What's a good name for new multiboxing program?

[Freddie]

I've decided to release a new open-source multiboxing program.

But I can't think of a good name.

Can you make some suggestions?

[Multibocks]

Moobox


haha jk

[Ogloo]

ummmmmmm
imultibox
Osbox (open source) <---- i like that one it looks kick ass, and kinda rhymes

[zenga]

boxos (same as previous poster but in reverse order)

hateusbox
wecheatbox

zillionbox
rockbox
smoothbox
smartbox
bombbox

[Poyzon]

OpenBoxer
OpenBox

[Korruptor]

iBox
iBoxer
uBox
oBox
etc

[Prepared]

I've decided to release a new open-source multiboxing program.

But I can't think of a good name.

Can you make some suggestions?

Best name that interfaces with many computers:

Expresso

[Coltimar]

Since it's open source why no call it the Open Box?

[heyaz]

Poop Box





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[Jafula]

I've decided to release a new open-source multiboxing program.

But I can't think of a good name.

Can you make some suggestions?

Wait!

New as in not hotkeynet ?

and

New as in open source?

Really? I have been toying with finding something I can integrate Jamba configuration into. The WoW GUI is not as powerful as something I can do outside of WoW.

If you release something as powerful as HotKeyNet with a GUI and its open source, I'll be hacking...

I like OpenBox as a name.

[Freddie]

Wait!

New as in not hotkeynet ?

and

New as in open source?
Yep. :) But of course I'm reusing a lot of code from HotkeyNet 1, HotkeyNet 2, and ProgramW.


f you release something as powerful as HotKeyNet with a GUI and its open source, I'll be hacking...
Hopefully it will be more powerful, and yes it has a GUI.

Let me tell you the basic plan, and please tell me if you have any thoughts on how this can be designed to work better for your purposes.

It's actually two projects. There's (1) an engine and (2) a multiboxing program that's built from the engine. I'm going to release both things as part of the same package, but people can use the engine separately, if they want, to create their own multiboxing programs.

I'll call (2) the "user program."

The engine is an unmanaged DLL. Both the engine and the user program are written in C++. (Of course people will be able to write other user programs in C# or anything else.)

The engine exports extremely high-level functions. I'm trying to make the exports seem like a programming language for building a multiboxing program.

For example, the engine exports a function called "ConnectToOtherPCs." The person who writes the user program only needs to call that single function, and the engine automatically connects to all other copies of itself on the local network ... the engine worries about IPs, sockets, settings, etc..

Of course there is also a lower level API so the user program can control the engine at a finer level, if necessary, but I'm trying to make it as easy as possible.

[Marious]

OpenBox should be good unless there is something out there with the name, or call it OpenMultiBox, but if your trying to go with a short name I vote OpenBox.

[Fef]

I like OpenBox, real good name, full of promises.

If you need French translation for the GUI, just ask.

[Freddie]

If you need French translation for the GUI, just ask.
Thanks. It will be extremely easy to create versions in different languages. There will be a separate text file with all the messages and captions, and people can just translate the file into different languages.

[Lilfrost]

Rockin-Sockin-Ro-box

[Freddie]

Thanks for the names so far!

OpenBox was the first name that occurred to me too (a few days ago). Unfortunately OpenBox.com, OpenBox,net, etc., are all taken.

OsBox also occurred to me, and in fact the source code is named OsBxr. (I had to name it something so I could start working on it. There are about fifty source files already.)

However ... I'm wondering ... what about a non-technical name? Something grittier and easier to remember? Maybe something like:

Heat
Splash
Ooba
Grump
Renegade
Rufus

Those suck but I'm just trying to say, "non techie."

[Jafula]

Yep. :) But of course I'm reusing a lot of code from HotkeyNet 1, HotkeyNet 2, and ProgramW.


Hopefully it will be more powerful, and yes it has a GUI.

Let me tell you the basic plan, and please tell me if you have any thoughts on how this can be designed to work better for your purposes.

It's actually two projects. There's (1) an engine and (2) a multiboxing program that's built from the engine. I'm going to release both things as part of the same package, but people can use the engine separately, if they want, to create their own multiboxing programs.


Awesome. It sounds great. My interest lies in providing an easier way of configuring Jamba; and integrating into a key cloner type of program seems like a natural way forward. Its just an idea at the moment and if I can find an easy way to do it, the likelyhood of it happening increases.

I'm not sure on the details, but I will be following this project with interest.

Thanks for all your (continued) effort on your great programs.

[Freddie]

Jafula, I hope you'll give me tons of feedback and advice. It would be great if you can help me design this thing, as it goes along, so it's as suitable as possible for what you want to do.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Legion, for we are many.

[Jheusse]

Framba
Fremba
These would require some 'blessing' from Jafula to be proper courtesy, or if you guys went nuts on collaboration you go to FreJamba or even FreeJamba, which plays on the open source nature of the project.

Fredbox

FOSBE (pronounced Fahz-bee) Freddy's Open Source Boxing Engine
Can do a lot of variants of this, I'd emphasize your name, open source, and that it's for boxing, since that's the jargon term we use for multiboxing.

edit:
Don't be shy about putting your own name or stamp on the project, you deserve the visibility and the credit, Jafula did it with Jamba and I think it was brilliant.

[Coltimar]

I am from Eastern Kentucky, if you that translation done.

[Marious]

OOOH I can translate it into Spanglish! Um I dont know too many Spanish speakers who MB though.

[Multibocks]

Legion, for we are many.

oh I like legion.

[Jafula]

Jafula, I hope you'll give me tons of feedback and advice. It would be great if you can help me design this thing, as it goes along, so it's as suitable as possible for what you want to do.

I would say: "You had me at Hello", but uh, maybe not.

Yes, I'd be keen to help out. FYI I'm away for a couple of weeks and won't have much internet access during that time.

Perhaps you would like to set up a forum over on HotKeyNet to provide a place where ideas can be discussed?

[Jafula]

Legion, for we are many.

+1


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[Flekkie]

Re-Pressinator

Keyleidoscope / Keyfraction / Keyspersal / etc

Split Pressinality


This is fun ^^
But possibly not helpful

[Ualaa]

I like Legion.

[Stealthy]

Pandora's Box
Hit Box
OmniBox
Sir Boxalot
IntelliBox
Dynabox
Mutliple Choice

[Dawnstrider]

My Paladin team is named variations of Pandora so I like Pandora's box :) But since there are always many of us I am thinking "spawn more overloards" lol I also like "Openbox"

[Sajuuk]

Outerspace.

(OpenBox sounds good)

[heffner]

Poly

Polybox

Box^n

PolyGAMEy (instead of Polygamy)

OctoMMOm

[Lyonheart]

Sybil


(extra words that mean nothing for the minimum letters needed to make a post)

[aboron]

How 'bout ossbox or fossbox , plus all those domains are unclaimed.

[Dawnstrider]

Poly

Polybox

Box^n

PolyGAMEy (instead of Polygamy)

Mormonizer/Mormo (plays on Mormonism which practices polygamy)

OctoMMOm

BTW, Mormons do not practice Polygamy.

[Ualaa]

Some do, look up Bountiful, BC.

[Dawnstrider]

Actually the FLDS church is different than the LDS church. Mormons are members of the LDS church, the "Mormon Fundamentalists" in Boutiful are members of the FLDS church. A totally separate organization. But I do not want to hijack this thread, if anyone wants to discuss it further, please pm or start another thread with any questions or statements.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Stay on target.

http://www.hollow-hill.com/sabina/images/serious-cat.jpg

[Stealthy]

Stay on target.

http://www.hollow-hill.com/sabina/images/serious-cat.jpg

I've got it! LITTERBOX!

:D

[Freddie]

I've got it! LITTERBOX!

:D
lol. .

[heffner]

BTW, Mormons do not practice Polygamy.

Sorry, I apologize for posting misinformation. I should have known better.

My previous statement was not entirely correct. Didn't really think about it much when I was typing it (I was thinking about that TV show and I thought they were Mormons). There is some early history about it in the 1800s, but I will clarify that the current Mormon doctrine does not support polygamy. There are some fundamentalist groups that do though.

Sorry to derail the thread.

[vorticone]

Legion sounds totally fitting. I would vote for that if I had a vote. :P

[Dramoth]

Legion sounds like it could be a winner :D

You could call the engine Centurion and the client application Legion

[Gadzooks]

Legion sounds like it could be a winner :D

You could call the engine Centurion and the client application Legion

Or, "Biggus Dickus".

[Aragent]

If openbox is taken maybe

1. sourcebox,
2. MBOSS (Multi box Open Source Standard)
3. Freebox

Are a few Ideas

[Trick]

Deja Vu (Surprised no one had suggested that yet.)

[olipcs]

I always thought something with a reference to 'Magrathea' would be a nice tool name, but honestly I can't come up with a good way of fitting it in the boxing theme...

[Catamer]

in the spirit of quests like "polishing hodir's horn" and "thrusting hodir's spear"
maybe hotbox or hotOpenBox

[Owltoid]

What about something non-techie that is known for having multiple copies or breeding?

Rabbit
Cockroach
Mitosis (how cells reproduce)
Meosis

I think Mitosis is my current favorite (since OpenBox isn't possible)

[Oswyn]

To pay tribute to Hanson, you should call it MMMBox.

[offive]

I like Legion, but its so serious that the cat even liked it. (Legion.pro is available)

I would suggest iBox, but Apple would sue, and frankly anything with a lower case i infront of it annoys me now.

I would suggest Team since thats what we all refer to our collections as, but shock of all shocks all iterations of domains are taken for Team.

Replication or something descriptive? EZMODE... eh maybe not, lots of domains available though.

Sounds like a great next gen app, and with the community here I think the open source part will make it even better.

[aboron]

I like Legion, but its so serious that the cat even liked it. (Legion.pro is available)

I would suggest iBox, but Apple would sue, and frankly anything with a lower case i infront of it annoys me now.

I would suggest Team since thats what we all refer to our collections as, but shock of all shocks all iterations of domains are taken for Team.

Replication or something descriptive? EZMODE... eh maybe not, lots of domains available though.

Sounds like a great next gen app, and with the community here I think the open source part will make it even better.

On an unrelated note: My paladin's name was originally Eezemohd until about level 40 when it got reported :(

[Katharsis]

altcontrol
altcontroller
shrodingersbox

[rocnroll]

Stay on target.

http://www.hollow-hill.com/sabina/images/serious-cat.jpg

I have to say it (sorry I haven't finished reading the threads yet).

Nice pussy.

OpenBox is good.
Legion is good (does that make Freddie the Emperor?).
How about OpenBoxing?
CoBoxing?
SchizoBoxing? (from Schizophrenic)?
FOMBS (Freddies Opensoucre Multi-Boxing Software)?

Why not create a Linux distro and call it OpenBoxinux? or Fredinux? :)

[Mokoi]

RocksBocks
RoxBoxx

[Freddie]

Thanks for all the suggestions so far.

I'd like to find a name that packs an immediate visceral punch for the average person who goes looking for this software.

A simple stark name that's easy to spell like Dragon.

Dragon sounds strong, it puts a picture in the mind, and everybody knows what it means.

A good name would be known to everybody, not clever or cute, and would immediately convey the ideas of power and control and dominance. Ideally it would suggest a picture and (really ideally!) ease of use.

I think most of the people who posted in this thread are smarter than average. They've read more books. They hear words differently. Words have different connotations for them.

One thing I've learned from HotkeyNet's beta, from reading email from users, is that many gamers are practically illiterate. (The emails are worse than forum posts. I think many people are embarrassed to post their writing publicly.)

I think this is why game companies usually (not always) pick simple stark words for their game titles. Dragon Age, Warhammer, World of Warcraft, Star Wars, etc.

The average person knows what these words mean and can figure out the spelling pretty easily. (That's another thing -- most people can't spell nowadays.)

I'm leading up to "Legion." It's the favorite so far. It was my favorite too for about 24 hours. My immediate gut reaction when I read Ugh's post about it was, "This is the winner!"

And if everybody in the world were as smart and literate as people in this thread, it probably would be the winner.

But then I wondered, "Do people know what 'legion' means?" If you're familiar with the Bible, the demon's line about "many" is wonderfully apropos. But how many people are familiar with the Bible nowadays? About as many as can spell "apropos", I imagine.

I asked an adult friend who reads a fair amount if she knows the word "legion." Sure, she said. I asked what it means. "Um ... it means that you're on the good side of a cause rather than the bad side."

I suspect she's closer to average than most people in this thread. :)

[Freddie]

If you need French translation for the GUI, just ask.
When somebody offers to help, I try to take advantage of the offer before they change their mind! :)

So I put international language support in the first build. That way you can start translating from the beginning, and we can test the language code right away.

When the first build is posted (in a few days), you'll see a file in its folder that contains all the text that the program displays. All you need to do is translate that file into French. The file contains all of the program's text, error messages, etc. (You can also leave some of the lines in English if you think that's okay.)

We can talk more about it when I post the first build. Thanks again!

[offive]

Legion
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with lesion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesion)

Legion originally described a unit of the ancient Roman army (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_army). While the word still often has military connotations, "legion" also has many other uses.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion)

When in doubt wiki /google / bing... whatever floats your boat.

Since Blizzard has the arena and gladiator thing going it seems more fitting that a word traced back to roman times is appropriate. Taken further down the gladiator path... gladiator school (s. ludus; pl. ludi). By no means is your app intended only for WoW, but the world of MMOs tends to lean to fantasy or futuristic so Legion fits either way (except for the My Little Pony MMO, unless your really twisted)

[Freddie]

When in doubt wiki /google / bing... whatever floats your boat.
The meaning of the word is not the issue.

What I'm doubting is whether most people know the meaning.

I suspect the answer to that question may be, "No, most people don't know."

[Whowantstoknow]

inneroctohknclone

[heffner]

If you don't know what Legion means, you aren't going to be multiboxing any time soon IMO.

[Coltimar]

If you don't know what Legion means, you aren't going to be multiboxing any time soon IMO.

I don't think most people understand the Legion reference, certainly not many gamers.

[Ualaa]

Well there is the biblical reference.
But it is also a military term, in particular Rome had so many legions.
And I suppose there are the assorted legions you can now go to, to play pool/darts etc for veterans.

As far as the spelling goes, its a pretty basic word.
If someone has an issue getting to www.legion.com (or .org etc), they're probably not going to be boxing much, as I would imagine simple macro's will be beyond them too.

[Kro]

OOOH I can translate it into Spanglish! Um I dont know too many Spanish speakers who MB though.

I play from Catalonia (Spain) and are very interested in a Spanish translation (or can I help u)

[Jhax]

This is probobly a post too late, but I liked the one posted earlier

iBox, a big play onthe other "i" names and I do box.

[Flekkie]

SlaveDriver ?

or

Hypnotoad !
(Futurama reference: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiVYjRbZMe0 )

Or other ideas along the same lines:
Master
CattleProd
BullWhip
Cowboy (see, they weren't all S&M!)

Or

Shadow
Echo
Mirror
Parrot
Mime

Sorry, not good at simple & stark, but still having fun ;)
BTW, I quite liked Dragon.

[Bettysue]

Hydra might be a good name...then again I'm not very creative when it comes to this kinda thing.

[rocnroll]

Hydra might be a good name...then again I'm not very creative when it comes to this kinda thing.

Dang, just as I was catching up on this thread that name popped into my head! Great multi-boxing brains think alike. :)

I agree with Ualaa, I know both references. I'm surprised if folks don't know the Roman reference (guess it is time for another big Roman movie, maybe with Gerard Butler :)).

What about Multiplicity? From the old Michael Keaton movie?

[Freddie]

There are a lot of good ideas here ... I'm feeling a little overwhelmed.

I've always been bad at picking names. My cat ended up with two names because I couldn't choose. :)

[Ualaa]

Picking names for toons.. wow or pencil and paper d&d... doesn't matter what game, that's the longest and hardest part of making a toon.

[Flekkie]

I've always been bad at picking names. My cat ended up with two names because I couldn't choose. :)
Haha, for pets its double-important - you will be calling them into the house regularly, and you have to plan ahead what you will be shouting out loud to the neighbourhood!

Sometimes with a hard choice I flip a coin (dice etc). Then when it dawns on me that I really dont want whatever the coin said, thats one less option :p

[Stealthy]

How about Chimera

from Wikipedia:
In Greek mythology (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Greek_mythology), the Chimera (Greek (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Greek_language) Χίμαιρα (http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B1_(%CE%BC %CF%85%CE%B8%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1)) (Chímaira); Latin (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Latin) Chimaera) was a monstrous fire-breathing creature of Lycia (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Lycia) in Asia Minor (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Anatolia), composed of the parts of multiple animals : upon the body of a lioness with a tail that terminated in a snake's head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of her spine.

Cheers,
S.

[rocnroll]

How about Chimera

from Wikipedia:
In Greek mythology (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Greek_mythology), the Chimera (Greek (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Greek_language) Χίμαιρα (http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%AF%CE%BC%CE%B1%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%B1_%28%CE% BC%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1 %29) (Chímaira); Latin (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Latin) Chimaera) was a monstrous fire-breathing creature of Lycia (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Lycia) in Asia Minor (http://www.dual-boxing.com/wiki/Anatolia), composed of the parts of multiple animals : upon the body of a lioness with a tail that terminated in a snake's head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of her spine.

Cheers,
S.

+1 for this name.

[Freddie]

While we're brainstorming, here's an update.

I've been programming for about five days full time on this project. Here's what's finished so far: a basic working program with two DLLs and an EXE; error log files; settings files; multi-language support; crash handler; code that prevents more than one instance running; mouse and keyboard hooks; a document that describes the basic design of the program.

Also I decided to use GPL 3 as the open source license (same as Linux).

Next I'll add an installer and a simple display that shows output from the hooks. That might be done as early as tomorrow, and if I can settle on a name by then, I'll create a website and post the EXE and source code. There will be a ClickOnce automated installer so the program will be extremely easy to install and test.

Then after that, I'll add the connection code from HotkeyNet 2. With luck that could be done by the middle of the week.

And after that, I'll add either the GUI for PIP/maximizer or else key broadcasting.

[dadan]

My Paladin team is named variations of Pandora so I like Pandora's box http://www.dual-boxing.com/images/smilies/smile.gif But since there are always many of us I am thinking "spawn more overloards" lol I also like "Openbox"


.

[Jheusse]

You want power, dominance, control, easily visualized by the paint chip eating subhumans who infest the internet and can easily misspell the simplest words?

how about Godfather? tag line would be "pulling all the strings" or some such. Only downside is the connotation of criminality.

[Gomotron]

Voltron - the 15 inidividual vehicles that can combine to form the all powerful VOLTRON!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2e/Voltron.jpg

Of course, there will be issues with trademark infringements, but...

[Fef]

I'd like to find a name that packs an immediate visceral punch for the average person who goes looking for this software.
A simple stark name that's easy to spell like Dragon.
Dragon sounds strong, it puts a picture in the mind, and everybody knows what it means.
A good name would be known to everybody, not clever or cute, and would immediately convey the ideas of power and control and dominance. Ideally it would suggest a picture and (really ideally!) ease of use.


What about Typhon ?

The inveterate enemy of the Olympian gods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Olympians) is described in detail by Hesiod as a vast grisly monster with a hundred (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-headed_animal)serpent heads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-headed_animal) "with dark flickering tongues" flashing fire from their eyes and a din of voices and a hundred serpents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent_%28symbolism%29) legs

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhon)

[d0z3rr]

Vas Deferans

[Firmpete]

Still like Legion, entire TBC was about Legions of this, Legions of that.

Maybe is PlaToon something?

[Freddie]

There's a movie coming out in January called "Legion." If it's a huge hit, that would help too.

Another idea:

Shazam.

(It might be protected as a trademark, not sure.)

[Gramzngunz]

I would call it Boxer Shorts and my logo would be underpants w/ palm trees on them!

[lordmythic]

+1 for Legion, OpenBox is 2nd best for me.

[Freddie]

I would call it Boxer Shorts and my logo would be underpants w/ palm trees on them!
That reminds me of a program I wrote a few years ago. . Here's a screenshot of the GUI.

I could recycle the code! :)

http://hotkeynet.com/art/paperdoll.jpg

[Gramzngunz]

That reminds me of a program I wrote a few years ago. . Here's a screenshot of the GUI.

I could recycle the code! :)



Haha that's great! I was thinking, maybe the logo could have like 5 stick figures all wearing the boxer shorts.

[Arckon]

How about Hydra? A mythical creature with multiple heads that is a bitch and a half to kill because it regenerates. Boxers are growing larger in numbers just like a hydra whos head once chopped off grows back two! Paints a good picture, easy to spell and a wicked cool name!

[Boogieman]

Well its not for the dumbest of us but I like

Vitruvian

Its picture suggests a form of multiplicity plus the drawing is by Leonardo da Vinci
And I might liken the two of you in the fact that you would be considered an artist to me
especially since I'm an HKN user and i think it is definitely a work of art

[Bettysue]

How about Hydra? A mythical creature with multiple heads that is a bitch and a half to kill because it regenerates. Boxers are growing larger in numbers just like a hydra whos head once chopped off grows back two! Paints a good picture, easy to spell and a wicked cool name!

and to top it all off I suggested it way back on page seven which makes it way cooler than everyone else's :P

[Freddie]

Well its not for the dumbest of us but I like

Vitruvian

Its picture suggests a form of multiplicity...

Did you notice I amputated half his limbs with Photoshop? :) That screenshot really is from a program. It was a utility for Dark Age of Camelot, for picking optimal combinations of equipment. The picture is a drag-and-drop paperdoll. I thought about naming that program Vitruvian but as you can see it ended being called Boris for some reason.


plus the drawing is by Leonardo da Vinci
And I might liken the two of you in the fact that you would be considered an artist to me
especially since I'm an HKN user and i think it is definitely a work of art
I really appreciate that. That's a tremendous compliment. (I've always loved especially the face of Mary in his drawing of Mary, St. Anne, etc. What an amazing drawing.)

I don't know if the results deserve to be called "art" but I feel that way about the program. It's going to be fun to rewrite it from scratch and do it much better this time around.

Mr. Vitruvian makes me think of Kali / Durga. One of the advantages of calling the program Kali or Durga would be, there's plenty of excellent public domain art I can use in the program. I've been looking for art for "Legion" but haven't found anything suitable.

http://hotkeynet.com/art/kali.jpg

[Skuggomann]

Looking to be banned again Skuggo?

[boxblizzard]

Conspiracy

[Freddie]

I'm still can't decide, but the program's coming along nicely.

Here are the suggestions so far. The names at the top were suggested more than once. The numbers show how many times.

Legion (9)
OpenBox (9)
Hydra (3)
Pandora's Box (3)
Dragon (2)
iBox (2)
Chimera (2)
Moobox
imultibox
boxos
hateusbox
wecheatbox
zillionbox
rockbox
smoothbox
smartbox
bombbox
OpenBoxer
iBox
iBoxer
uBox
oBox
Expresso
Poop Box
OpenMultiBox
Rockin-Sockin-Ro-box
Framba
Fremba
redbox
FOSBE
Re-Pressinator
Keyleidoscope
Keyfraction
Keyspersal
Split Pressinality
Hit Box
OmniBox
Sir Boxalot
IntelliBox
Dynabox
Mutliple Choice
Outerspace
Poly
Polybox
Box^n
PolyGAMEy
Sybil
Ossbox
Fossbox
Litterbox
Centurion
Biggus Dickus
Sourcebox
MBOSS (multi box open source standard)
Freebox
Deja Vu
Magrathea
Hotbox
HotOpenBox
Rabbit
Cockroach
Mitosis (how cells reproduce)
Meosis
MMMBox
Team
Replication
EZmode
altcontrol
altcontroller
shrodingersbox
CoBoxing
SchizoBoxing?
FOMBS (Freddies Opensoucre Multi-Boxing Software)
RocksBocks
RoxBoxx
inneroctohknclone
SlaveDriver
Master
CattleProd
BullWhip
Cowboy
Shadow
Echo
Mirror
Parrot
Mime
Multiplicity
Voltron
Typhon
Vas Deferans
Platoon
Shazam
Boxer Shorts
Vitruvian
Kali
Durga
Fagballs
Conspiracy

[Freddie]

After I said people might not understand "Legion," a friend told me privately, "Call it ShortBus." :)

[Poyzon]

Infinox
Infibox
Infinibox
etc.

Basically a mixture of 'infinity' and 'box'. 'Infinity' because you shouldn't limit yourself. 'box', well 'cause you're boxin'.

[Contagion]

Best name that interfaces with many computers:

Expresso

Heh.. I use an app called Expresso for tweaking and creating regular expressions.

[Gormand]

I dont think you should worry too much about the general public not understanding Legion. The people that use it will understand and the rest of the people typically wont even know of the program. I had never heard of keyclone, hotkeynet, IS or Jamba until I started looking into multiboxing. So if you make the name Legion have a logo that represents it (Rank and file of all WoW/Other MMO races) and have the catchphase something to do with controlling of an army.

Either way I think Legion is the best name to date.

[zanthor]

Empower
^Me
Me^n
PvvnBoxer

[rocnroll]

How about rabbit? You how they multiply so quickly. :)

[Tasty]

Legion is just wrong - because you're not controlling an army. (maybe you think you are, but you're not)


I'm just curious as to how one gets an opinion wrong...

[zenga]

Legion is just wrong - because you're not controlling an army. (maybe you think you are, but you're not)

Heist(box)
Ghostbox
Gheistbox

[Gormand]

Actually, Legion makes no sense whatsoever. A Legion would be a LARGE group of soldiers, toons, whatever. So maybe Sam and Prepared qualify.

The typical five boxer? Not so much. If you want to use military terms.. as in controlling a "unit" of sorts, "Fireteam" or "Squad" or "Platoon" makes more sense... (Platoon is too big I think.. Fireteam is probably the closest thing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireteam).

Legion is just wrong - because you're not controlling an army. (maybe you think you are, but you're not)

I understand what you are saying, Legion is typically a very large group of soldiers(10k in Roman times), and we dont really control that many of them. However from a naming perspective what Legion represents works fine (IMO)
Basically out of all the military jargon (Squad, Platoon etc etc) I think that Legion sounds the coolest and would be the catchiest and easiest for people to remember.

Strikeforce also sounds kinda cool, and fits better with the size.

Just my thoughts on the matter anyway.

Also this is Wikipedias say on Legions (Yes I know how unreliable wikipedia is) and that actually fits really well.
The Roman legion was the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army. In modern times, however, the term "legion" usually denotes a special unit clearly distinguished from others, often including soldiers with either a specific national or ethnic origin and/or a specific political, ideological or religious allegiance. A full-strength legion contained 10,000 men, though it was not uncommon for most legions to be undermanned due to previous battles.

[Eloxy]

EloxboX would be the best imo

[The Multiplayer]

Legion, Hydra and Chimera jumps out me :) because, they all that " we are many things" going on.

[Boogieman]

Well I'll vote for Hydra i like it most Legion is good as well
But Hydra represents a single being with multiple heads which could be viewed as one player multiple toons
also as a side note Goro from MK is baddass

[alcattle]

EloxboX would be the best imo
What would be your cut of the profits :D?

[Bettysue]

haha he could probably have 100% because 100% of 0 is still zero :P

It's hard to make money with open source projects, though you can usually cover costs with the support charges.

[boxblizzard]

all fairness a name should be something that possibly relates to you the creator.

if your name is fred the maybe start looking mixing up some stuff all in relation to you and your software

example

fred-boxer

obviously be more creative...



......surname? intials + i dunno!!!!


my old mans business names all evolve from moons in the solar system.

[Whowantstoknow]

When someone mentioned Legion I assumed the Biblical reference

The Gospel of Mark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark), 5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_5):9, describes the following in the country of the Gadarenes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadarenes):


And he (Jesus) asked him (the man), "What is thy name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion: for we are many."

[Flekkie]

If you are counting opinions, perhaps I could also support:
Typhon & OpenBox
already mentioned anything else I like previously.

OpenMultiBox.net and OpenSourceMultiBox.com are still available :(

Personally I dislike Legion, but couldn't explain why. Too gothic?
TBH, if it was good software I would enjoy using it even if it was called PooBox!

[Marious]

That's it name it PooBox lol. Lots of good ideas there, like Hydra.

[Ughmahedhurtz]

When someone mentioned Legion I assumed the Biblical reference

The Gospel of Mark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_of_Mark), 5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_5):9, describes the following in the country of the Gadarenes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadarenes):
And he (Jesus) asked him (the man), "What is thy name?" And he answered, saying, "My name is Legion: for we are many."
Yes. My inspiration was James Venamun/Father Karras in Exorcist 3. (strictly speaking, it was Kinderman that said it, but whatever. ;))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFLOCyOwQsI#t=3m11s

[Ghallo]

While reading this thread my first thought was "Hydra" - then you meantioned "Dragon" and I thought about the legend of Jason from greek mythology - and Dragon's Teeth popped into my head.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_teeth_(mythology)

I still think Hydra is the best name but DragonTeeth.Net is available.

Legion is good too, but Hydra is the best name so far - and if you're worried about people knowing what a hydra is ... at least they exist in WoW :rolleyes:

[offive]

I seem to remember... ah yes... I don't think hydra is something you want to touch for a software name... the black copters will circle your house.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(software)

[Chumbucket]

How bout Juicebox?

[Freddie]

I seem to remember... ah yes... I don't think hydra is something you want to touch for a software name... the black copters will circle your house.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_(software)
Damn. Hydra was getting to be my favorite, but that probably rules it out. :(

[offive]

How about Nimda! hehe j/k

[Freddie]

How about Voodoo?

[alcattle]

too close to Vuhdo (a heal bot clone)

[Moorea]

I don't think the entry in wikipedia about a group disbanded in 2007 should prevent the reuse of Hydra for a mboxing software now...

Voodoo is nice too (and some obscure healbot clone similar name shouldn't either matter) but doesn't seem very multiboxing ?

[Leovindica]

Legi-O-box ;)

[Katharsis]

Use the acronym generator to come up with something original. :D

http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/research/paracomp/anym/

[Freddie]

too close to Vuhdo (a heal bot clone)
Does Vuhdo break Blizzard's rules? If not, it doesn't strike me as much of a problem.


I don't think the entry in wikipedia about a group disbanded in 2007 should prevent the reuse of Hydra for a mboxing software now...
From the facts in Wikipedia it appears that Hydra was a major effort sustained over ten years by many people. It's probably well known to IT people. It could be brought back at any time. HotkeyNet is used in corporations (it's more than a multiboxing program) and the new program will be the same way. I don't want to handicap the new program with a name that locks it out of corporations.


Voodoo is nice too...but doesn't seem very multiboxing ?
Two points, First, I don't think the name should be about multiboxing.

A product name should sell the product, not the product category.

I think the name should say something about why this particular multiboxing program is good. The name should say things like:

-- powerful
-- helps you win
-- helps you control toons
-- easy

"Voodoo" makes me think of powerful magic.

As an example, there is an old British motorcycle brand called Triumph. The name doesn't say "motorcycle." It implies winning and therefore speed.

Second, I think Voodoo does mean something connected to multiboxing. Voodoo supposedly turns people into zombies and controls them like automatons. This isn't why I like the name, I'm just pointing it out.

[Flekkie]

I don't think it is possible to break Blizzard rules with addons.

Liking Voodoo, sounds like powerful magic not known to many (unless you live in troll villages in WoW?) Has a feeling of esoteric (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/esoteric) knowledge. :cool:

[Whowantstoknow]

im a fan of greek and roman mythology so Chimaera, Cerberus, Hydra are my favs

[Chumbucket]

I like the feel of the name Voodoo. A similar name that wow uses is Mojo. While the spirit of each name feels right it may be too generic to refer to anything in particular. What about attaching a tech type prefix or suffix to them to at least narrow it down a bit, like Voodoplexer, Multijinx or Mojoclone or the like?

[Owltoid]

I'm still liking Mitosis. One cell breaking into many, and it has a nice sound to it.

[Freddie]

Somebody just asked me in a PM how the new program's coming along. I'll reprint the answer here in case anyone's wondering:

.... snip ....

I've done about 100 hours of work on it so far. If you ran it, it wouldn't look like much but internally, a lot of work is finished:

-- Most of the basic structural code from HKN2 and ProgramW has been refactored into a separate engine and separate user-application with a sharply defined interface between them.

Hopefully this will make it easy for other programmers to create new multiboxing programs that use the engine. Programmers won't have to know anything about network communications or keyboard hooks or how settings are stored. The engine takes care of all the hard stuff, and the engine's internal operations are separate from everything that the author of a user-application needs to do.

The threading architecture was changed to match the new division between engine and user-application. That's basically finished. The engine creates its own threads, and the user-application knows nothing about those threads, and there's a fast system (invisible to the user-application programmer) for the two components to communicate back and forth despite the fact that they are running in different threads.

-- There's a whole new system for international language support. There's a new kind of source file that can be written easily by volunteers that contains all of the program's visible text in any desired language. There's a new program included with the package that compiles the language file into source code. (Alternatively, a language file can be loaded at run time by the user without compiling it.) There's a new interface internally in the program that combines stuff from the language files with run-time variables so the program can display dynamic messages in any language.

-- The mouse and keyboard hooks are finished.

-- Internally the program has complete classes for windows, dialog boxes, TCP communications, exceptions, multi-lingual text with dynamically inserted variables, user messages, settings, log files, and some other stuff.

-- Everything compiles with zero warnings at the highest warning level.

-- There are no memory leaks.

-- There are no known bugs. Let's see how long I manage to keep the bug list at zero. :)

[Freddie]

I just read an interesting book about picking product names. The book can be downloaded for free. It's published by a marketing consultant company that specializes in pcking names.

http://www.igorinternational.com/process/igor-naming-guide.pdf

One of the book's main points is that a good product name should describe what makes the product different from others in its category. It should not describe the category.

For example, Quicken is a better name than Accounta.

Virgin is a better name than AirJet.

Google is a better name than Infoseek.

The reason for this is that product names are almost always seen in context where the category is known. For example, somebody wiill ask in this forum, "Which multiboxing software should I use?"

Somebody will answer, "People here mainly use Innerspace, Keyclone, HotkeyNet, or XXXXXXX."

(XXXXXX is the new program we're naming.)

To make the new product stand out in that sentence -- to make it appealing -- the name needs to give an idea of what makes that product different from the others. . The name doesn't need to say "I am a multiboxing program" because the person reading the sentence already knows that. The name needs to say, "I will make you win," or "I am easy to use," etc.

The reason I'm explaining this is because I greatly appreciate that so many people wen to the trouble of suggesting names. But unfortunately, most of the suggestions describe the product category instead of what makes this product good.

For example, most of the suggestions with "box" -- and there were lots of them -- describe the category instead of what makes this product special.

I wish I had said this at the beginning of the thread, to save wasted effort, but it only occurred to me as the thread developed.

If anybody still has energy to think of more names, I'm still very much interested.

[aboron]

We don't actually know what makes this product good, since it's new and as yet un-created. So it's very difficult to create a name that reflects the "Win-ness" of this new product without knowing it's underlying abilities.

What do you plan to do that is different from the current product offerings? Is there a specific special feature that the name should be amplifying?

[Freddie]

I'd like the name to convey some or all of the following things:

"I will make you powerful."

"I will make you win."

"I will put you in control."

"I am versatile"

"I am easy to use."

The name should also be easy to remember and easily understood by almost everyone.

Another edit:

And if the name is fun to say and playful, that automatically conveys the idea that the program is fun to use and playful. E.g. names like Google, Roomba .... or Voodoo.


What do you plan to do that is different from the current product offerings? Is there a specific special feature that the name should be amplifying?
Another edit. I didn't really answer your question because I think the name should be aspirational. The program will be open source, so other people (besides me) may take it in directions that I can't imagine.

For the initial release, I'm concentrating on making it incredibly easy to use for WoW. It won't be anything like HotkeyNet 1. It will be like HotkeyNet 2's mouseover feature.

[aboron]

"I will make you win."
"I will make you powerful."
"I will put you in control."

Ok, but... I would hope that every MB software application would try to claim generic things like that. I was hoping for something to differentiate your product.



So: feel free to add (er) to any of these

WinBox(er)
MegaBox
KillBox
SlamBox
JamBox


Boxinator

[Freddie]

"I will make you win."
"I will make you powerful."
"I will put you in control."

Ok, but... I would hope that every MB software application would try to claim generic things like that. I was hoping for something to differentiate your product.
That's a good reply to what I said, and it makes me realize that I didn't describe the criteria very well.

Here's an example of (in my opinion) a really great name for a product which I found in the book:

T-Rex. That was the internal name of a server built by IBM in 2003. (The official name was eServer zSeries 990.)

Obviously it says, "this machine is a giant powerful monster."

Does that mean other companies couldn't also claim that their servers were powerful monsters? No, of course, they could make the same claim.

So please let me restate the criteria. It's not that the name should claim "this product is unique." It should just emphasize desirable qualities.

[aboron]

How 'bout "Dominatio" latin for domination/power

[Ughmahedhurtz]

It probably goes without saying that anything that says the product will make you Teh Leetsauce (or whatever the kids are calling greatness these days) will just sound campy, 12 and trite. I kinda suggested Legion because on the surface, it isn't an obvious meme. You have to think about it a bit, then you start considering what it might mean, thus, stoking the imagination.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legion_in_popular_culture

It is a well-known word in the English language as you can see above. And it doesn't have the hackneyed connotations that some of the obvious choices do. ;)

Anyway, not running a popularity contest here. Just figured I'd put in some background to go with my brief suggestion.

Cheers,
Ugh

[Khatovar]

I suck at names and thus my tick goes toward Legion...though it does remind me of VNV Nation.

I've been throwing around another military term.

Squadron
O-Squadron {for OpenSource}

And if you want to start getting contrived to play with the multiboxing aspect OSquadrun {like O's Quad Run}

[Fef]

Well, I'll stick to my proposal : Typhon

- Typhon is a mythological monster with hundred head

- Typhon is the root of the word typhoon, which is a hurricane : power, destruction, ...
(I don't know about other languages, but typhon is a synonym of hurricane in French, without an extra "o")

- A typhon is a rather simple, natural thing, easy to set up (ok, that one is a bit far fetched, I'll admit ;) )

Maybe it is a bit obscure, after all Typhon is not the most famous of mythological monsters. In which case my second choice would probably be Legion.

[Flekkie]

Thunderhead
Staccato
QueenBee
MasterMind

No particular reason, just brainstorming.

[Malekyth]

Princess Polly and her Pretty Polystyrene Panties, v. 1.0.

No need to thank me, I'm just helping the community.

[Marious]

My questions is will I be able to MB Hello Kitty online when it comes out with this software!?

[Owltoid]

How about Yoga? The strength of XXX is its flexibility, makes you stronger, and is non-threatening.

[Tasty]

Thunderhead
Staccato
QueenBee
MasterMind

No particular reason, just brainstorming.

Why not Legato? You play the music smoothly and connected/your alts move together and fire together smoothly and connected ;) Though I can see your arguments for Staccato. Short and sweet. like a LAVA BURST TO THE FACE :P

[heffner]

Wow this thread has gotten really long!

Just call it MOM - multiplayer online multiplexer. No word is more powerful than MOM!!!!

Honestly, you can choose any name because if it's any good, word will get out and people will use it. This isn't a mass market item, it's a very niche one. So this has been an odd exercise IMO.

[Flekkie]

Why not Legato? You play the music smoothly and connected/your alts move together and fire together smoothly and connected ;) Though I can see your arguments for Staccato. Short and sweet. like a LAVA BURST TO THE FACE :P
The idea for Staccato was that it can mean rapid fire & disjointed (as in rapid fire commands being sent to different windows). No idea if that's actually how the software works though, and I'm not sure it sounds so good, but who knows it might lead to something else.

[Edit: Hey face meltering for priests pls. Keep lava to the neck down k? :p ]

[Freddie]

It probably goes without saying that anything that says the product will make you Teh Leetsauce (or whatever the kids are calling greatness these days) will just sound campy, 12 and trite.
I think you disproved this with your own suggestion.

A program named Legion says, "I am as powerful as an army of 6,000 Roman soldiers."

It says, "I will give you that power."

It says, "I will put you in command of that army."

"Legion" is actually a perfect example of what I meant by, "Let's find a name that evokes power, control, and command."

As I wrote earlier, I think Legion has a lot going for it as a name.


You have to think about it a bit, then you start considering what it might mean, thus, stoking the imagination.
A good product name should hit you instantly as your eye skims over it. If, additionally, the name has deeper meanings that unfold as you think about it, that's great But its main job is to create an impression on first contact, instantly.


It is a well-known word in the English language as you can see above.
I used to teach high school English and I will bet you that the percentage of native English speakers who know the meaning of "Legion" is closer to 50% than 100%.

If the number is 50%, then the name doesn't work for half of the program's potential users.
.

[Stealthy]

Some more names....

Vulcan
Merlin
Proteus
Overlord
Minotaur
Matrix
Gambit
KITT (HITT - HKN Industires Two Thousand? :D)
Andromeda
Jarvis
Jeeves
Praetorius
Aurora
Xerxes

[lowlbalance]

Hydra is a very good choice.
Mitosis is good too, I don't think it's that popularily present in minds though.

Here are a few more suggestions:

ConsPiracy
Conquer
Polycell
Pancraty
Omnifire
HighFive

[CommanderChaos]

Variations of some suggestions:

Typhon (or Typhoon)
Thunder

Funny anecdote: While writing this response I decided to ask my 10 yr old son (big gamer) what a good name for this kind of program would be, and told him that it should be a name that promises power and winning. Out of the blue he said that Typhon would be his suggestion (He just finished reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians).

[Freddie]

While writing this response I decided to ask my 10 yr old son (big gamer) what a good name for this kind of program would be, and told him that it should be a name that promises power and winning. Out of the blue he said that Typhon would be his suggestion (He just finished reading Percy Jackson and the Olympians).
Asking your son was a terrific idea. . Did he suggest anything else? I suspect many people don't know what Typhon means, so the name wouldn't work for a big chunk of potential users. As I keep saying, I'd prefer to find a name that is meaningful to almost everyone. (By the way I'm glad to know there are still ten year olds that like to read books!)


Variations of some suggestions:

Typhon (or Typhoon)
Thunder


Coincidentally, I just happened to learn that herds of hippos are called thunders -- "a thunder of hippos" -- so the name would work on more than one level.

According to Wikipedia: Sett of badgers, cauldron of bats, sloth of bears, sedge of cranes. bask of crocodiles, skulk of foxes, slew of sharks, clowder of cats... lots more. "Slew" almost works as a name for the program. Wikipedia lists a couple hunder of these wonderful old words:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animal_names

[Freddie]

Here's an update on the program.

Today I'm going to start adding the automatic connection code from HotkeyNet 2. For those who never tried HotkeyNet 2, the user clicks a button on a website, the program downloads and installs itself, and then the program automatically finds copies of itself on your network and connects to itself. There's no manual configuration and no distinction between server or client instances of the program.

Once that code is working in the new program, I'd like to start posting public builds (and of course public source!) for people to test.

I don't want to post any builds under temporary working names because I did that with HotkeyNet, a name I hate, and look what happened! So a decision needs to be made about the name before anything is posted. I'll also need to make a website and installer.

With luck maybe those things can happen by next week.

Edit: In case anyone is wondering what the relationship is between this new program and my other projects, this one replaces ProgramW and HotkeyNet 2. Eventually all the planned features that were announced for those programs will end up in this one.

The main difference between this new program and the other ones is that this time, the first features to be implemented will be broadcast and PIP with easy-to-use interfaces. And of course, this one is open source.

[Jafula]

Awesome, can't wait to have a play and see your source code ... I've been forever wondering what your coding style is like (silly geek that I am)!

[Seldum]

Tentacles (or how you spell it)

[Jheusse]

Hrm. In light of the meta-goals of the name..

Swarm?

Pulls in the mass attack nature of bees or football players, denotes high energy, plays off the clustering language used in IT circles regarding servers, and every English speaker knows what the hell one is.

But Legion is growing on me as well.

[Zaelar]

Input Butler, or just Butler.

[Freddie]

Awesome, can't wait to have a play and see your source code ... I've been forever wondering what your coding style is like (silly geek that I am)!
This is scary -- I'm getting stage fright! :)

[Emil]

Mbox?

mtssss

[Marious]

All I can think of now is that... "All your base are belong to us!" Good luck with it, I like to see the open source code myself, get back into playing with Code, dont get a chance to do much with code nowadays.

[zenga]

A name I've always liked is 'Wanted'. But I can imagine that it's been used a lot.
If you would develop a boxing API, then i'd go for 'toolbox'.

On a sidenote, how will your software be licensed? GPL?

[Freddie]

GPL version 3.

[Flekkie]

Couple more:

SquadronLeader
TallyHo!

[Lokked]

KYBoxer

Easy application for a more pleasuring experience. Can't find friends to play with? KYBoxer's got you covered.


Jokes aside, Legion represents a large force made up of small components. The software essentially directs traffic and could be the commander of the legion, but to represent it as the legion itself defies my sense of association. I wouldn't say a huge man is a legion, or like a legion, or built like a legion. I would bring forth a single entity to compare his stature with (titan, ogre, etc).

I would vote for something linked to multiboxing through a more abstract association.

Out of the Greek Mythology box, Hydra, HydraBox or variations are well thought-out and a niche association, but the term Hydra is typically used with regards to malicious programs.

On another side, as it is an open project, keeping the name along the cliched lines that opensource software goes might also be a good idea.
On this note, I would vote for OsBox.

Shiva is an Indian god sporting multiple arms.

I have no specific ideas for a name. These are just things I was thinking about while reading.

[Vicker]

Champion

defeater in competition; preeminent supporter

This name works on two levels. At first glance, you think of a victorious conqueror. After you think about it, the lesser used meaning of a powerful, devoted ally sinks in, which is an appropriate description for multiboxing software. Your other toons are your champions. You want this program to be your champion, too.

[Stealthy]

And then some more names...

Abacus
Avalon
Avatar
ACME
Affinity
Aegis
Anvil
Apache
Apollo
Arsenal
Avante
Bishop
Blackbird
Cascade
Catalyst
Companion
Evolution
Emerald
Epsilon
Excalibur
Frenzy
Frenetic
Gamma
Genesis
Horizon
Hyde
Hyperactive
Hyperion
Impact
Infinity
Kinetic
Kudos
Lexicon
Magellan
Mastermind
Mentor
Mercury
Mosaic
Nexus
Omega
Omicron
Omniscent / Omniscence
Orion
Phoenix
Pinnacle
QED
Rampage
Raptor
Renaissance
Sapphire
Saturn
Symbios
Trident
Vanguard

Cheers,
S.

[Freddie]

Thanks! Now we're cooking with gas. :)

[thinus]

Puppeteer or Puppet Master been mentioned?
Control Freak

[Toned]

IwishIwereInnerspace

[Tight]

I'd like the name to convey some or all of the following things:

"I will make you powerful."

"I will make you win."

"I will put you in control."

"I am versatile"

"I am easy to use."

The name should also be easy to remember and easily understood by almost everyone.
Chuck Norris Boxing? haha

:rolleyes: sorry could not help my self there..

[Seldum]

Just call the program: Chuck Norris.... that should really intimidate everyone! lol

Good one Tight

[Dinnie]

-Botox

-message too short -

[Zaelar]

I found a bug. Your program doesn't have a name. How about Keynut Butter or Hulkimatrix?

[Poyzon]

FitHitTheShan

[boxblizzard]

how about "Magician " or "Vortex"

doesnt have to say boxing, like you said wanted it for business use aswell so a more generic name.

[Freddie]

how about "Magician " or "Vortex"
Time for a coincidence!

I once wrote a program called Vortex. When I made the About window for the new program, since I didn't know its name yet, I used the picture from Vortex as a temporary placeholder.


http://hotkeynet.com/art/osbxr-about.jpg

[Moorea]

oXb

(open boxer; strong like an Ox; rotation on box; probably some other meaning in instant messaging; etc...)

that or

bOx

bOp

xOx

oXo


ps: where can I download the source and version 0.0.1 ;-) - setup a subversion repository ?

[rocnroll]

What about Kraken? Large powerful multi-tentacled creature of legend?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken

[moosejaw]

I was running some ideas through my head for a name that isn't like any others. I noticed your affinity for all things celestial. So some names I came up with but rejected were - ellipse, nebula, redgiant, eclipse etc. Then I found a name that has been used before but really fit "Apogee". But damn if that name isn't already overused everywhere. So back to the drawing board for me.

Here are the names that made my final cut. lol

Red Shift - sounds nothing like MB.
Singularity - Feels too long.
UltraViolet - Because ultra is always better.
Resonance - I like this one. Has a certain ring to it.
Ascension - You are a rising star in what ever you do. Toss in a rising star or sun graphic.

I'll keep working on names. Everyone needs a good name.

[Freddie]

I was running some ideas through my head for a name that isn't like any others. I noticed your affinity for all things celestial.
Thatnks for the suggestions!

Since you really put some thought into this, and I hope you'll think some more, let me clarify.

For the new multiboxing program, I'd like to find a name that conveys the ideas, "This program gives you power. This program helps you win."

I have no special affinity for things celestial. The picture of a galaxy was used for an earlier program because the picture described the purpose of that earlier program. That's not the case with the new multiboxing program. I just happened to reuse that picture temporarily because it was on my hard disk and it was the right size.

[Pocalypse]

Ambrosia: Drink of the gods, meant to give you immortality.

[Malekyth]

Quake III: Arena

[rocnroll]

I just realized that while we are working on a name, we might need an image to go with the software. I have a couple of images that would work for Freddie's parameter's. I will make you powerful, I help you win.

Since the Marines are known to be Uncle Sam's Misguided Children, we could call it Uncle Sam's Multi-Boxing Children. :)

Walk softly and carry a big bazooka.

[Tasty]

What about Kraken? Large powerful multi-tentacled creature of legend?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken


Kraken Shell



Defense: 417 - 523
Level Requirement: 61
Strength Requirement: 174
Durability: 48
Sockets: 4
Armor type: Medium
Quality Level: 81


Sigh I miss d2 pre 1.10 :\

edit: sorry that was pretty off topic Freddie

[Stealthy]

How about Nukem, as in Duke....

"It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum. And I'm all out of gum."

:D

[Freddie]

Yesterday I finished the first build. It's ready to be posted for people to see. But first there has to be a website and installer, and before that can be done, the program needs its real name.

So now I have to buckle down and pick a name! I'm going to read through this thread again today and try to make a decision.

[Freddie]

ps: where can I download the source and version 0.0.1 ;-) - setup a subversion repository ?
I'm planning to put the source in a zip file on the new website which hopefully will exist by the end of this week. Eventually if more than one person works on the code, Subversion or something similar will be needed but I don't see a need for it now. Am I wrong?

[Lokked]

I vote resonance now.

Time to create a Poll thread, Freddie!

I'm wondering if this project will take the form of a Platform for loading the game, or just a straight key injection project. I ask because most games require focus to accept input (EQ2, WAR, AOC).

Hey, how about ReBox? Include a semi-trademark infringing icon/logo :p

[Freddie]

My plans for this program take the form, "First I'll do this, and second I'll do that, and then people will suggest various modifications and features, and by the end of next year the program may have grown in a direction I haven't anticipated."

So all I can tell you is what I'm planning to do in the early builds. These plans don't limit what the program may be six months or a year from now.

The early builds will be exclusively for WoW. They will provide the option of launching WoW automatically but they won't require it. In other words, the user will have a choice of launching via the program or some other way.

[CommanderChaos]

Synonyms for Power: Intensity, Omnipotence

Synonym for Advantage: Edge

Synonym for Domination: Ascendance

[CommanderChaos]

Oops, neglected to include another synonym for advantage: Leverage

[Vicker]

A few other suggestions:
Despot
Oligarch
Mogul
Kahuna

I kind of like the ring of Kahuna. Most people have heard the word before. It gives a feeling of strength and power, and also sounds like a name. A lot of the suggestions floating around just sound like random words pulled out of the dictionary, rather than having a name-like feel to them.

[Moorea]

I'm planning to put the source in a zip file on the new website which hopefully will exist by the end of this week. Eventually if more than one person works on the code, Subversion or something similar will be needed but I don't see a need for it now. Am I wrong?

YMMV but personally I never write anything vaguely useful that I don't check in in some sort of source control system - I like to be able to go back; check diffs; revert, etc... (and have a back up and other benefits of any source control system) - force of habit - check in often - now maybe it's early for a public repository but you may as well get both setup (there are a bunch of people, like sourceforge; or even including some that aren't going out of business any time soon like google which provide free hosting - curseforge also may work though I don't know if they host things that aren't addons)

[aboron]

YMMV but personally I never write anything vaguely useful that I don't check in in some sort of source control system - I like to be able to go back; check diffs; revert, etc... (and have a back up and other benefits of any source control system) - force of habit - check in often - now maybe it's early for a public repository but you may as well get both setup (there are a bunch of people, like sourceforge; or even including some that aren't going out of business any time soon like google which provide free hosting - curseforge also may work though I don't know if they host things that aren't addons)

I totally agree with using revision control even for private projects, it's just too useful of a tool to ignore.

Sure it's designed to be able to merge changes when doing group work, but what about being able to merge your laptop work with your desktop work when you forgot to save changes to the server?

[Freddie]

I kind of like the ring of Kahuna.
Me too. It's a great name.

[Freddie]

Re revision control ... is Subversion okay with you guys?

[Freddie]

Well, folks, I finally picked a name. I'll announce the decision later today.

There were lots of excellent suggestions. These were my favorites, in alphabetical order:



Aegis (suggested by Stealthy)
Edge (suggested by CommanderChaos)
Hydra (suggested by Bettysue)
Kahuna (suggested by Vicker)
Legion (suggested by Ugh)
Mojo (suggested by Chumbucket)
Ultra (abbreviated from a suggestion by moosejaw)
Voodoo (suggested by me)

Some of the names showed that folks were trying hard to match the criteria I set out. I really appreciate that. For example:



Kudos

Some of the names were clever and made me smile:



Hyde
Sybil
Norris
Jeeves
HighFive
KYBoxer
Shortbus
Me^n

There were lots of suggestions that did not meet the criteria. I said numerous times that I wanted a name that expressed the ideas of
power, winning, and control. Yet people kept suggesting names that only expressed the idea that this program is for multiboxing. Most of the "box" names fell into this category.

Some of these non-criteria names were excellent. For example:



Mitosis
Echo

Those are wonderful names -- but they don't meet the criteria. (Hydra and Legion are also in this category but they made my favorites list anyway because they have other connotations as well.)

[Freddie]

http://mojoware.org/art/mojo-logo-on-white-90pt.gif

That's the name.

Many thanks to Chumbucket for suggesting it. And thanks to everyone who made other suggestions. There were lots of good names and the decision was hard.

Mojo's website is here:

http://mojoware.org

Build 1 of Mojo can be downloaded here:

http://mojoware.org/p/download.html

Mojo's source code can be obtained from a Subversion repository here:

http://code.google.com/p/mojoware/

[rocnroll]

Does Chumbucket get a free copy of the software? Oh, wait it's OpenSource...:)

Get your Mojo on!

[Moorea]

Mojo is awesome - svn (subversion) is great !

[Flekkie]

Great name :)