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[Stahlseele]

ok, now i hate YOU more for writing that . .

[Sengir]

OK, so crappy German names are actually by the same token an inside joke, as they are in reference to crappy German words in earlier SR editions? Yeah, that sounds plausible. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Go, Nachtmachen!

Well, not everybody who's acting like an idiot does so because he is conciously parodying one...

[Fatum]

ok, now i hate YOU more for writing that . .

Фн яigнт cфmrade, aт leasт iт's pфssiвle тф яead шiтнфuт guessing шнaт the нell iт's suppфsed to мeaи.

Also, hat off to raben-aas for his Russian in the Berlin sourcebook - as I've already said in his DA comments, it's both hilarious, awesome and grammatically perfect.

[Adarael]

Öh dön't be ßüch a häter.

...and that is pretty much how Cyrillic is used in the popular media.

Oh, man, I hear that. My ladykins goes absolutely *nuts* every time someone uses "faux russian" fonts like this one: http://www.fontgarden.com/archive/s/soviet.gif

She always tries to actually read it in russian, and then goes, "OH GOD WHAT DID THEY DO."
(In all fairness, it's hilarious to watch.)

[KarmaInferno]

Well, the developers of Black Ops did not make their homework from the start or didn't even bother with historical accuracy in the first place.

laser dots in sixties? an israeli Galil assault rifle in the 60's when the weapon began production in the 70's? And that's just what I remember from the top of my head.

Well, according to the developers, they "explain" that these are not production models of the weapons in many cases, but the "secret prototype" models that often made their way into Black Ops hands for field testing.

˙sʍǝıʌɹǝʇuı ǝɥʇ uı pıɐs ʎǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʍ s,ʇɐɥʇ 'ǝɯ ʇɐ ʞooן ʇ,uop 'ʎǝɥ

I did find it humorous that the anachronistic H&K G11 clearly has the two extra spare magazines modeled onto the weapon (they sit to the left and right of the loaded magazine), but when reloading the character pulls another magazine from somewhere else instead of using the spares. Also, the spares are still clearly there if you are "out of ammo".


-k

[Kid Chameleon]

Ö really?

Thanks to heavy metal, yes. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[Stahlseele]

Mötörhead! *bangs head and throws up the horns*

[Wordman]

Umläut: Game of Metal

[230 Grains of Th...]

Most street names are pretty silly. I had a character named Juicy Puke once.

[CanRay]

Most street names are pretty silly. I had a character named Juicy Puke once.

Well, I have The Accountant From Hell and Puppy The Dog Shaman...

[longbowrocks]

Where is there no company named Evil Inc. yet?

Probably most places. Why? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

[Stahlseele]

'cause it's par for the course ^^

[Kyoto Kid]

It's a nickname because warthogs are ugly, heavy, and hard to kill, just like the plane. The actual designation is Thunderbolt II, to differentiate it from the P-47D Thunderbolt of world war 2, also produced by Republic Aviation. The P-47 was also ugly, heavy, and hard to kill.

...and was nicknamed the "Jug" because of its shape.

[CanRay]

The US does have a tendency of making flying tanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Brazilian_Shinob...]

The US does have a tendency of making flying tanks. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

So will they be the first to create Banshees?

[CanRay]

So will they be the first to create Banshees?

Nah, that'd be the Russians. The US makes flying tanks of airplanes. The Russians make flying tanks of helicopters. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Stahlseele]

And Germany makes flying tanks out of tanks.

[mattness pl]

Well the Fuchi in Fuchi Industrial Electronics has always been funny to me. It means stinky or stinks. So it was basically Stinky Industrial Electronics. Not something I would want to but I think.

I think the name is word play on Fuji (the company pretty well known in 80s), similiar to Microsoft alter ego (Microdeck, CEO's name: Brian Gates III)

[CanRay]

Speaking of, I want to see more MicroDeck in Shadowrun. I think they were in one of the PDF-Only items that's now coming to DTF.

...

Yes, I'm bitter.

[Stahlseele]

I think they were mentioned a bit in Prime Runners.
Also, when they canceled SRO, i made an alternate history of the second crash abusing them.

[CanRay]

Awhile back, when I was writing regular, I made this.

[Stahlseele]

Awhile back, when I was writing regular, I made this.

Mitnick, Kevin Mitnick, Hackers 2 or 3, was it?

[CanRay]

Mitnick, Kevin Mitnick, Hackers 2 or 3, was it?

Try real life.

[Irion]

Can someone explain why Vogelhund sounds so stupid if you're German? It looks, from my perspective, like it means "bird-dog", and that doesn't seem too off. So I must be missing something.

Well, I guess because Germans do not tend to name their weapons in German. Heckler und Koch is just using Numbers and some letters.
MP4 (Maschienen pistole 5).
Same goes for most submarines beeing called U-boot(Submarine) Klasse 212A.
The only name I remember is the Dolphin Klasse (Yes, dolphin is the english word, delphin would be the german one). I am not deep into military history, but I guess it has something to do with the fact, that the german Military has around 48.000 Millions to spend per year (compared to the american with 900.000 millions).
Those numbers alone are not helpfull, but lets take a look at the amount of sold weapons:
USA: 6900 Millions (2010)
Germany: 3100 millions (2010) (based on the prices of 1990)
So you see the amount of sold weapons to military is quite different in Germany. So I guess we just do not care about giving the weapons german names...
Thats why I guess most germans are not used to naming stuff in german but in english... (Honestly I am waiting for the first german rifle to be named in arab (since the middle east is a hell of a market))

So it is just, that germans are not used to name products in german, we mostly use english for that I guess.
@KarmaInferno

Americans tend not to think in anything but American perspectives.

Sorry, but on this topic it is quite wrong. Since at this point germay is kind of "special" in naming his products mostly in english. Compare it to France if you like:
English: the computer
German: Der Computer
Frensh: l'ordinateur
(Well, the Frech might be a bit special too, since they tend bend backwards to "translate" anything in their language.
(As I explained to Whipstitch those names do exist in german...)

@Whipstitch

No, but we have animals colloquially called sheep or cattle dogs.

We have those too.
Schäferhund (shepherd dog)
Herdenhund (cattle dog) is also known.
Lawinenhund(avalanchedog)
It is however correct, that we do not use the combination of to animals often. (On the other hand, I just do not know my way around hunting so I might miss a lot)
In german you have more often (Task/Owner) (animal).
Schäferhund (dog of the shepherd)
Spürhund (dog who snifs out stuff)
Blindenhund (dog for the blind)
Hauskatze (cat who lives in the house)

But I would not but my hand into the fire, that the expression vogelhund does not exist...
(Googled it, it does exist: http://www.dfo-nrw.de/m200.php/)
(When I was once on an exchange in america I visited an american german class, and all the german students went like "what did the teacher just say"?
We looked it up and the word existed but, you know, out of use for a hundred years or so.)

So it stands to reason, that some germans do see their own language as strange.

[Stahlseele]

Some of our weapons actually DO have german names . . but usually, those are not official and given to the weapon by grunts who (have to) use it.
MG 42: Hitlersäge
G36: Legogewehr
and so on and so on . .