Gleemax = Enworld

[Cam Banks]

We should really get together on Gleemax with Cam Banks on this one

My eyes! My eyes!

Cheers,
Cam

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

My eyes! My eyes!

Gleemax will have new eyes available for you after the operation.

 

[Keefe the Thief]

Wow, this thread reminds me a lot about the one that went life when the first details about Eberron leaked to Gamingreport....

Oh well. ENworld is such a cool site most of the time. I can live with "haha, stupid!11!1" threads now and then. :\

 

[LeaderDesslok]

Gleemax != EN World.

'nuff said.

(In my best Charlton Heston impression) GLEEMAX IS PEOPLE!

 

[LeaderDesslok]

Heh.

Gleemax is catching a lot of flack.

But names can grow on you. For example, "Green Ronin", what kind of name is that? A green ronin? Is he painted green? Is he a newbie? Why is he green? Is it an internal thing?

But now, "Green Ronin" is established and people don't think about it. They just think of a great company.

So Gleemax could work in the end. Worse names did.

/M

In a wider view, consider an auction site named EBay. Huh? What's an EBay? Or how about YouTube. Not only bad grammar, but it doesn't make a lot of sense.

Although it sounds like a new brand of toothpaste, it's not as horrible as it first appears.

 

[hexgrid]

What's an EBay?

If you really want to know...

Originally, the site belonged to Echo Bay Technology Group, [eBay founder] Omidyar's consulting firm. Omidyar had tried to register the domain name EchoBay.com but found it already taken by the Echo Bay Mines, a gold mining company, so he shortened it to his second choice, eBay.com.

So, yeah, the name of a website indicates nothing about its chance of success.

 

[mattcolville]

I would probably judge the initiative based on the name, except for one thing.

Wii.

I can't tell you how powerfully that name divided the development community. People, intelligent, well-reasoned people, bet real money that it was a joke.

Turns out, it's a fine name and who cares? It's the product that matters.

I don't know how the DI will compete with ENWorld, but if I were the guys who run this place, I'd be following the Gleemax thing closely and trying to find a way for ENWorld users to gain something here they can't get there.

In the end, though, you have to ask yourself; does ENWorld exist because WotC has dropped the ball? And, if so, what happens if WotC picks up the ball?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I can life with "haha, stupid!11!1" threads now and then. :\

BECAUSE GLEEMAX COMMANDS YOU TO!

 

[Drowbane]

What if WotC, in a move similar to the CSG patent, attempts to patent the "online gaming community" format?

lol

 

[pawsplay]

This can't be good for enworld, can it?

Most of the time, friendly competition helps everybody. Think of it as growth in the online gaming community.