SuperKlaus Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 So I'm brewing up my own acronym-carrying uniform-wearing world-spanning evil organization for my game, the sort of thing you see in VIPER or FEAR or a hundred others. I think MALICE is a great name for it, but the problem is I think I'd actually like it to stand for something. Like Miscreants Allied something In Criminal Enterprise or Masterminds something something Conquer Earth. Who has ideas? And what evil organization throws its incompetent, blaster-waving goons at your heroes on a regular basis? Go ahead and babble about your game! Also, does VIPER stand for anything? I don't have the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard00 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Here's some help for ya; the Iconian Acronym Maker. Should be kinda helpful, I'm thinkin'. Here's a quick definition I threw together: Maximized Advanced Logistics and Ideas Command Executive Granted, it doesn't make much sense, but it's kinda fun to browse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations I don't remember VIPER standing for anything, at least not in my games. I do however enjoy using other VIPER acronymns in the game, such as the "citizens group", Victims Injured by Psychopathic Empowered Rejects, that gave the heroes a hard time for a while. As for MALICE, howabout something like: "the Master Alliance Linking International Crime and Espionage"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard00 Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations As for MALICE, howabout something like: "the Master Alliance Linking International Crime and Espionage"? Ooh...that's good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garou Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Standard pro-mutant group: Mutants Against Legislation Involving Control or Eugenics Possible magic group: Magical Alliance of Legendary, Infamous or Controlled Entities As a subsidiary of some larger organization: Malevolent Agents Licensed for Illegal Criminal Enterprise As technological terrors: Mechanicals and Automotons Looking for Integration into Criminal Enterprises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkham Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Master Association for Local and International Criminal Empires... In my universe we have the HAND, a government 'black ops' organization. They are the Homeland Association for National Defense. There is also the genetic engineers. They are basically a global organization of Teleios. They are known as FATE. The Final Act of Terran Evolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pogo Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations EVIL : EVIL Violent Individuals League -- yes their computers run GNU. SCAR: Social Control And Regulation -- Their goal is a strictly controlled world through eugenics, brainwashing, and the like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karmakaze Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Heh. I use T.H.E.M. Fortunately for my strained imagination, the low level operatives are not cleared to know what the acronym stands for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations For the current incarnation of VIPER, the acronym originally stood for "Venemous Imperial Party of the Eternal Reptile." You need to know something of the roots of VIPER to understand why this was chosen. Several Nest Leaders have devised their own acronymics, more palatable to the modern rank-and-file. Law enforcement agents have also coined a few less than complimentary variants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garou Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Technological Heirarchy for Enslaving Mankind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Give peace, freedom, and justice a wedgie. World Evil Doers Group International Enterprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations C.R.A.S.S. , a group of concern (i.e. scared) cristions who view all superbeings as agenst of the devil, and arm themselves acordenly. Cristian Resisters Aganst Satain's Superbeings Note that, unknown to the rank and file, there leader contribtes hevely to the Insitute for Human Advancement. Othoe chances are, if this fact was known, nothing would change within the orginzation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamante Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations We have shadow ops group called MANDOLIN The government pulled a random name from their computers, but with the beauracracy wanted it to stand for something. Metahuman Activities/ National Defense: Operations Logistics INtelligence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations I have a VIPER clone, in blue and gray uniforms, called ORBIT. the Organization for Ransom, Bribery, and International Terrorism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenixcrest Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations My world has MANTIS; I don't beleive I ever actually defined it. The agents all wore green uniforms and carried punch-daggers and/or electrified knuckles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Well for you L you could have Legion which would give your original Miscreants Allied Legion In Criminal Enterprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teflon Billy Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Malevalence As Legion In Consort with Evil TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperKlaus Posted October 11, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Thanks a lot, everyone! I think Supreme Snake's is my favorite. I don't remember VIPER standing for anything, at least not in my games. I do however enjoy using other VIPER acronymns in the game, such as the "citizens group", Victims Injured by Psychopathic Empowered Rejects, that gave the heroes a hard time for a while. As for MALICE, howabout something like: "the Master Alliance Linking International Crime and Espionage"? I can make the "Maleficent Seven" superteam I had planned into the organization's leaders and have each one be from a different continent, or something (Poor Antartica probably doesn't get much respect). Excellent! And your false-trail acronym trick gives me some fine ideas for a little comedy. How does this "rep" thing people use work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard00 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations How does this "rep" thing people use work? Directly across from the time-stamp of each post is a little icon looking like a scale. Find the post you want, click on the scale icon. Comment as appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incrdbil Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations MALICE, Hmm. silly 4 color names... Most Awesome League of International Criminal Evildoers. Multinational Alliance of Independent Criminal Entrepeneurs. as an evil organization posing as a corporation, It could be MALevolent International Criminal Enterprise. (Ok, thats not the name they advertise, but the secret "Inner name") For a world wide agency, supoprted by governments that monitors metahumans. Metahumans Awareness League, International Code Enforcement. Multinational Alliance of Independent Criminal Entrepeneurs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symbiot2 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations My Group is called DRUID. Drastic Reconstruction Under Inhumen Design They are a nature loving tree huging owl licking group, who care more about animals then humans. They are lead by Savanah, who can control of most of nature. They have a main group of supers that are nature base. There poge minones are guys dressed up like a bird, bear, fish, and faceless humans, and powerd by stolen technology =) fun indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arkham Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Honorable mention from the Dragnet movie: PAGAN People Against Goodness And Normalacy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garou Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Which leads me to post: United Network Command for Law and Enforcement and Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity (more found at http://www.tvacres.com/spies.htm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations C.R.A.S.S. , a group of concern (i.e. scared) cristions who view all superbeings as agenst of the devil, and arm themselves acordenly. Just for the notice, I originaly wanted to call the group C.R.O.S.S. , but I coulden't think up a good acronim meaning. Can you? Just a reminder... 1) Thay are anti-super all the way. 2) Thay are an extreamly bent view of riligion...basicly beleve in there way, or your going to die (and believe that your going to be judged and sent streight to hell, not realising that it may as well be them who are going). 3) Thay don't mind breaking a few comandments or ignoring the words of god, as long as it beinfits what thay beleve is the world as whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Frisbee Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 Re: Let's hear it for villainous organizations Villainous organizations, eh? Okay, they're always good for a few laughs as the heroes slap them around. Kudos to whomever wrote the VIPER sourcebook (for 4th Ed since I haven't read the current incarnation) for making these guys genuinely dangerous to heroes for a change. In my campaign, the really big baddies are Rogue Legion which is a paramilitary terrorist organization which does crime to support its political agenda. The organization is headed by a hyper-intelligent mastermind named Colonel Fang. (I haven't put his character together yet, but I'm thinking he's going to be around 750 points.) Another group of nasties are The Followers of Set, who are seeking to bring the ancient snake god back to earth. They generally steal Egyptian artifacts from museums and private collections to aid in their quest, though they also kidnap people and steal animals for various ritual sacrifices and to brainwash into their ranks. A third organization is a technocriminal group known as The Illegal Army (stolen whole cloth from the Bubble Gum Crash series) which employs cyborgs and hardsuits to hit financial and government institutions for weapons and cash to support themselves. Occasionally, they help overthrow governments (for the right price) and undertake black ops for (evil) corporations. Also, I use DEMON from the Champions Universe, since the majority of the player-characters have magic in their backgrounds somewhere. BTW -- I love the Supreme Serpent's take on MALICE. Matt "Who-put-sugar-in-my-creative-juices-tank?" Frisbee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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