Recommendations for Server Name

Knightmare1 · #1 08-12-2007, 04:22 AM

on sept 8th, my birthday, im buying a server, so i need suggestions on a name, i am making it like era, a gun server.

zokemon · #2 08-12-2007, 04:46 AM

You can always rename it...

Horrified · #3 08-12-2007, 05:23 AM

There are a hundred better things you could worry about. Like the top 10:

1) How dediacted will I be to the project?
2) How dedicated will my staff be to the project?
3) How far do I plan to go, classic/hosted wise?
4) How much work is already planned?
5) What am I capable of doing?
6) How do I plan to attract good staff to my server, when they could just simply play Era?
7) What is different about my server then Era?
8) What age group of players am I planning to serve mostly?
9) How will I get players interested, without giving away to many ideas to be stolen?
10) How do I plan to keep my staff working and getting the server ready at a good rate?

"What should I name my server?", is around #79, after "Should I give global admins a level4 RC?", and before "If the staff can breath and talk at the same time, does that make them a good applicant?"

Bottom line: it doesn't matter.

zokemon · #4 08-12-2007, 05:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Horrified

"What should I name my server?", is around #79, after "Should I give global admins a level4 RC?", and before "If the staff can breath and talk at the same time, does that make them a good applicant?"

Bottom line: it doesn't matter.

I think it sort of matters. I am often more attracted to check out a server if it has a good name. A server named Playerworld## really turns me off and I almost never check those out.

Horrified · #5 08-12-2007, 05:50 AM

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Originally Posted by zokemon

I think it sort of matters. I am often more attracted to check out a server if it has a good name. A server named Playerworld## really turns me off and I almost never check those out.

Eh, my server is still a playerworld##

but really, it's better to wait until you know EXACTLY whats going on and have crap down before you go changing it 11242830948 times, because you never knew what the hell the server was a bout in the first place. :P

zokemon · #6 08-12-2007, 08:28 AM

This is true.

Pimmeh · #7 08-12-2007, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Knightmare1

on sept 8th, my birthday, im buying a server, so i need suggestions on a name, i am making it like era, a gun server.

Do you even got a concept besides
"Liek era z0mg?"
I think you should have SOME ideas of your own before you try and air a server

Twinny · #8 08-12-2007, 12:29 PM

Make your server before you buy it

. When (If I can) buy a server, I intend to have a basic outline off all gmaps and graphics for references with all relevant scripting done. I'll upload to server and bam! It'd be ready for hosting before I even really started.

TalonShriner · #9 08-12-2007, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Horrified

but really, it's better to wait until you know EXACTLY whats going on and have crap down before you go changing it 11242830948 times, because you never knew what the hell the server was a bout in the first place. :P

Why would you buy a server without knowing whats going to happen in it? I wrote a 7 page bible about Niromia before I bought it.

But to be on topic, I agree with Zokemon. The name really gives your server a better appeal to people. When your coming up with a name, try to avoid combining two words together to make a new one. That type of thing makes it seem very uncreative. A classic way to get a good server name is to make a name for the main body of land in your server (or maybe in your case the name of the city) and name the server after that. For example, if the name of the main city in the game is "Graal City", you could name the server "Graal City Gangs". That example was a little bland, but it would accurately reflect the kind of server you are making.

Inverness · #10 08-12-2007, 02:51 PM

There aren't enough good staff to go around Graal, much less scripters. We really don't need anymore servers.

xXziroXx · #11 08-12-2007, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TalonShriner

Why would you buy a server without knowing whats going to happen in it? I wrote a 7 page bible about Niromia before I bought it.

But to be on topic, I agree with Zokemon. The name really gives your server a better appeal to people. When your coming up with a name, try to avoid combining two words together to make a new one. That type of thing makes it seem very uncreative. A classic way to get a good server name is to make a name for the main body of land in your server (or maybe in your case the name of the city) and name the server after that. For example, if the name of the main city in the game is "Graal City", you could name the server "Graal City Gangs". That example was a little bland, but it would accurately reflect the kind of server you are making.

Is "Mythic Legends" uncreative?

zokemon · #12 08-12-2007, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by TalonShriner

Why would you buy a server without knowing whats going to happen in it? I wrote a 7 page bible about Niromia before I bought it.

A lot of people just buy a server just to have a server. They don't even have one idea what so ever of what they are going to make other then possibly a theme.

Knightmare1 · #13 08-12-2007, 04:27 PM

i know about the damn gmap and stuff, i have a blaint idea of the tileset im working on, alot of graphics, and of course, i can script. ive seen so many servers where they get scripters to do all the work, and they just sit around and do nothing.

Knightmare1 · #14 08-12-2007, 04:28 PM

and by the way, "Mythic Legends" is a great name. and the only one ive gotten today.

zokemon · #15 08-12-2007, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Knightmare1

and by the way, "Mythic Legends" is a great name. and the only one ive gotten today.

LOL

Also, don't double post.