of gameplay or anything.
:(
How about having it just this simple:
Mercs// Anti-Infiltraterz
Spies// Infiltraterz
HA
HA
::)
Boo!
If you guys honestly don't feel like naming them, then some generic description is in order.
Spies: Covert-Ops.
Mercs: High-Tech Security Force
But seriously,
I still think SHARD is deh best.
Quote from: Kurbutti on December 29, 2009, 05:50:36 AM
Since I've gotten the feeling PS holds a pursuit of being newbie-appealing and what so ever, thereby I might dare suggest that we simply use something as blunt as Offense and Defense, not only due to their considerable descriptional power, but also because of the fact that epic names bear no actual meaning at all in terms of gameplay or anything.
Appealing to newbies? I personally try to make a better tutorial, and descriptions of 'best-uses' for gadgets. Apart from that, I think we're still pretty hardcore. Don't confuse accessibility and usability with targetting newbs.
Offense and Defense sound ok in theory, but that doesn't leave the option open for Offensive Mercs and Defensive Spies. That's one of the reasons why we don't have a story: anything is possible and that is up to the mapper.
Quote from: Savior20061 on December 29, 2009, 06:40:46 PM
I still think SHARD is deh best.
Nah, I am preferential to SHART, myself.
And what, pray tell, does SHART stand for Mr. Mic.
Quote from: frvge on December 29, 2009, 06:56:31 PM
Appealing to newbies? I personally try to make a better tutorial, and descriptions of 'best-uses' for gadgets. Apart from that, I think we're still pretty hardcore. Don't confuse accessibility and usability with targetting newbs.
An idea being more self-explanatory completes the thought towards the objective of being more accessible, therefore more useful.
Quote from: frvge
Offense and Defense sound ok in theory, but that doesn't leave the option open for Offensive Mercs and Defensive Spies. That's one of the reasons why we don't have a story: anything is possible and that is up to the mapper.
Currently, spies cannot win if they won't make an effort towards the objectives.
Currently, mercs will win only by not allowing this to happen.
These are the two main strategies that govern the nature of the game. Whatever the means by wich the goal is achieved, are called tactics, which can truly vary as much as the world allows them to. Whether these are agressive or passive will not alter the fact that they would both have contribute towards a certain goal, and the goals of the spies are opposite to that of the mercs, by nature.
Although if by this you mean that you actually acknowledge the possibility where mercs are the ones tasked with neutralizing objectives, I must say I'm utterly intrigued by the thought.
Quote from: Savior20061 on December 29, 2009, 07:21:45 PM
And what, pray tell, does SHART stand for Mr. Mic.
It's a portmanteau.
Gesundheit.
Quote from: Kurbutti on December 31, 2009, 04:41:19 AM
Although if by this you mean that you actually acknowledge the possibility where mercs are the ones tasked with neutralizing objectives, I must say I'm utterly intrigued by the thought.
Currently in Lakehouse the Mercs are protecting property of connections guerilla rebels. They are related to the bad guys. The Spies are the good guys getting information from the bad guys. Now if you turn that around, you can have Spies being bankrobbers trying to steal access codes for the vault, and the Mercs being the guards. If you think of 'removing a Spy's bomb as Merc' as neutralizing an objective, then yes, Mercs have objectives. Just to be clear: we don't have any assets for a sabotage/bomb mode. We're focusing on the PC hacking first ;).
It is also possible for Mercs to blast their way through a maze or w/e, trying to gain access to the secret lair of the Spies. The Spies would attack the Mercs by sneaking up on them and grabbing them. That would be a bit like Survival, with spawn points along the way. If you get grabbed, you respawn at a previous check-point.
This is just brainstorming and illustrating the possibilities of creating our own game.
Hope you make that Sabotage/Extraction stuff soon. Personally, I like to see an Extraction focused map.
Do guys you remember Horizon Corporation from Mr. Mic's pack? On the third and final stage deep in the secluded, secret basement, the spies had to get a disk and go back all the way to the rooftop. Climbing up the hole in the roof was a bitch, but that's what i call an extraction.
Station and Warehouse extraction on PT....man, those were the days.
Too bad I never really got in it until Chaos Theory. If I had known Ubisoft would shaft their Versus I would've come in sooner.
Quote from: MR.Mic on December 09, 2009, 01:34:14 AM
Mercs: North-American Reactive Defense Squad or NARDS in short.
Not to be mean, but why not change it to North-European? By the way I am not taking the piss, It would be quite funny and awesome to get beat by NERDS? If you took it offensively I apologize :"(
Quote from: DreadStunLock on July 14, 2010, 02:33:17 PM
Quote from: MR.Mic on December 09, 2009, 01:34:14 AM
Mercs: North-American Reactive Defense Squad or NARDS in short.
Not to be mean, but why not change it to North-European? By the way I am not taking the piss, It would be quite funny and awesome to get beat by NERDS? If you took it offensively I apologize :"(
im glad ur britsh fantasy isnt coming to life and for the love of god stop neckro posting o_O
Not until your voice becomes normal...you 50+ year old pervert!
ANALRAPISTS
Association of North America's Last Remaining American Patriotic Indian Skinheads Threatening Switzerland
Ohhh crap......Ohhh crap....my friend is going to have a horrible time from that one...
Quote from: Wh1tE_Dw4rF on December 08, 2009, 11:24:01 PM
Merc
Fist: Freelance International Security Taskforce.
FISTING! FISTING! FISTING!
RETARDS
Really Effective and Trained Assassins Ready to Demolish and Serve
DILDO
Damn I Love Dild O's
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LOL?
A.R.E.S.
after the Greek god of war
Advanced Response Ex-military Security
alternatively
Anticipatory Response Ex-Military Security
FACT: It does NOT need to be an acronym
LOL?
Quote from: monterto on August 03, 2010, 07:32:02 AM
A.R.E.S.
after the Greek god of war
Advanced Response Ex-military Security
alternatively
Anticipatory Response Ex-Military Security
FACT: It does NOT need to be an acronym
It's much cooler when it's an acronym, + I would really loved to see GEEKS vs JOCKS team names, or something funny like that :P
Mercs should be unnamed and only be identifiable by the Greek 'Lambda' symbol. See avatar for said symbol.
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Bad ass? Bad ass.
PS: You guys need to catch on faster.
Talking about Team, Kon Artist's bio has been uploaded to the site.
Quote from: frvge on August 04, 2010, 12:27:56 PM
Talking about Team, Kon Artist's bio has been uploaded to the site.
Looks good! I had noticed that he switched from try-out mode yesterday. I was a bit curious. :D It will be interesting to see what he brings to the table with map design.
Some very nice lookin' stuff ;)
Quote from: tigaer on August 04, 2010, 11:43:11 AM
Mercs should be unnamed and only be identifiable by the Greek 'Lambda' symbol. See avatar for said symbol.
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Bad ass? Bad ass.
PS: You guys need to catch on faster.
You could call the mercs "Da Lambs"
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Quote from: Farley4Fan on August 04, 2010, 09:36:51 PM
Quote from: tigaer on August 04, 2010, 11:43:11 AM
Mercs should be unnamed and only be identifiable by the Greek 'Lambda' symbol. See avatar for said symbol.
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Bad ass? Bad ass.
PS: You guys need to catch on faster.
You could call the mercs "Da Lambs"
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ya and might as well call spies Da monkeys cause dey stealz ! O_O !!!!
No cuz Lambda, Da Lambs, get it? Never mind.
How about Spies and Mercs?
S.P.I.E.S.
Somoan Party of Incapable Elephant Succubi (plural form of succubus)
M.E.R.C.S.
Missionary of Earwig Reconnoitering Cinnamon Sharks
Name for the mercenaries: S.P.I.E.S.
Super Professional and Intelligent Ex-Soldiers.
Name for the spies: M.E.R.C.S.
Merely Ex-Recon-Commander-Soldiers.
I suck at names.