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Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 13:59by XuaXua
According to pubby,
"Also, the name is currently a placeholder, but I don't want to see any name recommendations in this thread. If you have a really good name then you can PM me, but don't waste space by discussing it here."I say we over-discuss his name to DEATH here!
Not necessarily a "he".
RULE: One name per post. One consecutive post per participant. I'll go first.
I propose the name for the Fire / Smithy god be "Wheal".
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 14:19by twelwe
Lukey
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 14:50by Sprucery
Qoalurnace
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 15:03by Sandman25
Hephaestus or Hephaesta.
If we don't want to use accurate greek mythology names, Hephos, Hephis, Hephada.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 15:08by Bloax
Igneus Aurifex
thanks pacra
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 16:57by pubby
15:53:12 <Pacra> I would put forth Kalceutes
15:53:20 <Pacra> which means "redsmith" in ancient greek
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 16:58by Viashino_wizard
Belos
get it like 'bellows'
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 17:28by bisonbisonbison
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 17:31by dpeg
You all know that initials used by other gods are out of the question.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 17:32by XuaXua
dpeg wrote:You all know that initials used by other gods are out of the question.
I was just writing that.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 17:41by Amnesiac
dpeg wrote:You all know that initials used by other gods are out of the question.
The Smith One
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 17:48by SublimeSnake
Initials in use:
1: the shining one
A:shenzari
B:eogh
C:heibriados
D:ithmenos
E:lvilyon
F:edhas
G:
H:
I
J:ivya
K:iku
L:ugonu
M:akhleb
N:emelex Xobeh
O:kawaru
P
Q
R
S:if
T:rog
U:
V:ehumet
W:
X:om
Y:redelemnul
Z:in
Which leaves GHIPQRUW, right?
EDIT: Whoops well we winnowed W
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 17:49by dpeg
Yes. I would like to keep G for the gold god. (For a change, that one has a name.)
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 17:51by Amnesiac
SublimeSnake wrote:Which leaves GHIPQRU, right?
GHIPQRU (pronounced Gipkru), what, nice name
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 17:52by XuaXua
G H I P Q R U W
Phardmystar means "Divine Blacksmith" in Wistervarious.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 18:05by XuaXua
dpeg wrote:Yes. I would like to keep G for the gold god. (For a change, that one has a name.)
For a **change** lol
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 18:34by Viashino_wizard
dpeg wrote:You all know that initials used by other gods are out of the question.
I didn't actually. Why is that?
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 18:36by dpeg
Viashino: Basically it is an old whim of mine, but it actually serves some useful purposes. For one, the number of gods is limited to 27. Next, we can nicely list the gods in ?/G and initials access god descriptions. And finally, even though nobody made use of it yet, I could imagine a Crawl-related game where gods play a role, and it'd work well in ASCII
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 19:33by and into
dpeg's always thinking three moves ahead, it seems. (I knew the rule but not all of the reasons behind it.
)
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 19:48by tedric
How do you get 27 gods from an alphabet with 26 letters
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 19:50by Sphara
Perkele
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 19:57by Siegurt
tedric wrote:How do you get 27 gods from an alphabet with 26 letters
The shining one's "letter" is the number '1'
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 22:15by Hirsch I
The Fiery Two.
there are actually 2 smith gods, that act as one.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 23:04by antimanner
Helcan?
A portmanteau of Hephaistos and Vulcan, that sounds fiery. Badass also.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 23:26by Hirsch I
Hakon. sounds Smithy.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 23:50by IronJelly
this is CYC, so I am breakng your rules to post that I laughed out loud at "The Smithing One."
//and how about Hamaar, since, you know, hammers and smithing, and it uses that pesky H spot.
///dammit, other punny ideas:
Anvilzari
Forgehas Madash
Smith Muna
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 26th February 2014, 23:58by Deep Dwarf Fighter
Ardoros Sol
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 00:36by Tiktacy
Pifflagatronicanusmaximus will be his name, and that's final.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 00:37by Hirsch I
Ironeus.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 01:24by moocowmoocow
Umbrathil
Glaruul
Pathos
Rin
Ingar
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 02:48by Hirsch I
Ingvar.
I think he should sound norse.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 04:29by moocowmoocow
Hirsch I wrote:Ingvar.
I think he should sound norse.
Ingvar sounds cool... Two syllable beginning with ing makes me think of mining and smithing ingots in Ye Olde Ultima Online
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 04:34by twelwe
dpeg wrote:Viashino: Basically it is an old whim of mine, but it actually serves some useful purposes. For one, the number of gods is limited to 27. Next, we can nicely list the gods in ?/G and initials access god descriptions. And finally, even though nobody made use of it yet, I could imagine a Crawl-related game where gods play a role, and it'd work well in ASCII
how do random gods fit into this equation? you code in 26 gods, and force every random god name to start with the 27th?
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 04:51by Viashino_wizard
moocowmoocow wrote:Hirsch I wrote:Ingvar.
I think he should sound norse.
Ingvar sounds cool... Two syllable beginning with ing makes me think of mining and smithing ingots in Ye Olde Ultima Online
Thirding Ingvar.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 04:52by nicolae
twelwe wrote:dpeg wrote:Viashino: Basically it is an old whim of mine, but it actually serves some useful purposes. For one, the number of gods is limited to 27. Next, we can nicely list the gods in ?/G and initials access god descriptions. And finally, even though nobody made use of it yet, I could imagine a Crawl-related game where gods play a role, and it'd work well in ASCII
how do random gods fit into this equation? you code in 26 gods, and force every random god name to start with the 27th?
random gods start with punctuation
Actually I think one solution I discussed with dpeg ages ago is to have random god names always displayed in quotes, so they'd technically begin with ", but I don't know if that stuck.
Also I do like the sound of Ingvar.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 05:04by Viashino_wizard
nicolae wrote:twelwe wrote:dpeg wrote:Viashino: Basically it is an old whim of mine, but it actually serves some useful purposes. For one, the number of gods is limited to 27. Next, we can nicely list the gods in ?/G and initials access god descriptions. And finally, even though nobody made use of it yet, I could imagine a Crawl-related game where gods play a role, and it'd work well in ASCII
how do random gods fit into this equation? you code in 26 gods, and force every random god name to start with the 27th?
random gods start with punctuation
Actually I think one solution I discussed with dpeg ages ago is to have random god names always displayed in quotes, so they'd technically begin with ", but I don't know if that stuck.
Wait, randomly-generated gods? That's a thing?
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 05:14by nicolae
Viashino_wizard wrote:Wait, randomly-generated gods? That's a thing?
It's a thing in the sense that it's an idea dpeg's been knocking around for a while and would like to see implemented someday. It's still pretty much in the preliminary design phase.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 06:19by Amnesiac
IDK, Ingvar is a real name... It means protected by
Ing -_-
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 06:58by Siegurt
Puffthemagicdragonothious
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Thursday, 27th February 2014, 07:24by spudwalt
I like Ingvar. Sounds kinda like invar (which is a nickel-iron alloy I only know about because of Minecraft).
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Tuesday, 4th March 2014, 05:48by Hirsch I
Trog is a real name too, what's the problem?
it is the name of my half orc barbarian.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Tuesday, 4th March 2014, 06:53by Moanerette
Morrissey, Marr and Joyce are all prohibited by the initial rule, so Rourke it is.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Tuesday, 4th March 2014, 18:46by moocowmoocow
Moanerette wrote:Morrissey, Marr and Joyce are all prohibited by the initial rule, so Rourke it is.
lol I'm trying to imagine Morrissey as a Crawl god. Would be interesting to say the least.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Tuesday, 4th March 2014, 19:04by Hirsch I
he should be called Hirsch. sounds cool, begins with H, only one vowel.
this is final.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Tuesday, 4th March 2014, 22:11by daggaz
Ingvar is a real Icelandic name. Which means its even MORE suitable for a God of fiery smithing. I also vote for Ingvar.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 5th March 2014, 01:12by dpeg
Viashino_wizard wrote:Wait, randomly-generated gods? That's a thing?
It is a pipe dream. You can read about it
here. I cannot promise they will ever materialise (in particular because I have flaked already once on them). On the other hand, I believe they would rock so much, and I will definitely keep trying. As nicolae says, it's certainly nothing you should expect to see in any particular release. However, I have a pretty clear vision and that is outlined on the dev wiki.
Re: Name the Smithy God!
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Wednesday, 5th March 2014, 08:25by Reptisaurus
Dellos 6. We might as well get started on some of those other numbers...