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[Macavity]

Being a fan of THE ANDROMEDA STRAIn and ShadowRun, I have a couple names to put forth:

Project WILDFIRE

ECHO MIRAGE v2.0

[Marduk]

Let's at least agree that any prospective name can be, ya know, relevent to the game at hand. Thanks.

[Macavity]

[No.]

First of all, let me point out that virii isn't a word. The word you want to use there is "viruses".

Now, on topic:
The names you're putting out are, well, already used... plus I kinda like beekeepers. Somebody should make a poll.

[keybsnbits]

My vote is also for beekeepers... even if the trail goes elsewhere, only we will know how it all began... with ILB. Anyway, this has already been used before. Even I have called our group beekeepers without even realizing it. It just feels right. But back to the clues.

KeybsnBits
BeeKeepers

[Macavity]

[No.]

[AnthraX101]

Virii vs. Viruses has been done to death. No one can win that argument.

I personaly prefer "beekeepers" myself. Short, and to the point.

AnthraX101

[Macavity]

[No.]

Mac, did you click the link I gave?

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Virus+(plural)

At no point did I claim the word Virus was not latin.

I actually used a rule for latin to PROVE that Virii is incorrect.
(the -i suffix is only used for words than end in -ius)


This is wildly off topic.

Edit:

No. No. No. No. No!


"In Latin, viri is not the correct plural. The ending -i is used only for masculine nouns, not neuter ones such as virus; moreover, viri is the plural of vir, and means "men""

"There is some debate about what the rules of Latin grammar might imply about the formation of a plural. In Latin virus is generally regarded to be a neuter of the second declension, a form so rare that there are no recorded plurals, and so there is no classical rule for forming its plural. Possibilities include "virus" (in analog with 4th declension) and "vira" (in analog with 3rd declension)."

Click on this:
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Virus+(plural)

Another edit:

No.

Octopus is of greek origin, not latin, so the correct plural is actually "octopodes."

Weirdly enough, this is only the case when you are talking of plural SPECIES of octupus (such as the rare instances where "peoples" is actually correct).

In all other cases, it would be "octopuses."

[AnthraX101]

Please stay on topic in this thread. Feel free to start a Virii/Viruses discussion in Various & Sundry.

AnthraX101

[Macavity]

Not that it matters who's right and who's wrong, but I still prefer Project WILDFIRE and ECHO MIRAGE myself - granted, 'Beekeepers' is a good topical reference to the I Love Bees website, but the problem's not witht he bees themselves.

The problem's with the system it (and whatever is generating those messages) is residing on, and what appears to be an attack on that system, using hostile code.

Perhaps Project APIAN WILDFIRE or WILD BEE?

[No.]

I think we've mostly agreed on beekeepers at one level or another.

Don't put effort into naming the group, if a good one (like the one we're currently using) comes up, it'll be accepted.

I mean, you're free to call the group "DogPoo Alfredo" if you want, but I think most of us call ourselves "beekeepers".

[keybsnbits]

[krystyn]

Just because the bees may have little to do with any resulting activity in this game/project/promotion, doesn't mean beekeepers isn't a fine and dandy name.

(this is one thread of many that makes me wish fervently for an update. )

Cloudmaker was an AI boat that never truly figured into about 99% of the action of the Beast. Jawbreakers were players riffing off a code name of Lockjaw, said name having nothing at all to do with the game.

Doodelee doo. Anyone want some nachos?