What to call squad leaders when they have tricky names??

FullSpectrum · Post by **FullSpectrum** » 2011-07-22 00:07

I go between either Squad Lead or Lead irregardless of name but I seem to only use the latter now since it flows better in a convo.

I think the games SWAT 3 & 4 had a hand in conditioning me to use these terms though.

Sidewinder Zulu · Post by **Sidewinder Zulu** » 2011-07-22 01:31

I was once in a squad where everyone was calling me "Sir"...

And eventually I was like "Guys, I appreciate your respect for authority and desire to be realistic, but you can just call me by my name...I made it easy to pronounce for a reason.

"
But one guy insisted on calling me "LT" for the rest of the round...

Which brings up a question; what rank are the Squad Leaders supposed to be in PR? They're leading squad-sized elements, but the SL icon is that of a Captain's bars... so confused...

alvina · Post by **alvina** » 2011-07-22 01:33

I usually use Sister. Works everytime.

Post by **Arc_Shielder** » 2011-07-22 02:51

Unless you know him well, it should always be "Squad Leader". It's a general expression - a right one, there's no roleplaying here - and creates an instant empathy.

Truism · Post by **Truism** » 2011-07-22 03:10

Squaddie. Pretty common in Australia.

goguapsy · Post by **goguapsy** » 2011-07-22 05:26

You can call your SL "Dude", "Duuuuudee", "Boy!", "Yo"... the works.

Or Squad Leader.

Foxxy · Post by **Foxxy** » 2011-07-22 05:41

Sidewinder Zulu wrote:I was once in a squad where everyone was calling me "Sir"...

And eventually I was like "Guys, I appreciate your respect for authority and desire to be realistic, but you can just call me by my name...I made it easy to pronounce for a reason. "
But one guy insisted on calling me "LT" for the rest of the round...

Which brings up a question; what rank are the Squad Leaders supposed to be in PR? They're leading squad-sized elements, but the SL icon is that of a Captain's bars... so confused...

I wanna say Cpl. - Sgt. because essentially your leading a overstrength fireteam. Idk why we ahve the captain symbol to represent the SL lol

Post by **Spec** » 2011-07-22 07:17

We have a captain symbol to represent the officer. That can be an NCO leading a squad or the overall team commander. The symbol does not refer to any specific role, it merely is supposed to look like something that people recognize as "officer".

dtacs · Post by **dtacs** » 2011-07-22 07:21

Squaddie, boss, or bossmang.

hobbnob · Post by **hobbnob** » 2011-07-22 07:29

Call him a bloody retard for choosing a noob name, then you don't have to worry about being in his squad anymore!

crot · Post by **crot** » 2011-07-22 07:29

I refer to Squad Leaders as SL's most of the time. Or leader, short and obvious.

Doc.Pock · Post by **Doc.Pock** » 2011-07-22 07:38

i want to cal mine Wicca once

but he never led me yet

Post by **Psyrus** » 2011-07-22 08:05

IINoddyII wrote:Squaddie

Pretty much always this ^. Then again when I was playing I'd usually be the one being called that.

PlaynCool · Post by **PlaynCool** » 2011-07-22 08:44

Me too, i always call them Squad Leader, no matter the name.

Bob of Mage · Post by **Bob of Mage** » 2011-07-22 09:20

Squad Lead works for me. Also it seems that other Canadians do the same. I guess there must be something in our water.

Scot · Post by **Scot** » 2011-07-22 09:33

If I'm SL and have a difficult name under me, I normally re-name him to something easy, like Jim or Bob. That way I'll always know who is who.

If the SLs name is hard, I call him SL, Squadlead or Boss but never sir...

Pirate · Post by **Pirate** » 2011-07-22 09:42

Mein F?hrer.

Doc.Pock · Post by **Doc.Pock** » 2011-07-22 09:47

who would call SL mein fuhrer really?

Tarranauha200 · Post by **Tarranauha200** » 2011-07-22 11:44

SL. That simple

Jaberwo · Post by **Jaberwo** » 2011-07-22 12:11

I usually got the problem the other way around, how to call my squadmembers?

I mean Squadleader is an easy way to circumvent the problem but it doesn't really work with that.
My name is more or less normal, three pronouncable (at least in German) syllables, but still people have difficulties.

Me and two friends once opened a ins squad called AAA and used the clantag for naming us Achmed Abdul and Ali.
After that I didn't change it and everyone suddenly was able to talk to me without problems, calling me Achmed.
I considered using a name like Jack or something similar, but I still like to show people who I'm playing with, so I use tags identical to those of my friends now.

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