Itms Posted August 31, 2014 Report Share Posted August 31, 2014 I'd like to support the proposition "Alpha XVII Quercus" for several reasons.1) Well, it's a word beginning by Q and I really think we've covered up the wide majority of possibilities. Latin is, as said before, the only language with Qs so we're kinda stuck. Nobody proposed Quirinus, a really important Roman god, but I don't see a reason with we'd choose that.Now for the serious thoughts 2) I like the image of stability and maturity of this tree. A17 will be essentially a bugfix release, so I think that fits pretty well.You will say: "wut? a bugfix release? there were a ton of new features!", so what I mean is that we don't have a central huge feature (like internationalization for a16). I don't say there is nothing new in a17, all the contrary.On the other hand, since a16 release, the modding activity has been increasing dramatically and for this reason the mod selector will be realeased in a17. So, I think mods are important. Thus...3) ... I also like the image of the tree with a trunk which grows and allows branches to develop. I find it really interesting to compare that to the development of our game, which now allows an active community of modders to make the gamers' experience even richer.Would you agree with me about all this? 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auron2401 Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 (just thought i'd re-say this)Quinquennis - Of five years / Five years oldIs also a Safe bet.Five years of 0ad.We just had a (poorly attended) Mapping contest to Celebrate it Five year anniversaries only really happen once.Expanding the modability of the engine can happen every day of the week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itms Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 During the last meeting we also agreed this idea was good.IMO there are not many differences between the two ideas: they both focus on the development state (it's been 5 years / we're mature and we have mods) and not on the gameplay, which is logical because of the lack of one big feature.To me Quercus just sounds prettier, but obviously not everyone will agree, it's a personal feeling.And I'd disagree about "Expanding the modability of the engine can happen every day of the week", the mod selector is one huge change in the process of separating pyrogenesis from 0ad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pureon Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 0 A.D. has been around for a lot longer than 5 years so I'm not sure Quinquennis will be used for A17. SorryQuercus is nice, and the meaning is interesting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 The five years is since we went open source in 2009, so while it's not perfect it's certainly an option. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan` Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) Why not the fourteenth then ? In french that ´s quatorze so something like quadradecis ? Edited September 2, 2014 by stanislas69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feneur Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Why not the fourteenth then ? In french that ´s quatorze so something like quadradecis ?I would say the year has got quite a small relation to 0 A.D. or this release. If it would have been the only release this year maybe, or the fourteenth release, but imho not in this case. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wowgetoffyourcellphone Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Quinqueremis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niektb Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 I support Quercus. I sounds the best to me and has the most interesting meaning IMHO. (As long the people don't confuse it with Querolus (which is a Latin comedy) ) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shieldwolf23 Posted September 2, 2014 Report Share Posted September 2, 2014 Quercus is a good bet, I think. The reasoning behind it, as explained by ltms is quite convincing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auron2401 Posted September 3, 2014 Report Share Posted September 3, 2014 Hmm, I quite agree. But my idea is a close second, to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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