Voting Discussion Thread

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:23 pm

This is where you can discuss the voting going on in the Domain Name Voting Thread. Here you are free to argue for, expound on, theorize about, guess at, critique, laugh about, analyze, write poetry for, and solicit support for the votes in the DNVT. Please try to keep this about the 2 domain names, and the voting therein.

Do stop and vote, if you want to. Please read the rules.

Again, this was a decision that we thought was best placed in the hands of the community. So, show us that you care, or can pretend to, and vote.

Lastly, it is ok to rail on the lack of choices on this thread, but this is the place to do it (not the other).

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:43 pm

Just out of curiosity, why are you not using the beautiful polling abilities of phpBB?

Bad Demographic · Post by **Bad Demographic** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:49 pm

At heart, some of us are luddites.

RunningMn9 · Post by **RunningMn9** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:53 pm

This is crazy. It OO doesn't win, I quit.

Kratz · Post by **Kratz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:00 pm

OctopusOverlords.com!

Point 1: The octopus is a clearer theme with a ton of graphical and thematic options... the brutesquad is... what? We going to have a picture of some dudes standing around pretending they are tough?

Point 2: It isn't associated with the #1 movie of teenage boys who call their 'girlfriend' 'Buttercup'.

Point 3: I heard a rumour about some badass octopus overlord artwork that has already been seen by some folks.

Napoleon · Post by **Napoleon** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:03 pm

I'm with Kratz, options for themeing are WAY better with OO.com
Also, brutesquad sounds a little too much like we're trying to be cool. It's a fun "in-joke" to run around in lime-green speedos as an overweight geek, but it's not as good when you try to reach others with it. Badass Octopods is better then.

Also, did we not use the polling system because of the 5 post minimum thing?

Kratz · Post by **Kratz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:12 pm

I assume the polling can be cheated.

Koz · Post by **Koz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:15 pm

.com is sooooooooooo much better than .net

I actually kind of like both names, but the octopus is zanier, and I think a little originality is a good thing.

Raven_13 · Post by **Raven_13** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:15 pm

Kratz and Napoleon, you convinced me.

cthulhu fhtagn!

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:19 pm

Kratz wrote:I assume the polling can be cheated.

Yep, that was the hangup.

~Neal

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:26 pm

I am protesting our two party system.

Bakhtosh · Post by **Bakhtosh** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:45 pm

They're both .com addresses (octopusoverlords.com and thebrutesquad.com)

There will be no lime green speedos...that was funny as a joke, but it wouldn't make good sense.

Brute Squad was not an original thought for the maker of The Princess Bride. It's a group of fighters who band together and fight as a unit...they may not be highly trained or fearsome warriors, and individually they won't accomplish much, but as a group, they're a force to be reckoned with...together, they're much more powerful than the sum of their parts.

OctopusOverlords is not a name I'll be terribly proud of talking about with my non-gaming friends.

Brute Squad is easy to say (2 syllables that flow well).

OctopusOverlords is 6. Why do you think Spiderman doesn't say "Doctor Octopus" everytime? Cause short words flow better.

Imagine, "Good morning, my name is Grandy Peace - I represent OctopusOverlords.com and would like you to consider <doing something for the site>"
"Octopus...Overlords? OhhKay..."

The name's already registered. I think we can have some real fun with it, but I don't think it should be our identity, nor do I think it fits well with what we want the site to be...namely: successful.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:47 pm

I totally expected your Grandy Peace line to end with "Prepare to die."

~Neal

SuperHiro · Post by **SuperHiro** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:51 pm

I'm leaning towards Octopus Overlords.

It is a pretty big mouthful, I'll just abbreviate it to OctO

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:54 pm

I disagree that OO will hurt the site from succeeding. It's got an equal chance to succeed as TBS does.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:56 pm

Shouldn't it be Octopi Overlords?

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:02 pm

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Shouldn't it be Octopi Overlords?

If a consortium of giraffes were in charge, how would you refer to them?

~Neal

Koz · Post by **Koz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:03 pm

And brutesquad has that very unfortunate acronym. The syllable thing is an issue, but the reason Spiderman doesn't say "Doctor Octopus" is because names can be abbreviated. OctO sounds kinda cool I have to say. BS sounds, well, like BS.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:03 pm

Asharak · Post by **Asharak** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:05 pm

The Meal wrote:If a consortium of giraffes were in charge

If?

- Ash

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:07 pm

Nade wrote:What if I like "pcgamesforum"?

My understanding is that that URL will always be a direct link to these forums, allowing you to skip the front page at your leisure.

~Neal

Kratz · Post by **Kratz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:20 pm

Nade wrote:What if I like "pcgamesforum"?

Am I the only one who finds it very humorous that a guy named Nade(r) wants to vote for a 3rd party that won't win?

LawBeefaroni · Post by **LawBeefaroni** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:22 pm

Since there's only two to choose from I assume someone has already claimed them for the site?

I in no way think Brute Squad sounds like someone trying to be "too badass." It is a good url because it's non specific. Which some might say isn't good, but sixsyllableoverlords is specific enough to be misleading.

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:24 pm

Both domains are claimed.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:26 pm

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:28 pm

Kratz · Post by **Kratz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:31 pm

the OctO's (i like that) will kill you if you vote brutesquad. All the brutesquad will do is beat you up. And they are all computer nerds, so even that is debateable.

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:33 pm

Folks, please follow instructions. It isn't hard. Don't vote if you don't like the two choices. No joke votes.

Guy Incognito · Post by **Guy Incognito** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:42 pm

Could you just delete the posts that aren't following the rules? It seems to have a cumulative effect when people see others doing it or feel the need to reply to the others doing it...

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:45 pm

I'm going to delete the page 2 ones in a second, as soon as it is clear to the people why they are getting deleted.

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:45 pm

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:45 pm

Wouldn't it have been easier to have just used the POLL function?

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:47 pm

As Meal noted above, polling is easily abused.

Little Raven · Post by **Little Raven** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:47 pm

Dirt wrote:Wouldn't it have been easier to have just used the POLL function?

Too easy to hack. While I doubt anyone here would have the inclination to do so, there are quite a few people who have the mad skilz.

Guy Incognito · Post by **Guy Incognito** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:48 pm

The Meal wrote:
Kratz wrote:I assume the polling can be cheated.
Yep, that was the hangup.

~Neal

Kratz · Post by **Kratz** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:50 pm

So is the polling easy to cheat or something?

What are those swords again?

Peacedog · Post by **Peacedog** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:52 pm

Curved. And they're for dicing.

And I probably should have made that clear from the get go, that this is the appropriate place to bitch about the lack of choices. If it's somehow related to domain name selection, this is the place for it.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:53 pm

We are easily able to check posts and behind-the-scenes data to make sure people aren't registering ten different newbie accounts just to make sure their choice wins.

We can't do that with the poll. At least not yet...

SuperHiro · Post by **SuperHiro** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:56 pm

I like OctopusOverlords.

1) We can use "OctO" as an abbreviation. It's kinda clever AND easy to pronounce.

2) It had a strong theme that's pretty unique. I mean, how many "Oh we're super dorks!" sites are there?

3) The potential for the art would be awesome.

However:

1) We have to be careful we don't get pigeon-holed into a gimmick. We we tip either way in the balance between over-the-top-tired-gimmick and we-just-picked-the-name-cuz it's cool, then the whole site gets corny as hell. But I'm confident we can get it tastefully done.

2) I'm not sure how much respect the name will get initially. I know I'm going to pimp the OctO abbreviation pretty hard.

Biyobi · Post by **Biyobi** » Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:03 pm

OctopusOverlords.com will pick up a lot of mystified people Googling for "octopus". I foresee a lot of surreal "what the..." reactions coming soon.