Alpha Centauri 2

Community => Council Room => Topic started by: Buster's Uncle on February 23, 2012, 01:13:15 PM

Title: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on February 23, 2012, 01:13:15 PM

How does the subtitle "The Build Imperative", or "Imperative: Build" strike you?

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: sisko on February 23, 2012, 01:46:47 PM

too imperative!
but you should ask someone who's first language is English..

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on February 23, 2012, 01:52:18 PM

Build is key, as that's a SMAC concept something besides imperative would be fine, though I was recalling the game referring to the  base govenor priorities that way.  Help me out with wording - how does it refer to the tech categories?

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: sisko on February 23, 2012, 02:53:01 PM

you mean research priorities in a blind research game?

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on February 23, 2012, 03:01:03 PM

Right.  It doen't have to be imperative, although that means a compulsion as well as an order, but we need the right phrase - [something] Build, or Build [something]

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on February 23, 2012, 04:04:14 PM

I should move this there and get mpre input, shouldn't I?

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: sisko on February 23, 2012, 04:09:45 PM

it's called: "Build: wealth and infrastructure"

feel free to moved the thread in Council Room

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on February 23, 2012, 04:15:05 PM

Okydoke; of course we're going to get a lot of "Modders Forum: raf is your King" suggestions, but maybe they'll at least be funny...

Hopefully, everyone will also pay a serious suggestion toll, by making one...

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Kilkakon on February 25, 2012, 02:56:21 PM

Build A Better SMAC/X?

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: sisko on February 25, 2012, 02:57:53 PM

or Build your Alpha Centauri II?

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Kilkakon on February 25, 2012, 03:02:48 PM

Could work. :) Let's see what the others think...

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on February 25, 2012, 03:05:52 PM

I was thinking in terms of invoking the game concept...

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on February 26, 2012, 04:52:45 PM

I just noticed that in alphax.txt, they are listed under the line "#MANDATE".

How about "Mandate: Build" as the subtitle?

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: sisko on February 27, 2012, 03:15:00 PM

"Mandate to Build" (as in "mandate to kill")

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on February 27, 2012, 03:20:34 PM

Same thing, but pithier as two words.

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: sisko on February 27, 2012, 03:22:23 PM

you know better.

Title: Re: Modders' Forum and other names.
Post by: Buster's Uncle on February 27, 2012, 05:59:54 PM

I think I'll go ahead and do an ad-hoc subtitle, then, subject to change if a catchier idea comes along.