Naming your bots.

[FOTEPX]

I just usually make my names either A. Sound incredibly scientific, or B. Just make it sound cool in general.

[Sage]

thesaurus.com

[Scorpion]

All songs.
Every, single, one.

[Resetti's Replicas]

It's whatever I'm thinking about at the moment.  Like for example my mind was completely on the risks of using plastic armour when I christened "The Plastic Peril"

[GoldenFox93]

It's whatever I'm thinking about at the moment.  Like for example my mind was completely on the risks of using plastic armour when I christened "The Plastic Peril"

Or thinking of long-extinct prehistoric Pokemon (or Japanese helmets, for that matter) when you came up with Mutant Kabuto?   

[J]

I always try and give my bots "clever" names.
Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt.

That, or if I'm making my teams I just go for what would be the next "better" thing.
Like if I named my team after rocks, I would name then like this:
"LW - Pebble"
"MW - boulder"
"HW - Avalanche"

[FOTEPX]

You could do one of my ideas, start with a base name, and then just completely derail it.

'AW - Krabby
BW - Parasect
LW - Parry
MW - Mitsurugi
HW - Soul Calibur
SHW - Tekken
UHW - Street Fighter'

Ya see? Pretty crazy, but they all connect.

[GoldenFox93]

You could do one of my ideas, start with a base name, and then just completely derail it.

'AW - Krabby
BW - Parasect
LW - Parry
MW - Mitsurugi
HW - Soul Calibur
SHW - Tekken
UHW - Street Fighter'

Ya see? Pretty crazy, but they all connect.

LW- I like
MW- Old Movies
HW- Like the Godfather
AW- Three
BW- It's not considered the Best One
SHW- But that's just me

[FOTEPX]

You could do one of my ideas, start with a base name, and then just completely derail it.

'AW - Krabby
BW - Parasect
LW - Parry
MW - Mitsurugi
HW - Soul Calibur
SHW - Tekken
UHW - Street Fighter'

Ya see? Pretty crazy, but they all connect.

LW- I like
MW- Old Movies
HW- Like the Godfather
AW- Three
BW- It's not considered the Best One
SHW- But that's just me

*IRL Laughter*

[GoldenFox93]

You could do one of my ideas, start with a base name, and then just completely derail it.

'AW - Krabby
BW - Parasect
LW - Parry
MW - Mitsurugi
HW - Soul Calibur
SHW - Tekken
UHW - Street Fighter'

Ya see? Pretty crazy, but they all connect.

LW- I like
MW- Old Movies
HW- Like the Godfather
AW- Three
BW- It's not considered the Best One
SHW- But that's just me

 

*IRL Laughter*

*Bows*
 
Thank you, I'm glad you liked it   

[Resetti's Replicas]

It's whatever I'm thinking about at the moment.  Like for example my mind was completely on the risks of using plastic armour when I christened "The Plastic Peril"

Or thinking of long-extinct prehistoric Pokemon (or Japanese helmets, for that matter) when you came up with Mutant Kabuto?   

Both actually, it looked a lot like the helmet, and I thought people would get the Pokemon reference.  The name itself came about because I was thinking of the way John Madden talks and sometimes slurs words together, "Mutant Kabuto" is the kind of phrase where he'd barely pronounce any of the syllables.

[GoldenFox93]

It's whatever I'm thinking about at the moment.  Like for example my mind was completely on the risks of using plastic armour when I christened "The Plastic Peril"

Or thinking of long-extinct prehistoric Pokemon (or Japanese helmets, for that matter) when you came up with Mutant Kabuto?   

Both actually, it looked a lot like the helmet, and I thought people would get the Pokemon reference.  The name itself came about because I was thinking of the way John Madden talks and sometimes slurs words together, "Mutant Kabuto" is the kind of phrase where he'd barely pronounce any of the syllables.

Ah, so bonus points for referencing both things, then 
 
Also, I enjoyed seeing the Mortis rep back in action for the TF2 Tournament.

[Resetti's Replicas]

Aye, I've been looking for an excuse to give that one more action.  I replaced the square extenders with steel, so hopefully the weapons won't break as easily.

[Natef]

I spend a long time thinking of names for my bot.

[FOTEPX]

I dunno why, but I've been wanting to make a bot called Zyrinx for quite a while now.

[Mr. AS]

I just name my bots whatever the first thing that comes into my mind is.

[GoldenFox93]

Aye, I've been looking for an excuse to give that one more action.  I replaced the square extenders with steel, so hopefully the weapons won't break as easily.

And a good reasoning for it too, with it winning the "Best Engineered" robot award and all. Now all I need to see is a Plunderbird 1 rep somewhere, and I think I can die happy  :D
Now I just wonder what robots you chose to represent the Spy and the Heavy...

[NFX]

It can't be too difficult. Maybe the elevated bit on the back might be problematic, but I think some well-placed flipper segments might work.

[yoda9726]

It depends, if i'm going for a theme, I choose a name based on that.  If not, I usually try to make some goofy pun based on what the robot is..(I Saw Whut U did Thur, a good example). Sometimes, I build a bot solely because of the name.   But truly, my most oft used name is "Enter Bot Name"

[GoldenFox93]

It can't be too difficult. Maybe the elevated bit on the back might be problematic, but I think some well-placed flipper segments might work.

Indeed- then that just leaves how to implement the circular saw arm- it was designed to flip out of the robot at a 180-degree angle.