Degasi Name Change
ComicalSkate
Canada, ON Join Date: 2015-05-28 Member: 204993Members
Canada, ON Join Date: 2015-05-28 Member: 204993Members
Somewhat recently, the devs decided it was a good idea to change the names of the Degasi crew. They changed the two Torgal's names from the ones we already knew; Paal and Baat Torgal, to Paul and Bart Torgal.
In my opinion, this was not a good change at all. The names Paal and Baat matched what names of a family far in the future from today and from a completely new culture would look like. Now they have been given normal names you would see on Earth today instead of the unique and almost alien like names from before. I feel like they should be reverted to the old names because it made the universe Subnautica is based in seem more real and unique. It wouldn't make too much sense for names as common as Paul and Bart today to be used in the future and in a different culture, as I have said.
The reason for the name change, as I was told by Cory Strader, was as simple as a few youtubers they had seen not pronounce it properly and its hard to keep track of all the names in the story. My response to that is: What does it matter if they can't be pronounced properly, people can say them as they like, it adds to roleplay in a small way. As well as what large amount of names in the game story that needs to be keep track of? What is Cory talking about? So far the only names we have needed to remember that are important to the story are; Marguerite Maida, Paal Torgal, Baat Torgal and Second Officer Keen.
So I am doing this poll as a petition to get them changed back, vote below on how you feel about this subject so we can show the devs what the public opinion is.
In my opinion, this was not a good change at all. The names Paal and Baat matched what names of a family far in the future from today and from a completely new culture would look like. Now they have been given normal names you would see on Earth today instead of the unique and almost alien like names from before. I feel like they should be reverted to the old names because it made the universe Subnautica is based in seem more real and unique. It wouldn't make too much sense for names as common as Paul and Bart today to be used in the future and in a different culture, as I have said.
The reason for the name change, as I was told by Cory Strader, was as simple as a few youtubers they had seen not pronounce it properly and its hard to keep track of all the names in the story. My response to that is: What does it matter if they can't be pronounced properly, people can say them as they like, it adds to roleplay in a small way. As well as what large amount of names in the game story that needs to be keep track of? What is Cory talking about? So far the only names we have needed to remember that are important to the story are; Marguerite Maida, Paal Torgal, Baat Torgal and Second Officer Keen.
So I am doing this poll as a petition to get them changed back, vote below on how you feel about this subject so we can show the devs what the public opinion is.
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New ones sound way too generic for me.
Then please vote for that @awesomeguy101 . We have a chance to get them changed back.
Actually, a double 'a' is pronounced like a long A - Baal in Diablo 2 for example, is pronounced "Bale" not "Ball". So their names would be more accurately pronounced like "Pale" and "Bait".
Easy to fix: Do voice-overs of the PDAs, and have them call each other by name a few times, with the correct pronunciation.
I think with the time they had to advance in technology they probably also had the time to think of some less generic names like Paul and Bart.
What are you talking about? The OP does not have an explanation of how to pronounce them - only a reference to a statement that people had been pronouncing them wrong on youtube.
Actually, since they are from a far future Sci-Fi realm, it's more likely they would be pronounced Pa-al (Paa-al) and Ba-at (Baa-ott), similar to how Superman's name is pronounced Ka-el.
Also not all languages are the same... what is hard to pronounce for mainly english speaker could be trivial for someone using slavik or germanic languages even if both come from same whatchamacallit-eropean family.
Hence why there are so many ways of saying Baal. What sounds right to one person sounds absurdly broken to another.
Sure, styles and fashions change with the times, but there are people like me that prefer traditional names like Carl and Mark over new names like Caal and Maak. Even decades in the future older names would still be used and be widely understood, in order to maintain a link to where our roots lie. I vote to keep with tradition!
paul and bart wasn't from the Aurora, They were from the Degassi; A Mongolian vessel that crashed some years before. One of the logs state that the Aurora had a secondary mission to look for them.
You guys have GOT to change these names or the game will be mocked and not be taken seriously.
who now?
Who Now?!
WHO NOW?!?!?
But this is simply untrue. I have no idea why you would even think such a thing as it has absolutely no basis in what we know of how names change.
There are certain names which seem to be around for a very long time. Mainly biblical ones. But it's not forever. This simply isn't true. My roots are English and there are plenty of old Saxon names that are no longer used. Aelfred became Alfred and is all but dead. Norman became popular because of the Normans taking over England but nobody is naming their baby Norman at the moment.
Sometimes there's a resurgence; George seems to be getting more popular lately, but mainly in the female form of Georgina.
There are also names which simply die. There will not necessarily be a Better or Christy in the future at all. In fact, I've never heard of anyone under 50 being called Betty even today.
See the name Wilbur amongst the youth much these days? How about Barbara? There're not many Barbs under 50. If you were right, we would still have plenty of Thorgils and Quintiluses to deal with.
Of course names die out. Just do some googling on least popular baby names and you'd be surprised.
Oh, and personally I don't like Paul and Bart or Paal and Baat. None of them sound appropriate.