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Digital Messiah
N7 Corporation
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Posted - 2011.10.05 20:43:00 -
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au-+rum
noun Chemistry .
gold. Symbol: Au
Let the conspiracy theories begin! Also for introducing a mechanic where the biggest fear is gold ammo / ships. Why would CCP choose a name such as aurum. Just wondering if CCP is running out of names like how they name their expansions. Or purposely wanted to fuel the infamous EVE-O conspirators fire.
On a side note, I like the name itself even though I never plan to purchase Aurum. Unless of course they reintroduce some of the old backgrounds like concord, that news one, and the pirate faction, which were awesome. Or cool masks... and head gear to perhaps.
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" |
Handsome Hussein
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Posted - 2011.10.05 20:43:00 -
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Yes, you're actually playing WoW now.
Leaves only the fresh scent of pine. |
Dorian Wylde
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
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Posted - 2011.10.05 20:47:00 -
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Digital Messiah wrote:
Let the conspiracy theories begin! .
Not really a conspiracy theory if it's obvious. |
Serene Repose
Perkone
Caldari State
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Posted - 2011.10.05 20:56:00 -
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Welcome to October, 2011, Digital. I won't keep you. Apparently you have a lot of catching up to do.
Smokestack lightnin' shinin' just like gold. |
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CCP Orion
C C P
C C P Alliance
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Posted - 2011.10.05 20:57:00 -
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Feligast
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
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Posted - 2011.10.05 20:58:00 -
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Sorry, that's not nice, even the devs have problems. Try removing the % out of that link, Orion. |
Jita Alt666
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Posted - 2011.10.05 21:00:00 -
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CCP have always been poor at naming things. Large swathes of space are named after variations of Pacific Island words, Japanese words, South/Central American words. By the time they got to 0.0 they just gave up.
Hell - they started naming the planets - but didn't get much further than Amarr. They then wrote some "lore" to make it fit their laziness. |
Myxx
Atropos Group
Celestial Imperative
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Posted - 2011.10.05 21:00:00 -
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CCP Orion wrote:here's another possible explanation ISK Wiki
how about that? |
Jita Alt666
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Posted - 2011.10.05 21:01:00 -
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Hans Jagerblitzen
Autocannons Anonymous
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Posted - 2011.10.05 21:07:00 -
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Digital Messiah wrote:au-+rum noun Chemistry . gold. Symbol: Au Let the conspiracy theories begin! Also for introducing a mechanic where the biggest fear is gold ammo / ships. Why would CCP choose a name such as aurum. Just wondering if CCP is running out of names like how they name their expansions. Or purposely wanted to fuel the infamous EVE-O conspirators fire. On a side note, I like the name itself even though I never plan to purchase Aurum. Unless of course they reintroduce some of the old backgrounds like concord, that news one, and the pirate faction, which were awesome. Or cool masks... and head gear to perhaps.
Wow, this thread's about two months too late. There was about 87 threads freaking about "Gold Ammo" coinciding with the release of Incarna, Fear of Gold Ammo being one of the primary reasons behind the "lets shoot non-destroyable objects for lulz and lag and pointlessness" Jita protests.
Most of the drama has since subsided, ironically once everyone heard ship spinning was back the pitchforks all went back on the shelf.
I think by now its been said about 87 different ways that CCP is not going to implement pay-to-win schemes. You can certainly try to start another wave of fearmongering, but I don't think it will work this time. Everyone's now distracted by the latest Devblogs. |
Solstice Project
Cult of Personality
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Posted - 2011.10.05 21:20:00 -
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Dorian Wylde wrote:Digital Messiah wrote:
Let the conspiracy theories begin! .
Not really a conspiracy theory if it's obvious.
There's plenty of stuff simply obvious,
but idiots call it a conspiracy theory and ignore it. |
Epiphaniess
Verboten Technologies
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Posted - 2011.10.05 21:26:00 -
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CCP Orion wrote:here's another possible explanation ISK Wiki
I thought the possible explanation was related to this.
Aurum
Since it is related to actual clothing. |
H3llHound
Nex Exercitus
Raiden.
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Posted - 2011.10.05 22:09:00 -
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I cant believe you are the first one to make a thread about this
/sarcasm off |
The Apostle
The Black Priests
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Posted - 2011.10.06 00:24:00 -
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AU is also my countries initials.
Is CCP moving to Australia because we're rare, hard to get and worth heaps?
Please. Then I can nominate for CSM and drive to the meetings.
It's warmer here....
We have no volcanoes....
We have gorgeous women... (they can wear bikinis here!)
And our beer is bonza mate.
Velcome to Orstralia.......
PS: We also have Vegemite.
Take an aspirin. If pain persists consult your local priest.
WTB: An Austrian kangaroo!
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Gealbhan
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Posted - 2011.10.06 00:26:00 -
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The Apostle wrote:AU is also my countries initials.
Is CCP moving to Australia because we're rare, hard to get and worth heaps?
Please. Then I can nominate for CSM and drive to the meetings.
It's warmer here....
We have no volcanoes....
We have gorgeous women... (they can wear bikinis here!)
And our beer is bonza mate.
Velcome to Orstralia.......
I've been to aussie land, this man the truth he speaks. |
Headerman
Quovis
Shadow of xXDEATHXx
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Posted - 2011.10.06 00:31:00 -
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The Apostle wrote:AU is also my countries initials.
Is CCP moving to Australia because we're rare, hard to get and worth heaps?
Please. Then I can nominate for CSM and drive to the meetings.
It's warmer here....
We have no volcanoes....
We have gorgeous women... (they can wear bikinis here!)
And our beer is bonza mate.
Velcome to Orstralia.......
PS: We also have Vegemite.
Not many Austrian Kangaroo's here though 
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Skaz
Skazmanian Industries
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Posted - 2011.10.06 00:31:00 -
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Digital Messiah wrote:au-+rum noun Chemistry . gold. Symbol: Au Let the conspiracy theories begin! Also for introducing a mechanic where the biggest fear is gold ammo / ships. Why would CCP choose a name such as aurum. Just wondering if CCP is running out of names like how they name their expansions. Or purposely wanted to fuel the infamous EVE-O conspirators fire. On a side note, I like the name itself even though I never plan to purchase Aurum. Unless of course they reintroduce some of the old backgrounds like concord, that news one, and the pirate faction, which were awesome. Or cool masks... and head gear to perhaps.
More likely they chose it like they chose the ISK name.
ISK is the international FOREX label for the Icelandic Kr+¦na.
Before Iceland had a decimal currency it had the Kr+¦na and a sub unit called Aurar. With 1 Kr+¦na = 100 Aurar
Aur is a word for "money" in Icelandic. As in "+ëg +í ekki stakan aur" as in "I don't have a penny left"
Edit:
Dammit, didn't see the Dev linking to wiki...foiled again in looking smart on the forums! |
Anya Ohaya
School of Applied Knowledge
Caldari State
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Posted - 2011.10.06 00:45:00 -
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Digital Messiah wrote:au-+rum
noun Chemistry .
gold. Symbol: Au
And if they introduce an Aurum for name change scheme I suggest you secure the name "Captain Obvious".
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The Apostle
The Black Priests
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Posted - 2011.10.06 00:58:00 -
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Headerman wrote:The Apostle wrote:AU is also my countries initials.
Is CCP moving to Australia because we're rare, hard to get and worth heaps?
Please. Then I can nominate for CSM and drive to the meetings.
It's warmer here....
We have no volcanoes....
We have gorgeous women... (they can wear bikinis here!)
And our beer is bonza mate.
Velcome to Orstralia.......
PS: We also have Vegemite. Not many Austrian Kangaroo's here though
Yes. I still laugh at that. Courtesy of a US citizen's poor geography education.
/me can't find the topic...... but trust me, it happened......
Take an aspirin. If pain persists consult your local priest.
WTB: An Austrian kangaroo!
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Jita Alt666
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Posted - 2011.10.06 00:58:00 -
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Anya Ohaya wrote:Digital Messiah wrote:au-+rum
noun Chemistry .
gold. Symbol: Au
And if they introduce an Aurum for name change scheme I suggest you secure the name "Captain Obvious".
That name is gone. Obviously.
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Digital Messiah
N7 Corporation
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Posted - 2011.10.06 16:25:00 -
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Skaz wrote:Digital Messiah wrote:au-+rum noun Chemistry . gold. Symbol: Au Let the conspiracy theories begin! Also for introducing a mechanic where the biggest fear is gold ammo / ships. Why would CCP choose a name such as aurum. Just wondering if CCP is running out of names like how they name their expansions. Or purposely wanted to fuel the infamous EVE-O conspirators fire. On a side note, I like the name itself even though I never plan to purchase Aurum. Unless of course they reintroduce some of the old backgrounds like concord, that news one, and the pirate faction, which were awesome. Or cool masks... and head gear to perhaps. More likely they chose it like they chose the ISK name. ISK is the international FOREX label for the Icelandic Kr+¦na. Before Iceland had a decimal currency it had the Kr+¦na and a sub unit called Aurar. With 1 Kr+¦na = 100 Aurar Aur is a word for "money" in Icelandic. As in "+ëg +í ekki stakan aur" as in "I don't have a penny left" Edit: Dammit, didn't see the Dev linking to wiki...foiled again in looking smart on the forums!
You do realize this thread is about the word AURUM not the abbreviation ISK, right? And you do know that using a word with a Latin base to one with a root of old Norse are also completely different. So trying to say Aurar is the reason they choose to make it Aurum, makes about as much sense as most of the conspiracies we see on the forums. Just saying 
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" |
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
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Posted - 2011.10.06 16:35:00 -
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Digital Messiah wrote:Skaz wrote:Digital Messiah wrote:au-+rum noun Chemistry . gold. Symbol: Au Let the conspiracy theories begin! Also for introducing a mechanic where the biggest fear is gold ammo / ships. Why would CCP choose a name such as aurum. Just wondering if CCP is running out of names like how they name their expansions. Or purposely wanted to fuel the infamous EVE-O conspirators fire. On a side note, I like the name itself even though I never plan to purchase Aurum. Unless of course they reintroduce some of the old backgrounds like concord, that news one, and the pirate faction, which were awesome. Or cool masks... and head gear to perhaps. More likely they chose it like they chose the ISK name. ISK is the international FOREX label for the Icelandic Kr+¦na. Before Iceland had a decimal currency it had the Kr+¦na and a sub unit called Aurar. With 1 Kr+¦na = 100 Aurar Aur is a word for "money" in Icelandic. As in "+ëg +í ekki stakan aur" as in "I don't have a penny left" Edit: Dammit, didn't see the Dev linking to wiki...foiled again in looking smart on the forums! You do realize this thread is about the word AURUM not the abbreviation ISK, right? And you do know that using a word with a Latin base to one with a root of old Norse are also completely different. So trying to say Aurar is the reason they choose to make it Aurum, makes about as much sense as most of the conspiracies we see on the forums. Just saying
You do realize that anyone who paid attention for 5 minutes in chemistry class would've come to the same brilliant deduction it took you two months to piece together?
Au on the periodic chart of elements is gold. Au is short for Aurum.
In other breaking news, Caldari ships are named after birds. Ornithological Conspiracy? It must be!
This is my signature.-á There are many others like it, but this one is mine. |
Digital Messiah
N7 Corporation
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Posted - 2011.10.06 16:38:00 -
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I was simply stating the ironic fact that everyone was worried about gold items. And yet they named their currency gold in Latin. Also, I appear to be the only person so far to post this. So I figured I would give the conspirators something to chat about. In the end do I really care? No, not really. I just hope people have fun with this.
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" |
Trotula
5
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Posted - 2011.10.06 16:41:00 -
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I'll always equate Aurum with how much CCP's CEO Hilmar suffers from the Dunning-Kruger effect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect |
War Kitten
Panda McLegion
64
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Posted - 2011.10.06 17:19:00 -
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Digital Messiah wrote:I was simply stating the ironic fact that everyone was worried about gold items. And yet they named their currency gold in Latin. Also, I appear to be the only person so far to post this. So I figured I would give the conspirators something to chat about. In the end do I really care? No, not really. I just hope people have fun with this.
It's not really ironic if you're the only one who didn't get it until now.
Posting the direct translation of one word into another language and then declaring conspiracy isn't really post-worthy, so yeah, you're the first to do it.
Fun is being had with your observation, no worries. :)
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Digital Messiah
N7 Corporation
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Posted - 2011.10.06 17:26:00 -
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War Kitten wrote:Digital Messiah wrote:I was simply stating the ironic fact that everyone was worried about gold items. And yet they named their currency gold in Latin. Also, I appear to be the only person so far to post this. So I figured I would give the conspirators something to chat about. In the end do I really care? No, not really. I just hope people have fun with this. It's not really ironic if you're the only one who didn't get it until now. Posting the direct translation of one word into another language and then declaring conspiracy isn't really post-worthy, so yeah, you're the first to do it. Fun is being had with your observation, no worries. :)
 fun time
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" |
KhaelaMensha Khaine
North Eastern Swat
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2011.10.06 19:57:00 -
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Aurum is indeed Latin. Latin is a dead language. Nobody speaks it anymore. Interesting marketing to name a currency after a dead language! It should be sold in units of roman numerals 
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Myfanwy Heimdal
Heimdal Freight and Manufacture Inc
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Posted - 2011.10.06 20:01:00 -
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Skaz wrote:
More likely they chose it like they chose the ISK name.
ISK is the international FOREX label for the Icelandic Kr+¦na.
Before Iceland had a decimal currency it had the Kr+¦na and a sub unit called Aurar. With 1 Kr+¦na = 100 Aurar
Aur is a word for "money" in Icelandic. As in "+ëg +í ekki stakan aur" as in "I don't have a penny left"
Edit:
Dammit, didn't see the Dev linking to wiki...foiled again in looking smart on the forums!
AUR is also Welsh for Gold. Then again, there's quite a bit of Scandinavian in Welsh and, of course, Icelandic. |
mkint
122
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Posted - 2011.10.06 20:05:00 -
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Was hoping this thread would be dead by now, but since it's not... Yes, AUR is named after Gold in Latin, even if it's named after the icelandic coins that are named after gold. Also (read the wiki) Krona = crown in latin, as in "money issued by the king." So the hell what. It just means CCP sucks at naming things (surprise surprise) |
Digital Messiah
N7 Corporation
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Posted - 2011.10.06 20:15:00 -
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mkint wrote:Was hoping this thread would be dead by now, but since it's not... Yes, AUR is named after Gold in Latin, even if it's named after the icelandic coins that are named after gold. Also (read the wiki) Krona = crown in latin, as in "money issued by the king." So the hell what. It just means CCP sucks at naming things (surprise surprise)
you had 123 likes, i made it 124 so you reminded me less of sesame street.
"Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" |
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