Re: The Nickname Suggestion Thread

[Gelatino]

my gengar needs an appropriate physics-related equation for its nickname.  it's the only ghost that i don't have an equation for yet

so far i have
froslass: -273 °C
drifblim: ρ = m/v
chandelure: 451 °F
dusclops: F = μN
golurk: Δp = Ft

those are all awesome but i can't think of any physics concepts related to gengar

[OverlordJ]

Something with this: Gaskonstante

After all, Gengar is still sort of related to gas, right?

If not you could do something with light I guess...

[Dregadude]

You mean PV = nRT? Yeah, that could work.

[Gelatino]

oh my god that's brilliant

why did i not think of the ideal gas law

now, if only someone knew a good equation for buoyancy, i could give drifblimp a better name and everything would be perfect

[Sharpedo]

my gengar needs an appropriate physics-related equation for its nickname.  it's the only ghost that i don't have an equation for yet

so far i have
froslass: -273 °C
drifblim: ρ = m/v
chandelure: 451 °F
dusclops: F = μN
golurk: Δp = Ft

those are all awesome but i can't think of any physics concepts related to gengar

SINCE WHEN DOES POKEMON LET YOU USE ALL THOSE WEIRD-ASS SYMBOLS?

[cephalopodAscendant]

You should do one with torque next.

[Dregadude]

Density is probably better suited for a Rock-type anyways. Maybe Steel too.

[cephalopodAscendant]

That's his Drifblim, except he forgot to capitalize the V (density is rho, in case you forgot).

[Dregadude]

I caught that like two seconds after I posted and then I surreptitiously edited it into something vaguely resembling a relevant post. Damn you for revealing my ruse CA.

[Gelatino]

i used density for drifblim because it's related to buoyancy and i couldn't come up with a good, succinct equation for buoyancy

i replaced my golurk with an aegislash so the impulse nickname still makes sense

SINCE WHEN DOES POKEMON LET YOU USE ALL THOSE WEIRD-ASS SYMBOLS?

it doesn't. i'm using pokemon showdown, which lets you use most unicode characters, including greek letters

[Dregadude]

I don't know, there is probably a triangle you could use as delta, and I think there was a degree sign. Just get over yourself and write D instead of ρ and you're good.

[cephalopodAscendant]

But it's a rho, not a delta, so you should use an R instead. And don't even think about using a P, unless you want to mix it up with momentum or pressure.

[Dregadude]

The delta was regarding Golurk's name, Δp = Ft. And since it's Density, wouldn't D or d work...? I can't think of anything else D would stand for from a chemistry standpoint. Maybe there's something in Physics, I don't know.

[Gelatino]

lower case p is usually momentum and upper case P is usually pressure

not sure what upper case D is used for.  i know it's part of the parallel axis theorem (I + MD^2) but that's pretty situational

i just realized, i should probably change the impulse equation to the actual definition of impulse, using integral notation.

Δp = ∫Fdt is more accurate

[d_what]

I know what upper case D is for.
I have it.

Hell, I have two. *shrug*

[phantasmalDexterity]

So what you mean is that you have Double Ds? :winky:

[d_what]

Freely available if I ask nicely?

But that's not what I meant.

[NinteNerd]

alllrighty. i'll be catching a Yveltal soon, and there has got to be a multitude of great names for this thing, between birds of death/destruction  in both mythologies/legends and in other games, but i legitimately cannot think of anything.
so far it's been
Bec Noir-black-n'-red[miles]-themed winged destroyer
Majora-wrath from the heavens kind of thing.
Helmaroc-really just because evil birds
been looking through this list, Camulatz seems fitting enough maybe.
i dunno. suggestions?

GTS was of course no help in spurring a name. best i saw there was "BACON LUGIA"

[d_what]

Ego. I have a long and complicated and pointless reason for this.

[Hanky Panky]

Strix - a flesh-eating owl of Greek mythology

Chernabog - big bad demon from Fantasia

Banshee - hearing its shriek is an omen of death

Mictlantecuhtli - probably too many letters. Aztec god of death

Erebus/Erebos (careful with the "o" version, as it's currently a popular card in Magic: the Gathering.) - primordial deity in Greek mythology who fathered the titans

Thanatos - personification of death in Greek mythology

[tinning3]

Haha, Bacon Lugia.

You could call it Noirlecrow, same idea as Bec Noir but more 'bird' relevent.
Garuda.
Enoby Raven.
Gamma looks like a Y.
Psi is second last, like Y.
Lambda is upside down Y.
you could call it Xerneas to be wierd too.

[invisibleTerrarium]

Flufflepuff, because what else would you call the giant demon bird that is literally the incarnation of death?

[Gelatino]

how about birdy

because it's a bird? and birds are cool and they deserve to be recognized as birds even when they've been stylized beyond recognition

[Dregadude]

I like Thanatos, it sounds like a Zelda boss.

Just like every other Greek word.

[cephalopodAscendant]

My Yveltal is named Hades, so Thanatos seems appropriate.

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