Naunet said:I like Terminus. It makes sense for what the world is in lore - a convergence of universes. A terminus is a final point, and Pantheon's Terminus is a final point/destination for the various worlds that compose it.
That's actually one of the reasons I dislike it, personally. It's way too "on the nose." As a working project name it's not bad (and that's what I originally figured it was), but I would hope it's changed before release.
Avaen said:The game is in pre-alpha. It's really not too late to change it.
Agreed 100%. If a name is too difficult to change in a pre-alpha state, then this game is in a lot of trouble.
Sicario said:That's actually one of the reasons I dislike it, personally. It's way too "on the nose." As a working project name it's not bad (and that's what I originally figured it was), but I would hope it's changed before release.
As others have pointed out in the thread, it's technically not the "real" name of the world, but it is the one its new denizens have taken to calling it. I dunno, I like it. Way more than Celestious, especially.
Anistosoles said:It should be called Sonyeq...
Nice Qeynos name drop ;)
How about Karen, with the initial "i" in the middle... like "Kairen"? ;)
I strongly dislike the name Terminus. It sounds childish, a lazy Latin dictionary scan result. While I have no problem telling my non-gamer friends about MMOs I play I doubt I'd ever tell them the name of the world in Pantheon. For what it's worth, I dislike "Pantheon", too. Another lazy pick.
I have already expressed a more positive comment about the name than most of us have - maybe I am an easy-to-please suck-up or maybe people that dislike something are far more likley to comment on the forums.
From a marketing perspective the name of the planet is far less important than the name of the game. I am quite happy with the name Pantheon.
Terminus,
Not really inventive, imaginative, creative or inspiring. Not a fan, I do however, like Pantheon and think the name of the game could easily be the world name as well. Play Pantheon Rise of the Fallen, in the land of Pantheon, as an "arisen from the fallen."
"We are all the arisen, from the fallen". All the individual races have fallen and now arise like the Phoenix.
Just my thoughts.
Would be cool to get a shortlist of names that VR comes up with and have an open poll for those that have pledged to a sufficient level and let that be the name of the world. Or just go with "Fantasy Land 2.0" which is totes legit.
Darch said:Anistosoles said:It should be called Sonyeq...
Nice Qeynos name drop ;)
How about Karen, with the initial "i" in the middle... like "Kairen"? ;)
Or since this is neither Sony nor EQ, but following the same logic, it should be called "Ftorpsmlaeryranoisiv" lol
Never cared for Terminus as the name, but I get why they called it that, since it IS a terminus (with all the races coming to a single place). It seems a little cheesy to me. Unlike Halnir for example, which has cool lore of how it came to be called that. If anyone ever mentions Norrath or Azeroth, I know exactly what they're talking about. But Terminus, could induce memory of who knows how many cultural references.
But, it's not going to have any effect whatsoever on my playing experience, so the big picture, I don't really care I guess.
If not for Walking Dead, I figure it would be more accepted. The word itself is fine. I personally don't see the problem with it. They had to pick something.
You can only twist letters around so many times.
Mythius said:If not for Walking Dead, I figure it would be more accepted. The word itself is fine. I personally don't see the problem with it. They had to pick something.
You can only twist letters around so many times.
They could have chosen a name with no baggage, no existing meaning."Norrath", for example. It's difficult to imagine a whole new fantasy setting when it's couched in place names with modern meaning.
"Pantheon" is another existing word with meaning and one that doesn't apply well to the lore. It's arguably better than "Final Fantasy" or even "EverQuest" but still not a great choice.
When the basics like place names and the name of the game are approached in such an unimaginative manner it makes me worry for the rest of the game. Are we going to find Townsville in the game? Will Dark Forest be one of the zones? Are we going to raid in Adventure Cavern and fight Smelly Ogre aka Smellus Ogrus?
They have writer(s) now. Put them to work on the name of the planet at least.
kreed99 said: I have 9 seasons to watch of TWD......so ill get back to y’all on Terminus as a bad name. But i still hold with my previous argument that is ...... for those that havent seen TWD it is just a name and holds a simpler meaning, althought we all consider it a dark and dreary name. It’s just based on the lore. I now feel like any episodes of TWD are going to be ruined so i will be refraining from posting or viewing.
Yeah, I've never watched The Walking Dead (and don't really have any interest to). This thread is the first I've heard reference to there being some connection with the name. In my mind, "Terminus" is associated with Pantheon.
I meen it really matters very little as it wont really ever be used in conversation, the areas in game is more important then the world name itself.
That said, for some reason it feels mechanical to be somehow, as in it would be a mecanical world. Not sure why
