The ant's name

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  1. elodea

    elodea Post Master General

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    I honestly thought it was Brad only lives once?
    elodea, August 29, 2014
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  2. archmagecarn

    archmagecarn Active Member

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    Bolo is a perfectly fine name with an illustrious history in science fiction. Also, in the novels, they look something like this:

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    archmagecarn, August 29, 2014
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  3. emporer88

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    Nice. saw this before online but did not take much notice. now I know why they call e'm Bolos XD
    emporer88, August 29, 2014
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  4. squishypon3

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    Only problem is our "Bolo's" are not self aware, they are controlled by the hive mind Commander, the most they have is dumb Ai telling them "If you see enemy run over there without any orders telling you to do so and shoot, don't even try to avoid the enemy or go by groups" :D
    squishypon3, August 29, 2014
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  5. Engineer1234

    Engineer1234 Well-Known Member

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    Isn't a bolo the thing Batman throws at you to entangle your ankles and make you fall over ?
    Just call it the Mavor, have a chuckle and be one with it.
    Engineer1234, August 29, 2014
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  6. vorell255

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    It would be cool to have a laser tank.
    vorell255, August 29, 2014
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  7. Xagar

    Xagar Active Member

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    That's a bola.
    Xagar, August 29, 2014
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  8. superouman

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    That's actually a nice name with this origin. But it's still too close to Bolognese sauce :(
    superouman, August 29, 2014
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  9. spittoon

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    bolo = be on the lookout = cop shop talk

    but i do like ant better
    spittoon, August 29, 2014
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  10. wpmarshall

    wpmarshall Planetary Moderator

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    Marshall's Log
    PAX Day 1
    Evening Report

    After 2 days in the company of Scathis et al. I am still to make any headway on this front. However, there is a battle-pose picture of myself and Scathis taken by @cwarner7264 indicating that a fight is possible. Not only this but there was a reasonably heated debate at dinner over the name of the Ant, attendees were myself, TheWrongCat, Zaphod, John, Adam and Nick. Surprisingly this turned into a 4v2 this it is revealed that even some at Uber sympathise with our plight.
    Unfortunately it wasn't very long before the dinner negotiations descended into shameful punslinging from Adam and John.

    I shall try again SOON.

    Marshall's Log ends.
    wpmarshall, August 30, 2014
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  11. cwarner7264

    cwarner7264 Moderator Alumni

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    cwarner7264, August 30, 2014
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  12. wpmarshall

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    wpmarshall, August 30, 2014
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  13. optimi

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    Imagine this Scathis-Marshall 1v1 going ahead, with most of the general public not knowing what's going on, but everyone who frequents the forums sitting there watching in anticipation and dread.
    optimi, August 30, 2014
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    Paappa, August 30, 2014
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  15. philoscience

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    philoscience, August 30, 2014
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  16. schuesseled192

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    "Bolo's can blow up starships in orbit, survive nukes, have 40 plasma cannons."

    Yeah not seeing the connection here. Bring back the ANT.
    schuesseled192, August 30, 2014
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  17. Quitch

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    Quitch, August 30, 2014
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  18. lapsedpacifist

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    Only one way to settle this: push up competition.

    I'd recommend challenging scathis over brad though :p
    lapsedpacifist, August 30, 2014
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