hoolaman Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 I'm kind of glad Stryker didn't get into the title as the game has long since diverged from the US Army side of things. Shock Force is ok, sounds kind of hammy but as others have pointed out, this sort of crap was all the rage in the Rumsfeld Pentagon. Remember Team America:World Police; "America - "Fvck Yeah!"" that is a parody of the real world nonsense going on at the time. Actually that might have been good: CM:FY! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finalcut Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 I guess Combat mission Death to Bashir Al Assad and his Revolutionary Guard Thugs and Evil Henchmen,also known as" CMDTBAAAHRGTAEH" wouldn't work? Probably not politically correct in the new "sensative to our enemies" type of wars we have these days. Also,you would need a bigger package for that title and that would run over budget. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dietrich Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 CMDTBAAAHRGTAEH Looks like the abbreviation for the name of the forthcoming CMx2 pirate game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottie Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 Ah yes, Russian Wargame Name Generator is a multi-purpose product, with applications in the adult film industry and consumer product marketing in Asia. LOL :) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 http://www.asylum.com/2010/06/29/optenet-nearly-40-percent-of-the-internet-is-porn/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeatEtr Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 OMFG that rocks, I'm gonna make that the Intro music for my CMSF! lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaws Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 OMG You know World of Warcraft :eek: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottie Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 The original name we came up with was CM: Stryker Brigade, to emphasize we were building the game around the SBCT (which was, at the time, not even operational yet). We tried to trademark the name along with a couple other names. We got a very nice letter, and followup call, from the Pentagon's lawyers informing us that we couldn't do that. And I'm serious, it was actually a very nice lawyer! Don't ask me how that is possible, but it's true! And you lawyers reading this can bite me... 1st Amendment Heh. Coming up with a name for a game that fits several critical criteria at the same time is really, really difficult. Especially for a historical game set in WW2, and even more especially for ones built around specific battles. Even if the name is technically free of legal strings, we might not want to use it because it either doesn't sound all that good or is too well known in some other form (board game, early computer game, etc). Steve That's pretty interesting Steve. Once you had a legal shortlist did you employ some sort of voting system internally ? was it market research ? or did it just come down to that's legal it will have to do 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrashb Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Shock and Awe sounded a little bit silly,but that didn't stop everyone from the Whitehouse,The Joint chiefs,The pentagon,all the way down to some private pulling guard duty at an airfield in the middle of no where using it repeatedly during the opening stages of the Iraq invasion.It's a new kinda military,one raised on video games.So,it only makes sense that alot of the terminology sounds gamey. It came from an academic paper: http://www.dodccrp.org/files/Ullman_Shock.pdf 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 No market research... we know our market better any anybody Focus groups and what not aren't really useful and take a lot of time. So we run names by our testers and ask for suggestions. It's got to be short, catchy, indicative of what the game is, etc. We then go with what our gut, and legal abilities, tell us will work best. It's really difficult to do. After the name is out there, all is fine as long as the name is reasonably effective. The name Shock Force has done very well for us. Better than we probably thought it would when we first decided to go with it. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Sounds like CM:MonkeyPlateau has got a shot! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Focus groups and what not aren't really useful... I'd agree with that. Most ad campaigns I've seen that have been market researched are unspeakably dumb. Apparently ad agencies in the US assume their fellow citizens all have an IQ of about 12. I suppose that could be true of them and their colleagues... Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Speaking as a former ad agency guy, I resemble that remark! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 You'd know best. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethaface Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Well how dumber the add, the more effective it is. Remember that brand of washing powder on your washing machine? I bet it has a horrible ad that made your subconsciousness go wild in the shop. You think you selected the brand randomly, but thats certainly not the case. The only way to be really (ad) free in that regard is to stop watching TV, reading magazines/newspapers, the internet and wear a blinded sunglasses when outside. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 BF should hire these guys: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elmar Bijlsma Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 BF should hire these guys: *dials 1-800-8428462* Hello? Someone just hurt my brain. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akd Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 BF should hire these guys: I didn't see any pistol animations on that squirrel, so why bother? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJFHutch Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 After a conversion about alternate names for games I can't help but think of CMSF as meaning "Commission Fock Sauce" so for me it doesn't matter as much But yeah, a lot of it (UI, box art, music (not as much), name etc) seem a bit out of place. Looking at the box you'd think it was an indie first person shooter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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