About AirVPN's server naming scheme

[Stalinium 53]

Madrid, Spain... "Jishui"!

This server name sounds like it belongs to Japan. Out of curiosity, why isn't the naming scheme deriving the names from regional cuisine or natural places, anything with relation to the country? Where do you get these names at all?

[Staff 10125]

9 hours ago, Stalinium said:

Out of curiosity, why isn't the naming scheme deriving the names from regional cuisine or natural places, anything with relation to the country? Where do you get these names at all?

Hello!

In the early stages, the names were taken from the constellations. A little later, from constellations and stars, and finally only from stars. We have exceptions in Tokyo: two servers are named after imaginary planets from Space Battleship Yamato and UFO Robot Grendizer.

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[Lance Kaufman 17]

I've always wondered if "Musca" was a hat-tip to Chad Musca for being the illest of ill on a deck & 4 wheels 😍    Now we know