What's a good name for new multiboxing program?

[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]

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[rocnroll]

Stay on target.

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]

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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

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)

[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]

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[heffner]

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