What name shall it be?

Insinuator · Post by **Insinuator** » April 29th, 2004, 6:39 am

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.

Post by **Sangel** » April 29th, 2004, 6:44 am

Good idea. I was about to suggest a poll myself.

Post by **turin** » April 29th, 2004, 12:55 pm

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).

Post by **Darth Fool** » April 29th, 2004, 1:54 pm

This is a clear example of why simple polling doesn't work. We need a ranked polling mechanism...

Post by **Neoriceisgood** » April 29th, 2004, 2:08 pm

O_o drake is getting to many votes! must assasinate....voters.
let's assume it says "Drakonics" instead of Drakon-X okay?

Post by **Dave** » April 29th, 2004, 4:29 pm

Darth Fool wrote:This is a clear example of why simple polling doesn't work. We need a ranked polling mechanism...

This can work -- just take the top contenders from this poll and make another poll with them. Repeat until there is one clear winner.

David

Post by **Darth Fool** » April 29th, 2004, 4:33 pm

Dave wrote:
Darth Fool wrote:This is a clear example of why simple polling doesn't work. We need a ranked polling mechanism...
This can work -- just take the top contenders from this poll and make another poll with them. Repeat until there is one clear winner.

David

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.

Gafgarion · Post by **Gafgarion** » April 29th, 2004, 4:41 pm

I say call the whole thing off and name them Bunnies.

Shade · Post by **Shade** » April 29th, 2004, 5:53 pm

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.

Shade · Post by **Shade** » April 29th, 2004, 5:55 pm

or, I could just opt for bunnies too. . .

Kamahawk · Post by **Kamahawk** » April 29th, 2004, 9:09 pm

Bunnies sounds great to me.

Post by **turin** » April 29th, 2004, 9:55 pm

BUNNIES!!!

or drakes.

don't make up names. we haven't anywhere else- don't start now.

Dacyn · Post by **Dacyn** » May 1st, 2004, 11:37 am

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?

Post by **Darth Fool** » May 1st, 2004, 4:19 pm

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?

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 · Post by **Dacyn** » May 1st, 2004, 7:57 pm

Darth Fool wrote:but we all seem to have different ideas about a Wesnothian sounding name for the race. Hence the poll

finally, that was a long answer for a simple question

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.

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