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Brun Ugle
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 Message 57 of 297
12 December 2012 at 12:39pm | IP Logged 
I also like Zen, but I don't think we should use Satori. I think people in general would associate Zen with Japan, but aside from those interested in Buddhism, I don't think many people will know what Satori is. Even many people studying Japanese might not know it.

I'd be happy with Zen, Tsunami, or Samurai.
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 Message 58 of 297
12 December 2012 at 1:50pm | IP Logged 
Sorry, "tsunami" still brings up images from the Spring of 2011. That was a really tough time here in Japan.

Why not 全滅(ぜんめつ)?
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Woodsei
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 Message 59 of 297
12 December 2012 at 1:52pm | IP Logged 
I like Samurai or Zen. You could also say Bushi, for samurai. How about Team Tensai,
meaning genius? We are genius people! :) I don't think Tsunami would be a good name,
especially since Japan suffered an earthquake and tsunami not that long ago. Not wanting
to send the wrong message here. What do you think?
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stifa
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 Message 60 of 297
12 December 2012 at 2:12pm | IP Logged 
They are all good ideas, but for some reason unkown to me, the name has to be something
that the average Joe who doesn't care about Japan at all can associate with Japan.
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 Message 61 of 297
12 December 2012 at 2:35pm | IP Logged 
How about Team Godzilla? (destructive, well-known, inoffensive)
Or Team Asahi? (well-known, at least as a beer!)

Note that some of the other teams seem to have entirely foreign names.





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mrwarper
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 Message 62 of 297
12 December 2012 at 3:23pm | IP Logged 
stifa wrote:
... for some reason unkown to me, the name has to be something
that the average Joe who doesn't care ...

I don't really care about names, so I'm fine even with "U" -- even if for me, as a Spanish speaker, the first things that it evokes are grunting sounds or noises or "uh?".

However, I think if we're going to do it, we should do it well, and we need to ask ourselves how team names are perceived from the outside. Let's imagine a language we don't speak at all, and that there's a team called "@%&", or "ltgfrv". How interesting, inspiring, etc. does that sound? I know I won't even have a look at teams whose names leave me with a blank face.

The problem with names like Tsunami and such (anything remotely violent, even if not real) is that there always will be someone who finds them too aggressive, offensive, inappropriate, or insensitive to the problems of drunken lemurs. While I'm not up for naming stuff after serial killers or the like, life isn't always pleasant for everyone, and it if were, we'd all be probably bored to death -- isn't the TAC a competition of sorts anyway?

If the 'not real' part helps, Godzilla is fine, and I'm not sure about these (universality?) but I like Majinga and Gon -- but let me tell you this right here, right now: if we end up as Team Hello Kitty or something, I'm out ;)

Edited by mrwarper on 12 December 2012 at 6:10pm

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stifa
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 Message 63 of 297
12 December 2012 at 3:32pm | IP Logged 
1) Godzilla's cool
2) Every word people can associate with Japan is either offensive (tsunami) or silly
(hello kitty).

Team Gojira would be an awesome team name. :D
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 Message 64 of 297
12 December 2012 at 4:10pm | IP Logged 
Now that I think about it, Team う is growing on me. I guess I get a kick out of seeing
Japanese characters, it personalizes our team, but whatever floats our boat! Team Asahi
is a good second, too :)


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