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Toastar
Joined: Thu May 26, 2011 4:45 am Posts: 1338
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I've noticed that the vast majority of player names are names for a person, rather than a vessel. What if you could christen your ship? It'd just be something that'd show up in your profile, but it's always seemed a little odd to me that we're all flying around in unnamed ships. Some possible ways it could work: You could pick a unique name like your username - ie, if you make 'The SomeNamefromStarWars,' it's the only one in the universe. Or perhaps, it could just be whatever you want. If there's 50,000 Millennium Falcons, so be it. This saves the trouble of seeing 'The SomeNamefromStarWars289030250" There could be limits to how often you could rename your ship (once every two week, perhaps), or perhaps a GP item to do so. Maybe there could be a little flag you could flip in your settings to display people on your tab either by player name or ship name. It'd be kind of cool to see something like 'The Doomwrecker' on your tab instead of just dumb ol' Darth Flagitious.  *hides*
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Rarek
Joined: Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:19 am Posts: 2163 Location: The musical starbursts of the night sky
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I just assumed that the pilot should be put in place of the ship name.
But point taken. I would name my ship the Shadeslayer (points for reference)
+1 to having both.
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Thu May 24, 2012 6:59 pm |
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Darth Flagitious
Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:49 pm Posts: 8964
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*Gives Toastar dirty looks*
Rarek, Eragon... Way too easy...
I kinda like the idea of having a ship name, but I don't envy Dan the task of going through the entire list of players and changing HMS Muffdiver to ShipChange01234.
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Bluecifer
Joined: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:53 pm Posts: 3756 Location: Aboard my floating fortress of ineptitude
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Cruisin' in the USS Winterfell. Me gusta +1
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Thu May 24, 2012 7:40 pm |
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RavenDark13
Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:01 am Posts: 571 Location: Hudson County, NJ, USA
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It would be nice to give your ship a proper name. No captain would ever dare sail without naming the ship. Would put a hex on the whole voyage.
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Thu May 24, 2012 7:43 pm |
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Preliator Xzien
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:56 pm Posts: 8877 Location: Behind you... Stop looking behind you...
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I suggested this once, I still like the idea.
The Defiant wants it's name shown.
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Thu May 24, 2012 7:58 pm |
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RavenDark13
Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:01 am Posts: 571 Location: Hudson County, NJ, USA
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Xzien wrote: I suggested this once, I still like the idea.
The Defiant wants it's name shown. You would seriously name your ship "Defiant?" You know how many people would be scrambling for that name?
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Thu May 24, 2012 8:55 pm |
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Preliator Xzien
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:56 pm Posts: 8877 Location: Behind you... Stop looking behind you...
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You care why?
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Thu May 24, 2012 9:01 pm |
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Cyberpotato
Joined: Tue Nov 01, 2011 7:19 pm Posts: 984
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I call "The massive" Potato points for whoever gets the refernce
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Thu May 24, 2012 9:09 pm |
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Darth Flagitious
Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:49 pm Posts: 8964
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RavenDark13 wrote: Xzien wrote: I suggested this once, I still like the idea.
The Defiant wants it's name shown. You would seriously name your ship "Defiant?" You know how many people would be scrambling for that name? And how many of those people would mistype "Derfiant" ?
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Thu May 24, 2012 9:10 pm |
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neogoterra
Joined: Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:30 am Posts: 1121 Location: Freeing Layered
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I would almost be tempted to name my ship the dirptanic just for the laughs. Still would be rather nice to name your ship something.
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Sat May 26, 2012 1:58 am |
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RavenDark13
Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:01 am Posts: 571 Location: Hudson County, NJ, USA
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Darth Flagitious wrote: RavenDark13 wrote: Xzien wrote: I suggested this once, I still like the idea.
The Defiant wants it's name shown. You would seriously name your ship "Defiant?" You know how many people would be scrambling for that name? And how many of those people would mistype "Derfiant" ? That number would be too high to count.
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Mon May 28, 2012 7:15 am |
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RavenDark13
Joined: Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:01 am Posts: 571 Location: Hudson County, NJ, USA
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I'd really like to see this come to pass. Can we get a petition started or something?
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