What name shall it be?
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What name shall it be?
Well, after extensive and tedious reading of the topic of Drakonian nomenclature, I have culled what I believe to be the different ideas that were suggested therein. Variations in spelling with one or two are inevitable, no one in the topic seemed to be able to stick with something for more than five posts. I'll run this poll for a week.
just a note- i don't think anyone proposed Dragarion-X. it was a joke. and it will mess up the poll results by having it on (already 2 people have voted for it).
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This can work -- just take the top contenders from this poll and make another poll with them. Repeat until there is one clear winner.Darth Fool wrote:This is a clear example of why simple polling doesn't work. We need a ranked polling mechanism...
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Yeah, but you don't get the immediate gratification of seeinng results the way you would with an instant runoff. Still, as a proponent of delayed gratification, I guess I shouldn't complain.Dave wrote:This can work -- just take the top contenders from this poll and make another poll with them. Repeat until there is one clear winner.Darth Fool wrote:This is a clear example of why simple polling doesn't work. We need a ranked polling mechanism...
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Why I proposed Draken
Quite simply, while I like the feel of the work Draken, as it has the Drake Dragon-Like association, without being as generic as just 'drake', and without implying that these things are actual dragons, I don't actually think the name is that important. Wesnoth is a Fantasy game (well, duh!), and for the most part it seems to 'Wesnothize' generic fantasy elements. My problem with 'Draconian' is that it has a very strong association with an already existing, heavily branded, fantasy world. 'Draconian', while widely recognisable, just isn't as generic to fantasy as the label 'elf' or 'dwarf'. Basically, I'm all for any name that doesn't have an existing 'brand' association, isn't misleading, and isn't so generic as to apply to any one of a dozen things. As always, just my $.02.
BUNNIES!!!
or drakes.
don't make up names. we haven't anywhere else- don't start now.
or drakes.
don't make up names. we haven't anywhere else- don't start now.
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Oh, I was beginning to think that we were trying to come up with a name for a bunny race To answere your question, neoriceisgood started making some awesome artwork for a humanoid race of dragon like creatures (see http://wesnoth.whitevine.net/forum/phpB ... php?t=1102) Good artwork is a major step in getting any new unit approved, although good ideas will sometime inspire enough to get a good artist to pitch in. An idea for a unit without artistic support dies a miserable death. So, back to the point, nobody (I presume) wants to waste the unit artwork, especially when there is a whole race worth of new pics, but we all seem to have different ideas about a Wesnothian sounding name for the race. Hence the poll... speaking of which, is it time to start the run-off between draken, draconian, and bunnies?Dacyn wrote:I'm not really sure how to vote in this poll...what is the name for? It has something to do with a dragon race, but what about the dragons are we naming?
finally, that was a long answer for a simple questionDarth Fool wrote:but we all seem to have different ideas about a Wesnothian sounding name for the race. Hence the poll
so the word 'draconian' is supposed to refer to 'the race of dragons'? "Draconian consists of all fire-breathing monsters that"...
I voted for Drake, it was the only one that sounded like a noun.