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Which name should I use for my map? Need opinions on names I thought up.

08-17-2003, 09:17 AM#1
Zoizite
It is an AoS/DotA variant... I know, I know... Overdone.
It's going to have MANY original aspects, as well as some crazy spells(look at my sig for an example).

Most important of all, it will be FUN!

I've been working on this thing since TFT was released, and it is almost ready for beta testing.

What good is all that without a name, though? Names(and terrain) are not really my forte, but this is what I came up with after about an hour of brainstorming.
08-17-2003, 02:33 PM#2
Norbo
Your right about your map being a bit of a clone here and there, but, what bugs me most is this principle of 'fun' your doing. Wayy overdone.. I mean, why copy concepts??

No wait, wait.. nevermind. It's original...

Annnnyways, some of those may be better suited for movie names (Serenity's Fall mainly..). Ascent of the Damned seems more inclined to appeal to the mass quantities of weirdos on the internet.
08-17-2003, 02:46 PM#3
KyptKeaper
I voted 11th hour because like norbo said that they are better for movies and that just appealed not as movieish :bgrun: :bgrun: , and didnt that person with all the alecia keys stuff make that thing on your sig
08-17-2003, 05:51 PM#4
piRo-piOn
i voted ascent of the damned because thats the one that will go over best with the noobs on bnet (main population) but it probably wont score with me personally because i'm kinda tired of all thos "Tides of Blood" "Defense of the Ancients" "Battle of the Order" names.Try thinking of something outside the regular bnet mold.
08-17-2003, 06:20 PM#5
Zoizite
KryptKeeper, the person with the Alicia Keys avatar was me. I tried changing the email address in my profile, and have been unable to post with that account ever since. This is stated in the text above the pics in my sig =P. Zoi was my old name, which was actually a shortened version of Zoizite. We are one in the same person.

On topic, yeah, they do sound like movie names, but I kinda wanted a semi-original sounding name. Not just defense of the ***, or *** of the ***. They all kinda sound way too similar to me. I was thinking The Eleventh Hour or Serenity's Fall, but another seems more popular =P
08-17-2003, 09:51 PM#6
KyptKeaper
Lol, umm sorry, hehe. Umm why you change, who the hell is BoA anyway? :////
Ok found out why you created anew, oops :ggani:
08-18-2003, 04:11 AM#7
Zoizite
BoA is a jpop singer... and incredibly beautiful too ^^. Just one of the many women I admire. The one in my avatar is Utada Hikaru, another jpop singer(better music, but not quite as cute). No, I have no clue what they are saying in their (non-english)lyrics =P

Alicia is still tops on my list though. I haven't sold out, lol.

I did the Photoshopping on those 2 BoA pics, btw... just didn't really feel like making another one just for my sig.
08-18-2003, 07:08 AM#8
Zoizite
95% sure I'm going to go with The Eleventh Hour.

Sounds the least like a movie, while not sounding like the name of a map that's already been done. It was between this and Serenity's Fall, but as you guys said, that' doesn't really sound anywhere close to a name for an AoS. Maybe I'll use it for another map sometime.

Anyways, thanks for the feedback to all those who replied/voted.
08-18-2003, 07:19 AM#9
ceb5503
Actually, I think that sounds like a movie. A horror movie to be exact. Or, even an rpg. Or one of those games kindof like Myth. So, if I went to play it, I would expect an rpg, personally. Perhaps something like the * war, or * revenge, with * being replaced with something from the map....I don't know. Just my 2 cents.
08-18-2003, 07:24 AM#10
XVoltaireX
They all sound good and all, but Zoizite, I was wondering if you pic is a computer animated picture or a real picture.
08-18-2003, 08:09 AM#11
Zoizite
It's a skill in my map. Blademaster jumps and slices the target, from halfway across the screen. Looks even better in action =)

Completely trigger based if you couldn't tell. Took me a long time to get it right, but it's NEAR-flawless now. It goes crazy if the target dies while you're jumping, need to fix it. It also doesn't land EXACTLY where it should, but I can't fix that. It's what happens when you turn collision back on while there are a bunch of units around. It's gotta put stuff somewhere, but usually it just pushes everybody back just enough for you to fit in.
08-18-2003, 09:02 AM#12
piRo-piOn
it might cause lag if your just creating a bunch of completeley black, paused semitransparent blademasters behind him... i acually thought of doing that for a map i was using but decided against is just because triggering it would piss me off. If this is the way you did it i suggest you create a unit with collision at the target, have the attack target that unit (which is invisible) and remove it before turning on collision. stunning the target unit may also not be a bad idea.
08-18-2003, 09:08 AM#13
Zoizite
That's a good idea. The blademaster isn't actually attacking anything, but I can set a point variable to the location of the target unit, so that I can send him there, instead of to the unit. The only problem with this, is that it won't look right if the unit moves. As it is now, the jump actually homes to the target even if it moves. The blademaster himself is paused, and simply playing his attack slam animation, for the duration of the "jump."

[edit]I think I will just add something like: If target is dead, continue the jump to the point at which it was at. It just won't do any damage.

Like the new sig?
08-18-2003, 08:58 PM#14
SinHarvest
Simple and Clean! ^_^

By the by i like serenity's fall
08-18-2003, 09:33 PM#15
Furio
I'm looking very forward to seeing your aos, because a few times I like to scroll back into these forums, and while doing so recently I came across your thread looking for ideas to put for the heros. You managed to create some crazy trigger spell where the wisps went around a guy and looked like they shot lightning. So again im looking very forward to seeing this map in testing. :D