Iosif Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Mnyeah. The name origins topic by OberstKrieger - about the story behind your nation name etc. - gave me a little idea; where does the name of your alliance come from? During my treks on the Bob I've heard some pretty interesting stories about certain alliances and it'd be swell if we got some others as well here - not too many alliances have obvious names like FOK! and Fark and their meanings rarely are unfolded to those not in the know. Unfortunately, there's not much say concerning FCO's name - we're Finns, we cooperate and we're organized. Not really a tough puzzle to solve, but I'm really curious to learning more about some of the more enigmatic names we're having here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theArrowheadian Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 R&R came from the America's Army R&R Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great Lord Moth Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Random Insanity is board 403 on GameFAQs. It's also the reason Cactuar is our mascot. Posting ASCII art of Cactuar was a short-livrd fad around the time at which the alliance was formed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Expects Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 (edited) BAPS is Boards Alliance of Protectorate States, comes from http://www.boards.ie which is Ireland's largest internet forum. Edited December 14, 2009 by Nobody Expects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cataduanes Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 ODN is a variant of ADN (Alliance Defense Network) which was a community on the ''other game''. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Style #386 Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 ODN is a variant of ADN (Alliance Defense Network) which was a community on the ''other game''. Curse you Cata, for beating me to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locke Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 SOS Brigade is Spreading Excitement all Over the World with Haruhi Suzumiya Brigade, or 世界を大いに盛り上げるための涼宮ハルヒの団. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruhi_Suzumiya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cataduanes Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Curse you Cata, for beating me to this. And i am meant to be inactive, shame on you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Frontier Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 N, S and O are the most powerful letters in the Roman alphabet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Expects Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 N, S and O are the most powerful letters in the Roman alphabet. But they are only worth 1 each in Scrabble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astronaut jones Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 But they are only worth 1 each in Scrabble which means that when you put the letters N S and O together, they're pretty damned worthless, collectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheListener Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Imperial Assault Alliance comes from a Mod community for the game EaW, the particular mod is known as Imperial Assault II. Origins for the community are located at the site for the mod. http://www.imperialassault.com/rote/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loannes Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Imperial Assault Alliance comes from a Mod community for the game EaW, the particular mod is known as Imperial Assault II. Origins for the community are located at the site for the mod. http://www.imperialassault.com/rote/ I could have sworn it's just because we're Imperial and like to Assault people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locke Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 I could have sworn it's just because we're Imperial and like to Assault people. It's not an assault if the victim wants it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hymenbreach Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 If you don't know what a Quantum is... then there isn't enough bandwidth available to make you understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innerspeaker Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 In the future, specifically February 1st, 2010, I will be able to say; The Indigo Plateau is the final frontier in Pokemon Blue/Red/Yellow, home of the Elite Four and the last obstacle in your quest to become the Pokemon League Champion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supa_Troop3r Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 The Dark Templar is from The Dark Templar from Starcraft http://www.starcraft2.com/features/protoss/darktemplar.xml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lebubu Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 M, U, S, H, R, O, K, I, N, G and D are the most powerful letters in the Roman alphabet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Savage Man Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Bel Air is named after the Chevrolet Bel Air Owners Association. If you love your Chevy Bel Air, you should drop by #belair some time and talk about your piece of American history with other car lovers who can understand your passion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Principe Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Mostly Harmless Alliance is a reference to the well known Science Fictions series of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, written by Douglas Adams. In this Guide the planet called "Earth" was described as being "Mostly Harmless" to foreign visitors from space. As our culture is very laid back, relaxed and peaceful, our founders figured this would be a great name for our alliance. Before gaining sanctioned status (in the second half of 2007) there was a huge discussion about changing our alliance name from Mostly Harmless Alliance to "Mostly Harmless. Obviously those wanting to change lost this discussion. For more info, check: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhike...e_to_the_Galaxy Just remember, DON'T PANIC! and do not forget your towel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etg Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 The Foreign Division are named after The Foreign Legion, and probably came about around the fact that it used to be very European centered, with mostly European members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johjima Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 We are Umbrella because Bumbershoot is too weird, even for CN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 We keep them connected like Tetris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uaciaut Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Insert sexual connotation/freudian slip here D: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maguko Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 If you don't know what a Quantum is... then there isn't enough bandwidth available to make you understand. please do explain for us, the unwashed masses, what is a quantum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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