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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Willie the Duck" data-source="post: 9181815" data-attributes="member: 6799660">Re: Jacquays wants her name off. Done, no question. Yes, Xerox and Escalator and fighting against the tide, but we can do our best. Re: The right word-- I think multipath, non-linear, and anything alluding to 'open structured' all make sense.To the former, nope. JJ has every right to ask us not to use her name if possible, neither she nor JA have the same right to dictate a new one to others. To the latter, that's what people are suggesting.Wait the what now? There are definitely common and uncommon hypocorisms, but I'd certainly be surprised if there were levels of officialdom to them.Re: whomever mentioned Buffy, yes I think that series probably did do something to promote Xander over Alex as a preferred shortened form of Alexander. Well I think we're doing a good job on this one about not making it about him (other than whether he is notable enough to deserve a term to be named after him). To that point, I'm of two minds. In general, if getting your name affixed to something is an honor, these are non-comparable. Jenell Jacquays is a seminal figure in the development of the D&D as it evolved, akin* to Tom Moldvay, Tim Kask, or Don Kaye. Justin Alexander** is a blogger with a bit of a following -- more comparable to Treantmonk***. I can understand  someone saying that no, they aren't going to accept the shift of the naming convention from one to the other. On the other hand, is it some form of honor? Does anyone really know anything about Stormwind or Oberoni, excepting that they coined specific terms (regarding concepts they too clearly didn't invent)? If Xandering ended up becoming the defacto term for this, would it end up the situation where a bunch of people would then know JA as 'that guy who coined the term Xandering to mean that well-understood concept in gaming?'*to grab a few random names from different aspects of the game**and I say this as someone who loves to see local guys do good.***and to clarify, I have no strong opinions on either of these two -- they both have good and bad contributions to the gaming discussion -- excepting a position on how influential they are.I worked just up Hwy 62 from Paisley Park when it happened. The gathering there was a site to see. Still can't believe it, he was the one we joked was some form of immortal fertility god who would stand with Keith Richards at the end of time.</blockquote>

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