# Version naming discussion

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014>\
**Category:** The Drawing Board\
**Created:** [February 3, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014 "2014-02-03T12:45:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![MisterFox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/misterfox/32/133_2.png) [@MisterFox](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MisterFox)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/1 "2014-02-03T12:45:32Z")

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Asimov! A for Asimov!

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/2 "2014-02-03T12:50:26Z")

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> [@MisterFox](#):
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> Asimov! A for Asimov!

THIS! Asimov would approve.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 6:09am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/3 "2014-02-04T06:09:13Z")

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Another alternative would be “Adams”, for [J.J. Adams](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Joseph_Adams), one of the biggest zombie anthology editor/publishers out there.

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**Author:** ![ArgusTheCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@ArgusTheCat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ArgusTheCat)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 7:14am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/4 "2014-02-04T07:14:07Z")

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Yeah, let’s save “Asimov” for when robots get a big update, eh? Seems more apt.

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**Author:** ![Mrn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Mrn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mrn)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 11:34am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/5 "2014-02-04T11:34:16Z")

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> [@Help us make version 0.A as bug-free as possible](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/help-us-make-version-0-a-as-bug-free-as-possible/4796/10):
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> And as I recall Asimov [wasn’t](http://jimhines.livejournal.com/647393.html?thread=18755553#t18755553) the [nicest](http://freethoughtblogs.com/almostdiamonds/2012/09/09/we-dont-do-that-anymore/) chap to [have at conventions](https://www.google.com/#q=asimov%20convention%20harassment).

Oh noes! Not FtB/Atheism+ again! These guys have a track record of spreading bogus slander about the people they don’t like. Especially sexual harassment seems to be their favorite tool. Anonymous, hearsay-based accusations made decades after the event against a dead guy, who can’t defend himself? That’s low.

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**Author:** ![Inadequate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Inadequate](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Inadequate)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/6 "2014-02-04T12:08:32Z")

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I don’t think this is the right place to defend your sexist hero. Asimov doesn’t seem to be a good fit for this release, anyhow.

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**Author:** ![Mrn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Mrn](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Mrn)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2014, 12:46pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/7 "2014-02-04T12:46:22Z")

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> [@Inadequate](#):
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> I don’t think this is the right place to defend your sexist hero.

You haven’t even established he indeed was a “sexist hero”. Name calling doesn’t prove anything. But I agree this is not the right place to have that discussion. I just had to counter the slander coming from a non-reliable source. Couldn’t leave it as a statement of fact. It is not. That’s all.

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**Author:** ![Soyweiser](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/soyweiser/32/37_2.png) [@Soyweiser](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Soyweiser)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/8 "2014-02-05T12:30:32Z")

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> [@Inadequate](#):
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> I don’t think this is the right place to defend your sexist hero.

What does Duke Nukem have to do with cataclysm?

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**Author:** ![noego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de053/32.png) [@noego](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/noego)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/9 "2014-02-06T03:57:31Z")

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Gentlemen pls.

Asimov my ass. Love the guy’s novels. But A, in any zombie media, should be for Ash.

“This is my BOOM stick!”, Ash Williams.

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**Author:** ![ArgusTheCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@ArgusTheCat](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/ArgusTheCat)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/10 "2014-02-06T06:33:38Z")

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I’m totally on board with calling it “Ashley”. I think that was one of the skipped ideas for the last release, anyway. Regardless of Asimov’s PERSONAL issues, his contribution to the field of robot-based literature is still important and impressive. Kind of like Orson Scott Card. I don’t need to like the guy, or accept his own personal views, in order to read the books. And naming a hypothetical future robot-focused release after Asimov isn’t celebrating his alleged sexism, it’s commenting on his additions, nay, foundations, of fictional AI.

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**Author:** ![kevin.granade](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/kevin.granade/32/1316_2.png) [@kevin.granade](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/kevin.granade)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 7:07am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/11 "2014-02-06T07:07:51Z")

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You all need to go read the release checklist again 😛  
If anything it makes me less likely to use the proposed names.

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**Author:** ![darth\_servo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@darth\_servo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/darth_servo)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 1:41pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/12 "2014-02-06T13:41:57Z")

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A for Amigara

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/13 "2014-02-06T15:05:22Z")

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> [@darth\_servo](#):
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> A for Amigara

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**Author:** ![Binky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f04885/32.png) [@Binky](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Binky)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2014, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/14 "2014-02-06T16:52:30Z")

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> [@Mrn](#):
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> Oh noes! Not FtB/Atheism+ again! These guys have a track record of spreading bogus slander about the people they don’t like. Especially sexual harassment seems to be their favorite tool. Anonymous, hearsay-based accusations made decades after the event against a dead guy, who can’t defend himself? That’s low.

Seconded. Slandering the dead seems low, especially when he was almost universally known for his good nature and friendliness, as well as outspoken feminism before a time when it was the done thing.

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**Author:** ![youtoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/779978/32.png) [@youtoo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/youtoo)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/15 "2014-02-08T17:15:44Z")

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How about we go old school and call it atari or amiga or ackbar?

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**Author:** ![Dominae](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/dominae/32/53_2.png) [@Dominae](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dominae)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 7:01pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/16 "2014-02-08T19:01:48Z")

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> [@youtoo](#):
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> How about we go old school and call it atari or amiga or ackbar?

Ackbar needs to be saved for when there is a big trap-system overhaul.

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**Author:** ![Rivet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/rivet/32/11_2.png) [@Rivet](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Rivet)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/17 "2014-02-08T19:43:35Z")

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Release names aren’t planned for in advance. It spoils the fun.

Line 1 of the RELEASE\_CHECKLIST file:

> Come up with a release name at the absolute last second.

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**Author:** ![Slax](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/slax/32/5385_2.png) [@Slax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Slax)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:10am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/18 "2014-02-09T01:10:48Z")

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Rod for Rotundo!

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**Author:** ![TheGrifter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/278dde/32.png) [@TheGrifter](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/TheGrifter)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2014, 1:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/19 "2014-02-09T01:18:01Z")

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Lovecraft, King, Orwell…

How about Carpenter, for John Carpenter?

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**Author:** ![Krutches](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/krutches/32/1028_2.png) [@Krutches](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Krutches)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2014, 12:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/version-naming-discussion/5014/20 "2014-02-10T00:24:46Z")

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> [@youtoo](#):
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> ackbar?

[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/329744](http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/329744)

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