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madrock
Apr 30, 2005, 12:24 AM
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Thanks to all who submitted names. There was some really great stuff. In addition to the winners we already announced, here are a couple of last minute adds. You can check them out in our new catalog and on our website in August.
total_nobb – Paradox. This name will be used for our new belay device.
Davidji – Fury. This name will be used for our new guide shoe.
Cmacblue42 – Addiction Chalk (we already posted this one, but you did make the final cut)
M3thOd – Mad Cap This name did not make the final cut, but was so great that we are going to make a hat just to use it. The product was actually named by the designer.
Each person will be sent the Mad Rock climbing shoes of their choice. We sent each of you a PM, so please check it and respond when you want to get hooked up with shoes.
Honorable Mention (Not used yet?, free stuff anyway)
1) trogdortheburninator1 (Rad Moc) Sweet
2) thrmaln (Crack Shoes), Love it, loose my job for using
3) climbingeagle (Extremist) Very nice, Alpine boot
Greetings All:
Mad Rock is looking for new product names. Something along the lines of a psychological disorder (some current models include "Fanatic" and "Maniac") or astrological, like the new harness line ("Saturn," "Venus"). Anything might work though-- it just needs to sound good; You can post your suggestions on this forum-- that way we can track who came up with what name first. Have fun.
If your name is used you will get a free Harness, Pair of Shoes or other product depending on what the name is used on.
In Answer to a few posts I saw, 1) Yes I am the sales Manager 2) Names and winners will be selected approx. June 15th 3) We have already seen 3-5 names we like 4) No this is not a joke, call the office if you doubt it. 5) "F-bomb", not a good name 6) The reason for the comp is after 20 hears in the outdoor industry the well has run dry, I am out of catchy names.
Thanks for all the help in advance.
Joe Garland
Mad Rock
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reno
Apr 30, 2005, 12:30 AM
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The Alto.
(Alto = Height when discussing medicine... for example, altophobia is the fear of heights.)
Not that Altophobia is a good name, but "Alto" might work for ya.
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youreup
Apr 30, 2005, 12:32 AM
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Schizo
Psychopath
Crazed
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caughtinside
Apr 30, 2005, 12:34 AM
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The Freak.
Solar Wind?
Near Magellanic Cloud? :lol:
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pupjr
Apr 30, 2005, 12:35 AM
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OOOO psych names, i knew my psych classes would help some point in my life.
Shoes: Voyeurist, Fetish, Schizo, Insominac, Masochist, Saddist, Demantia,
Harness: Haley's, Uranus (couldn't resist), Mercury (light, speed harness perhaps?) you said venus, but a women's model perhaps? Jupiter (big wall, padded harness?)
I'll have some more later, this stuff is always fun.
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edge
Apr 30, 2005, 12:36 AM
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The Synapse!
(Synapse: the space between nerve cells through which nerve impulses are transmitted.)
Kind of like the shoes are the space between climber and rock through which movement is transmitted.
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edge
Apr 30, 2005, 12:37 AM
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Obsession would also be a good one. As would the Compulsion.
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godawgs
Apr 30, 2005, 12:38 AM
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insomnia. pyromania. Dementia.
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mack_north
Apr 30, 2005, 12:40 AM
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I spent $700 so my night companion Amy could go out to Colorado and take a "night sky" seminar. She told me it would enhance the carnal pleasures of our camping trips. Anyways, she gets back and all she knows is Ursa Major and Sagittarius. What a ripoff.
Anyways, in going through her course material, I came up with:
Draco (the Dragon) - good for bold climbers
Cygnus (the Swan) - good for graceful climbers
Cetus (the Whale) - good for fat climbers
Virgo (the Virgin) - probably not appropriate for many climbers
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m3th0d
Apr 30, 2005, 12:44 AM
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Mad Rock..
Looney
Madman
Lunatic
Madcap
Hothead
Screwy
8^)
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pupjr
Apr 30, 2005, 12:49 AM
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more harness stuff, Mars is OK god of war, but the moons are pretty cool. One is Deimos, which means panic, and was Mar's attendant. the other on Phobos, which means fear, Both of those could probably go for the shoes too i guess. Some of Jupiter's moons are Leda, who was Sparta's queen and Helen's mom. Saturn's moons, Atlas, and titan. That's all i got with celestial bodies. (ooo celest, not a bad one either)
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caughtinside
Apr 30, 2005, 12:53 AM
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In reply to: I spent $700 so my night companion Amy could go out to Colorado and take a "night sky" seminar. She told me it would enhance the carnal pleasures of our camping trips. Anyways, she gets back and all she knows is Ursa Major and Sagittarius. What a ripoff.
Dude, that seminar wasn't about learning constellations, it was about 'enhancing the carnal pleasures of your camping trips.'
Did you notice a difference? I didn't even charge extra for showing her my big dipper or the Archer. :P
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cmacblue42
Apr 30, 2005, 12:55 AM
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Discharge!!
" Release of negative emotions from the patient during hypnosis. Highly hypnotizable patients sense their negative emotions as energy in their bodies and can be instructed to move that "anger energy" out of their body into an object, such as a bottle or can. "
WHIMP
(Acronym for Whoever Has an Imaginary Malignant Playmate): The person whose Emotional Self uses imagination to create an IMP to hurt someone else.
Aquisistion
The stage in a classical conditioning experiment during which the conditioned response is first elicited by the conditioned stimulus.
Addiction
A condition in which the body requires a drug in order to function without physical and psychological reactions to its absence; often the outcome of tolerance and dependence.
Agrophobia
An extreme fear of being in public places or open spaces from which escape may be difficult or embarrassing.
Aggression
Behaviors that cause psychological or physical harm to another individual.
Anxiety
An intense emotional response caused by the preconscious recognition that a repressed conflict is about to emerge into consciousness.
CORTEX
Auditory cortex The area of the temporal lobes that receives and processes auditory information.
Coping
The process of dealing with internal or external demands that are perceived to be threatening or overwhelming.
Delusions
False or irrational beliefs maintained despite clear evidence to the contrary.
Ego
The aspect of personality involved in self-preservation activities and in directing instinctual drives and urges into appropriate channels.
EQ
The emotional intelligence counterpart of IQ.
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m3th0d
Apr 30, 2005, 12:57 AM
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Astrological stuff..
Gamma
Ecliptic
Equinox
Exosphere
Nebula
Nova
Supernova
Orbit
Celestial
Phase
Eclipse
Proton
Quasar
Axis
Solstice
Zenith
Aurora
Neutron
Element
Coma
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mfornont85
Apr 30, 2005, 12:58 AM
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How about anything greek? Alpha, Omega, Sigma, Delta, Beta, Gamma, etc....?
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chico2442
Apr 30, 2005, 1:00 AM
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Acrophobia - the fear of heights
Threshold - Pain tolerance term
Hypsiphobia- Fear of height
Kakorrhaphiophobia- Fear of failure or defeat.
Barophobia- Fear of gravity.
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gogo
Apr 30, 2005, 1:03 AM
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Let's see. . .for shoes -
Crisis
Trance
Tantra
Possession
Sadist
for harnesses. . .
Mayan
The Hitchiker
Orion
Ursa Major
Ursa Minor
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lvclimbingbum
Apr 30, 2005, 1:04 AM
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PSYCHOLOGICAL TERMS
mental
therapist
ADD
taboo
counseller
psychopath
psycho
phobiac
acrophobiac
barophobiac (one who fears of gravity)
panophobiac (one who fears EVERYTHING)
logophobiac (one who fears words)
ASTROLOGICAL TERMS
sun
moon
zodiac
admetos
element
air
water
fire
earth
aura
ceres
chiron
eclipse
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davidji
Apr 30, 2005, 1:06 AM
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Joe,
Your "Fanatic" & "Maniac" go well with the "mad" in Mad Rock. Too bad "Paranoia" is already taken.
A few others in the "mad" theme:
Fury
Bipolar
Anger
And some that just sound good (to me anyway):
Crush
Highball
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shiggetyshiva
Apr 30, 2005, 1:15 AM
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for the shoes:
- pyromaniac
- psychosis
- addiction or addicted
for the harness, i had the thought of the astrological concept of a rising sign, as that goes nicely with the notion of climbing - rising upward:
- (insert astrological sign here, e.g., scorpio) rising
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a_crow
Apr 30, 2005, 1:18 AM
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if you're talking abotu shoe here are a few...
apparition (s)
Impulse(s)
Delerium(s)
Celestial
Ares -(this one may be taken, but it sounded cool)
the heroes
oddesy
i dunno im pretty bad at stuff like this
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fatman
Apr 30, 2005, 1:19 AM
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If you're making new shoes, I think you should call them "the elvis" and make them outta blue suede.
For psych terms, "ego" was always one of my favorite.
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Apr 30, 2005, 1:25 AM
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I don't know if it has been used already, but I like:
Placebo - Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another.
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flawrence
Apr 30, 2005, 1:29 AM
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is uranus too obvious for a harness with drop seat?
Triton or Io could work also.
for shoes i'd go pyre or pyro
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enchanted
Apr 30, 2005, 1:30 AM
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Harness Names:
Quasar
Compact, extra galactic, objects at extreme distances, which are highly luminous. They are thought to be active galactic nuclei. The name is an acronym for quasi-stellar radio source. A quasar is very similar to a QSO (quasi-stellar object) but gives out radio waves also.
Aurora.
A glow in the Earth's ionosphere caused by the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and charged particles from the Sun (The Solar Wind). It gives rise to the "Northern Lights", or Aurora Borealis, in the Northern Hemisphere, and the Aurora Australis in the Southern Hemisphere.
Aphelion.
The point in an orbit around the Sun at which an object is at its greatest distance from the Sun (Opposite of perihelion).
Shoe Names:
Synapses
Phobias
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