Typhoon 2001

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:44 am 0

Well Saint Sandy had it in for the SG name from the word go, IIRC there were a bunch of incredulous posts along the lines of "You're not REALLY going to call it that are you, it's SILLY!".

Obviously silliness is not allowed in the PRC

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But, as I mentioned in that 1UP interview, within a few hours of referring to Space Giraffe on here it was being reported as the name of the new game all over the place, and hey, now just google for SG and you'll find me staring back at you for 15 pages odd. So changing it to something else now would not only be counterproductive and stupid, but would also go against what is, after all, a pretty long tradition of Llamasoft games having beasty names. So SG it is

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Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:49 am 0

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art16541.asp

Latin Name: Giraffe camelopardalis, which means "the fast-walking camel-leopard."

Penguin · Post by **Penguin** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 1:58 am 0

I suggest you pop out again for a few more months and stop trying to cause trouble.

That's not very friendly really is it, sort of proves my point. Why is so many people so aggresive and unfriendly online ? A point of view is just what it says on the tin. Feel good to be able to hear lots of different ideas whether you believe in them or not.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:01 am 0

Space Giraffe is a bonkers name.

That's why I like it.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:07 am 0

It's memorable partly because it's bonkers.

Sure, i could have named it $generic_shooter_name but where is the fun in that? where is the Llamasoftie tradition?

Stats for the SG article at 1UP over the weekend were #3 on the site, #1 in the ox360 section.

If it were a mainstream-looking shooter with a mainstream-sounding name would that have been the case?

I doubt it. SG is interesting precisely because it's a bit bonkers and a bit different. It's my job to back all that up with a solid game underneath and that's what I'm doing my best to do.

Blanding it out just for the sake of conformity before it's even out there would just be idiotic

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rockwaldo · Post by **rockwaldo** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:09 am 0

Penguin wrote:
I suggest you pop out again for a few more months and stop trying to cause trouble.
That's not very friendly really is it, sort of proves my point. Why is so many people so aggresive and unfriendly online ? A point of view is just what it says on the tin. Feel good to be able to hear lots of different ideas whether you believe in them or not.

Erm, sorry - you came in and called the lad "an idiot".

You came into this thread with nothing to do but have a go at a guy - thats why i recommended you went away again.

Personally i want Jeff to make exactly the game he wants, and love the name Space Giraffe, which although not what this thread was about, is certainly what it has become...

gilesgoat · Post by **gilesgoat** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:11 am 0

Now are we even questioning the name

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The name came by itself, it started like a joke and "the people put it up"
it looked like "everybody" just liked it and started to call the game like that.

It's bonkers surely .. it's funny, it's nice

So why try to find another one ? "Because it's bonkers so it's not right" ?

Come on ..

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:16 am 0

Well, to be fair Sandy did come on in one of his "OMFG I've just smoked a bunch of weed and everything's so clear now!" modes and try to teach his granny to suck eggs, and that did seem pretty silly, but we all know what Sandy's like and maybe Mr. Penguin doesn't, so it's an easy assumption to make

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Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:17 am 0

I for one, welcome our intergalactic, fast-walking, camel-leopard overlords.

Penguin · Post by **Penguin** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:23 am 0

Hey, sorry all if I pissed anyone off. No offence meant to anyone!!

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:26 am 0

Yak wrote:SG is interesting precisely because it's a bit bonkers and a bit different.

Please don't remove the NAD GET if MS gives you shit about it being profane. I love that.

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:28 am 0

TwistedScrote wrote:Keep showing the WIP Chaps....

Indeed

Bill

jshawnd · Post by **jshawnd** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 2:32 am 0

It's quite awesome to see #3 Space Giraffe above #4 Halo 3, #5 Zelda, and #7 Gears of War (over at http://www.1up.com).

Glyndwr · Post by **Glyndwr** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 9:57 am 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:Space Giraffe is a bonkers name.

That's why I like it.

And Metagalactic Lllamas Battle At The Edge of Time was normal!

Markie · Post by **Markie** » Tue Dec 05, 2006 10:13 am 0

It's Llamasoft ... always has been and always will be! The very fact that Jeff is still coding after all these years must mean he's doing somthing right! and for the 360! Kinda the most popular machine on the planet!

so yea ... keep it furry ... it works!