THERE are more than 400 World of Warcraft Arena teams with "pain" in their name. Here's a guide to the best of them.

Pain. We hate it. It's up there with sickness, pestilence and death as one of life's great bad things. Ask anyone what they dislike, and there's a 50/50 chance that they'll turn to face you, look deep into your eys and say the word: "Pain." They might even do a little grimace.

So it's no surprise to discover that pain features quite highly on the list of words to use in your arena team name. And why not? There's nothing like the word pain to scare your opposition. Whenever I kill one of my victims, I like to soften them up with a series of unpleasant words, like "bang," "slice," and "scratchy." A couple of hours of that and they're on their knees begging for mercy.

Here's a small selection of the 427 Arena Teams with "pain" in their name, not including the 17 simply called "Pain." They're broken down into themes for ease of digestion.

Things of Pain

Army of Pain
Gods of Pain
Angels of Pain
Sons of Pain
Brothers of Pain
Shadows of pain
Illusion of Pain
Power of Pain
Flames of Pain

And the token gay team: Lords of Pain

Murder Stab Destroy Kill Maim Gut Manslaughter Pain

HELL PAIN
Pain Death
Pain Killers
Suffer Pain Death

If those are simply too meek, why not join: Doom Death Pain and Hate

Emo pain

Beautiful pain
Lovely Pain
Sweet Pain
The Joy of Pain

Love hurts when you give: Roses of Pain

A very long pain

Never Ending Pain
Endless Pain
Eternal Pain
Permanent Pain

And if even that's not enough: Infinite Pain

Sexy Pain

Cool pain in the ass
DeSire for PaiN
Purple Pain

Had five kids? Try: Fist of Pain

Bottom of the class

Top caps abuse: pHysiCal PaiN

Honourable mentions

Pain of Destiny - fate hurts.

Distributors of Pain - for all your pain industry solutions.

Pain Train - one way tickets only.

Beyond Pain - sometimes pain just isn't enough.