Latest Wizards Cover Botch

[diaglo]

I don't get how stormwrack is any less intelligent than maelstrom. Does that make me dumb, perhaps?

no, this is the internet. it make you st00pid.


truthfully they (the designers) do have a spell from ages ago... Spiritwrack to spin this title.

 

[Krieg]

Personally I think it is six of one, half a dozen of another...but I do find it odd that they've changed the names of more than one book so late in that game.

 

[Mercule]

Stormwrack isn't horrid, but it is inferior to Maelstrom. *shrug* Don't care overmuch, though.

 

[Goblyns Hoard]

Is that when you get heartburn from drinking too much Aussie beer?

Absolutely And Aussie beer will always do it - too much bloody amber in the nectar again!

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

All just a tempest in a teapot, as it were.

They should still subtitle it: "Bet You Wish You'd Put Some Points in Swim, Now Don't You?"

 

[Arg-ha Lardgoa]

Maelstrom could be like what programmers do and have an internal name for a new product or update, so they may call it somerthing instead of "you know that one about storms and the seas," it may end up as its name but more than likely it will not.

 

[Li Shenron]

Maybe "Maelstrom" is a trademark somewhere so it had to be changed.

Trademark would be cruel (it's not a common word in English, i think it's Swedish, but trademarking names which are a single words sounds bad), but does someone remember... was there an entire RPG called "Maelström"?

 

[Drew]

I weep for you poor Americans. I learned that word when I was six from reading Jules Verne's 20 000 leagues under the sea...

Wait...You learned that word when you were six and that makes you cry for Americans? Is that some kind of vague threat? Are you going to use 20,000 leagues against us?

And what's with all the "dumbing down" accusations? Dumbing down for who? Gamers? You're kidding, right? We aren't universally smarter than everyone else, but we certainly don't have a shortage of obscure vocabulary. If I can handle dweomer, I think I can manage maelstrom OR stormwrack.

The word "wrack" isn't even that obscure, at least I didn't think it was. Am I the only person who has used the term "wracked with pain?"

As someone else pointed out, its very common during the creative process for things to go through one or more working titles before deciding on something final. The problem isn't one of dumbing down, its Wizards releasing information on books that are still being developed. So what if they change the name midstream? The only people that are even going to notice are ENWorlders anyway. Once the book is released, it all becomes fairly meaningless.

Libris Mortis came out, and people complained that the latin was wrong. WoTC abandoned the psuedo latin with codex anethema, and people complained of "dumbing down." If I didn't know better, I'd say people just like to complain. And on the internet...why, its shameful!

 

[diaglo]

Libris Mortis came out, and people complained that the latin was wrong.

the book of bad latin still went to print.

at least WotC learned from that mistake.

 

[KB9JMQ]

All just a tempest in a teapot, as it were.

They should still subtitle it: "Bet You Wish You'd Put Some Points in Swim, Now Don't You?"

That was great.