Legion sounds totally fitting. I would vote for that if I had a vote. :P
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Legion sounds totally fitting. I would vote for that if I had a vote. :P
Legion sounds like it could be a winner :D
You could call the engine Centurion and the client application Legion
Or, "Biggus Dickus".Quote:
Originally Posted by Dramoth
If openbox is taken maybe
1. sourcebox,
2. MBOSS (Multi box Open Source Standard)
3. Freebox
Are a few Ideas
Deja Vu (Surprised no one had suggested that yet.)
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...
in the spirit of quests like "polishing hodir's horn" and "thrusting hodir's spear"
maybe hotbox or hotOpenBox
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)
To pay tribute to Hanson, you should call it MMMBox.
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 :(Quote:
Originally Posted by offive
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altcontroller
shrodingersbox
I have to say it (sorry I haven't finished reading the threads yet).Quote:
Originally Posted by Ughmahedhurtz
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? :)
RocksBocks
RoxBoxx
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. :)
When somebody offers to help, I try to take advantage of the offer before they change their mind! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fef
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!
Legion
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with lesion
Legion originally described a unit of the ancient Roman army. While the word still often has military connotations, "legion" also has many other uses.
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)
The meaning of the word is not the issue.Quote:
Originally Posted by offive
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."
inneroctohknclone
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by heffner
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.
I play from Catalonia (Spain) and are very interested in a Spanish translation (or can I help u)Quote:
Originally Posted by Marious
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.
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.
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. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bettysue
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?
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. :)
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.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Freddie
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
How about Chimera
from Wikipedia:
In Greek mythology, the Chimera (Greek Χίμαιρα (Chímaira); Latin Chimaera) was a monstrous fire-breathing creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stealthy
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.
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"
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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.
Voltron - the 15 inidividual vehicles that can combine to form the all powerful VOLTRON!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...2e/Voltron.jpg
Of course, there will be issues with trademark infringements, but...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Freddie
What about Typhon ?
The inveterate enemy of the Olympian gods is described in detail by Hesiod as a vast grisly monster with a hundred serpent heads "with dark flickering tongues" flashing fire from their eyes and a din of voices and a hundred serpents legs
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhon)
Vas Deferans
Still like Legion, entire TBC was about Legions of this, Legions of that.
Maybe is PlaToon something?
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.)