BYOND in an alternate universe? in Off Topic

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Jan 27 2002, 12:39 pm
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...
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
#1 Jan 27 2002, 12:54 pm
Air Mapster wrote:
I cringe to think how popular this would have been with the DBZ crowd if the "RAGE" suggestion had been taken...

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.)
#2 Jan 27 2002, 2:39 pm
In response to Gughunter (#1)
Gaming-Oriented Reality Engine would have been cool, though it would probably give BYOND a different first-impression...
#3 Jan 27 2002, 10:06 pm
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
#4 Jan 27 2002, 10:16 pm
In response to Lord of Water (#2)
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.
#5 Jan 27 2002, 10:24 pm
In response to Foomer (#4)
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...
#6 Jan 28 2002, 4:04 pm
Is it just me, or does anyone else really, really, really like the DUNE name?