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steuben

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the word for all player species
« on: February 14, 2005, 11:54:27 pm »
i\'ve been kind of wondering. is there a general world that can be used when refering to all the species of ps?

you\'ve got men, enkis, etc. but what is the word for everyone? sapients, feels a little clinical. sophants, read that somewhere, i think it applies. beings, well maybe, but hopefully not.

any suggestions?

 
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« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2005, 12:04:48 am »
Humanoids?
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« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2005, 12:52:55 am »
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Humanoids?

.. in D&D-words, humaniods (like Orcs) are apart from dem-humans (as Elves).
I don\'t like the D&D-terms, but well, they exist...

...sentient beings? This would include even abstract things as the proverbial AI from SciFi (not that I suggest SciFi-content for PS)
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« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2005, 01:15:05 am »
Um... well they would be Player Characters, and they are being Played by folks at a  computer; So how bout PConids
(Pronounced: PeeCeeOhNID)
orPConites. Or Might be:
 Nooble Inclined Phantasmal  Participant Living External Self.
Only one problem there,.. The anagram is nipples.
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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2005, 01:16:12 am »
Very simply: People!
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« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2005, 01:37:31 am »
Exactly:  People.

It\'s not a humanocentric world.

Would you call a human a dwarfoid?
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« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2005, 02:22:42 am »
i perfer citizens
or inhabitants...
or dwellers ....
but those more legal terms

biologically well you can\'t group them....krans have little incommon with other races.  I mean you don\'t have a common name for birds and humans.....well only one....living beings...or maybe Intelligen Living Beings..or ILB\'s
hey it\'s a fantasy world....if we can\'t find a word ...we can make one
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« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2005, 02:47:05 am »
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.. in D&D-words, humaniods (like Orcs) are apart from dem-humans (as Elves).
I don\'t like the D&D-terms, but well, they exist...


It\'s not a D&D term anymore than \"orc\" is a D&D species.

\"People\" works fine, but I\'ll prefer humanoid myself :3
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« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2005, 03:19:04 am »
God knows I would never put Karyuu in the \"people\" category, but it is probably the safest bet for everybody else.

OR

\"Random thinking thing who is easy to outsmart\" also relates to most everybody...\'cept me
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« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2005, 03:49:35 am »
Things?

or my more personal one...

\"Ugly scum\"

guarrentied to at least get people to pay attention to you
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« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2005, 04:01:42 am »
I definitely vote for \"Dwarfoids\", as it is cool! :D I like it very much!
However, this wouldn\'t actually have emerged in Yliakum, and would be a purely OOC term.
However, a term might have been coined by Yliakums inhabitants due to the fact that Yliakum is (mostly) self-contained. That term might be something like \"Yliakumers\", which, however, doesn\'t sound well. The obvious choice, \"Ylians\", is taken, though it might have become synonymous for it, depending on context, just like some RL words. This would, however, be confusing OOC-wise. So how about \"Yliaki\"? You could derive the term for \"humanity\" from this: \"yliakity\" (no, not yliakitty :P), maybe spelled \"yliacity\" despite it\'s potential confusion with Hydlaa, the \"main\" city of Yliakum.
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« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2005, 01:13:21 am »
sing: yliak - a gender neutral designation of a person of yliakum regardless of species
plurl: yliaki - a gender neural designation of a group of yliak

??
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« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2005, 01:30:02 am »
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sing: yliak - a gender neutral designation of a person of yliakum regardless of species
plurl: yliaki - a gender neural designation of a group of yliak

??

Differentiating between singular and plural might be an option as well, though it\'s not strictly necessary seeing as there are several words that have no distinction. Also, \"yliak\" sounds a bit strange, but that is probably just a matter of getting used to it.
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« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2005, 02:28:24 am »
Hmm, works for me. From this day forth, I will never call people \"people.\" They are now Yliaki.  8)
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« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2005, 02:28:32 am »
Char?? (short for character) short and simple. its what i remeber useing in MB. Why not here?
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