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*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - mithrandir - 07-07-2020
Disclaimer: This is a fluff media piece which was fun to write. These are just my opinions and personal tastes. If I slammed your suggestion, it is all in good fun. You are welcome to bash my submission as well.
What makes a good team name? In the third point task this season, we were asked to submit names and provide reasons why certain locations and names would make great additions to the NSFL. There were 151 responses. There were some unique locations and nickname choices, and there were some boring ones. This piece will break down the submissions in a variety of ways and pick out the best of the best. But first, some criteria for what I think makes a great team brand:
Location should be far enough away from current NSFL and DSFL teams to have its own market.
Location should be big enough to theoretically support a football team. I am not saying that New York and Houston are the only viable options, but cities that have fewer than 100 thousand are too small.
Nickname should be somehow related to the location name, either through local history and heritage, or (sensible) alliteration.
Nicknames should not go for the lowest hanging fruit, being named after the most obvious stereotypes about a region.
I prefer more specific nicknames to vaguer ones. For example, “dogs” would be a terrible team name, but a species or type of dog could be.
Alliteration is alright sometimes. It can get really tacky though, especially if it is clear that the alliteration was just for the sake of alliteration, as when the location and nickname have no clear connection.
Regions
First off, let us explore which regions people want the NSFL to explore in expansion:
Of the 151 locations submitted, 88 of them were in the United States. Of the 63 non-US locations submitted, 21 were in Europe, 15 were in Canada or Mexico, 7 were in Australia or New Zealand, 7 were in Asia (four of which were in Tokyo), 2 were in Antarctica, and we had unique submissions in Patagonia and Djibouti, each which were the only submissions for South America and Africa, respectively. The final nine submissions were non-earth: four moon teams, two space teams, two fictional places, and one special submission which did not ever name a single place or nickname (I hope said person does not receive credit for this PT).
Within the United States, there were 16 New York state teams, 13 New England teams (six in Boston), 10 Pacific Northwest teams (six in Seattle), 4 Alaska teams, 7 Great Plains teams, 10 Southwest teams (California to Texas), 15 Midwest teams (four in Detroit), and 13 Southeast teams.
I have divided the teams into 10 regions with approximately fifteen teams in each, and will pick the two best names from each region. But first, some information about the nicknames themselves.
Nicknames
Note: If a person submitted multiple locations, and/or nicknames, I only included the first name they submitted.
Animal teams: 58 submissions included animal nicknames. I use the term “animal” to loosely include extinct and mythical creatures in addition to the typical dog, cat, and bird mascots.
Dogs and Cats (14): Hounds, Wolfhounds, Chihuahuas, Jackals (x2), Timberwolves, Huskies, Foxhounds, Schnauzers, Lynx, Bobcats, Tigers, Leopards, Overachievercatz
Bovine and Equine (11): Bulls, Mules, Unicorns, Buffalo (x2), Charging Bulls, Bison, Stallions (x2), Mustangs, Pink Ponies
Other Mammals (7): Capybaras, Bears, Grizzlies, Moosekateers, Moose, Mean Mammoths
Birds and Insects (14): Roly-Poly Bumblebees, Butterflies, Thunderbirds, Blue Penguins (x2), Penguins (x2), Kiwi, Eagles, Quacks, Bees, War Hawks, Mosquitos, Spiders
Reptiles and Fish (12): Dinos, Dragons (x2), Tea-Rex, Swamp Dragons, Red Dragons, Kraken, Sockeye, Velociraptors, Crawdaddies, Alligators, Frogs
Other comments on nicknames
Alliteration was used for 43 of the teams. Bonus points go to clever alliteration of Djibouti Jacks, and the extra alliteration of the Sin City Silver Spiders
Not sure what to call it beyond alliteration, but the Buffalo Buffalo and Chihuahua Chihuahuas were both submitted
Marauders were placed in both Mordor and Melbourne.
Supernovas showed up in both La Crosse, Wisconsin and Houston, Texas
Lumberjacks were placed in both Seattle and Vancouver.
Several team names were just blatantly stolen from other sources. We had the New York Rangers, the Brooklyn Bombers, the Montreal Blitz, and the Miami Vice
Now without further ado, let’s get the team names by region and pick our twenty winners, two from each region.
Europe (21)
Munich Mercs
Lichtenau Graders
Portugese Navigators
Slough Grays
Dublin Golden Luck
Brunswick Hounds
Scotland Savages
Lichtenau Roly-Poly Bumblebees
Albion Wolfhounds
Krasnodar Bulls
Moscow Mules
Stockholm Valkyrie
Birmingham Steel
Cologne Capybaras
Berlin Butterflies
Madrid
Berlin Bears
Dublin Celts
Edinburgh Unicorns
Lisbon Armada
Lublin Hussars
Immediately Disqualified:
Madrid: Sorry, but you didn’t submit a full name
Lichtenau Graders: Graders is not a good nickname
Slough Grays: This submission went for bland and forgettable
Lichtenau Roly-Poly Bumble Bees: Sorry Lichtenau, I don’t hate you, but the namers of your teams do apparently
Cologe Capybaras and Berlin Butterflies: Remember when I said alliteration could be tacky? Case in point.
Lublin Hussars: Hussars are cool, but they would inevitably be called the Hussies by rival fans. Also, No one knows where Lublin is.
Birmingham Steel: Birmingham Iron and Birmingham Steeldogs are already in use in Alabama. Too similar.
Solid but not Spectacular:
Munich Mercs: Mercs is too shortened. I know they want it to stand for Mercedes and Mercenaries but I don’t like it.
Brunswick Hounds: Too obscure of a city and too vague of a mascot. If they specified a type of hound I might be in.
Krasnodar Bulls and Moscow Mules: Russian farm animals don’t appeal to me at all
Dublin Celts: Low hanging fruit. Too generic.
Albion Wolfhounds: Wolfhounds is a cooler name than Hounds, but Albion is too obscure to move on.
Lisbon Armada: I like the other Portuguese team better.
Edinburgh Unicorns: A little too cute for a football team
The Best:
Portuguese Navigators: Good location, nice nickname which relates to that location.
Dublin Golden Luck: Everyone knows where Dublin is, and Golden Luck is a fun nickname though it seems to me it would be a better minor league name.
Scotland Savages: Really good, but perhaps too stereotypical given the whole Redskins issue currently happening.
Stockholm Valkyrie: Really cool mascots. Valkyrie are fierce and strong and highly associated with the Nordic region. I love this branding.
Berlin Bears: Bears were once common in Germany though they no longer are. Bringing Bears back to Germany would be great, and Bears are the perfect animal for a football team.
Winners: Stockholm Valkyrie and Berlin Bears
Canada and Mexico (15)
Montreal Maples
Mexico City Aztecs
Halifax Thunder
Golden Grizzlies
Drumheller Dinos
Quebec City Moosekateers
Chihuahua Chihuahuas
Montreal Olympics
Lloydminster
Vancouver Lumberjacks
Toronto Thunderbirds
Montreal Islanders
Ottawa Lynx
Montreal Blitz
Vancouver Brewers
Calgary Cowboys
Immediately Disqualified:
Montreal Maples: So many reasons. Tacky alliteration, most obvious Canadian stereotype. Lazy combination between two NHL team names.
Lloydminster: Obscure city, no nickname
Montreal Blitz: Plagiarized team name
Montreal Olympics: Sorry Montreal. I don’t hate you but the crew that named Lichtenau seemed to like Montreal as well. Olympics makes no sense as a nickname. Perhaps Olympians would have been better.
Quebec City Moosekateers: What is a Moosekateer?
Chihuahua Chihuahuas: Cute, but ultimately a joke. Plus Chihuahuas are one of my least favorite dog breeds.
Solid but not Spectacular:
Drumheller Dinos: Great connection between name and region, but it is too obscure and Dinos is a little bit juvenile.
Montreal Islanders: Just feels to unoriginal to me since there is an Islanders NHL team
Vancouver Brewers: See above, but with MLB
Vancouver Lumberjacks: Lumberjacks strikes me as a minor league sort of mascot
The Best:
Golden Grizzlies: I love bears and bear mascots. Also, the logo is sweet. Unfortunately it is just too small a market to support a team.
Mexico City Aztecs: Could be some really cool branding and would fit nicely geographically with the rest of the ASFC.
Halifax Thunder: A fierce sounding name in a good sized market
Toronto Thunderbirds: I like the name Thunderbird because of my disc golf hobby, and Toronto is a great city and great market.
Calgary Cowboys: I learned with this team that Calgary has a huge rodeo. Nice market, solid alliteration and a local connection.
Winners: Toronto Thunderbirds and Mexico City Aztecs
EDIT: It has come to my attention that the Toronto Thunderbirds is a team in another sim league. Additionally, I forgot to mention the Ottawa Lynx. I like the Ottawa Lynx branding and choose it to replace the Thunderbirds as the winner of this region.
Asia, Oceania, Antarctica, Africa, South America (18)
Wellington Conchords
Dunedin Blue Penguins
Antarctica Penguins
Tokyo Titans
Tokyo Wrestlers
Seoul Archers
Melbourne Marauders
Otago Blue Penguins
Auckland Kiwis
New Zealand Happy Hobbits
Antarctica Mosquitos
Hyderabad Warriors
Patagonia Penguins
Tokyo Guardians
Tokyo Tyrants
Shanghai Great Walls
Djibouti Jackals
Sydney
Immediately Disqualified:
Antarctica Penguins: Too obvious and vague.
Hyderabad Warriors: A team in India isn’t the worst idea, but I have never heard of this city before.
Sydney: No nickname. P. Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.
Shanghai Great Walls: A meme team comprised of all offensive linemen.
Antarctica Mosquitos: One of the worst submissions, period.
Tokyo Titans, Tokyo Wrestlers, Tokyo Tyrants: Tacky alliteration or obvious stereotypes.
Solid but not Spectacular:
New Zealand Happy Hobbits: I love the idea of a team in New Zealand, and I love the Lord of the Rings. This is such a nice team name proposed by the cheerful Tesla, but I don’t think it is appropriate for a football team
Melbourne Marauders: Middle of the road. Not particularly memorable.
Wellington Conchords: As a music theory graduate student in real life, I love the idea of adding another musical team to the Second Line. But unlike the Second Line, Conchords is not remotely sports related.
Auckland Kiwis: Another nice New Zealand team but a little obvious for my taste.
Patagonia Penguins: Penguins are great, and a South American team is a novel idea. Unfortunately for this team, Blue Penguins are cooler than regular penguins.
The Best:
Otago Blue Penguins and Dunedin Blue Penguins: Similar concepts here. Dunedin is a city in the Otago region in New Zealand. Blue Penguins are native to New Zealand, and this league clearly loves penguins in general. Personal taste has Dunedin moving on instead of Otago, perhaps because the city name Dunedin is close to Dunedain, subtly tying in the Lord of the Rings ties in New Zealand.
Seoul Archers: Unique city choice that is still large enough to support a team. Seoul Archers is just a captivating name for some reason.
Tokyo Guardians: The best of the Tokyo submissions.
Djibouti Jackals: Clever alliteration, jackals are native to Africa, and a very unique location.
Winners: Dunedin Blue Penguins, Seoul Archers.
New York (16)
New York Rangers
New York Oracle
Buffalo Buffalo
Long Island Dragons
New York Charging Bulls
Brooklyn Bombers
Bronx B-Boys
Rochester Jeffersons
Buffalo Buffalo
New York Imperials
New York Titans
New York Imperials
New York World Police
New York
New York Quacks
Buffalo Bees
Immediately Disqualified:
New York Rangers, Brooklyn Bombers, Rochester Jeffersons: Stolen names
New York: No nickname
New York Quacks, New York World Police, Bronx B-Boys: Terrible Names
Solid but not Spectacular:
Buffalo Bees: I have a lot of family in Western New York and really want a Rochester or Buffalo team so I am disappointed with the names submitted for those cities. Bees is not a great name in my opinion.
New York Imperials: I guess they’re going for empire state sort of references?
New York Charging Bulls: Too close to New York Red Bulls
New York Titans: Not a fan of the nickname Titans
New York Oracle: Sounds like a WNBA franchise
The Best?
I guess that leaves us with our two winners which are not particularly great, but represent the best submissions from Western NY and NYC respectively:
Buffalo Buffalo and Long Island Dragons. New York teams probably won’t beat out the stronger competitors from the other regions.
New England (13)
Boston Admirals
Boston Tea-Rex
New Jersey Swamp Dragons
Dover Divers
Boston Bricks
Massachusetts Pink Hats
New England GOATs
Worcester Scholars
Boston Red Dragons
Vermont Maple Leafs
Burlington Bobcats
Boston Minutemen
Boston Armada
Immediately Disqualified:
New Jersey Swamp Dragons: Stolen from New Jersey Nets lore
Massachusetts Pink Hats: No comment
New England GOATs: A butthurt Patriots fan living in the past
Boston Bricks: Silly name
Boston Minutemen: Previously a soccer franchise
Solid but not Spectacular:
Boston Tea-Rex: Hilarious logo and funny tea party related humor but ultimately a joke name
Dover Divers: Alliteration without meaning
Worcester Scholars: I like the location and name. It’s unique and interesting. Perhaps not great as a football team name, but could be a great name for something else.
The Best:
Boston Admirals and Boston Armada: Similar ideas here paying homage to Boston’s Navy and shipbuilding history.
Boston Red Dragons: Not sure what the connection is between Boston and Red Dragons, but dragons are clearly terrifying creatures which would make great mascots. I think this might be a Chinatown connection
Vermont Maple Leafs: Maybe a little obvious but it is nice to get out of Massachusetts.
Burlington Bobcats: Much more specific, and bobcats are cool cats!
Winners: Boston Admirals and Burlington Bobcats
Pacific Northwest and Alaska (14)
Spokane War Hawks
Alaska Moose
Seattle Tigers
Anchorage Mush
Anchorage
Seattle
Portland Thinkers
Tacoma Timberwolves
Anchorage Huskies
Seattle Tridents
Seattle Lumberjacks
Seattle Kraken
Seattle Tridents
Auburn Sockeye (WA)
Immediately Disqualified:
Seattle and Anchorage: No nicknames
Anchorage Mush: Huge wasted opportunity here. After talking about sled dogs at length, the author went with Mush instead of Anchorage Malamutes, the beautiful dogs that are closely related to Huskies.
Portland Thinkers: Just terrible. Wikipedia lists 100+ locations of copies of the Thinker statue featured on this team’s logo. None of those statues are in Portland.
Solid but not Spectacular:
Seattle Tigers: I don’t see the connection
Seattle Lumberjacks: See Vancouver Lumberjacks
Auburn Sockeye: We just got two fish teams. Plus Auburn, WA is the third Auburn I think of after Alabama and New York.
Alaska Moose: Moose are really incredible animals. Pairing a generic state name with a generic nickname is too bland for me. Looking at you Tennessee Titans.
The Best:
Anchorage Huskies: Sled dogs are some of the most interesting and sturdy of animals. Malamutes is a much better name than Huskies though, as I feel Huskies is already overused.
Spokane War Hawks: Interesting bird choice and a decent-sized if not huge market.
Tacoma Timberwolves: Almost exactly the same population as Spokane, and another unique animal choice, though it copies an NBA franchise.
Seattle Tridents: Mythological, and ties into the Seattle fishing community in a non-obvious way. Would be lethal against the Sailfish and Hahalua.
Seattle Kraken: It’s the Kraken. Enough said.
Winners: Tough choice, but I am going with the Seattle Tridents and Spokane War Hawks. Would have taken the Anchorage Malamutes in a heartbeat.
Great Plains and Southwest (17)
Helena Jalapenos
Wichita Warriors
Bismarck Bison
Lincoln Lumbermen
Fargo Foxhounds
Lincoln Pioneers
Omaha Cattlemen
Houston Supernovas
San Antonio Revolutionaries
Hollyweed Suns
Sin City Silver Spiders
Los Angeles Terminators
Las Vegas Leopards
Roswell Invaders (NM)
Venice Meatheads (CA)
San Jose Overachievercatz
San Antonio Stallions
Immediately Disqualified:
Helena Jalapenos: The tackiest of alliteration. So bad. No connection between the pepper and the city. Not even the best hot pepper to start with an “h” sound, though Helena Habaneros would have been only marginally better. I love chili peppers and there are definitely better options out there. Carolina Reapers, Trinidad Scorpions, or heck, if you want an alliterative pepper name in that region of the country, go with Cheyenne Cayenne.
Hollyweed Suns: Just dumb.
San Jose Overachievercatz: A potshot at a current franchise.
Venice Meatheads: Yikes
Los Angeles Terminators: Copyright issues. Also, we do not need any more California teams.
Solid but not Spectacular:
Lincoln Lumbermen, Omaha Cattlemen, Lincoln Pioneers: Boring occupational names in boring cities.
Roswell Invaders: Kind of a quirky name referencing the city’s alien sightings.
Wichita Warriors: Bland and unmemorable.
Las Vegas Leopards: I don’t mind it. We could use a big cat team and leopards are really fascinating animals. Ultimately it was beaten out by a better name in the same city.
San Antonio Revolutionaries: I went with the other San Antonio name instead.
The Best:
Bismarck Bison: The proper type of alliteration with a solid connection between the nickname and region
Fargo Foxhounds: I guess I am hypocritical for including this alliteration without regional connection, but I like dogs
Houston Supernovas: Great sports market and the Supernovas are a cool reference to the “Space City” nickname
Sin City Silver Spiders: A name that captures your attention. Has moved beyond normal tacky alliteration into a catchy alliterative zone.
San Antonio Stallions: San Antonio is a great city and Stallions is a solid nickname which fills a horse niche in the league.
Winners: Houston Supernovas, Sin City Silver Spiders
Midwest (15)
Madison Mean Mammoths
La Crosse Supernovas (WI)
Detroit Mustangs
Detroit Dynamics
Bay City Rollers (MI)
Detroit After Dark
Motor City Mechanics
Minnesota Minerals
Cincinnati Schnauzers
Iowa Corn
Indianapolis Frontier
St. Louis Stallions
Columbus Draugr
St. Louis Steamboats
Pittsburgh
Immediately Disqualified:
Detroit After Dark: Not a team name.
Minnesota Minerals: Could start a nutritional sim league and rival the Vancouver Vitamins.
Iowa Corn: Bland name. Corn, despite being one of the most threatening of vegetables, is much less threatening than pretty much anything else.
Pittsburgh: Steelers fan here. I wish they had thrown out a nickname so Pittsburgh could advance.
Solid but not Spectacular:
La Crosse Supernovas: Small city and does not have strong regional ties with the nickname
Columbus Draugr: I like the idea of an Ohio team, the birthplace of professional football. Columbus has strong German ties, not Nordic ones, so Draugr does not fit well as a nickname.
St. Louis Stallions: San Antonio seems a better setting for Stallions.
Madison Mean Mammoths: Nice alliteration, but what do mammoths have to do with Madison? Why are the Mammoths mean?
Detroit Dynamics: Again, I appreciate the attempt to have a musical franchise, but Dynamics just does not feel like a football name to me.
Motor City Mechanics: Solid effort and regional significance. I also appreciate the use of a city nickname. I am not a big fan of the use of occupations as nicknames, however.
The Best:
Detroit Mustangs: Nice double meaning honoring Ford motors and also allowing for a horse themed franchise.
Bay City Rollers: Cool retro themed logo and branding but too small a city to actually win
Cincinnati Schnauzers: We finally get our Ohio team. Cincinnati is a very German city, with the largest Oktoberfest in the world outside of Germany. Schnauzers are fantastic dogs ubiquitous with Germany and can look quite fearsome with their formidable beards.
Indianapolis Frontier: Nice sized city which has shown they can support a football team. I like the name pretty well.
St. Louis Steamboats: St. Louis is desperate for a football team, as evidenced by their huge support for the XFL Battlehawks. Steamboats are a cool piece of the city’s culture.
Winners: Detroit Mustangs, Cincinnati Schnauzers
Southeast (13)
Raleigh Velociraptors
Pascagoula Crawdaddies
Everglades Alligators
Miami Vice
Atlanta Pink Ponies
Hilton Head Bridge Club
Atlanta Lancers
Memphis Jackals
Louisville
Florida Scorchers
Mississippi Flood
Atlanta Frogs
Daytona Beach Speedsters
Immediately Disqualified:
Louisville: It would have been nice to see a Kentucky team, but the submission forgot to include a nickname.
Miami Vice: A stolen and unoriginal name.
Atlanta Pink Ponies: Too cute for a football team
Hilton Head Bridge Club: Pretty funny but clearly not intended to be serious.
Solid but not Spectacular:
Pascagoula Crawdaddies: Fantastic minor league branding but too small of a market. A true southern name.
Florida Scorchers: Not a fan of state names as locations. Scorchers is not a very specific nickname either. Too vague on all counts.
Memphis Jackals: I much prefer the Djibouti Jackals.
Mississippi Flood: They can join the New York Oracle as expansion WNBA squads.
Daytona Beach Speedsters: This is not NASCAR, it’s football.
Raleigh Velociraptors: Solid market choice, but awkward and difficult name to say.
Atlanta Lancers: Lancers seems like a random choice with no real ties to Atlanta.
The Best?
Like New York, we’re left with scraps in the Southeast region. The default winners are the Atlanta Frogs and Everglades Alligators.
Non-Earth (9)
Meridiani Planum Martians
X Æ A-12’s
Mordor Marauders
Andromeda Amazingly Advanced Aliens
Lunar Rovers
Tycho Moonmen
Waterdeep Dragons
Moon Knights
Tranquility Eagles
Nothing
Immediately Disqualified:
Martians, Moonmen, and Amazingly Advanced Aliens could easily be construed as the equivalent to “Redskins” in 1000 years.
The A-12s are named after Elon Musk’s son, so that’s kind of unoriginal.
Lunar Rovers, Tranquility Eagles, and Moon Knights are decent names for the Moon Simulation football league, but that league doesn’t exist yet. Mordor Marauders is pretty cool, and Waterdeep Dragons is an awesome name. Unfortunately, a fictional place would never fly in this league. Finally, the person who neither mentioned a city nor a nickname was clearly eliminated.
Winners: Since none of our non-earth teams are feasible, I will be selecting two more teams as wildcards which did not win their region: Congratulations to the St. Louis Steamboats and Djibouti Jackals!
Full list of twenty winners:
Stockholm Valkyrie
Berlin Bears
Ottawa Lynx
Mexico City Aztecs
Dunedin Blue Penguins
Seoul Archers
Buffalo Buffalo
Long Island Dragons
Boston Admirals
Burlington Bocats
Seattle Tridents
Spokane War Hawks
Houston Supernovas
Sin City Silver Spiders
Detroit Mustangs
Cincinnati Schnauzers
Atlanta Frogs
Everglades Alligators
St. Louis Steamboats
Djibouti Jackals
*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - SwankyPants31 - 07-07-2020
When the LA Terminators get struck down for copyright issues but the Moon Knights make it through. Guess my argument that there are no laws on the moon didn't fall on deaf ears
*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - UpperNet - 07-07-2020
REEEEEEEEEEE MEATHEADS
*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - Kyamprac - 07-07-2020
Quote:The Best:
Golden Grizzlies: I love bears and bear mascots. Also, the logo is sweet. Unfortunately it is just too small a market to support a team.
Thanks for this
glad someone liked the logo as much as I did.Quote:Calgary Cowboys: I learned with this team that Calgary has a huge rodeo. Nice market, solid alliteration and a local connection.
I'm glad you didn't pick this one as best. Calgary stinks. Also they already have a football team that's tied to the rodeo - Calgary Stampeders
*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - mithrandir - 07-07-2020
(07-07-2020, 02:21 AM)Kyamprac Wrote:I'm glad you didn't pick this one as best. Calgary stinks. Also they already have a football team that's tied to the rodeo - Calgary Stampeders
I picked it later on. Might have to reconsider and remove it. St Louis Steamboats would be my next wildcard team.
*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - 37thchamber - 07-07-2020
Seems a bit odd to rule Albion out as obscure. It's just the poetic name for Britain, like Columbia is used for the US. Hence the number of British teams called "Albion" (West Bromwich, Brighton & Hove, Burton, Sterling...)
Birmingham Steel makes no fucking sense though, since we had nothing to do with the steel industry in Britain at all. There are so many options that could have worked for my city (Bulls, Lions, Spitfires, Gunners, Bombers, Archers, Shield, Blitz, Jazz, Rage...) and they went with *steel* ...? A famously Sheffield-related thing? Get in the fucking sea, mate.
Some cool suggestions here though. A lot of people clearly phoned it in, but there's some really nice concepts. Chihuahua missed a trick by not naming the team after another breed of dog though. Or even a type of cat for the lols.
*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - Buttersqauch101 - 07-07-2020
Hey my expansion team was one of “the best”. Also I have a feeling the Birmingham steel was for Alabama. Not Britain since that location gets a lot of metal names
*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - mithrandir - 07-07-2020
(07-07-2020, 03:50 AM)Buttersqauch101 Wrote:Hey my expansion team was one of “the best”. Also I have a feeling the Birmingham steel was for Alabama. Not Britain since that location gets a lot of metal namesThe writer specified that it was England
*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - mithrandir - 07-07-2020
(07-07-2020, 03:13 AM)37thchamber Wrote:Seems a bit odd to rule Albion out as obscure. It's just the poetic name for Britain, like Columbia is used for the US. Hence the number of British teams called "Albion" (West Bromwich, Brighton & Hove, Burton, Sterling...)
Birmingham Steel makes no fucking sense though, since we had nothing to do with the steel industry in Britain at all. There are so many options that could have worked for my city (Bulls, Lions, Spitfires, Gunners, Bombers, Archers, Shield, Blitz, Jazz, Rage...) and they went with *steel* ...? A famously Sheffield-related thing? Get in the fucking sea, mate.
Some cool suggestions here though. A lot of people clearly phoned it in, but there's some really nice concepts. Chihuahua missed a trick by not naming the team after another breed of dog though. Or even a type of cat for the lols.
We do not use the names Albion or Columbia in the US to refer to Britain and the US. Apologies for my lack of cultural knowledge. I think the writer of the Birmingham Steel wanted to draw attention to metal rock bands from that area.
*The Best of the PT3 Expansion Names - 37thchamber - 07-07-2020
(07-07-2020, 09:55 AM)mithrandir Wrote:We do not use the names Albion or Columbia in the US.Isn't the capital literally named DC, as in "District of Columbia" though?
I still don't think Albion is "obscure" but if you're not familiar with the term, I guess that explains it. I personally liked that suggestion tbh. Though I have no idea where you'd base a team named after Albion... presumably somewhere with connections to prominent locations in Arthurian legend.
(07-07-2020, 09:55 AM)mithrandir Wrote:I think the writer of the Birmingham Steel wanted to draw attention to metal rock bands from that area.
Still doesn't make sense. Nobody is going to make that connection when Sheffield is right there (like... an hour away), and metal is still kinda niche. It's not exactly mainstream music (for which btw, there are plenty of options originating in Birmingham).
Yes, I am touchy about these things. There is a rich cultural history in Birmingham and it is constantly overlooked.