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kekDuel of the Fates
hilarious 10/10Push Wars
why don't we crowdpool the new name on 4chan or something
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kekDuel of the Fates
hilarious 10/10Push Wars
hell, out of context, you would think "Movie Battles II" would feature battles from all kinds of random-ass movies.
Changing name after 13 years of existing?
No.
the MBII team doesn't have a clear consensus on whether the name can change now...
Could a clearer, more formal consensus be reached about this?
We already have @Chaos the Chaotic, he's our one manwhy don't we crowdpool the new name on 4chan or something
Your and Madunusus's point about "it will be confusing for people who already know the game by another name" is mmmmmostly countered by the fact that you could hold on to the moviebattles.org domain and your search engine rankings, and just have the website have a big redirect to the new site. Which would mean paying for two domain names, sure, but it would mean that anyone who hears about and looks for Movie Battles would find the new name pretty quickly.
Which wouldn't solve the problem of: people who played MB2 in the past wouldn't recognize references to the new name, but that just means that announcements public enough for that to be a real issue need to include a "formerly Movie Battles 2" somewhere in the title.
How strong is the Movie Battles brand, recognition-wise, at this point? I'm kind of figuring that the current population is low enough that we can afford to let go of the old brand and start building a fresh brand that could be much stronger later.
Also, your main point seems to be that people who already know about Movie Battles II won't recognize the new name when they see it out of context, which... might not really be a problem? How important is it, really, to bring back old players, rather than capture new ones?
Plus, Reddit threads about MBII have mostly floundered anyway. A better, catchier, more serious name would probably help a bunch there.
It's only true while you aren't a person who apply those changesChanging instances of "Movie Battles" strings in code to something else isn't really a massive task.
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ModDB surely wouldn't take long to update.
So you suggest leave filenames as they are?I mean, Team Fortress 2 still launches as "hl2.exe."
One more time, somebody have to actually move site to new domain and configure it, as well as pay for two domains instead of one.just have the website have a big redirect to the new site. Which would mean paying for two domain names
Leaving current name alone eliminates any need to find new game name, quickly or not.but it would mean that anyone who hears about and looks for Movie Battles would find the new name pretty quickly.
It's like flushing reputation for 13 years down the toilet.Which wouldn't solve the problem of: people who played MB2 in the past wouldn't recognize references to the new name, but that just means that announcements public enough for that to be a real issue need to include a "formerly Movie Battles 2" somewhere in the title.
Sounds like some corporative press-release.Well, I just think a proper name that reflects how developed MB2 really is would massively help its presentation as a serious, unique game, and not just a niche fanservice toy.
But that's isn't related to a mod's name, right?I wish there was some way for MBII to have a visible presence on Steam, since right now it's only discoverable there by browsing the community hub for Jedi Academy, but Jedi Academy isn't set up to officially support Community-Made Mods, and it's unlikely anyone on the other end would care enough to change that.
I just meant your creative talents are something close to potential of whole 4chan crowdI haven't been to 4chan in years. And overall, I probably spent less than 6 hours on it total
That's a worst possible name.Star Wars: Quake
Almost same problem here, stripping "Star Wars" automatically makes a name not unique.Star Wars: Last Man Standing
Star Wars: Combat
Star Wars: Versus
This is actually a pretty good name.Star Wars: Strike Force
Star Wars: Pimps
Star Wars: Siege at Hoth - need a good hoth map
Star Wars: Masters of the Force
Star Wars: Game of Thrones - haha, F**k with people.
Star Wars: Duel of the Fates - haha.(Simpson Laugh)
Star Wars: The Rainbow of Destiny
lulzStar Wars: No one plays FA anymore
Star Wars: We need more maps
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Change title and description of every video, thousands of them? Really?If we do end up changing the name, you can always ask people in their videos if they can make a annotation note in the video and mention the name change.