Author Topic: Naming your bots. (Read 6111 times)

Conraaa · « **on:** June 29, 2011, 03:31:48 PM »

When you're making a 'bot, is the name of the robot important to you? Or is it a mere afterthought for you? Do you have any themes/traditions when naming your bots?
Most of the time I name my robots after songs, in case you haven't noticed already. And for some reason I usually come up with the name before i've even started making the robot.

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #1 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:32:51 PM »

Sometimes they're based on the name, sometimes the name describes them, sometimes it's an inside joke

and sometimes it's really really offensive.

Scourge of teh Galaxy · « **Reply #2 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:33:04 PM »

I come up with the name after I've built the bot, unless I'm building a bot around a name.

The names of mine are usually silly, like Helifapper

madman3 · « **Reply #3 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:33:35 PM »

Recently I've taken to naming mine after Exodus songs (Piranha, A Lesson In Violence) or Carcass songs (Buried Dreams).

Enigm@ · « **Reply #4 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:34:35 PM »

I whatever comes to mind is what I name 'em.

freeziez · « **Reply #5 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:35:18 PM »

I use cheesy adjectives. :D

Hydro · « **Reply #6 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:35:57 PM »

Afterthought, mostly.

NFX · « **Reply #7 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:37:19 PM »

I normally make up something off the top of my head once I've built the thing. Occasionally I have an idea of what it could be called before I'm finished, but more often than not it's a sort of afterthought.

GoldenFox93 · « **Reply #8 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:37:33 PM »

I tend to think of cool names, typically team-related, before I build, saving them in the form of empty BOT files in the team. I then build them one-by-one.

Come to think of it, I just had a random thought- "Bitter Consolations" would be a good name for a bot.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #9 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:38:01 PM »

1. Equations
2. Keyboard mash
3. Literally describe the bot.
4. Songs

Conraaa · « **Reply #10 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:38:45 PM »

I would use #2 but I am afraid i'd close the game and lose the bot in the process.

Squirrel_Monkey · « **Reply #11 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:40:01 PM »

Sort of controlled like. Fronhild (just did that)
You need to consider vowel locations but don't think about the whole word.

Scrap Daddy · « **Reply #12 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:40:43 PM »

half of my bots are called enter bot name until they go into tournaments or something hahahah

martymidget · « **Reply #13 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:50:55 PM »

Quote from: Scrap Daddy on June 29, 2011, 03:40:43 PM

half of my bots are called enter bot name until they go into tournaments or something hahahah

That. Though I name the bots that I thought about before I actually built it...which is rare for me really.

NFX · « **Reply #14 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:53:22 PM »

Most of my bot names can actually be described as "placeholder" names. As in, I really can't think of anything better. =D

Wacky Bob · « **Reply #15 on:** June 29, 2011, 03:56:04 PM »

Sometimes a great name comes up randomly when I'm doing something completely unrelated to Robot Arena or while I'm building the bot. Other times I just look at the bot for a while until a good name strikes. If I can't think of anything, I just put random letters together to make something cool, like Eximoq.

(Almost 3 year old grammar edit)

Preytor_4 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 29, 2011, 04:00:16 PM »

I usually think of a name and a weapon system at the same time, then I build the bot.

ACAMS · « **Reply #17 on:** June 29, 2011, 04:20:38 PM »

Mine usually got their name during the building process.

Like this one I was building for a MW tournament....BEFORE effee glitch, and axle glitch, and all the other glitches that made making a bot like the easy.

http://myfolderz.com/ACAMS/RA2/misery.jpg

Sparkey98 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 29, 2011, 04:21:08 PM »

Pictures?

G.K. · « **Reply #19 on:** June 29, 2011, 04:25:02 PM »

ATM from my Newcastle Team in 2020 on Football Manager 2009.