Steelshrapnel Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Munchers for the win. Dr Gonzo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlgJ0E Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 goonplural noun: goons1.a silly, foolish, or eccentric person.2.a bully or thug, esp. one hired to terrorize or do away with opposition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcentriCreation Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Since the Devs are going Romero style, I'm gonna say "them" or "those things"... eg. "Help me get these sheets on the windows so those things outside can't see us" "There's not too many of them out there now but keep making too much noise & that will change" If you think about it, that's actually the way people talk.... How many times a day do you use the word human? You take your dog for a walk, How many times do you use the word dog?I actually think anything else will make the dialogue appear cheesy & intentionally avoiding a name for them would make for some pretty interesting creative writing EDIT:"I don't need protection, I took out three of them on the way here" Further more avoiding a name for them allows the player to fill in the gaps themselves & call them whatever they want, just like avoiding the lore Rathlord, EreWeGo and Suomiboi 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waib Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDan Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 I disliked SOTD Since the Devs are going Romero style, I'm gonna say "them" or "those things"... eg. "Help me get these sheets on the windows so those things outside can't see us" "There's not too many of them out there now but keep making too much noise & that will change" If you think about it, that's actually the way people talk.... How many times a day do you use the word human? You take your dog for a walk, How many times do you use the word dog?I actually think anything else will make the dialogue appear cheesy & intentionally avoiding a name for them would make for some pretty interesting creative writing EDIT:"I don't need protection, I took out three of them on the way here" Further more avoiding a name for them allows the player to fill in the gaps themselves & call them whatever they want, just like avoiding the lore True, I guess a lot of ZGames fed me with a name for 'them'. Despite no other being as realistic as Zomboid. Thinking of most of the games that did use names for them, they were mostly using "special" types of infected. Great points though, as just like Rathlord and I don't like Zomboids, it would be practically forcing us to name them something we don't want to. Or try to ignore every encounter that has their name on it. Essentially I was thinking that there might be a barrier during some point and a name could fix it, but maybe it would be fine without naming them anything, at least in-game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zak Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Zack. "Zack incoming!" "um... wait, how did i get outside?!?" this would cause frequent existential crises as i cannot be in two places at once =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gonzo Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Well, as the game has it practically in the title, I'd say they should call them Zomboids. Though ISTR someone suggesting to rename PZ into "This is how you died." because he like that line so much.Keep the suggestions coming Anyway, what about Zoids? Then we could play "avoid the zoid" Footmuffin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suomiboi Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I agree with "them", as I also like to think that there's no pop-culture including zombie films in these sort of games or movies. It chews away from the immersion if they know what to call them. Just like Don Rosa's Donald Ducks are (or should I say were ) based on the 50's. It's the thing that keeps it somewhat credible and true to the original idea. About the zomboid thing though, it wouldn't surprise me if people started calling them zomboids as this sort of thing happens a lot in pop culture... Just as an example, Alice Cooper was originally the name of the band, but everyone just thought it was the name of the singer so it stuck. I wouldn't like to call them zomboids either as it's a bit of a silly name imo to be in a horrorish game, but as I said it wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelshrapnel Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 ...I still stand with munchers. Viceroy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathlord Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 ...I still stand with munchers. It can't be munchers due to forum history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suomiboi Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 ...I still stand with munchers.You truly are unwavering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelshrapnel Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 ...I still stand with munchers. It can't be munchers due to forum history. Do tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffyzombie Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 If I remember correctly, they would call them, 'them'. Dun dun dun. It's actually "Them™" Can't infringe on that copyright. OT: What's wrong with just calling them zombies? That's what they are in the end. it was actually candymen but since candy was copyrighted the stone had to move it over to "Them™" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rathlord Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 It's something (well, someone) you would have had to be here for on our old forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typha Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Shamblers, Lurkers, Stalkers, Pseudos, Biters, Ogres, Wights, Ghouls, Pale Palms, Infected White Walkers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelshrapnel Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 It's something (well, someone) you would have had to be here for on our old forums.Ahh, I see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZedHead Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Deadheads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExcentriCreation Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Essentially I was thinking that there might be a barrier during some point and a name could fix it, but maybe it would be fine without naming them anything, at least in-game. I wouldn't mind different people using different descriptives if there was absolutely no way to write around it. A medical examiner would be more likely to refer to them as a descriptive observation, "re-animated corpse" for example, while a news reporter would be more likely to name them in a way that everyone would know exactly what they were, "flesh-eating ghouls" (Romero Again )I seriously doubt there would be many people on the planet who would be zen/chill enough to give a pet name to the monsters outside that are trying to eat them alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewok Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 N-N-N-Necro!If you take 'Munchers' off the table due to forum history, the trolls win.If It truly is out of bounds, how about 'Biters'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gonzo Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 What about "nippers" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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