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![]() | Re: Now we are getting somewhere | |
![]() | Posted By: Forrest of B.org | Date: 10/18/06 2:01 p.m. |
![]() | In Response To: Now we are getting somewhere (MrHen) : Hm. I like it, but still think there is something missing... would there be
: "Player character" sounds a little awkward, but I could get used to
: I find that "Durandal often refers to the [[main character]] as human in
Perhaps "player-character" should be hyphenated. The way I read it in my head, "player" is being used as a modifier for "character"; like "the bathroom sink" specifies a particular sink (the one in the bathroom), "the player character" specifies a particular character (the one controlled by the player). I believe in certain high northern European (e.g. Scandinavian) languages these types of phrases are concatenated into single words to avoid such confusion. The closest English approximation seems to be hyphenation. : Articles like "Security Officer" would still exist, but they would
Right, I'm not at all suggesting there be a separate article titled "Security Officer" (other than as a redirect). Only that in context elsewhere, you might want, for some reason, to refer to the player character by another name like "The Security Officer", and that that seems fine to me. : That totally works for me. I would probably add a "Groups" or
And there are very few of them known in the Marathon universe. The UESC/UEG (that's another question: one article there or two? if only one, then what do we call it?). The MIDA insurgents. Do the S'pht Clans and Pfhor Battle Groups all count as their own unique organizations? There's not a whole lot to say about any of these groups one way or another. : Would AI, cyborgs, and robots fit in "Races"? I would probably
I'd say yes, for the reasons you just gave. There aren't really any known "robots" in the game, so maybe "drones" as a race (including MADDs and Pfhor drones and possibly Juggernauts if they are all-mechanical). AIs as a race, sure. I'm not really sure cyborgs qualify as a race... after all, all S'pht are cyborgs and they are their own race, and all other know cyborgs are either of the Mjolnir variety, the Pfhor-built Human cyborg slaves (the "tanks" introduced in M2), or the Pfhor controller cyborg we killed in M1. : As for "Units", what they are may not be intuitive to someone
I borrowed the term mostly from the Myth community, where all creatures moving about on the map are referred to as "units". : But I am happy with everything. I think the only decision to flesh out is
I really prefer player character, though main character doesn't make me cringe or anything. It's just that Marathon IS a game, so keeping things in game terms makes most sense to me; "main character" makes me think we're talking about a book or movie.
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![]() | Terminology questions | MrHen | 10/16/06 6:40 a.m. |
![]() | Re: Terminology questions | Aaron Sikes | 10/16/06 7:01 a.m. |
![]() | Re: Terminology questions | Forrest of B.org | 10/16/06 7:28 a.m. |
![]() | accepted | MrHen | 10/16/06 8:16 a.m. |
![]() | Re: accepted | Document | 10/17/06 2:37 p.m. |
![]() | My own terminology question | RyokoTK | 10/16/06 3:36 p.m. |
![]() | Re: My own terminology question | MrHen | 10/16/06 4:01 p.m. |
![]() | Re: My own terminology question | RyokoTK | 10/16/06 4:48 p.m. |
![]() | perhaps... | MrHen | 10/16/06 5:18 p.m. |
![]() | Re: My own terminology question | Document | 10/17/06 11:51 a.m. |
![]() | Like Halo? *NM* | MrHen | 10/17/06 3:30 p.m. |
![]() | Re: My own terminology question | Forrest of B.org | 10/16/06 6:19 p.m. |
![]() | on The Player | MrHen | 10/16/06 8:11 a.m. |
![]() | Re: on The Player | Document | 10/17/06 3:04 p.m. |
![]() | dissenting opinions, but flexible | MrHen | 10/17/06 3:49 p.m. |
![]() | Re: dissenting opinions, but flexible | Forrest of B.org | 10/18/06 7:07 a.m. |
![]() | Now we are getting somewhere | MrHen | 10/18/06 8:55 a.m. |
![]() | Re: Now we are getting somewhere | Aaron Sikes | 10/18/06 9:58 a.m. |
![]() | Re: Now we are getting somewhere | RyokoTK | 10/18/06 11:56 a.m. |
![]() | Re: Now we are getting somewhere | MrHen | 10/18/06 1:27 p.m. |
![]() | whoops, forgot a point | MrHen | 10/18/06 1:30 p.m. |
![]() | Re: whoops, forgot a point | Forrest of B.org | 10/18/06 2:13 p.m. |
![]() | That's what I'm saying. | RyokoTK | 10/18/06 2:39 p.m. |
![]() | I agree, but come to a different conclusion | MrHen | 10/18/06 3:41 p.m. |
![]() | Re: I agree, but come to a different conclusion | RyokoTK | 10/18/06 3:54 p.m. |
![]() | Re: I agree, but come to a different conclusion | Forrest of B.org | 10/18/06 4:05 p.m. |
![]() | this is getting more off-topic... | MrHen | 10/18/06 4:22 p.m. |
![]() | Re: this is getting more off-topic... | Forrest of B.org | 10/18/06 6:31 p.m. |
![]() | my bad... | MrHen | 10/19/06 4:48 a.m. |
![]() | Re: I agree, but come to a different conclusion | MrHen | 10/18/06 4:13 p.m. |
![]() | Re: whoops, forgot a point | MrHen | 10/18/06 3:26 p.m. |
![]() | Re: Now we are getting somewhere | Document | 10/19/06 8:52 a.m. |
![]() | Re: Now we are getting somewhere | Forrest of B.org | 10/19/06 6:52 p.m. |
![]() | Re: Now we are getting somewhere | Forrest of B.org | 10/18/06 2:01 p.m. |
![]() | Almost there... | MrHen | 10/18/06 3:50 p.m. |
![]() | Re: dissenting opinions, but flexible | Forrest of B.org | 10/18/06 2:22 p.m. |
![]() | now *that* makes sense (final draft?) | MrHen | 10/18/06 3:53 p.m. |
![]() | Final Draft? | Forrest of B.org | 10/18/06 4:13 p.m. |
![]() | Re: Final Draft? | Document | 10/18/06 4:27 p.m. |
![]() | Good. *shakes hands of everyone* | MrHen | 10/18/06 4:28 p.m. |
![]() | Re: Good. *shakes hands of everyone* | Document | 10/19/06 8:33 a.m. |
![]() | :) Go for it. *NM* | MrHen | 10/19/06 9:20 a.m. |
![]() | Re: Good. *shakes hands of everyone* | Forrest of B.org | 10/19/06 6:55 p.m. |
![]() | Re: now *that* makes sense (final draft?) | Document | 10/18/06 4:33 p.m. |
![]() | Agreed *NM* | Document | 10/18/06 3:55 p.m. |
![]() | Re: dissenting opinions, but flexible | Document | 10/24/06 1:47 p.m. |
![]() | in-universe or out-of-universe? | MrHen | 10/24/06 4:41 p.m. |
![]() | Re: on The Player | Document | 10/24/06 2:08 p.m. |
![]() | that solves that. ;) *NM* | MrHen | 10/24/06 4:33 p.m. |
![]() | Re: Terminology questions | treellama | 10/16/06 11:21 a.m. |
![]() | Or Jason Jones? *NM* | MrHen | 10/16/06 11:27 a.m. |
![]() | Re: Terminology questions | Document | 10/17/06 11:41 a.m. |
![]() | *exctend=extend *NM* | Document | 10/17/06 11:45 a.m. |
![]() | Re: Terminology questions | RyokoTK | 10/17/06 12:53 p.m. |
![]() | Re: Terminology questions | MrHen | 10/17/06 3:51 p.m. |
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