Planetarion Forums - Planetarion Name Competition

[Blackhawk] · 29 Jan 2004, 14:58

if PA was as earlier it would be The art of war.
Now with the new stuff it is aStruggle within as it is not so good. people have to do something!

Karmulian · 29 Jan 2004, 18:42

Looks like A Legacy reborn has creaped into the lead

Deviant · 29 Jan 2004, 19:00

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Originally Posted by Karmulian

Looks like A Legacy reborn has creaped into the lead

*Legend :P

(but Legacy is also good

)

Qdeathstar · 29 Jan 2004, 19:12

karm.... i was just wondering if you agree that if you pick the most popular names you risk getting the least creative?

Deviant · 29 Jan 2004, 19:40

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Originally Posted by Qdeathstar

karm.... i was just wondering if you agree that if you pick the most popular names you risk getting the least creative?

explain that one to me again... it involves some sort of bot right?

How can the pa team/reps choices be the 'least creative' ones? Are we all mindless boring morons or something?

Aryn · 29 Jan 2004, 19:47

k guys.. i liked 'the struggle within' better than 'a legend reborn'

the first one sounds more intriguing

MrL_JaKiri · 29 Jan 2004, 21:30

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Originally Posted by Deviant

explain that one to me again... it involves some sort of bot right?

How can the pa team/reps choices be the 'least creative' ones? Are we all mindless boring morons or something?

The way karm described it was that he took the ones from people who had sent the most in, which is a rather crap form of quality control.

Deviant · 29 Jan 2004, 21:39

hmmm, now i'm not sure. I'll ask Karm about it.

Karmulian · 29 Jan 2004, 22:03

the list that pa team and pa reps saw, were the ones that were 1 popular choices
2 less shit than the 200 i binned (we had some very very very poor ones)
though no jokes about PAXO/PAXI

the list of 300 was then narrowed down to 20 by the reps and pateam
the top 10 of which are now on the poll

Qdeathstar · 29 Jan 2004, 22:36

Oh .. sry Karm

I thought what you ment by "most popular" where the ones which appeared most often.

My appologies

Qdeathstar · 29 Jan 2004, 22:41

oh wait, you are saying that (just realized)

that doesnt sound like a great way to determine the choices because just because a lot of people sent in the same choices doesnt make those choices creative..

And my Planetarion Paxi wasnt a joke. It has PA, the abreviations for Planetarion, and XI the round in roman numerals . Planetarion PAXI was an alliteration.

Deviant · 29 Jan 2004, 23:02

Planetarion Paxi... dude PA = Planetarion, so you're saying: Planetarion Planetarion XI.

moo

Qdeathstar · 29 Jan 2004, 23:04

yeah.. but it you would say P A X I you would say Paxi... ;-) then it would stand for PA .. it would be PAXI difference <.>

MrL_JaKiri · 29 Jan 2004, 23:52

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Originally Posted by Qdeathstar

yeah.. but it you would say P A X I you would say Paxi... ;-) then it would stand for PA .. it would be PAXI difference <.>

Planetarion Planetarion XI still has alliteration.

Leshy · 30 Jan 2004, 00:29

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Originally Posted by Qdeathstar

that doesnt sound like a great way to determine the choices because just because a lot of people sent in the same choices doesnt make those choices creative..

Perhaps not, but it makes them popular. Top 40 music isn't marketed because it's creative, but because it sells.

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And my Planetarion Paxi wasnt a joke. It has PA, the abreviations for Planetarion, and XI the round in roman numerals . Planetarion PAXI was an alliteration.

Planetairon PAXI is double, it's already the abbreviation for the round by default (go go gadget creativity), it doesn't provide the round with a unique name either. Unless "paxi" is some super secret sci-fi word that I don't know the meaning of.

Qdeathstar · 30 Jan 2004, 00:30

Leshy

no, and that wasnt a great name.. i was just saying that it wasnt a joke.. heh.

Good point about the first thing you said (too lazy to quote)

Qdeathstar · 30 Jan 2004, 00:33

i should have been more clear that i wasnt defending it as a great name.. just as it not being a joke.. Karm thought it was a joke.. .. the name i thought was the best i gave was PA String Theory or XI Advance

i happy w/ the list that was created anyhow.. i was just wondering the negative aspects of choosing a name based on how many times it was submitted, and leshy explained why it was a good idea to do it that way. Kudos Leshy.

MrL_JaKiri · 30 Jan 2004, 01:45

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Originally Posted by Qdeathstar

the name i thought was the best i gave was PA String Theory

Seriously.

That is the worst name for anything ever.

It's like calling it 'PA Photoelectric Effect'

pablissimo · 30 Jan 2004, 01:47

You've managed to fit Photoelectric Effect into two posts recently, on which you should be congratulated.

Though with my level of physics and going along this truely, monumentally shit naming convention started out with this 'String Theory' bollocks, I'm afraid anything beyond 'Planetarion: Rolling a marble down a slope' is unlikely =(

MrL_JaKiri · 30 Jan 2004, 01:54

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Originally Posted by pablissimo

You've managed to fit Photoelectric Effect into two posts recently, on which you should be congratulated.

It was a bet with nod.

Not really, I'm just namedropping to appear cool.

pablissimo · 30 Jan 2004, 01:56

Yeah well Nod told me to Irons you that Pavil Cubass Snow.

MrL_JaKiri · 30 Jan 2004, 02:08

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Originally Posted by pablissimo

Yeah well Nod told me to Irons you that Pavil Cubass Snow.

Dude, I was like Messiah SynSid Idler

Karmulian · 30 Jan 2004, 09:37

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Originally Posted by Qdeathstar

i should have been more clear that i wasnt defending it as a great name.. just as it not being a joke.. Karm thought it was a joke.. .. the name i thought was the best i gave was PA String Theory or XI Advance

when did i say that string theory was a joke

you will find that it made the list of 300 presented to the themes

and you were not the first person to suggest it, so in the event it won you would not get the prize anyway

Karmulian · 30 Jan 2004, 09:38

Mer

Chika · 30 Jan 2004, 11:02

"The struggle within" is a great name for the round. thats what I voted.

MrL_JaKiri · 30 Jan 2004, 11:44

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Originally Posted by Karmulian

you will find that it made the list of 300 presented to the themes

That doesn't bode well for the average quality.

Of course, the ones listed don't bode well to the average quality.

Blazde · 30 Jan 2004, 15:22

So anyway, shouldn't the runner's up get some kind of prize too? If the namer gets 5 credits, perhaps a single credit for the rest of the top 10, maybe 2 credits for the names that made top 5. I hate to think of all those that put so much thought into their name only to just miss out. A consolation of some kind is surely in order, yup.

pablissimo · 30 Jan 2004, 15:59

It's not like coming up with names is hard work.

Blazde · 30 Jan 2004, 16:24

Maybe not for your calibre of names it isn't, but I had to use a Dictionary and a Thesaurus to figure mine out.

MrL_JaKiri · 30 Jan 2004, 17:05

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Originally Posted by Blazde

Maybe not for your calibre of names it isn't, but I had to use a Dictionary and a Thesaurus to figure mine out.

All that shows is you have a poor knowledge of english

Leshy · 30 Jan 2004, 17:10

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Originally Posted by Blazde

Maybe not for your calibre of names it isn't, but I had to use a Dictionary and a Thesaurus to figure mine out.

So you should be given credits because you typed in http://www.dictionary.com and did a few searches to see how the name you thought of was spelled?

Blazde · 30 Jan 2004, 17:22

Yus.

Just give me a credit damnit.

Qdeathstar · 30 Jan 2004, 19:12

Karm.

A. Im not giving you a hard time, its more mis-understanding..

B. I didnt think that you said string theory was a joke. I said that Planetarion PAXI wasnt a joke, but that it wasnt one of my better names... but that instead, Planetarion String Theory was.. heh.

I hope that clearifies?

MrL_JaKiri · 30 Jan 2004, 20:13

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Originally Posted by Leshy

So you should be given credits because you typed in http://www.dictionary.com and did a few searches to see how the name you thought of was spelled?

It's easier to use www.google.co.uk , I find.

Deviant · 30 Jan 2004, 20:21

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Originally Posted by Blazde

Maybe not for your calibre of names it isn't, but I had to use a Dictionary and a Thesaurus to figure mine out.

so did i.

Leshy · 30 Jan 2004, 20:25

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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri

It's easier to use www.google.co.uk , I find.

That doesn't have a Thesaurus

MrL_JaKiri · 31 Jan 2004, 12:33

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Originally Posted by Leshy

That doesn't have a Thesaurus

I know ALL WORDS

BoredOfThis · 31 Jan 2004, 13:25

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Originally Posted by BoredOfThis

i'd just like to point out the obvious here. PA Team should choose as a poll just decided who has the most pa friends to get their suggestion to win so they get the free account etc

[12:17:24] <[Blackhawk]> vote The Struggle Within on the PA R11 name competition!! NOW

Proving my point, this system is flawed, PA-Squad should choose

[Blackhawk] · 31 Jan 2004, 13:27

There is an struggle within becuse of all the people that has quit, what shall the creators do?
And there is an struggle within becuse of all the new noobs that want to be in the top or want to do good! A legend Reborn? Who? not some new! it has to be some of the old players then. Then a change "an old legend reborn" !!!!!!!! ???? purhaps?

Leshy · 31 Jan 2004, 14:19

The idea is for people to choose their favourite, not to do their mates a favour and vote for the one they came up with, or the ones their mates think is best.

BoredOfThis · 31 Jan 2004, 14:50

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Originally Posted by Leshy

The idea is for people to choose their favourite, not to do their mates a favour and vote for the one they came up with, or the ones their mates think is best.

That is the idea but that is not what is happening.

MrL_JaKiri · 31 Jan 2004, 15:05

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Originally Posted by BoredOfThis

That is the idea but that is not what is happening.

You're assuming that he came up with the struggle within, of course.

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Originally Posted by [Blackhawk]

There is an struggle within becuse of all the people that has quit, what shall the creators do?
And there is an struggle within becuse of all the new noobs that want to be in the top or want to do good! A legend Reborn? Who? not some new! it has to be some of the old players then. Then a change "an old legend reborn" !!!!!!!! ???? purhaps?

And your sig's almost twice as long as it should be.

Bu||seye · 31 Jan 2004, 17:08

I think "Planetarion: Renaissance" sounds best and most promising. So there goes my vote, even though that option is like almost 40 votes behind...

Deviant · 31 Jan 2004, 23:07

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Originally Posted by Leshy

The idea is for people to choose their favourite, not to do their mates a favour and vote for the one they came up with, or the ones their mates think is best.

Did [Blackhawk] come up with it?

Leshy · 31 Jan 2004, 23:14

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Originally Posted by Deviant

Did [Blackhawk] come up with it?

Not a clue, but he is going around IRC telling people what to vote :P

Blazde · 31 Jan 2004, 23:47

Clearly a disqualification is in order

Tactitus · 1 Feb 2004, 00:06

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Originally Posted by Leshy

The idea is for people to choose their favourite, not to do their mates a favour and vote for the one they came up with, or the ones their mates think is best.

If they don't have a favorite, or if they don't care, why not vote for the one their friend wants?

And speaking of irregularities I'm wondering why, of all the entries, The Struggle Within is the only one in italics?

Qdeathstar · 1 Feb 2004, 00:25

on my computer, Tacticus.. evolution is the only one with itallics.. O.o

Leshy · 1 Feb 2004, 00:47

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Originally Posted by Tactitus

And speaking of irregularities I'm wondering why, of all the entries, The Struggle Within is the only one in italics?

The answer you voted is displayed in italics

Karmulian · 1 Feb 2004, 00:49

the one is italics is whichever one you voted for