rjcurrie Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Naming the baby Name it 6e for all I care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Naming the baby It's going to be two books, so they'll each need their own nickname. We'll probably have to wait and see. The 4th Ed book was called BBB - Big Blue Book. Let's campaign to get Steve to make the covers teal, so they can be TTT - Two Teal Tomes. Or not. Some terms from craps (the dice game): Sixie from Dixie (Since they're HQ'ed in South Carolina, or was it North Carolina?) Sister Hicks Jimmy Hicks Columbian Breakfast (two white lines) But yes, it needs to be "organic". Nicknames must be earned. Well Steve is based in North Carolina. Hero Games head office is in New York City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFleischmann Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Naming the baby Regardless, they need two nicknames, because it's two books. "6e" doesn't tell you which book. I know, we can call them 6eC for the Character Creation book, and 6eC for the Combat book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Naming the baby Regardless, they need two nicknames, because it's two books. "6e" doesn't tell you which book. I know, we can call them 6eC for the Character Creation book, and 6eC for the Combat book. The names will be Character Creation Book and GameMastering And Adventuring Book IIRC. Though it might be Combat & Adventuring. . . And 6E1 and 6E2 are the shorthand Steve has used in the past. 6ECC and 6ECA maybe? *shrugs* Call 'em Jack and Jill for all I care.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTaber Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Naming the baby SHRED Sixth Hero Rules EDition. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary is thinking I like SHRED. Very cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 12, 2009 Report Share Posted June 12, 2009 Re: Naming the baby There are some good suggestions out there, but I'm just going to call it Egbert. That's a good, solid name, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragdoll Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I'm a traditionalist. BBB The Sixth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I like SHRED. Very cool. And it rhymes with FRED. Lucius Alexander What rhymes with palindromedary? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I like SHRED. Very cool. That was the one I thought was counterintuitive and a bad marketing tool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby That was the one I thought was counterintuitive and a bad marketing tool. I agree. Shall I put you down for an Egbert then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted June 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I like Egbert and it is an anagram of an acronym for Complex But Intuitive And Absorbing Role Playing Game* *Not actually true but we could probably get enough people to believe it that the collective unconscious will make it so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prestidigitator Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby "Hex" is "six" in Greek. Given the Hero System logo, the prolific use of the map hexagon in the system (which I'm very much hoping doesn't change), and my hope that fantasy magic has more options in the new edition, I'm voting for either: HEX or HexaFRED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I agree. Shall I put you down for an Egbert then? No, just vote for more SexEd and everything will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPheemy Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby The BBB came out of 4th Edition being a "Big Blue Book" and for it's time it was a pretty durn big book for an RPG. BBB hung around for years in limbo while the rights to the game passed from here to there and was kept alive in the hobby by small number of very dedicated fans. He name came organically from the circumstances. Fifth Edition became FRED because of a good joke from Steve, and it stuck (some would say too long, but FRED does have a certain charm.) Right now any "pet name" for 6th edition is premature (I believe we need to have the physical product in hand) and really smacks of the same sort of marketing crap that I loathe. We don't have to come up with a catchy nickname for the sake of having a catchy nickname. Whatever we come up with is going to sound soulless and hollow. Please, no SexEd. Not that I don't appreciate the in-joke, but in the end (and GOD I hate to say this) it's juvenile and sophomoric. I get enough grief for being such because of my hobbies and interests already, frankly I don't want to feed that particular fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boll Weevil Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I will call her VI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby HEX or HexaFRED Now I'm trying to rationalize HED. I will call her VI. Naah, Hero is more like EMACS - it has everything (except a lightweight text editor). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattern Ghost Posted June 13, 2009 Report Share Posted June 13, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I've got a feeling it's going to end up being just plain old 6E. With the E for Egbert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFleischmann Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I got it! It just came to me in a 4d6 Flash: Pebbles Daughter of FREd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I have been, and will likely continue to call it 6e. But then again, I refer to the current rules as either 5e or 5er. I was amused a while back when someone tried to tell me that Fred (with whatever capitalization they were using) only referred to the Revised version of 5e. Apparently either not realizing or not caring that it predated the existence of the Revised version... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Re: Naming the baby 6e. Which is what I've been calling it. 6E for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Re: Naming the baby "Fruitcake" because everyone passes it around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjandreano Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I have a name for it: VISTA! Seriously, I think we'll see a 6th Edition Revised announced within 6 moths of the release of 6th Edition! So much is being changed, it's inevitable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I have a name for it: VISTA! Seriously, I think we'll see a 6th Edition Revised announced within 6 moths of the release of 6th Edition! So much is being changed, it's inevitable! I doubt it. Give DOJ some credit for having a clue or two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilFleischmann Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I got it! It just came to me in a 4d6 Flash: Pebbles Daughter of FREd. Or we can call the two books "Evelyn" and "Violet", especially if one has a purple cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted June 19, 2009 Report Share Posted June 19, 2009 Re: Naming the baby I got it! It just came to me in a 4d6 Flash: Pebbles Daughter of FREd. Or we can call the two books "Evelyn" and "Violet"' date=' especially if one has a purple cover.[/quote'] Kara & Rachael? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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