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 Apr 24 2006, 07:18 PM
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Shooting Target  Group: Members Posts: 1,754 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Modesto, CA Member No.: 6,465  |
Ok random thought popped into my head about how in English we have names for groups of things, so what do you call a group of runners?
A 'Shadow' of Runners? (bad pun intended, lol). What cha'll think? |
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Apr 24 2006, 07:19 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
I've always called them a team.
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Apr 24 2006, 07:21 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 137 Joined: 21-February 06 From: Lenexa, Kansas (Yes Kansas, we ain't all hicks y'all.) Member No.: 8,291 |
A bodycount of Shadowrunners?
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Apr 24 2006, 07:29 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Haha, clever.
How 'bout a 'skulk of runners'. (also a name for a group of foxes) |
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Apr 24 2006, 07:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 475 Joined: 13-March 06 From: dusty Mexican borderlands Member No.: 8,372 |
A botch of runners.
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Apr 24 2006, 07:51 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
A horror of runners, forever ending the "aret here horrors in SR?" debate. ;)
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Apr 24 2006, 08:11 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,754 Joined: 9-July 04 From: Modesto, CA Member No.: 6,465 |
:rotfl: |
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Apr 24 2006, 08:19 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 17-April 06 From: Germantown, MD Member No.: 8,476 |
But there is no "I" in team. And most shadowrunners are looking out for number 1. A group of crows is called a "murder" of crows. That seems pretty accurate for shadowrunners :P |
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Apr 24 2006, 08:20 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
Hmm, Team No, that implies teamwork. Pack, well some groups act like predatory dogs. For my group I'm going with Herd. One leads and everyone else just follows ;)
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Apr 24 2006, 08:24 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 49 Joined: 17-April 06 From: Germantown, MD Member No.: 8,476 |
Apes - A shrewdness
Asses - A pace Badgers - A cete Bats - A colony Bears - A sloth, sleuth Buffalo - A gang, an obstinacy Cats - A clowder, a pounce Kittens - A kindle, litter, an intrigue Cattle - A drove, herd Deer - A herd, bevy (refers to roe deer) Dogs (young)- A litter Dogs (wild) - pack Dogs (curs) - cowardice Dogs (hounds) - cry, mute, kennel, pack Elephants - A herd Elk - A gang Ferrets - A business Fox - A leash, skulk, earth Giraffes - A tower Goats - A tribe, trip Gorillas - A band Hippo - A bloat Horses (colts) - A team, harras, rag Horses (single owner) - stud Horses (ponies) - string Hyenas - A cackle Kangaroos - A troop Leopards - A leap Lions - A pride Moles - A labor Monkeys - A troop, barrel Mules - A pack, span, barren Otters - A romp Oxen - A team, yoke Pigs (young) - A drift, drove, litter Pigs (swine) - sounder Pigs (hogs) - team, passel Pigs (boars) - singular Porcupines - A prickle Rabbits (domestic) - A colony, warren, nest, herd Rabbits (hares) - A down, husk Rabbits (young) - litter Rhino - A crash Seals - A pod, herd Sheep - A drove, flock, herd Squirrels - A dray, scurry Tigers - A streak Whales - A pod, gam, herd Wolves - A pack, rout or route (when in movement) REPTILES Crocodiles - A bask Frogs - An army Toads - A knot Turtles - A bale, nest Snakes - A nest FISH Fish - A draft, nest, school, shoal Bass - A shoal Herring - An army Sharks - A shiver Trout - A hover INVERTEBRATES Ants - A colony Bees - A grist, hive, swarm Caterpillars - An army Clams - A bed Cockroaches - An intrusion Flies - A business Gnats - A cloud, horde Grasshoppers - A cloud Hornets - A nest Jellyfish - A smack Locusts - A plague Oysters - A bed BIRDS Birds (in air) - A flight Birds (on ground) - volary, brace Bitterns - A sedge Buzzards - A wake Bobolinks - A chain Chicks - A brood; clutch Coots - A cover Cormorants - A gulp Cranes - A sedge Crows - A murder, horde Dotterel - A trip Doves - A dule Doves (turtle) - pitying Ducks (in air) - A brace, flock Ducks (on water) - raft Eagles - A convocation Finches - A charm Flamingos - A stand Geese - A flock, gaggle Geese - (flying) - skein Grouse - A pack Gulls - A colony Hawks- A cast, kettle, boil Herons - A sedge, a siege Jays - A party, scold Lapwings - A deceit Larks - An exaltation Mallards - A sord, brace Magpies - A tiding, gulp, murder, charm Martins - A richness Nightingales - A watch Owls - A parliament Parrots - A company Partridge - A covey Peacocks - A muster, an ostentation Penguins - A colony Pheasant - A nest, nide, nye, bouquet Plovers - A congregation, wing Ptarmigans - A covey Rooks - A building Quail - A bevy, covey Ravens - An unkindness Snipe - A walk, a wisp Sparrows - A host Starlings - A murmuration Storks - A mustering Swallows - A flight Swans - A bevy, wedge Teal - A spring Turkeys - A rafter, gang Widgeons - A company Woodcocks - A fall Woodpeckers - A descent |
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Apr 24 2006, 08:29 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
Well that list certainly is exhaustive. SO just pick the animal your runner team most resembles?
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Apr 24 2006, 08:58 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
I guess since my gruop tend to act like a team the name fits. Besides, more people would want to hire a team than a murder. :)
edit: changed players to group since I'm not the only SR GM now. |
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Apr 24 2006, 09:35 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
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Apr 24 2006, 09:39 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,026 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Seattle (Really!) Member No.: 7,996 |
A CLUE of Shadowrunners <-----That definitely wins
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Apr 24 2006, 10:42 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
A group of people that have absolutely nothing to do with any trouble that may or may not have happened in the last few hours.
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Apr 24 2006, 11:41 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
A kiloyak of Shadowrunners.
I blame this term on the fact that we once had a dwarf demolitionist get told he carried enough stuff in his pockets to kill a yak. A megayak of Shadowrunners is far too many. |
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Apr 24 2006, 11:48 PM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
A kilo of runners is pretty funny.
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