F9 Name Proposal

[Aaron Bowman]

How about Cerberus (F10), then we could move to Janus (F11).

On Nov 13, 2007 2:05 PM, Marc Schwartz <marc_schwartz at comcast.net> wrote:

> "Jeff Spaleta" <jspaleta at gmail.com> writes:
>
> > On Nov 12, 2007 10:58 PM, Nicu Buculei <nicu_fedora at nicubunu.ro> wrote:
> >> Jakub 'Livio' Rusinek wrote:
> >> > Simply - Owl, Nightbird, Humming or Bird :) .
> >>
> >> I absolutely hate to be "that guy" but... the name decision is not ours
> >> (Art Team) to make and traditionally now is also too early for it.
> >
> > Is it too early? I think there are proposed changes for the
> > development process which would put the "naming" process earlier in
> > part to get the art team time to have the option to build a theme
> > associated with the codename.
> >
> > Regardless of when it happens, there are established rules for the
> > name game, which I assume people in this thread are not aware of.
> > Names between releases must relate.  Release N+1 must be named such
> > that releaser N+1 relates to N, such that releases N+1 and N-1 are not
> > similarly related.  So we can for example just keep picking city names
> > or flower names over and over again.
> >
> > The rules for F9 as I understand them are:
> > The relationship that connects Moonshine and Werewolf cannot be re-used.
> > The F9 name and werewolf must share are "both are" relationship.
> > The F9 name and moonshine must not share a "both are" relationship
> > You also should provide an obvious next relationship that can be used
> > to connect the name to F9 to F10
> >
> > The "Unicorn" example I provided follows the name game rules. I stated
> > the N+1 to N relationship explicitly.  Both a unicorn and a werewolf
> > are mythical creatures whereas moonshine is not.
> > I also hinted at the next relationship that can be used to move beyond
> > unicorn.  Unicorn was the mascot for my high school, so for F10 you
> > could move from unicorn to any high school mascot that was not a
> > mystical creature. Though that's actually not a good out. A better out
> > would be Tom Cruise movie co-stars (a unicorn was in the movie
> > Legend).
> >
> > Names like "galaxy" or "night bird" need to be given in the context of
> > the "N+1 and  N  are a something,  but N+1 and N-1 are not a
> > something" rule.  The naming isn't  random, but its constrained by how
> > clever we are coming up with relationships between the names.
> >
> > -jef
>
> I was not aware of the guidelines you note above. That being said, I
> think that Bellerophon could fit, since it is a mythical character and
> could then lead us into the domain of sci-fi, which is then wide
> open...
>
> Of course, the Six Degrees of Tom Cruise would lead us into some
> interesting territory...
>
> :-)
>
> Marc
>
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