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Calculator Community => Discontinued => Major Community Projects => Escheron: Shadow over Ragnoth => Topic started by: Zera on July 19, 2010, 12:31:17 am
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Background info: This is one of the bosses (two, actually) that appear in the game. Originally, it was called the more generic "Twin-Serpent." (to reflect that the boss appears in mirrored instances) Later, I decided to revision some of the item, enemy, spell and ability names used. I thought "Archeowyrm" might sound a bit better, and more archaic. This respectively translates to "Ancient Dragon."
Just for the sake of settling a semantic debate I had with someone else over the issue, what are your thoughts? Does "Archeowyrm" seem at all awkward?
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I personally like Twin-Serpent, if only because i have to think about how to read and pronounce Archeowyrm.
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To me Archeowyrm does seem awkward. It is quite a mouthful, and doesn't really seem to mesh the two words very well in my opinion. Twin-Serpent is more simplistic and to the point.
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Archeowyrm looks cool, but it seems to be a bit confusing about if the enemy is really a serpent or not. The Wyrm part reminded me of Wyvern, at first, which is a a dragon. Maybe Twin-Serpent might be better
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I got a question. Do you pronounce Archeowyrm like ark-ee-o-worm or arch-ee-o-worm? Or neither?
But personally I kind of like Archeowyrm a bit more because it does sound or archaic to me, but I do have to agree that Twin-Serpent is more accurate (just doesn't sound as cool to me though :P).
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I'd imagine like the first pronunciation you posted. Similar to how archeology is pronounced.
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I thought Arch-ee-o-wurm or Arch-ee-o-wirm
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Arr-kay-o worm
Closest approximation I can think of. There may be multiple ways to say archaeo-.
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Oh ok, I like that one better :P Thanks, Zera.
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Archeowyrm just sounds cooler than Twin-Serpent (which seems more generic, in my opinion), so I voted for it.
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Twin-Serpent makes the Author sound like he's just slapping names together for a quick release. (No offense to whoever likes it.) Archeowyrm sounds creative and as if the Author put more effort in the Game.
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Twin-Serpent makes the Author sound like he's just slapping names together for a quick release.
It was pretty much a place-holder, as I added the boss in at a later point. Objectively, I think a lot of the names were kind of quirky at first; so I took some time to revise many of them at one point.
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Wow, the poll is tied after 16 votes
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i'd say to go for consistency throughout the game. If lots of other things have cool made-up names, then go with archaeowyrm, otherwise, stick with Twin-Serpent
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Two more votes since DJ posted, with it tied 9-9
It'll probably end up being your choice, Zera :P
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Tie broken!
I agree with Yunhua98 - Archeowyrm gives the impression that more thought was put into the boss than just Twin Serpent.
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That said, both would look good, IMHO. Just maybe have it with some dragon elements if you use the 2nd one, due to the part that looks a bit like Wyvern. That said, it also looks close to Worm, so maybe it would sound more accurate to other people. As other choice there would be Twin-Snake, but that may be a bit too simple :P
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Wow. I didn't expect the community to be so divided over this. :P
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10-11, wow...
Like I said, the choice will be yours :P
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I personally like the sound of Archeowyrm, I've always liked and was fascinated by the Old English terms and such. Just sounds cool to me :) And it gives some break from so many of generic names. Also, Archeowyrm just sounds really powerful and boss-like, while Twin-Serpent sounds more like a monster that might just pop out from the random water or something.
Just my thought tho, and it's mostly your choice, Zera
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And... archeowyrm slips into the lead at 14-11! ;D
Still pretty close, though
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Well, if its set in older times, with swords and stuff, then I think archeowyrm sounds better.
If its more modern, then go with Twin-Serpent.
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It seems less tied now. I think people are more heading towards Archeowyrm
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I ended up voting for "Archeowyrm" as the name. I like it. Truth be told, that name is already in-place and the only thing that stands between me and changing it back would be looking for the name.
That said, I can go on and blurb about useless stuff: File ESoR\p1\enm-name.z80 merged with ESoR\p4\names.z80 , former file deleted, and code updated to supply correct pointers to data. Verified to function correctly.
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Ok ^^
/me can't wait to see some of the monsters in action :P