I'm a big man so I have to win arguments on the internet! On another forum there's a particular member that insists on calling any aliens from Aliens "cameraliens" as if it's some sort of witty or clever concoction of the two words "Cameron" and "Alien" to denote that these are James Cameron designed aliens and not the original Giger's alien or any others.

This is like somebody scratching their nails on a chalk board to me. I swear I've never heard this before but this guy says it's a common term used on various discussion boards and has been for years. Nevermind that searching for the term doesn't even turn up one page worth of results and several of the hits are on the message board in question (Gearbox forums). It also seems to be his word of the month because he tries to work it into every post. I dunno there's just something about it that bugs me. Anybody else annoyed by this horrible conglomeration? It wreaks of "TomKat" and "Brangelina" stupidness to me! There's just something about it that bugs me. I hope he gets stung by a bee or something! A pox on him!

What do you guys say?! Am I wrong?

I agree with you 100 percent.
As well I have never ever heard the term before.

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The phrase made my ears bleed.

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PFC Tom "Kenny" Kness
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It's a made up word by that moron.

If we don't use it here it's gobbledygook.

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

Thanks! I knew I wasn't crazy! I mean I'm not gonna argue with the guy any further about it (because it IS petty), but I knew it wasn't commonly used throughout the internet aliens community like he insisted! I just had to make sure.

Appears to me as steaming pile of fresh bullcrapola, Horse apples, BS, Dogdoo. Well you get the point.

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Michael Larson
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Sounds to me like someone who has nothing better to do with his life except to make up words, claim "everyone" is using them, then dictating to everyone else that, if they aren't using it, they should be. Weiner.

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I've never heard that word before and I don't want to hear it again!

Harry

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you can't take the PUNK outa Spunkmeyer

This reminds of the time I almost had an arguement with a nut at D-con:

He knew for certain that the smartgun was a laser weapon. Claimed he read about it in the Tech Manual.

I couldn't be bother- so I did the polite head nod and "Really?" as if I didn't know better.

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I told you I'd shoot, but you didn't believe me! WHY DIDN'T YOU BELIEVE ME!?!

That term is Gayer than Tim Gunn and Richard Simmons making out at a Pride parade, both dressed in pink tafetta, being married in front of John Edwards.

Is the originator by chance a 16 year old kid or a 40something in his parents basement?

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See this thread here:

http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... 263&page=2

It's a discussion forum for the new Aliens: Colonial Marines game by Gearbox.

As a mod I don't think I'd take too well to folks calling the Cameron/Aliens warriors Cameraliens on the AL, in fact I propose a ruling that we NEVER use that word over here!

Harry

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Never heard that saying either. Guess i've been looking in the wrong forums all these years as well

This quote clinched it for me:

'You might traipse around to several Aliens fan sites. You'll find that Cameron's film hasn't aged as well as others in the eyes of the fans, both old and new.'

Yup hes a huge





Chris

Ooohhh, spoilsport!

Can we have Xenoridley's & Fincherhuggers instead then????


Getting my coat.....................

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"I plan to live forever.........or die trying!"

There'll be a Spencerburster if there's any more of that my dear boy



:Xeno:

Chris

Steady there, a spencerburster is not a pretty sight!!!!!

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"I plan to live forever.........or die trying!"

Wouldn't that then become a Spalien though?

Now I'll grab my coat and all.

Halves on the taxi?

................and the springer - spencer team successfully hijack yet another thread!


On track, I have never, ever heard the term 'cameralien'.

Sounds like a cross between 'Camoflauge' and 'Alien' and that only happens when ABE the alien is feeling frisky!

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"I plan to live forever.........or die trying!"

That rule smacks of Elitism... *Robocop villain voice* IIIIIIIIIII LIKE IT!

And for thoose that are for proper procedure.

I SECOND THAT.

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Michael Larson
Minnesota-USA

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Eh?








Chris

man it looks like a french word meaning "something related to cameras" or something... I'd have never guessed it was talking about aliens at all.

if it was intended to be used to described aliens, then those aliens needs to be reporters or photographs...

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-Mars

You are thinking of the Papparaliens. They lurk and burst out of people's chests snapping pictures as famous people come near.

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After reading that posting, it seems like since you stirred things up and brought it to the attention of everybody, they used it in their next posts...for half a day, and then forgot about it. I'd just leave it alone and think private thoughts about seeing them encounter either an "alien" or a "cameralien", or just about anything else.
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