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Off-topic but sort-of-related - that guy reminds me of someone. Your artist has been playing a lot of CMI, ain't he? ;D
Attica, Attica!
Hey!, that sprites are wonderfull, can I do something to help you?, well, if YES, send a mail to me!
hey dude, I sent you a pm. Look forward to hearing from you.
If the game takes place in ancient Greece, it might help if you gave the characters Greek names instead of Latin ones. Just a thought.
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Not really... I'm Greek ;) They are rather latinised...
apart from that, if I'm not mistaken it's medussa, and not madusa, and it's minautor, and not minator... Unless you're going for a new creature with resemblence to the known ones...
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How many greeks will it take posting in this thread to tell you otherwise until you accept the names aren't greek?
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Will there be a character called Victor too? (Could not resist!)
There seems to be a few details missing from the plot summary:
QuoteThe unitÃ, detroyed the village and all the inhabitants except for two boys, Sylim and Victor his best friend.
What about Sylim's so called mother?
QuoteWhen finally out Sylim see's his so called mother who tells him about his past
Why would a raid on the village prompt her to tell him about his parentage? Is she dying?
QuoteSylim is devistated and dedicates his life to joining the army to avenge his parents
Surely he can only avenge one of his adopted parents. Unless his mother did die.
Other than that, it sounds like a lot of fun!
Quote from: mylesb on Sun 29/10/2006 09:20:36
I'm sorry if you think they sound Latin but belive me they are Greek.
You can google them if you want. Victor is a Latin word meaning winner (from the verb "vincere" meaning to win); it's an unlikely name since the Romans used only very few first names and this wasn't one of them. Sylim sounds Arabic or Turkish to me. Sipcellus sounds like you made it up, but "-us" is a Latin suffix rather than a Greek one.
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Wait wait, there really IS a character in this game called Victor? I was just joking 'cos it's latin and also the name of a member here. I didnt read the bit where it's a character in it...
EDIT: What is the name of this book?
It occurs to me that the name Victor for example, was latin in origin, but since then is used in other countries. (ie the british TV character 'Victor Meldrew')
So is this a MODERN book of greek names or what?
This has to be a joke.
The guy shows up, blatantly ignores the recruit a team thread, cross posts (here and dead-code) about a Wintermute game, and insists to our esteemed Greeks that Victor and Sipcellus are Greek names.
Wow. Nice one, DG. I salute you. You have outdone yourself.
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QuoteI spelled it my way of course but the sounding is the same, the original is spelled, Cypselus.
Therefore, Sipcellus is not a Greek name, since you changed the spelling and made it a different name. ;)
A lot of Greek names have been Latinized though, see: http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/gre-anci.php . It has examples of actual ancient Greek names, and Latinized Greek names. I'd probably guess that Cypselus is Latinized too, Kypselos looks more Greek.
I'm confused though... in your first post you said "
Long ago, no one knows the exact date but some assume it was long before even the great Hercules existed, etc", (Btw, Herakles, not Hercules) and now you say that Roman families migrated to Greece hence the justification for the name 'Victor'... but then it wouldn't have been such a long time ago if there are Romans migrating about (at least, not before Hercules. Rome conquered Greece in 146BC which isn't as ancient as your description implies; also, I doubt many Romans, if any, would've migrated to Greece before then). But 'Victor' itself wouldn't have been used as a name by the ancient Romans in the first place anyway.
Oh, and Nikolas is Greek, I assure you :P
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Good luck with your recruiting!
It'll be fun working with you. :=
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BTW, also is Helm (Greek I mean...)
Anyways, take it or leave it:
All the names you are using sound like an ugly non-hollywood production of butchered greek mythology. (Xina, or teh Hercules series... and so on)
Advice: Do correct all your spelling mistakes, correct all the names, do find some willpower to proof read your own story.
Anyways... I won't go to any trouble to prove to you my ethnicity by scanning my passport ;D Λίγα Ελληνικά φτάνουν.
Also do take care as there are other greeks here as well (alkis21, silverwizard and actually lot others which I can't remember right now) :D
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See that's what bugs me. You claimed they were greek and made sense, but as proven those names wouldn't have been in place around your time line.
If it's just artistic license and not fact, which you are so keen on saying it is, then I could happily accept it!
Style wise it's a bit like me making a game based in victorian times with a british hero called Pritesh. We do technically have british residents by that name, but in that timeline odds are strong there wouldn't have been. You get me?
But all this arguing has just been free publicity for you! If we had all said "good job" and that's it, this thread would have died ages ago. That's the way it is around here.. (Look at how many posts are in Neelhound's completed game thread.)
Kypselos and Sipcellus sound marginally alike, but one is... greek, the other... latin. Will the greeks in your game adress each other in latinized form because what? Is there any reason at all to use the latinized form of this name other than that's how you wrote it and you're not taking critique? Historical accuracy helps suspension of disbelief. Lack of irritates the natives whose history you might be buchering. The greeks are especially touchy on that one. As they are to be called 'not greeks' on the grounds that they can tell latin from their own ancient language.
Anyway, I guess this argument serves no purpose than to suggest what sort of collaboration people can be looking forward to you if they choose to join you. You made your bed, sleep on it, Kypsele.
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