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CRITICAL POLL - Retcon World Name?

  • Drom 1
  • Iyr 1
  • Mina 2
  • Vor 0
  • I prefer the old name (Rong'lu) 3
  • I've left a suggestion in the comment. 0
  • 2021-09-20
  • 7 votes
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Hey Cosmiteers!

We seriously need your help to decide on our new official world name!

Help us choose between the options below or leave a suggestion in the comments!

When considering the new name, we've tried employing a number of tests, and we encourage you to try them as well!

1. Plug the name into, "The Atlas of _____"

2. Imagine what the inhabitants of the world might be called. I.e. we often refer to people of Earth as "Earthlings". What might a person from the planets Mina or Vor be called?

3. Think of how we use the word earth in English. We call soil "earth". We have terms like "unearthed" to describe digging something up from the ground. We might consider earth to be the planet's surface such as in phrases like, "beneath the earth." Now consider how our options might fit into those roles or roles like them.

Obviously, these tests cover a very narrow scope in terms of how one might decide on a world name. If you have your own tests, we would love to hear about them or how you would use them!

We're going to leave this poll open for a while (maybe two weeks?), so take your time and let us know what you think!!

EDIT: We thought about this after posting the poll and can't change the options now, but we want to include pronunciations so:

Drom pronounced "dr-awm".

Iyr pronounced "eye-er".

Mina pronounced "mee-nuh".

Vor pronounced essentially how it's spelled.

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