Dear WotC - You suck at names.

[Caliban]

I've seen this term thrown around a lot lately, but I'm afraid I don't know the definition in this context. 'splain, please?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau

 

[Fifth Element]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmanteau

Thanks for the link. It's craptacular.

 

[Xyl]

Don't talk rubbish.

Regards, k'rzaiK'aat, Darkfire Deathflame and Blademage T'nyger of the eighth circle.

A perfectly good name.

--Xylthixlm (ZIL-thick-selm)

 

[Hammerhead]

Emerald Frost wouldn't seem nearly as bad if it weren't an obvious reference to the cold and acid damage they specialize in, which makes no sense together anyways. Maybe if the name refers to a place that was once a corrupted, green colored, poisoned sea, that was magically frozen to keep it's blight contained. That would at least makes some sense.

I'm fine with everything else, really. A Feywild by any other name would be just as fey... and wild... or whatever.

I figured that the Frost Mages just looked good in green.

 

[RFisher]

Let's face it, for every Tolkien or Burroughs who has a natural knack for naming stuff, there are 100 others who possess the linguistic talent of a wombat. Unfortunately, fantasy fans have to deal with the 100. Get over it, its a dark fact of life, like death and taxes.

The real problem is that there are 100 people with different ideas of what "good names" are. I'm not convinced you could get 100 people to agree that Tolkien came up with good names. At a Lord of the Rings convention, even.

 

[Desdichado]

Yet, I think we can all agree that Blibdoolploop is a bad name.

 

[Kapture]

I'm going to start my next game in Port Mantow

 

[Baby Samurai]

I don't think these new names are any worse than the names of Gary's silly NPCs.

 

[JustinM]

Feywild sounds like a subdivision to me. "Welcome to Feywild! 36 holes of golf, and a swim park, too!"

Exactly what I was thinking. You just beat me to it.

And for those referencing WoW, they all sound like WoW names to me. Did Hasbro sell WotC to Blizzard or something?

 

[Stoat]

Yet, I think we can all agree that Blibdoolploop is a bad name.

Funny thing, that.

I've always liked the name "Blibdoolpoolp." Say it with me, "Blibdoolpoolp." Doesn't it just hit the right note of silly, aquatic and alien?

Must just be me.