Rainbow-Dashie Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Bekause! I Kan add a K to every word! Nobody Kan stop Me! Now I shall Kackle diabolikally! HAHAHAHAHAHAH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Don't forget all the people who call their first Mun lander Munpollo. It's not like the Apollo astronauts were going to the planet Ap!And Jebini for the first orbital docking mission. You think the first person to dock in orbit was named Gem? I don't think so. That would be outrageous. Truly, truly truly outrageous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kialar Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Sorry, OP everything's not to be 0K.Shouldn't that read "to be OC"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpayne88 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 If you are talking about Kessliar (sp?) Syndrome, it is actually called that IRL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WafflesToo Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Boo hoo? You're one of those types who are proclaiming Star Trek is ruined forever because the new-old Enterprise nascelles aren't shaped exactly right, aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jedi Master Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 To be fair, 'naut' is derived from 'nautical', which is further derived from the ancient Greek word for 'exploration'. So, by calling them Kerbonauts, we are basically calling them "Kerbal Explorers". That seems a bit gross to me. Seriously, though, chill. It's just a little meme, no need to go ape over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NASAFanboy Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Since I am human....I will drive my har on the hoad to go to the hestruant so I can get my hood and go to hown to watch a hovie with my hriend. Ok? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Buddy Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 As long as the Kerbals are from Kerbin, which is orbiting Kerbol, I'm happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DisarmingBaton5 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I konkur, astropapi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AletzN1 Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 It's getting old.... Really old, im ok with what is already with k's. But i think the community and to some extent the developers should start being a little bit more creative with their naming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fleet Master Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Kerbonauts has been around since KSP first released, If you need any more help on KSP Forum history, ask me, I've been here since 0.8 (My old account is Sbowyer28) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Error Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 Personally, I'm more tired of the "Guys, why do you do this? I don't like it!" threads that seem to be popping up with alarming regularity.The one about LV-Ns, another thread about glitches being interpreted as funny features, and now this. Honestly, if you don't like the K thing, ignore it. Just disregard it entirely. Nobody's forcing their opinion on you./rant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Bob Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 I don't like that you don't like the fact that they like to do this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epicbuilder333 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Are your jimmies rustled, OP?No, its are your kimmies rustled, OP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpacedCowboy Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Hey, you forgot Kalamazoo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSwordsman Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 No, its are your kimmies rustled, OP.Now that's just uncalled for. On the more serious side, I don't think it's a lack of creativity. Squad has made K words the signature of the Kerbals. The fact that it has been perpetuated might make it dry, but it doesn't make it any less important to the game and its universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majic Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 "Kerbal, or Kerbalnaught. There is no kry."-- Master Kroda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Cecil Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 There was something like this in the early U.S. space program. Literally speaking, "astros" means heavenly body, and "naut" means a sailor. So "astronaut" would mean a sailor in space. We didn't use "chimponaut" because quite frankly that would suggest a chimp in sailor pants. Kerbol, henceforth Kerbonaut seems a likely explanation, but Kerbalnaut is saying a Kerbal in sailor pants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 Wow, I really made a mess here. Let's clear some things up:1)2) Believe it or not, I've never watched Star Trek besides a few episodes because I was at an uncle's house, so I guess I'm not that kind of "nerd".3) I understand the origin of the words astronaut and cosmonaut (or even afronaut ), what I don't get is stuff like kerbalnaught. that's just wrong.4) The loading hint that reads "adding K to every word" didn't start the K syndrome, it was the other way around. Former Dev Novasilisko hates it when people suffer from it. It was added as an internal joke.5) Guys, I think you're the ones that need to chill. I'm not mad at anybody, just saying that whole 'K' meme is getting really, really old. It's the equivalent of Minecraft's "Today I built a dirt house" comments. The only difference is that those are kinda funny.6) I'm not your Nemesis. I kinda feel like everybody threw a bunch of rocks at me for starting this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superfluous J Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 6) I'm not your Nemesis. I kinda feel like everybody threw a bunch of rocks at me for starting this thread. You'll have that when you tell people that what they find fun is old and tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astropapi1 Posted January 28, 2014 Author Share Posted January 28, 2014 You'll have that when you tell people that what they find fun is old and tired.I found it fun the first few thousand times, but then it just became a dumb joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4pt0r Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Daily reminder that the sun in KSP is called the sun. thats also why solar panels arent called kerbolar panels too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brotoro Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Daily reminder that the sun in KSP is called the sun. thats also why solar panels arent called kerbolar panels too.Unless Kerbin's sun is also named Sol like our sun, the name 'solar panels' doesn't make much sense either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tw1 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I partially agree with you, K-everything is not particulate imaginative. Then again, it does allow you to easy reference human things like without raising the issue of why kerbals have the exact same thing as us on earth. You can say "Kuston we have a problem," calling up ideas attached to that city, without making people question why kerbals have a city called Huston. But needlessly adding Karis, Kondon, Kydney Kong Kong, etc, just makes it a little bit ridiculous. I don't mind Kerbalnaut, as there are lots of different 'nauts here IRL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Novagen Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Unless Kerbin's sun is also named Sol like our sun, the name 'solar panels' doesn't make much sense either.... Which would be why Squad named them "Photovoltaic Panels," and not, in fact, "Solar Panels."astropapi, while I might have sympathized with you over the sheer magnitude of replies you generated, but I kind of left your corner when you came back to post a numbered list of retorts, complete with a self-generated meme. Using K may be "just wrong" to you, and that's fine, but if you're going to rant about it in a public place you must accept the inevitable backlash. I hate to say it, but... You kaused this yourself. :I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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