Poll: Renaming C7 (Part Zero? Stepping Back)

[WildWeazel]

Polling will continue until nomenclature improves!

Since the previous polls had so many options and were very inconclusive, I want to take a step back and ask first what kind of name we should use to see if there is a signal in the noise. Of all those mentioned, I see them falling into the 5 broad categories below. Pick your preferences, and we'll go from there.

Of course, non-binding poll as we're still under Despotism!

Explanation of the choices:

Mononym: In the style of Civilization, a one-word title describing the concept.
Examples: Polity, Civitas, Holocene, Statecraft, Millennia, HUMANKIND

Thematic: A few words or brief phrase that evokes the historical 4X theme.
Examples: "C&C" format, Epic History, Vox Populi, Rise of Nations

Creative: A longer and/or more unique title that isn't as literal.
Examples: One Turn Deserves Another, From Stone Age to Space Age, Past is Prologue, Weight of the Crown, Call to Power

FOSS-style: Following the common pattern of open-source clones, just add a stylistic prefix/suffix.
Examples: ReCiv, OpenCiv, CiviLibre, CivPi, UnCiv

Obscure: A codename that makes no attempt to be marketable.
Examples: C7, Threepeat, Project 312

 

[Vuldacon]

Thematic

 

[WildWeazel]

Is it worth switching from C7 to Heavy Is The Crown just so one day we can start a teaser trailer with the line (click for timestamp) -

....maybe.

 

[Quintillus]

I favor '80s rock bands over 90s rock bands (yes, I realize it's a new song, but still not my preferred style of rock or metal). But Heavy is the Crown is not a bad name at all, much better than C7. Might be even better with an increased political focus than Civ-like games have traditionally had. Creative with hints of thematic.

The other name I thought of a while back is Strategikon, after the Byzantine military manual. Mononym with hints of thematic.

Both appear to be available from a not-used-for-other-games standpoint.

 

[WildWeazel]

Like most of what I say on this topic I'm mostly joking, but when I had a conversation about the naming situation shortly after hearing the song for the first time, it struck me that not only is Heavy Is The Crown a perfectly cromulent name, but the lines "cause I'm tired of explaining what the joke is, this is what you asked for: heavy is the crown" would be a very apt narrative to announce the new name. Not to mention a real banger of a trailer intro.

Anyway, more votes