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Odd Question!?

ID:190972 Nov 11 2002, 5:28 pm
Vermolius	Tell me what this "Title" means to you Alien Assailant ... define the title

Nov 11 2002, 5:31 pm
Garthor	A big ugly alien killing people in a ship. Add an s to that and you got Space Invaders.

Nov 11 2002, 5:37 pm (Edited on Nov 11 2002, 5:45 pm) In response to Garthor
Vermolius	hrmm thats not what I thought it should mean... any suggestions as to what is should be to mean people killing aliens?

Nov 11 2002, 7:50 pm In response to Vermolius
Garthor	Xeno: Prefix meaning alien Thus... Xenocide: Mass killing of aliens So... Xenocide.

Nov 11 2002, 8:50 pm In response to Garthor
Crispy	Xenocide. Heh, that's a cool name for a game. :-)

Nov 12 2002, 5:23 am In response to Garthor
Vermolius	Sounds pretty good to me... Xenocide it is! Thanks

Nov 12 2002, 6:16 am In response to Garthor
Lummox JR	Garthor wrote: Xeno: Prefix meaning alien Thus... Xenocide: Mass killing of aliens So... Xenocide. Definitely a good choice for a game title. I've got a running idea for a little xenocidal game of my own, Zone 66 style, but nothing firm as yet. Lummox JR

Nov 12 2002, 6:18 am

Lummox JR

Vermolius wrote:

Tell me what this "Title" means to you
Alien Assailant
...
define the title

"Assailant" would mean a single attacker. The phrase is ambiguous because it could be taken to mean an alien who is an assailant, or someone who assaults aliens. From your other posts I take it you mean the latter, but the former is what springs to mind first.

"Alien Assault" would be little better because then people would think of many aliens attacking, not many people attacking aliens.

Lummox JR