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Akatsuki Hikage
Signal Cartel EvE-Scout Enclave
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Posted - 2016.08.25 19:13:49 -
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Sorry I'm a newbie. Why the heck do people capitalize the game title?
Yes, I saw the locked thread, but "It's capitalized in the logo," isn't a valid argument: Online is also capitalized in the logo, but no one follows that practice.
Also, no one uses "NIKE," "SONY," or "THE LEGEND OF ZELDA" despite their logos being all caps. If people typed every logo like the official version we'd see things like P0RTAL, "RG£¬" (Rockstar Games), and "++-¦" (Halflife 2).
Is this just a meme (in the traditional sense, not "Internet meme") that spread without people questioning or understanding? Or is there a more specific reason. Personally, I can't help but think of this every time I type the game name, to the effect of "Is this right? Why would it be? But everyone does it this way."
For now, I will continue to hazard to use "EVE" as that's what CCP's blog uses. But I must admit it gives me pause every time I do.
Examples from above: [img]http://www.myfreewallpapers.net/games/wallpapers/eve-logo.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.lindelepalais.com/public/uploaded/landing_designer/nike/nike.jpg[/img] [img]http://fullhdpictures.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Sony-Logos.jpg[/img] [img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Zelda_Logo.svg/2000px-Zelda_Logo.svg.png[/img] [img]http://www.friendlyfiregamecenter.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/portal.jpg[/img] [img]http://logonoid.com/images/rockstar-games-logo.png[/img] [imghttp://67.media.tumblr.com/e8120f10034d7546ab0277fe3b651778/tumblr_mkykh91xhW1qznx1fo7_1280.png[/img] |
Solecist Project
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Posted - 2016.08.25 19:17:19 -
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lol ... it's Everyone vs Everyone. :)
That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
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TigerXtrm
KarmaFleet Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2016.08.25 19:19:56 -
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Technically you are correct, and it should be Eve, since it is the name of the natural wormhole that brought us to New Eden. Either that or EVE is short for a much longer name for that wormhole.
But the most acceptable answer you're going to get is: It's just the way it is. The EVE Online trademark is all caps. The logo is all caps. It's been this way since the game's release I think.
But again, you do have a point.
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Esrevid Nekkeg
Justified and Ancient
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Posted - 2016.08.25 19:33:54 -
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I personally always write EvE.
I picket that manner of writing the name up quite quickly after I started playing. And it stuck ever since. Is that way of writing it the right way? I have no clue actually.
Here I used to have a sig of our old Camper in space. Now it is disregarded as being the wrong format.
Looking out the window I see one thing: Nothing wrong with the format of our Camper! Silly CCP......
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Memphis Baas
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Posted - 2016.08.25 19:42:03 -
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Use whichever you want, I don't think anyone will correct you.
EVE - I'm not going to go through the chronicles to find this particular bit of info, but I think they call it the EVE gate because those 3 letters are all that they found on some of the wreckage. 20,000+ years have passed, so from our characters' point of view the name is part of ancient relics that they found floating in space millennia later. For all we know it could be the same trope as in the first Star Trek movie with VGER (they could have called it Steve, for example).
EVE - CCP has also stylized the E on almost all their logos to the three horizontal lines, and they can't do that with a lowercase e, so they're using it wherever they can.
Eve - CCP has ret-conned some of the lore to say that the Terrans named the gate Eve and (retcon: ) the corresponding departure gate in the Solar system Adam.
EvE - as above, some of the PVP'ers have starting using this abbreviation to explain that the game involves everyone vs. everyone PVP. |
Pandora Carrollon
Dawn of a New Horizon The Republic.
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Posted - 2016.08.25 19:51:03 -
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EVE Forums > EVE Communication Center >> EVE General Discussion >> EVE, Eve, or EvE
Look at your own breadcrumb trail near the top. It answers your question fully, but in case you need explanation:
Eve: Proper Noun, female name. Judaeo-Christian name for the mother of mankind, wife of Adam. (Game claim is that the opposite side of the Eve gate was named Adam, but haven't seen that verified yet.)
EvE: Possible acronym of Everyone vs. Everyone and origin of the name of the game. I have not seen official verification of this yet.
EVE: The official name, title and logo-set of the game from CCP.
So, in a given context it would be valid to use any of the forms. It would ALWAYS be valid to use "EVE" to refer to the game as that is how CCP does it. Your choice though, I don't see anyone standing on ceremony on this point.
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Akatsuki Hikage
Signal Cartel EvE-Scout Enclave
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Posted - 2016.08.25 20:20:51 -
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Memphis Baas wrote:Use whichever you want, I don't think anyone will correct you.
EVE - I'm not going to go through the chronicles to find this particular bit of info, but I think they call it the EVE gate because those 3 letters are all that they found on some of the wreckage. 20,000+ years have passed, so from our characters' point of view the name is part of ancient relics that they found floating in space millennia later. For all we know it could be the same trope as in the first Star Trek movie with VGER (they could have called it Steve, for example).
EVE - CCP has also stylized the E on almost all their logos to the three horizontal lines, and they can't do that with a lowercase e, so they're using it wherever they can.
Eve - CCP has ret-conned some of the lore to say that the Terrans named the gate Eve and (retcon: ) the corresponding departure gate in the Solar system Adam.
EvE - as above, some of the PVP'ers have starting using this abbreviation to explain that the game involves everyone vs. everyone PVP.
Most helpful. Thanks. Seems to me the most grammatically correct methodology is to use EVE when referring to the gate & Eve when referring to the gameGÇöas with any other game. I'll refrain from judging those who do otherwise. |
Solecist Project
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Posted - 2016.08.25 20:21:27 -
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There's an elephant in the room ... ... in form of a sticky.
That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
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Paranoid Loyd
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Posted - 2016.08.25 20:22:55 -
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Call it what you want, if someone corrects you, shoot them!
"There is only one authority in this game, and that my friend is violence. The supreme authority upon which all other authority is derived." ISD Max Trix
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Lulu Lunette
Savage Moon Society
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Posted - 2016.08.25 21:08:23 -
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I always write it like Eve I don't care what the right way is.
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eveyn
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Posted - 2016.08.25 21:08:38 -
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Esrevid Nekkeg wrote:I personally always write EvE. I picket that manner of writing the name up quite quickly after I started playing. And it stuck ever since. Is that way of writing it the right way? I have no clue actually.
Same. EvE. I honestly can't remember why I did started doing that, but with me there's usually a visual cue of some kind that resonates then that's that. It was not "vs." for me. I wonder if I saw some old graphic or something in that format? Or something from the interface itself? GAH! ok now it's bugging the hell out of me....
*EDIT* also: poor ceremony. that must be awfully hard on his back?
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Soel Reit
Dambusters 617 Sq
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Posted - 2016.08.25 21:44:04 -
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it's eVe
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Solecist Project
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Posted - 2016.08.25 21:46:51 -
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Can you imagine that women hate arguing with me?
That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
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Soel Reit
Dambusters 617 Sq
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Posted - 2016.08.25 21:52:15 -
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Solecist Project wrote:Can you imagine that women hate arguing with me?
you are a special case my friend here's some arguments you can use eventually when arguing with them
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Krxon Blade
Apogee Group
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Posted - 2016.08.25 22:12:56 -
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It's +Pv+P
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Vortexo VonBrenner
Raumfahrer Spiff Rakett Piloot Anslutning
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Posted - 2016.08.25 22:15:49 -
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Writing it as "EvE" in game designates that you are referring to this game and not possibly an acronym or person. Most importantly, however, it's the way I learned it and I like it.
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Arkoth 24
Phayder
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Posted - 2016.08.25 22:16:10 -
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Folks, you forgot 'bout "+PGêÜ+P".
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Serene Repose
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Posted - 2016.08.26 00:30:36 -
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EVEr see the logo? By the way; this is the third thread on this topic I've seen in my pitiable few years of playing EVE.
We must accommodate the idiocracy.
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Nana Skalski
Poseidaon
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Posted - 2016.08.26 12:54:31 -
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Krxon Blade wrote:It's +Pv+P GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ
Every part of a game helps to tell a story. =ƒôò
Where is Angry CONCORD guy when you need him.
GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ
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Pandora Carrollon
Dawn of a New Horizon The Republic.
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Posted - 2016.08.26 17:08:31 -
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Nana Skalski wrote:GëíGïüGëí GÖÑ
Like that one... all for vertical?
+¿ > +¿
mathy... GêæVGêæ
or the way some folks think CCP's name should be written: Gé¼Gé¼Gé¦
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Kenrailae
The Scope Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2016.08.26 17:10:56 -
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http://imgur.com/a/T91QU ?
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Gogela
Freeport Exploration Loosely Affiliated Pirates Alliance
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Posted - 2016.08.26 17:34:59 -
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Solecist Project wrote:lol ... it's Everyone vs Everyone. :) Yup. I write it "EvE" because I'm a filthy casual.
The super-pro use "GëíGïüGëí". |
Akatsuki Hikage
Signal Cartel EvE-Scout Enclave
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Posted - 2016.08.28 08:24:04 -
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Serene Repose wrote:EVEr see the logo? By the way; this is the third thread on this topic I've seen in my pitiable few years of playing EVE.
True, but they were locked and no one had covered what I mentioned at the top. |
Solecist Project
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Posted - 2016.08.28 10:33:14 -
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Akatsuki Hikage wrote:Serene Repose wrote:EVEr see the logo? By the way; this is the third thread on this topic I've seen in my pitiable few years of playing EVE. True, but they were locked and no one had covered what I mentioned at the top. Your "smile" looks horrible. ;)
That ringing in your ears you're experiencing right now is the last gasping breathe of a dying inner ear as it got thoroughly PULVERISED by the point roaring over your head at supersonic speeds. - Tippia
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Akatsuki Hikage
Signal Cartel EvE-Scout Enclave
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Posted - 2016.08.28 20:46:25 -
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Solecist Project wrote: Your "smile" looks horrible. ;)
Well, that's just rude. Anyway, it's a smirk. Rather than simply berating me, please offer a suggested method for improvement. |
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