On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 03:58:59AM -0800, Tom Hehre wrote:
> implore all of you to help us
> out in a quest for a more "suitable" name.
Ok, here goes...
First, the acronym variety:
(I think Engine and Environment can be equally substituted for each
other in any of these)
DENT: Dantom's Express Network Technology
Dan's Everything Network & Tom
Excellent
Entertainment
Enterprise (go for the corporate market)
Electrifying
Embedded
Encapsulated
Enchanting
Enlightened
TADPOLE: Tom And Dan's Player-Object-Link Engine
Palace Or Labyrynth Environment
DIE: Dantom's Imagination Engine
DANG: Dantom's Awesome Network Game
DING: Dantom's Imagination Network Game
DONG: Dantom's Outstanding/Object Network Game
DND: Dantom's Network DUNG
DUNE: Dantom's Universal Network Environment
(hmm, too bad, huh?)
GLOBE: Graphics Linked Object Builder Engine
GNOME: Graphics Network Object Model Environment
(oh wait, that's already been taken)
GORE: Graphics/Gaming Oriented/Object Reality Engine
RAGE: Really Awesome Game Emulator/Engine/etc...
Or go with name recognition:
Quake of Doom
Poke-Man
PacMon
I still like Dung: Eons and Dragons
Irnbru
Sonny Paystation
Then there's the more mundane:
NetPlay 2000
5150
Legend (simple yet powerful)
Pound For Pound (It's the best, Pound For Pound!)
Espionage (mysterious, yet tantalizing... the customer will want it)
Death
ImagiNet (cute)
Appeal to humor:
Lipschitz
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 Jan 27 2002, 9:39 am
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Just going through some old email, I came across suggestions I sent to Tom when they were trying to change the name from Dung to something a little more "marketing friendly." I cringe to think how popular this would have been with the DBZ crowd if the "RAGE" suggestion had been taken...
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Gaming-Oriented Reality Engine would have been cool, though it would probably give BYOND a different first-impression...
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Air Mapster wrote:
Dan's Everything Network & Tom Hehe. Everything, plus Tom. I think I like BYOND best. Its only fault is the amateur connotations of the full name. Z | |
BYOND is probably the best anyway, because it doesn't "suggest" anything as far as what the engine could be used for. GORE would suggest anti-board game stuff, Legend would suggest fantasy stuff, etc... BYOND doesn't really suggest anything.
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Foomer wrote:
[snip] BYOND doesn't really suggest anything. Quite the contrary... "BYOND (Build Your Own Net Dream)" suggests everything and anything... Which is perfect... | |
Is it just me, or does anyone else really, really, really like the DUNE name?
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I'm just relieved they didn't choose your "DONG" suggestion. Though it would have been pretty amusing to see what logo it produced.
(Back then I was rooting for "Detour". But "BYOND" is much better.)