I do not mind magicks. In one of the Warcraft 1 stage intros, the Orc commander says you need to destroy some human magicks.
And besides, Magick is the original version of the word.
I have no issue with Daemon either, since the most common use of the word is by Orcs in Warcraft. It is the orcish word for demon.
I just like Vampire better for some reason. But I think Vampyre is the original. Or at best the Olde English version, (although technically the route word is somehow "Strigoi" which is the Romanian word for Vampire) and few people speak that frequently every day.
I play Warhammer 40,000, and while I most go Chaos Hordes (which has Greater Daemons) I do sometimes play Orks. So I do not mind the word Ork instead of Orc, I view the two series, Warhammer, and Warcraft as they always have been (since the falling out between Blizzard and Games Workshop), as two seperate entities. If they have similar creatures looking creatures, but with totally different languages, society structure, and culture that having two different (yet similar) names probably due to the fact they have different languages, is not an issue for me.
I detest Elfs, Elfish and anything that has those santa's workshop like Elfs. Thank god for Tolkien. Elves are so far removed from Elfs. That Elfs should be locked in a box and never let out.
Dwarfs I am a little on the fence about. But lea nmore towards Dwarves. Viking and Norse mythology has Dwarfs and the are miners, gold horders, warriors and well just plain awesome. But Nursey Rhymes and Fairy Tales have Dwarfs and they are mostly retarts with names like Dopey and Silly and err Dumbass. And they drag the concept of Dwarf down into the muck and bile. So to avoid any connectation with shitty Disney films with moronic Dwarfs, I like Dwarves.
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I just went by the spellings here, because honestly any author/writer can choose whatever name he wants.
2nd option on everythng except vampire, which would equal most established spelling in modern fantasy games I suppose. Although Daemon does work at times.
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I choose
Dwarvish because it sounds smoother
Eflish because thats what is usedin the witcher
Magic because k is just unnessesary
Demon not Deamon because it looks silly
Vampire becuase pyre is already something and if you combine the 2 it is just silly
so yup thats that
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I choose Dwarves because one of the first games I ever played (besides Diablo) was Gauntlet, in which I always used the dwarf. (Trust me, that game is good when your friend would come over each day during Summer to play it).
Daemons because that's how Rotting Christ says demon, lol.
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The terminology used depends on the author and his vision of the universe; I don't have any preference regarding which is used as long as it is used consistently.
This really depends on what the term is being used in. For instance, in Final Fantasy XII I'd always prefer Magicka, but if I were reading Terry Brooks, I'd prefer Magic. Why? I don't know, it just seems to fit with them in my mind- the original word with more medieval stories and the more robust one with mixed fantasy. Orc will always be Orc for me since my first exposure to it was from J.R.R. Tolkien and the modified term to me is like trying to 1) fix something that isn't broken, so to say, or 2) trying to put your own spin on something someone already created perfectly. Dwarven/Elven is basically the same deal- Tolkien basically coined the terms (though both predate him) en masse and affected the entire fantasy community (and is the literary father of most of it), so I believe using those terms as he used them would be doing him honor for his genius and prowess in the world of fantasy. Also, technically, Dwarves is the correct plural of Dwarf, since knife is knives or leaf is leaves. I don't know why English has to be so frikkin' stupid and make all these damned exceptions for everything. We should all just learn Qenya or Sindarin (although I prefer the former)
Because nobody says "barved" instead of "barfed". So I'm not sure here, it can go either way for me.
It's weird you say "I took a bath" (barf) and you say "I bathed" (Baved). You're saying "I barfed" with an f sound, you are saying a v sound, and it feels rather natural. To me Elven or Dwarven feels quite natural. And almost all medieval fantasy games use it since they are modeled on Tolkienesque creatures. He was one of the first to use the different spelling, and since his works were published its been a staple of many things from Dungeons and Dragons, to Warhammer to Warcraft.
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If theres any others just post them and I'll add them because theres probably loads more I've forgotten
Please only post for one vs its equivalent :rolleyes: If you posted for all of them that would just be silly
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And besides, Magick is the original version of the word.
I have no issue with Daemon either, since the most common use of the word is by Orcs in Warcraft. It is the orcish word for demon.
I just like Vampire better for some reason. But I think Vampyre is the original. Or at best the Olde English version, (although technically the route word is somehow "Strigoi" which is the Romanian word for Vampire) and few people speak that frequently every day.
I play Warhammer 40,000, and while I most go Chaos Hordes (which has Greater Daemons) I do sometimes play Orks. So I do not mind the word Ork instead of Orc, I view the two series, Warhammer, and Warcraft as they always have been (since the falling out between Blizzard and Games Workshop), as two seperate entities. If they have similar creatures looking creatures, but with totally different languages, society structure, and culture that having two different (yet similar) names probably due to the fact they have different languages, is not an issue for me.
I detest Elfs, Elfish and anything that has those santa's workshop like Elfs. Thank god for Tolkien. Elves are so far removed from Elfs. That Elfs should be locked in a box and never let out.
Dwarfs I am a little on the fence about. But lea nmore towards Dwarves. Viking and Norse mythology has Dwarfs and the are miners, gold horders, warriors and well just plain awesome. But Nursey Rhymes and Fairy Tales have Dwarfs and they are mostly retarts with names like Dopey and Silly and err Dumbass. And they drag the concept of Dwarf down into the muck and bile. So to avoid any connectation with shitty Disney films with moronic Dwarfs, I like Dwarves.
Noo where's ma drink! Ah canna shoot straight wi'oot ae pint o' fine dwarven ale!
2nd option on everythng except vampire, which would equal most established spelling in modern fantasy games I suppose. Although Daemon does work at times.
Dwarvish because it sounds smoother
Eflish because thats what is usedin the witcher
Magic because k is just unnessesary
Demon not Deamon because it looks silly
Vampire becuase pyre is already something and if you combine the 2 it is just silly
so yup thats that
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I choose Dwarves because one of the first games I ever played (besides Diablo) was Gauntlet, in which I always used the dwarf. (Trust me, that game is good when your friend would come over each day during Summer to play it).
Daemons because that's how Rotting Christ says demon, lol.
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That's how Phillip Pullman writes it. although it has a totally different meaning from Demon... more like a companion
It's weird you say "I took a bath" (barf) and you say "I bathed" (Baved). You're saying "I barfed" with an f sound, you are saying a v sound, and it feels rather natural. To me Elven or Dwarven feels quite natural. And almost all medieval fantasy games use it since they are modeled on Tolkienesque creatures. He was one of the first to use the different spelling, and since his works were published its been a staple of many things from Dungeons and Dragons, to Warhammer to Warcraft.
I think everyone does... LOL