Version naming discussion

MisterFox · 2014-02-03T12:45:32.000Z

Asimov! A for Asimov!

John_Candlebury · 2014-02-03T12:50:26.000Z

MisterFox:

Asimov! A for Asimov!

THIS! Asimov would approve.

i2amroy · 2014-02-04T06:09:13.000Z

Another alternative would be “Adams”, for J.J. Adams, one of the biggest zombie anthology editor/publishers out there.

ArgusTheCat · 2014-02-04T07:14:07.000Z

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

Mrn · 2014-02-04T11:34:16.000Z

Help us make version 0.A as bug-free as possible

And as I recall Asimov wasn’t the nicest chap to have at conventions.

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.

Inadequate · 2014-02-04T12:08:32.000Z

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.

Mrn · 2014-02-04T12:46:22.000Z

Inadequate:

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.

Soyweiser · 2014-02-05T12:30:32.000Z

Inadequate:

I don’t think this is the right place to defend your sexist hero.

What does Duke Nukem have to do with cataclysm?

noego · 2014-02-06T03:57:31.000Z

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.

ArgusTheCat · 2014-02-06T06:33:38.000Z

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.

kevin.granade · 2014-02-06T07:07:51.000Z

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

darth_servo · 2014-02-06T13:41:57.000Z

A for Amigara

FunsizeNinja123 · 2014-02-06T15:05:22.000Z

darth_servo:

A for Amigara

Binky · 2014-02-06T16:52:30.000Z

Mrn:

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.

youtoo · 2014-02-08T17:15:44.000Z

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

Dominae · 2014-02-08T19:01:48.000Z

youtoo:

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.

Rivet · 2014-02-08T19:43:35.000Z

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.

Slax · 2014-02-09T01:10:48.000Z

Rod for Rotundo!

TheGrifter · 2014-02-09T01:18:01.000Z

Lovecraft, King, Orwell…

How about Carpenter, for John Carpenter?

Krutches · 2014-02-10T00:24:46.000Z

youtoo:

ackbar?

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/329744