"Shift" an unfortunate name
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Player 2: "I'm building shift right now!" (Only maybe he doesn't say "Shift" but removes the "f". You know this is going to happen and it'll be tired really quickly.)
Player 2: "I'm building shift right now!" (Only maybe he doesn't say "Shift" but removes the "f". You know this is going to happen and it'll be tired really quickly.)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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are you twelve?
are you twelve?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Oh oh! I've got a smiley for that ^fixed it!
Player 2: "I'm building shift right now!" (Only maybe he doesn't say "Shift" but removes the "f". You know this is going to happen and it'll be tired really quickly.)<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Same could apply to "Crag" and "Crap".
I think what they mean to say is that the issue isn't a big deal. Players who might subscribe to the line of thinking you presented probably won't care too much. Contextually, the name of the structure fits well with its function. And honestly? That's all that's required. If you feel that a structure name will break your immersion because of a potentially humorous mispronunciation, then that's fine and dandy.
But really, most people didn't think of that until you brought it up.
I apologize if you were insulted by my curiosity. I am merely trying to understand you.
+1, do classes start giggeling if the physics teacher is telling something about red-shift? Did people find HL Blue-Shift funny? If someone really has the same association like you, let them giggle or gasp, I don't care.
...on that note, even Shifter sounds better. At the very least, since the Kharaa presumably do not have written or spoken language (at least one that'd translate), the assumption is that these are names given by humans. Under that logic, I can see it getting the name <b>Shifter</b>, much in the same consequential way they came to be called Kharaa in the first place. Even that seems like a step up from Shift.
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_(clothing)" target="_blank"><img src="http://sc4.stylefeeder.net/thumb/q5/yr/q5yrhrch/q5yrhrch-200.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" /></a>
<!--quoteo(post=1845712:date=May 12 2011, 11:13 AM:name=Harimau)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Harimau @ May 12 2011, 11:13 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=1845712"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->Have we seen what the Shift looks like yet? Maybe it does look like a shift:
<a href="http://sc4.stylefeeder.net/thumb/q5/yr/q5yrhrch/q5yrhrch-200.jpg" target="_blank"><silly image of an unrelated Shift></a><!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
From the Wiki: <img src="http://unknownworlds.com/ns2/wiki/images/e/ee/Shift_sketch.jpg" border="0" class="linked-image" />
...what would we call THAT?
...what would we call THAT?<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Turarrohat.
...on that note, even Shifter sounds better. At the very least, since the Kharaa presumably do not have written or spoken language (at least one that'd translate), the assumption is that these are names given by humans. Under that logic, I can see it getting the name <b>Shifter</b>, much in the same consequential way they came to be called Kharaa in the first place. Even that seems like a step up from Shift.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I think the idea behind the naming conventions is that they don't sound alien. They sound like nicknames that the TSA Marines have given after fighting them for some time; short names that succinctly describe their appearance or function.