The "choir" thing just gives me the chills, man. Sound doesn't propagate through vacuum and they are a spy faction. What is this sinister choir I don't even hear? And a choir usually echoes with lots of reverb. It's a f***ing silent choir of ghosts! Damn, that idea is good!

I quoted JamesHarrison in the initial name vote because I liked this name. Since it was JamesHarrison having made this suggestion in the initial naming vote that really sparked more people to call for a contest in the first place I would like both him and Domokun84 to receive credit if this wins.

This name. This is the one. I was goign to think up my own to submit, but no, this one works.

yep, Gintama it is!

sadly someone else already had "MADAO" and as we can't use any symbols (like a period -> M.A.D.A.O. or a minus -> M-A-D-A-O) i had to add a number ...

MADAO7 wrote:

Abrasax wrote:

Sorry. I don't like it. Anything that sounds like it was named by the United Empire doesn't properly reflect the idea of naming an ancient alien race. I am a bit disappointed by the recent change from great names like Sophon, Sheredyn, Horatio, etc. to names like Riftborn or Unfallen. It just seems generic in general and lacking sincerity.

yeah, same here.
i think a name should be something unique, a single word, not a brief description or something one would expect from a tooltip.
afterall i.e. dogs are called ... well ... "dogs" and not something like "barking quadrupedal carnivore".

(yeah, i know that there are a lot of race/species-names [in RL] where the description kind of morphed into a name, but all those names were given by another race/species, meaning they did not have a name for themself [i.e. animals] or the "namer" just ignored it / didn't care [unknown cultures] ... i would imagine a spacefaring ancient species already has a name ... so, are we ignorant and don't care about that?)

still, "Umbral Choir" doesn't sound that bad ... i think i could live with that (but no vote from me, sorry).

No need to be sorry mate! It's all part of the collaboration process! Everyone has their own tastes and preferences and thats what makes this a great team and community. Also love your name is it a reference to Gintama by any chance?

Abrasax wrote:

Sorry. I don't like it. Anything that sounds like it was named by the United Empire doesn't properly reflect the idea of naming an ancient alien race. I am a bit disappointed by the recent change from great names like Sophon, Sheredyn, Horatio, etc. to names like Riftborn or Unfallen. It just seems generic in general and lacking sincerity.

No sweat borther, to each his own. Usually an ambigous name is created in order to part a certain sense of the unknowable and alien element. Drones or beings without individuality would reflect this well. I guess it all comes down to whether you like to think of this race as a collective or individuals with independent will.

Sorry. I don't like it. Anything that sounds like it was named by the United Empire doesn't properly reflect the idea of naming an ancient alien race. I am a bit disappointed by the recent change from great names like Sophon, Sheredyn, Horatio, etc. to names like Riftborn or Unfallen. It just seems generic in general and lacking sincerity.

The name sounds great - sinister and mysterious, but not at all edgy - very fitting for an ancient, shadowy spy faction!
I really like the Evangelionesque "angelic" potential, but we could also go for the "eerie sounds" naming convention (Echoes, Whispers, Murmurs, Shrieks etc.)

This sounds very nice and leaves space for a creepy backstory, something we´re missing so far. I like it!

Ellume wrote:

I quoted JamesHarrison in the initial name vote because I liked this name. Since it was JamesHarrison having made this suggestion in the initial naming vote that really sparked more people to call for a contest in the first place I would like both him and Domokun84 to receive credit if this wins.

Personally I'm fine with that, we both came up with the same name so it's just a matter of timing. To paraphrase one if my favorite books "Its timeliness and not originality that men value most!"

But the way the polls are going so far it looks like we may be runner up to Lifthrasir which is also interesting.

I believe they usually take the top few and then create a vote. I'm looking forward to seeing what all the top choices are! Currently looks like this one will be in the list.

It somehow feels like the name "tha watchers" but better designed with more flair. 

I have posted the Keepers of the Eclipsed tomes if you want to vote for that too! :-)


Really enjoying this contest :)