"HERO" System?

[Yamo]

Just a quick and probably lame question, but why is the "HERO" commonly rendered in all capital letters? I don't believe it's an acronym of any kind, correct?

[Law Dog]

Maybe to distinguish it from the word hero which we toss around as shorthand for superhero? and possibly imitative of GURPS?

Just conjecture.

[Dynamo]

Yeah, I'm used to all-caps being acronymic. So what could HERO stand for?

Highly Efficient Rule Ordinances
Hybridized Evolutionary Revised Operations

Firk, that O is going to be a problem. C'mon folks, help me out here.

[Lord Liaden]

I've been doing it that way because it's how Steve Long always renders it. "HERO System" is written like that all the way through FREd.

It does grab your attention when you read it, though - I suppose it looks more HEROic. :rolleyes:

[Thirdbase]

Originally posted by Dynamo
Yeah, I'm used to all-caps being acronymic. So what could HERO stand for?

Highly Efficient Rule Ordinances
Hybridized Evolutionary Revised Operations

Firk, that O is going to be a problem. C'mon folks, help me out here.

Highly Evolved Rules Occurence

[Derek Hiemforth]

Hugely Entertaining Roleplaying Opus :)

[Crimson-Hawk]

I, myself, can only guess as to why it was originally rendered HERO... but it has been ever since I came onto the game back in 1992 and even further back than that.

Even back then, Fantasy HERO, Star HERO, and others had the HERO part in all caps. It does make for snazzy logos, so there's no complaints from my end of the deal.

It's important to remember, though, that HERO (when in all caps) refers to the roleplaying system itself. The company that produces the game, Hero Games, does not benefit from that distinction.

Curious. :D

[Steve Long]

I started writing it that way primarily to distinguish it from Hero (the company) and hero (a generic noun). No acronym intended. Though, as with FRED, people are certainly welcome to concoct an acronym for it.

Holophrastically Evolved Roleplaying Option? :)

[Derek Hiemforth]

Hugely Expanded Roleplaying Options? :)

[misterdeath]

Um, I'd really rather not see the use of "Hugely Expanded" around most roleplayers.

It wouldn't refer to the game. ;)

D

[Derek Hiemforth]

Originally posted by misterdeath
Um, I'd really rather not see the use of "Hugely Expanded" around most roleplayers.

It wouldn't refer to the game. ;)Okay, how about "Highly Effective Roleplaying Options?" :)

[misterdeath]

Big Thumbs Up.

D

[Dynamo]

I think Steve just likes capital letters. :)

Heuristically Expanded Rules Options
Heeds Every Revision Opportunity ;) >ducks<
Harassed Editor Releases Ontime
Handbook of Every Rules Occurrence
Hardly Ever Rifts-like Omnipotence
Hero Editors with Revised Outlook

[Derek Hiemforth]

Huge Encyclopedia of Rules Options

[Steve Long]

LOL. A lot of these are pretty good!


I think Steve just likes capital letters.

Andy says I have three rules for graphic design:

1. Steve likes symmetry.
2. Steve likes capital letters.
3. Steve does not like weird stuff.

:)

[Crimson-Hawk]

I dunno....

Given Rule #3, how does Steve put up with most of us?

:D

[Grymlynn]

No wierd stuff?! Steve, dood, you inna wrong place...!

[allen]

Originally posted by Steve Long

Andy says I have three rules for graphic design:

2. Steve likes capital letters.


Ah-ha... well that explains the <3> and <5> headers...

[TheEmerged]

Originally posted by Derek Hiemforth
Huge Encyclopedia of Rules Options

I think we may have a winner here...

[Dynamo]

That or:

Honkin' Enormous Rules Opus

[Bazza]

Originally posted by TheEmerged

Originally posted by Derek Hiemforth
Huge Encyclopedia of Rules Options I think we may have a winner here...
as a HERO newbie and missed out on the 'naming' of FRED, put I put my vote for this one. Hey, why doesn't Steve or someone else gather the best and have a poll? :)

[JohnTaber]

I agree. Derek's is the best. In my mind the winner has to have some reference to the enormity of the book... ;)

[BobGreenwade]

Originally posted by Steve Long
LOL. A lot of these are pretty good! My own favorite is: Helps Every Roleplaying Opportunity. :D
Andy says I have three rules for graphic design:

1. Steve likes symmetry.
2. Steve likes capital letters.
3. Steve does not like weird stuff. Well, I can see that I'm not going to be marketing my Chaos Theory setting to Hero. Imagine a group of heavily armed clowns (the PCs) escaping a pursuing band of werewolves by running past a cluster of fire hydrants, only to get caught in a firefight between two cults who look like one has been playing too much D&D (with real magic) and the other too much Paranoia (with real high-tech weapons), and you'll have a taste of it.... :D