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Qent
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by Qent » Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:53 pm
Krispy wrote:
I find the name hard to remember and embarrassing to say out loud. It's got all the characteristics of a bad choice. If it was fine, would there be so much controversy?
If it were fine, there could still be controversy stemming from people's natural opposition to abrupt change. (Hey, you asked.
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I'm sure that, given time, we can come up with a more optimal name. But at this point it is more beneficial to have had the forums up and running at an earlier date.
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Shaikoten
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by Shaikoten » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:14 pm
Yeah, I'm still thinking startan3 is the best name suggested here. Abbreviates to ST, is doomy, and is easy to pronounce.
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Set Abominae
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by Set Abominae » Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:11 pm
I thought the whole point of "forking" is to have no ties with the other port whatsoever, name included. [That means abbreviations, too. As far as I remember, Skull, Tag, and ST were not allowed]
Glad people responded positively to my shitty rendition of the idea in my head, I'll work on a refined version and post it
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by Xenaero » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:29 am
Bizarre name. It's a name I would probably come up with. It is unique, so at least you have that going for you. Although you inherit the port and community of Skulltag in function and content, it's interesting how a new name portrays a new start for a community. It's probably a good idea to go about things with a 'lets not screw it up this time' attitude.
It'll take people a while to get used to the name. I still think of Zirconium every time someone brings up Zandronum.
Hm. When typing that I had to look at the address bar to make sure I didn't misspell it. Whoops.
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by Totengott » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:38 am
It's not bad, but a little difficult to remember.
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Qent
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by Qent » Fri Jun 08, 2012 12:53 am
Shaikoten wrote:
Yeah, I'm still thinking startan3 is the best name suggested here. Abbreviates to ST, is doomy, and is easy to pronounce.
I'll play devil's advocate here and point out that it would demonstrate a preference towards a specific game (Doom), and a specific level theme (techbase) that is not exactly the theme that was decided on for the website. And TBH I think it would feel funny to people who use STARTAN3 in their maps.
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by esselfortium » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:02 am
Qent wrote:
I'll play devil's advocate here and point out that it would demonstrate a preference towards a specific game (Doom), and a specific level theme (techbase) that is not exactly the theme that was decided on for the website. And TBH I think it would feel funny to people who use STARTAN3 in their maps.
Referencing the game that the source port is predominantly used for was kind of the point.
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Mangetsu
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by Mangetsu » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:06 pm
I like it. It's not hard to remember, had it memorized since first day here, but you totally wouldn't guess it's a Doom Source-Port by name alone.
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by NeuralStunner » Fri Jun 08, 2012 7:27 pm
I've already seen some folks refer to it as "ZDN". Which kind of brings to mind "ZDoomNet". This doesn't seem like a bad thing at all.
Blzut3 wrote:Only in the Doom community does one find something so obviously broken and then claim it's a feature.
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Captain Ventris
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by Captain Ventris » Fri Jun 08, 2012 8:02 pm
I shorten it to Zan. This means that if I ever for some reason host a ported Zan Zan, I can call it a Zan Zan Zan server.
[quote="wildweasel"]I really don't think that Doom is the proper platform to be questioning the legitimacy of Christianity.[/quote]
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Set Abominae
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by Set Abominae » Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:08 pm
Mangetsu wrote:
you totally wouldn't guess it's a Doom Source-Port by name alone.
And you would with SkullTag?
Also,
slightly refined version [Paint]. M is still kinda fucked up
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katZune
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by katZune » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:42 pm
imho zandronum is seriusly bad, when someone say zandronum nobody think about doom so startan3 on top 0/
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by Mooseknuckle » Sat Jun 09, 2012 8:47 am
Naming the fork after a texture? Might I suggest AASHITTY?
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Medicris
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by Medicris » Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:27 am
He has a point.
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by Eonfge » Sat Jun 09, 2012 12:11 pm
I have to agree with the critics, that Zandronum isn't the easiest choice. On the other hand, since it all comes down to personal opinions, I would say, stick with it and and continue with the more important stuff.
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by Pobre » Sat Jun 09, 2012 5:23 pm
I'm opposite, I quite enjoyed the name.
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Medicris
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by Medicris » Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:37 pm
Zan wins easily. Everyone I know calls it that.
Wondering if a blue or yellow version of that logo should be at the top of the Space Blue series.
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by Siggi » Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:37 pm
I didn't like the name at first, but as predicted by some of the Zandronum staff I have gotten used to it.
Ok, I still don't really like it, but you get the idea. :P
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by ALIENwolve » Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:30 am
I only worry that it will prove difficult to remember. Much like how Vuze had their own previous name.
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by Ænima » Sun Jun 10, 2012 1:35 am
ALIENwolve wrote:
I only worry that it will prove difficult to remember. Much like how Vuze had their own previous name.
I'll never forget Azureus. That name brings back good memories.
Anyways. This morning I finally remembered the order that the syllables in "Zandronum" go in, so maybe there's hope for this new name.
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