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20-May-2011 15:36:50
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A bit of constructive criticism about the name selections & poll:
1) Most players making serious suggestions preferred to create names derived from Latin / other exotic languages. Why then did you select MODERN ENGLISH names for 7/10 finalists? The other three names were one Greek, one Latin, and one made-up name. This was NOT representative of player preferences.
2) If you don't want Latin / exotic language names, please say so in the original post. You would have had far fewer posts to read through, and we players wouldn't have wasted our time coming up with unwanted names.
3) If a player has a definition and/or pronunciation for their suggested name, please INCLUDE THAT in the poll. Part of the charm of using exotic / dead language names is that you can call something the "Dreadfin" without using boring modern English to do it. That also goes for made-up names. Players would vote for names like "Thalassus" or "Gurgirex" if the meaning was explained. I didn't know what all the names meant until I read through 75 pages of the name-suggestion thread.
--- This last may be my personal opinion, but I would wager that a majority of Runescapers would agree with me.
4) Modern English names do not sound very impressive or old. Using a dead language like Latin, on the other hand, gives whatever is named an ancient, legendary, even mythical feel. Modern English names sound more like a recorded emergency services call from a bunch of inebriated teens who saw a lump of kelp from their fiberglass partyboat.
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I hope you find this useful when asking for player-suggested names in the future.
1) Most players making serious suggestions preferred to create names derived from Latin / other exotic languages. Why then did you select MODERN ENGLISH names for 7/10 finalists? The other three names were one Greek, one Latin, and one made-up name. This was NOT representative of player preferences.
2) If you don't want Latin / exotic language names, please say so in the original post. You would have had far fewer posts to read through, and we players wouldn't have wasted our time coming up with unwanted names.
3) If a player has a definition and/or pronunciation for their suggested name, please INCLUDE THAT in the poll. Part of the charm of using exotic / dead language names is that you can call something the "Dreadfin" without using boring modern English to do it. That also goes for made-up names. Players would vote for names like "Thalassus" or "Gurgirex" if the meaning was explained. I didn't know what all the names meant until I read through 75 pages of the name-suggestion thread.
--- This last may be my personal opinion, but I would wager that a majority of Runescapers would agree with me.
4) Modern English names do not sound very impressive or old. Using a dead language like Latin, on the other hand, gives whatever is named an ancient, legendary, even mythical feel. Modern English names sound more like a recorded emergency services call from a bunch of inebriated teens who saw a lump of kelp from their fiberglass partyboat.
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I hope you find this useful when asking for player-suggested names in the future.
20-May-2011 17:31:02 - Last edited on 20-May-2011 17:32:00 by DemonUrchin1
Devastator? Don't know who thought this was a good one, but it really isn't. It sounds like a Transformer (which ironically, it is a Transformer name). Let's keep names from your Transformer Game away from your fantasy MMORPG
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20-May-2011 22:45:30
Hey guys,
Please remember that this thread is for poll discussion only!
Cheers.
Please remember that this thread is for poll discussion only!
Cheers.
23-May-2011 14:04:12
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