The Hub is once again rolling and discussion for how we tag our worlds claimed in its name is what we are here to discuss. Please follow this post for Locations and do not forget to cast your vote!
The Thread Agenda below will be updated as and when successful votes have been completed or when a consensus in the replies has been reached, so please check this post for updates. This will save decisions getting lost in the replies!
Thread Agenda
Naming The Capital - Capital Planet - UNKNOWN - IN PROGRESS This is to decide the name of our Capital (excluding Tag) Candidates:
Edison @Oshoryu
Diplopolis @Wyo
Edisonica @Sir_oops
Naming Convention - Capital System - UNKNOWN - IN PROGRESS This is to decide the name of the System the Capital will be located
[ETARC Hub] Aemilius @Oshoryu
Etarcia Prime: Official ETARC Hub @Mad-Hatter
Naming Convention - Hub System - UNKNOWN - IN PROGRESS This is to decide the name of Systems in close proximity to the Capital System Candidates:
[ETARC HUB] System Name@Oshoryu System Name ECSD @Mad-Hatter
ACSD HUB: System Name @LordMarkov
ETARC System Name@Sir_oops
Naming Convention - Hub Planets - UNKNOWN - IN PROGRESS This is to decide the name of Planets connected to the Hub Candidates:
[ETARC HUB] Planet Name@Oshoryu Planet Name ECSD @Mad-Hatter
ACSD HUB: Planet Name@LordMarkov Planet Name@Sir_oops (As in No Tag present)
ECSD Planet Name@Mad-Hatter
CSFD Planet Name@zsigmond
Naming Convention - Fauna/Flora Discoveries - UNKNOWN - IN PROGRESS Not even sure if this is needed, but for the sake of completeness and in the event some amazing looking Diplo is discovered on the eventual Capital
Naming Convention - Planets/Systems - UNKNOWN - IN PROGRESS How shall our worlds and stars be named? This is dealing specifically with the name of an individual planet/star. NOT the Tag. Candidates:
Descriptive (Listing Weather/Resources/Landmarks/Fauna etc)
Non-Descriptive (Free flowing and random)
31st October - Polls Created and voting on Points 1,2,3,4,5,6 starts
9th November - Polls Close
Naming the Capital Planet (Point 1)
Edison
Diplopolis
Edisonica
Other
0voters
Naming the Capital System (Point 2)
[ETARC Hub] Aemilius
Etarcia Prime: Official ETARC Hub
Other
0voters
Naming Hub Systems (The Tag) (Point 3)
[ETARC HUB] System Name
System Name ECSD
ACSD HUB: System Name
ETARC System Name
Other
0voters
Naming Hub Planets (Point 4)
[ETARC HUB] Planet Name
Planet Name ECSD
ACSD HUB: Planet Name
ECSD Planet Name
CSFD Planet Name
Other
0voters
Naming Flora/Fauna Discoveries (Point 5)
Descriptive
Non-Descriptive
Other
0voters
Naming of Planets & Systems (Point 6)
Descriptive (Listing Weather/Resources/etc)
Non-Descriptive (Free Flowing and random
Named in honour of Esteemed members and WT Lore
Other
0voters
Update: 31/10/17
The Polls are up!
Iāve added āOtherā to each category just in case we have any last minute mind changers or for those, āI like part of Option 1 and part of Option 2ā moments.
Iām posting this a day early to give everyone as much time as possible. Voting will close on Thursday 9th November giving you 10 days.
Once complete, I will collate the results and pass these onto @Xion4012 to be implemented in any progress and discoveries made in finding us all a home. Please vote here too if you havenāt already!
Before voting I would urge you to read through the thread again to re-familiarise yourselves with the reasons and explanations given for each submission.
My only query would be to ask if ETARC HUB āNAMEā will fit nicely on screen?
I havenāt looked but in the past when I had a long ellaborate name, it didnāt show completely on the ship HUD on aproach to a planet.
(It was for this reason I adopted the shorter āECSDā and tacked on the end instead).
It doesnt matter on the Galactic Map but on the HUD it was irritating not being able to see a full name on aproach.
Does the HUD still have a width limit or was it altered? I canāt look at the momentā¦
Other than that little fact-check, Iām fine with the suggestion from @Oshoryu for the HUB naming.
Wouldnt worry about critters, plants and rocks. Got to have a bit of freedom.
Thanks for your reply. I have edited the first post to include your suggestion.
With the long tag I guess it depends on how people name their planets/systems, obviously we want to give people as much freedom as possible in this part.
Not sure on character limit or visible character limit, Iāll do some research on this.
I am already past Euclid but, I still want to support thr HUB. I took a cue from @Mad-Hatter and have been naming all systems ECSD. E in memory of our time here and CSD for the future ahead of us. My planets are named with no tag. In light of the fact that we really do not know what is to come, I have chosen special names only for planets with the big ring strucutures. The system I name ECSD Boundary Failure āthe name in the ring loreā and then I name that planet with the name mentioned on the ring. And yes, the name does run off because of length however, the window scrolls itself so you can read all of it. Also I am on PC, so I hope there are some here still in Euclid to help set up a HUB there. Thatās all I have to offer.
Thanks @sheralmyst, Iāve added a sixth point to the list in the first post. This deals with the actual name of the Planet/Star and how we should proceed with that.
I used to name planets based on weather or resources, but since the Galaxy Reseed in 1.3 a lot of that is now obsolete.
So the tag you use is ECSD.E (E meaning Euclid Iām guessing?) Iāll get this added to the list above too.
āEā was for Etarc. As in Etarc Citizen Science Devision. I chose to not use using āETARCā the full name so as to avoid confusion should a hub one day be enroute of a system Iād named. But I did want to avoid a simple CSD as I presume there may be a lot of those. ECSD was a short compromise.
Just for reference. I name ALL my systems using this template;
SYSTEMNAME ECSD.
I name my planets 1 of 2 ways:
Generic typical planets often get the generated name applied with no alteration.
Interesting (in some way) planets get this template:
CREATIVE&FUNNAME ECSD. (The tag hopefully directing a visitor to the planet). By interesting I mean particularly pretty, really good for isotopes collection, exotic. really extreme, that sort of thing. No rules just having fun with it.
If a planet was so interesting it deserves to be seen, Iāll ensure the system name is very similar to the planet I name it after. Otherwise the name of the system will be an encompassing name that may or may not describe the planets found there.
Several times Iāve forgotten to add the ECSD which is frustrating with no edit function.
Thank you for that, I have amended the original post to accurately depict where the tag lies.
There was one planet I found where there was an abundance of Thamium9, I named it Thamia.
Is that the kind of approach you take? Iām guessing you will be supporting the Descriptive planet names then as per Point 6. (If I read and understood that right)
When I came back after 1.3 during the Great T9 Drought of 2017, it had dried up and the name was redundant!
Yeah. I use a descriptive name such as
CrispyCookedLizardBits ECSD.
Or some suchā¦
I figure the worst that can happen is it isnāt remotely true if a reseed or alteration happensā¦and thatās already happened.
Sometimes I leave it more obscure with no capitals but then I canāt even work it out later on when Im looking for something
I completely agree with wanting renaming for your own discoveries. I have even moved my base to a new system before because of an error in my intended system name.
As for naming conventions, will it matter truly whether the āECSDā occurs as a prefix, suffix or a clever use of the tag in the middle of a name?.. And as a side note, this community is the Atlas Citizen Science Division. So, should the abbreviation be āACSDā (not to delay the decision further, just thought I would put that out there before a final decision is made.)
On a personal note, I name systems in my own domain with my own prefix. The rest of the name is descriptive unless the planet or system is truly unremarkable (or well mixed). In those cases I in part use the procedurally generated name, but reword it so it looks more pronounceable and/or sounds cooler. I will suffix super rare finds in parentheses.
Naming planets and systems outside the Hub will always be what you wish, but for locations connected to the Hub itself we should have a uniform way.
I must admit, something rankles me about naming planets, to use an example Iāve mentioned before and taking Star Wars as an example: Tatooine, Jakku, Hoth, Naboo tell nothing of the type of world they are, thereās no reference to biome or fauna or resource.
It bugs me that there are planets out there called, āFind Gold Hereā and the reseed has changed the planetās makeup anyway. Future reseeds will have similar effects.
I get the whole, āitās hard to know whatās whatā so maybe once the location has been decided upon, a list of the planets connected to the Hub will have some decent descriptions as well as pictures.
IMHO the names for the Hub worlds need to be robust and can stand the test of time and reseeds.
Absolutely. Nothing descriptive. Nothing suggestive of their content. Purely a name. (And not one pinched from a movie )
Perhaps old mythology could provide samples of how to structure them.
Garatorios. Rytedathorn. Baggarrador. (I made those up) Big chunky names that mean nothing but sound good.
Maybe there is a genre of industry we could delve into for name bits.
Yes, as stated by @Mad-Hatter, E is for ETARC in memory of our experience here. Sorry for the delayed reply. My mom had a total knee replacement and I have not had much time in the last week
Thanks for all of your replies, weāre fast building the poll options!
Havenāt had much input from the name of the Capital. Does anyone have any counter-suggestions to Edison? (Point 1)
As for the System the Capital is located, I have came up with; āAemiliusā, this is the German translation for Emily and means industrious which I thought was quite apt. (Point 2)
Also should the Capital System follow the normal naming as in Point 3 to keep it consistent or should it have a more distinguished tag?
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