AddOn Author Guilds?

[Cairenn]

Okay, so I've been mulling this over in my head, trying to come up with ideas for a guild name based on things you guys have been saying. You want it to be:

• somewhat professional in name
• clearly having to do with who we are (UI Addon Authors)
• but still have a bit of fun to it
• let people who want to learn addon coding know that we're folks they can talk to about it

There have been three suggestions for names thus far:

• Something as simple as "AddOn Authors"
• or more subtle like "Advanced Tech Pioneers"
• or "Arcane Scripters Guild".

An idea (well, it's kinda of all one idea, just variations on a theme) is that we could do something with the actual word 'Lua'. So some of the variants I thought of were:

• Learning UI Addons
• Learning User Addons
• Loves UI Addons
• Loves User Addons
• Loves UI Authors
• Leading UI Authors

Thoughts? Any other suggestions? Preferences between the various ones suggested thus far? We're only like a day and a half out, guys, need to settle on something.

[Edit] Oh yeah, forgot to put on the list of already suggested names - something ESOUI specific.

[Wykkyd]

Originally Posted by Cairenn Okay, so I've been mulling this over in my head, trying to come up with ideas for a guild name based on things you guys have been saying. You want it to be: somewhat professional in name clearly having to do with who we are (UI Addon Authors) but still have a bit of fun to it let people who want to learn addon coding know that we're folks they can talk to about it Suggestions have been things as simple as "AddOn Authors" or more subtle like "Advanced Tech Pioneers" or "Arcane Scripters Guild". An idea (well, it's kinda of all one idea, just variations on a theme) is that we could do something with the actual word 'Lua'. So some of the variants I thought of were: Learning UI Addons Learning User Addons Loves UI Addons Loves User Addons Loves UI Authors Leading UI Authors Thoughts? Any other suggestions? Preferences between the various ones suggested thus far? We're only like a day and a half out, guys, need to settle on something.

Nerf Baseballs

^^ IE: the reason for a 'Nerf Bat'

On a serious note: Lua Developers
Concise & obvious.

[Seerah]

It does need to be something fun, tongue-in-cheek, and/or clever.

• Addon Addicts Anonymous
• Addon Devs Collective
• Level 11 Lua Skills
• Code Monkeys
• GetGuildName() (if they allow parentheses in the name)

[Cairenn]

I thought about doing an "AAA" name, but wasn't sure how that'd go over. Don't want to upset anyone.

[ingeniousclown]

I'm a fan of subtlety. I'm also a fan of clever naming so if there was an awesome name that fit the letters L, U and A, I'd be all over it.

Of the names suggested, the only one I really like at all is "Arcane Scripters Guild". One I thought of is "Tamriel's Meta-Scribes". The Meta-Scribe thing has a few different layers of meaning that I think is kinda cool. But you know, personal bias and all that.

Lua Developers is definite concise, but (and I know it's gonna sound kinda bad) I don't want the name to be so obvious that "idea guys" harass the guild members because they have the "next big idea".

[Jedric]

GetGuildName would be cool, even if you can't have parenthesis.

[ingeniousclown]

I like GetGuildName. "Lua users alliance" came up in the IRC, too.

[Vuelhering]

Lua uber alles?

Okay, that would be offensive, potentially. But funny, if you can forget the Nazi references.... (coughs politely and walks away) Now I have a Dead Kennedy's earworm.

I was trying to work in a self-referential thing like GNU, like Lua's not an Acronym, but drew a blank with that middle letter U.

Learn, Understand, Apply. Not a good guild name though.
Learn to Update your Addons
Lecherous ugly something that starts with A....

[Vuelhering]

If addons were coded in lisp, we could be "defun guild".

I like Arcane Scripters, but not with "Guild" at the end.
I like GetGuildName, but I'm still trying to come up with something similar that fits better.

[Nekoyoubi]

Originally Posted by Vuelhering You might be able to invite the @name of any faction... we should test that.

You can @name invite out of faction. Tested in the last beta.

[Xrystal]

Originally Posted by Nekoyoubi You can @name invite out of faction. Tested in the last beta.

Thanks for confirming that. I was inviting using the @name but was pretty sure that it didn't work when I tried. But it was my first time playing with it so I may have been mistaken.

[Seerah]

Thought of another:

All Your Addons Are Belong To Us

[Nekoyoubi]

I would love an invitation to this guild as well, thogh I will not have any AD toons unless needed for this function, please invite me at your earliest avail (@nekoyoubi). Thanks!

Guild names that I would suggest if I were to be so bold...

ESOUI (formal)
Dwemeri Constructs (lore-centric)
Tinkerer's Guild || Tinkerer's Union (fun)
Author's Guild (declarative)

I may edit with more, but I would say those are the one's that I like.

[Xrystal]

Name wise, I like the sound of Arcane Scripters Guild. Fits right into the game style. Or a slightly different version, Arcane Scribes.

[Xrystal]

Originally Posted by Seerah Thought of another: All Your Addons Are Belong To Us

That one did make me laugh .. so definitely a vote on the humor side here.

[Lodur]

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[Wykkyd]

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TopLevelControl

[Wykkyd]

ooo ooooo!

ZO_MCP

ZOS's standard window/object name prefix and: MCP = Master Control Program (from Tron)

[Vuelhering]

Originally Posted by Wykkyd ooo ooooo! ZO_MCP ZOS's standard window/object name prefix and: MCP = Master Control Program (from Tron)

hah! I got it... although things starting with "ZO_" might cause issue with an overzealous GM claiming that's impersonating ZOS.