What name should I pick?
February 18, 2011 4:07 PM
I've joined a roller derby league, and the time has come for me to pick a name. Help me come up with something nerdy and awesome!
So, the time has come for me to pick my roller derby name. There's a previous question that addresses this, but a lot of names are plays on names of famous people and/or violence-related, neither of which I'm really into.
What I am is a big strategy/game theory nerd, an evolutionary ecologist, and a computer geek, so I've been thinking about names that relate to these things somehow. Obscure plays on words and clever double entendre are definitely welcome. Bonus points if you have to think about it for a minute to get it.
Example names I've come up with to date:
Zero Sum Game
Mutant Strategy
Selective Agent
I like these, but I know I can do better. Any help from the hivemind?
So, the time has come for me to pick my roller derby name. There's a previous question that addresses this, but a lot of names are plays on names of famous people and/or violence-related, neither of which I'm really into.
What I am is a big strategy/game theory nerd, an evolutionary ecologist, and a computer geek, so I've been thinking about names that relate to these things somehow. Obscure plays on words and clever double entendre are definitely welcome. Bonus points if you have to think about it for a minute to get it.
Example names I've come up with to date:
Zero Sum Game
Mutant Strategy
Selective Agent
I like these, but I know I can do better. Any help from the hivemind?
Blood Red Queen?
I'm trying to come up with a play on Hamilton, in reference to Hamilton's Rule, but my brain is tired. But I like the implications of self-sacrifice for the success of your derby kin that goes along with that one.
posted by amelioration at 4:19 PM on February 18, 2011
I'm trying to come up with a play on Hamilton, in reference to Hamilton's Rule, but my brain is tired. But I like the implications of self-sacrifice for the success of your derby kin that goes along with that one.
posted by amelioration at 4:19 PM on February 18, 2011
DarWinner?
Unnatural Selection?
I really like Zero Sum Game, though, and I think you should go with that.
posted by lollusc at 4:24 PM on February 18, 2011
Unnatural Selection?
I really like Zero Sum Game, though, and I think you should go with that.
posted by lollusc at 4:24 PM on February 18, 2011
Darwin's Bulldog would be an homage to Alfred Russel Wallace.
I suppose someone has already taken Ruby Onrails. And Jean Gnome.
posted by Sidhedevil at 4:25 PM on February 18, 2011
I suppose someone has already taken Ruby Onrails. And Jean Gnome.
posted by Sidhedevil at 4:25 PM on February 18, 2011
Math Owie!
posted by Ufez Jones at 4:25 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by Ufez Jones at 4:25 PM on February 18, 2011
Natural Selector
posted by nooneyouknow at 4:26 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by nooneyouknow at 4:26 PM on February 18, 2011
Or if that's *too* obscure how about Fay Go Psytosis
posted by Ufez Jones at 4:27 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by Ufez Jones at 4:27 PM on February 18, 2011
Lamarck You Up?
Mini-Max (if you are smallish)?
von Neumangle?
Dame Theory?
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:27 PM on February 18, 2011
Mini-Max (if you are smallish)?
von Neumangle?
Dame Theory?
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:27 PM on February 18, 2011
or Zero Sum Dame
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:28 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by GenjiandProust at 4:28 PM on February 18, 2011
"Sport"
posted by contraption at 4:34 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by contraption at 4:34 PM on February 18, 2011
I like Upton O'Goode, but that's probably better for a foppish drag king than a roller derby participant.
posted by southern_sky at 4:37 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by southern_sky at 4:37 PM on February 18, 2011
Pulled out some fun sounding terms related to game theory:
Prisoner di Lemma
Super Rational
Bayesian Bomber or maybe just BazyAnn
posted by platinum at 4:39 PM on February 18, 2011
Prisoner di Lemma
Super Rational
Bayesian Bomber or maybe just BazyAnn
posted by platinum at 4:39 PM on February 18, 2011
Vermicelli a la Darwin
Beagle's Bitch
The Falkland Islands Fox
Jean (Gene) Flow
Butterfly Hurricane
Kaye Server
Chicken Hawkdove
Oh, man, I'm awful.
posted by Diagonalize at 4:40 PM on February 18, 2011
Beagle's Bitch
The Falkland Islands Fox
Jean (Gene) Flow
Butterfly Hurricane
Kaye Server
Chicken Hawkdove
Oh, man, I'm awful.
posted by Diagonalize at 4:40 PM on February 18, 2011
If you have numbers on your unis, what about...
Ms. Anne Trophic (5)
posted by Balonious Assault at 4:42 PM on February 18, 2011
Ms. Anne Trophic (5)
posted by Balonious Assault at 4:42 PM on February 18, 2011
Tina Turing
posted by Dillonlikescookies at 5:05 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by Dillonlikescookies at 5:05 PM on February 18, 2011
Aggravate Lovelace
Carla Darwin
H.M.S. Bloodbath
posted by 200burritos at 5:21 PM on February 18, 2011
Carla Darwin
H.M.S. Bloodbath
posted by 200burritos at 5:21 PM on February 18, 2011
Crash Override
posted by buzzkillington at 5:26 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by buzzkillington at 5:26 PM on February 18, 2011
slam'd coalition
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 5:30 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 5:30 PM on February 18, 2011
or, nixed strategy (these only work if you play blocker)
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 5:31 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 5:31 PM on February 18, 2011
Congratulations! Derby is so much fun.
Make sure to check your name against the International Registry. It'll help you pinpoint which names are too close to existing names and might be rejected.
Have fun!
posted by Constant Reader at 5:51 PM on February 18, 2011
Make sure to check your name against the International Registry. It'll help you pinpoint which names are too close to existing names and might be rejected.
Have fun!
posted by Constant Reader at 5:51 PM on February 18, 2011
Hitting Problem
Smash Equilibrium
Haldame's Dilemma
Selective Advantage
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 6:46 PM on February 18, 2011
Smash Equilibrium
Haldame's Dilemma
Selective Advantage
posted by It's Never Lurgi at 6:46 PM on February 18, 2011
Tons of awesome ideas here, so I feel compelled to add mine: The Golden Meanie
posted by missmobtown at 7:22 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by missmobtown at 7:22 PM on February 18, 2011
There is an Anthony bourdain no reservations where he visits a roller derby, wish I could find it. The girls had great names.
posted by saragoodman3 at 8:31 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by saragoodman3 at 8:31 PM on February 18, 2011
killer bytes
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 9:09 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by Rube R. Nekker at 9:09 PM on February 18, 2011
Ooh, a late breaking addition from the BF: Square Ruth!
posted by missmobtown at 9:30 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by missmobtown at 9:30 PM on February 18, 2011
Or grab a partner and you can be Frick and Fractal!
(Sorry, we just live for puns here at chez Mobtown)
posted by missmobtown at 9:38 PM on February 18, 2011
(Sorry, we just live for puns here at chez Mobtown)
posted by missmobtown at 9:38 PM on February 18, 2011
Thanks for all the suggestions! There are some really good ones in here, keep 'em coming and I'll let you all know what I end up picking.
posted by zug at 9:40 PM on February 18, 2011
posted by zug at 9:40 PM on February 18, 2011
In order of personal preference:
Pavlov's Belle
Higgs Bosom
Volatile Memory
Radioactive Dating
Daemon Bitch
Data Model
Fly'N Amber (fly in amber)
Soil Creep
Petrified Wood
Paleozoic Ezra
Pissing Link
Compton Effect
Mass Extinction
Old Growth Forest
Control-Alt-Deborah
AmigaOS
Joan Nash
Rock Paper Switchblade
posted by damn dirty ape at 10:44 PM on February 18, 2011
Pavlov's Belle
Higgs Bosom
Volatile Memory
Radioactive Dating
Daemon Bitch
Data Model
Fly'N Amber (fly in amber)
Soil Creep
Petrified Wood
Paleozoic Ezra
Pissing Link
Compton Effect
Mass Extinction
Old Growth Forest
Control-Alt-Deborah
AmigaOS
Joan Nash
Rock Paper Switchblade
posted by damn dirty ape at 10:44 PM on February 18, 2011
Skid Meier
Nice Gamete-cha
Spinnaeus
Imperfectin' Formation
posted by mumkin at 11:07 PM on February 18, 2011
Nice Gamete-cha
Spinnaeus
Imperfectin' Formation
posted by mumkin at 11:07 PM on February 18, 2011
Yuri Ga-Gaggin
Rubix Boobs
I'm sorry for everything
posted by 200burritos at 12:27 AM on February 19, 2011
Rubix Boobs
I'm sorry for everything
posted by 200burritos at 12:27 AM on February 19, 2011
A-Star (gotta be efficient searching your decision tree)
something something r-strategist
Kinsey Lection
Gash Equilibrium
Metal Zoë
(and I really like the earlier suggestions of Hitting Problem and Cambrian Explosion)
posted by hattifattener at 1:25 AM on February 19, 2011
something something r-strategist
Kinsey Lection
Gash Equilibrium
Metal Zoë
(and I really like the earlier suggestions of Hitting Problem and Cambrian Explosion)
posted by hattifattener at 1:25 AM on February 19, 2011
Permian Extinction
Dominant Replicator
Red in Tooth
Nasty Brutish Short
posted by lollusc at 3:49 AM on February 19, 2011
Dominant Replicator
Red in Tooth
Nasty Brutish Short
posted by lollusc at 3:49 AM on February 19, 2011
Zero Sum Dame is my favourite so far by a long way.
geeky derby girl here - my own name is not at all nerdy, to my occasional chagrin, but I skate with a Dot Slash and an Ada Loveless, and I love them to bits for it
posted by corvine at 4:50 AM on February 19, 2011
geeky derby girl here - my own name is not at all nerdy, to my occasional chagrin, but I skate with a Dot Slash and an Ada Loveless, and I love them to bits for it
posted by corvine at 4:50 AM on February 19, 2011
Polly Carbonate (or Dactyl or Dipsia or Morph or Mer or any number of things...)
posted by maryr at 10:22 AM on February 19, 2011
posted by maryr at 10:22 AM on February 19, 2011
I was considering Moral Hazard, but ended up going another direction.
Also, something to consider in picking your name is your derby nickname. It will likely be a one or two syllable version of your official derby name that's easily yelled on the track.
posted by bubonicpeg at 4:56 AM on February 21, 2011
Also, something to consider in picking your name is your derby nickname. It will likely be a one or two syllable version of your official derby name that's easily yelled on the track.
posted by bubonicpeg at 4:56 AM on February 21, 2011
Super ANOVA? (that might be too obscure)
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 4:19 PM on February 21, 2011
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 4:19 PM on February 21, 2011
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posted by grouse at 4:15 PM on February 18, 2011