[Question] Why all the strange names?

[Grungedude42]

It's like cars. See, for example, Infiniti's new scheme. Gone are the FX, G, M and other designations. They're going to call everything a Q, followed by a 2 digit number.

I mean what, should we just serialize every mold and plastic blend?
"Hey man, you throw that Innova M700234 in the SG372D blend? Oh, it's amazing!"

That would be a marketing nightmare.

 

[AndyJB]

this is a weird thread, and I don't know it got to this many posts.

Just sayin'

 

[luckless_pedestrian]

Pretty tangential (MVP?) but I just realized that I have been misunderstanding FTFY. For some reason, I've always thought it was "f**k that, f**k you." Now that I have taken the five seconds to google it, I'm happy to know that a lot of you are not as randomly angry as I'd thought you were. :hfive:

From a marketing perspective it really is quite a feat to come up with a naming hook, as MVP has, where you see something electrical and know that it's an MVP disc. Innova's kind of got the animal thing sewed up -- easy but effective. Dynamic is going the legal route, which I really don't get, but it's at least a thing.

So if you were starting a disc company -- heck, some of you probably are -- what would your theme be? I'm going with internet abbreviations. My putter will be a super-soft FTFY, mid could be NSFW, and the driver would be TL;DR.

 

[onemilemore]

Nine pages, and no one has pointed out to Aim For the Chains - known MVP fan - that Proton and Neutron plastics are not actually tiny portions of atoms?


You're slipping, DGCR. You're slipping.

 

[Halcón]

Could it be? Yep. I smell it now.

 

[Streets]

Nine pages, and no one has pointed out to Aim For the Chains - known MVP fan - that Proton and Neutron plastics are not actually tiny portions of atoms?


You're slipping, DGCR. You're slipping.

Yep, I was on my phone but couldn't post long. I was shocked that in the OP he wasn't calling out other companies for their naming conventions when MVP's are equally as vague, yet catchy.

Again someone landfill this turd please.

 

[sugarnot]

moonshine does mean glow.

and Sinus is pronounced 'Seenus'.

New names are always strange until it's used a few times and becomes familiar. Like listening to a new song, it sounds strange until you start to remember it.

Or looking at a new car... remember when the redesigned mustang came out? how strange it looked? now it's the early 90's models that look strange.

So, how do you pronounce Pinus?

that made me lol thanks :hfive:

 

[Lerch]

Exactly and AP vs SP tells you nothing.

AP / SP were the models they used before the newer Soft and Firm models

AP is the firmer of the two

SP is softer of the two

I know off the top of my head AP stands for Approach Putter.. No idea what the S is in SP.

 

[MrFixIt]

Sp = soft putter

 

[DannyThunders]

Pretty tangential (MVP?) but I just realized that I have been misunderstanding FTFY. For some reason, I've always thought it was "f**k that, f**k you." Now that I have taken the five seconds to google it, I'm happy to know that a lot of you are not as randomly angry as I'd thought you were. :hfive:

From a marketing perspective it really is quite a feat to come up with a naming hook, as MVP has, where you see something electrical and know that it's an MVP disc. Innova's kind of got the animal thing sewed up -- easy but effective. Dynamic is going the legal route, which I really don't get, but it's at least a thing.

So if you were starting a disc company -- heck, some of you probably are -- what would your theme be? I'm going with internet abbreviations. My putter will be a super-soft FTFY, mid could be NSFW, and the driver would be TL;DR.

I used to think FTW was "F*** The World" .

 

[onemilemore]

I used to think FTW was "F*** The World" .

Ha! Me too! Glad I wasn't the only one who had to Google it.

And now I will resume my regular scheduled programming of being old...

 

[Aim For The Chains]

Nine pages, and no one has pointed out to Aim For the Chains - known MVP fan - that Proton and Neutron plastics are not actually tiny portions of atoms?


You're slipping, DGCR. You're slipping.

you forgot what MVP's logo is. Proton and Neutron fit very well in the over-all company scheme. Not to mention the discs names fit pretty well together also but whateverrrrrr. They have a brand and a logo that FITS the names of their products.. weiiiiiiird'

 

[onemilemore]

you forgot what MVP's logo is. Proton and Neutron fit very well in the over-all company scheme. Not to mention the discs names fit pretty well together also but whateverrrrrr. They have a brand and a logo that FITS the names of their products.. weiiiiiiird'

I'm aware that MVP's names all fit together well, but I believe your initial complaint was that disc names were weird and weren't actually representative of what they are. If you're gonna be equal opportunity about it, MVP has to be on that list, too. Along with EVERY company.

 

[Aim For The Chains]

^doesn't know good vs bad marketing I guess. Also unlike most companies the looks is really the biggest difference with MVP plastics and those names are more brands than adjectives which other companies try to be. MVP is about brand recognition same as vibram and their Xlink where innova has different levels of plastic and happen to fit their adjectives-- not the case for mvp or vibram so they are marketing differently from that standpoint.

 

[onemilemore]

^doesn't know good vs bad marketing I guess. Also unlike most companies the looks is really the biggest difference with MVP plastics and those names are more brands than adjectives which other companies try to be. MVP is about brand recognition same as vibram and their Xlink where innova has different levels of plastic and happen to fit their adjectives-- not the case for mvp or vibram so they are marketing differently from that standpoint.

That's some mighty fine cherry-picking you're doing there.

So let me get this straight: MVP and Vibram are exempt from this discussion because their discs look different? OK.

Innova's arbitrary names "fit" their level of plastic, but other companies don't? Suuuuuure. Because Champion plastic really has dudes with medals around their necks plastered all over it.

And finally, one more drop of knowledge: Adjectives are descriptive words. "Champion," "Star," "Titanium," "Gravity," "Icon," etc., are all nouns, aka things. Just so we are clear.

 

[zenbot]

I used to think FTW was "F*** The World" .

It's both depending on who you talk to.

There's also an internet fable of a girl telling her mom that somebody was dying. The mom texted back "LOL". The girl was outraged and the mom revealed that she thought "LOL" meant "Lots Of Love".

Storytime is over!

 

[Streets]

So basically every company is crap besides MVP. Glad I'm tracking now :|

 

[Aim For The Chains]

lol. uhhhh u got me

 

[joecoin]

...
So if you were starting a disc company -- heck, some of you probably are -- what would your theme be? I'm going with internet abbreviations. My putter will be a super-soft FTFY, mid could be NSFW, and the driver would be TL;DR.

I'm thinking something along the lines of Marylin Manson, only use dead presidents' first names and porn stars' last names.

The 'Abraham Lovelace' putter.

The 'Millard Jeremy' long distance driver, super stable.

 

[ZAMson]

Just wait till I think of something that could be tacked on to Anode Eclipse Glow Proton. More words is more sophistication, duh.