Doesn't matter where it came from, it's going to be hard to shake it off if you want a new forum to be taken seriously.

That's good there is time, not trying to stir a pot  .  To clarify where I am getting the rushed impression...we first heard about this new site I believe 1 week ago - 10/4.  A new thread was opened to get ideas on names on Tues 10/8, which now is locked, and now there is a POLL thread going on a subset of names...may we note all this name stuff during a busy work week.

Huh. It would be great to have a name like Giant Bomb, that isn't overtly about video games, a forum, etc. (maybe it has some meaning that I don't know about?) Then we don't have to worry about "excluding" people who don't collect, people who play disc-based games, people who like newer games, etc.

Nobody goes through the internet, deciding which websites to visit, based on the URL alone. The name doesn't have to "reflect" what we do on the site.

We'll never be able to agree on a meaningless name though, lol. Here are some randomly generated adjective-noun and noun-noun combos:
Panda Bone
Jolly Forgery
Black Pizza
Local Pollution
Upper Unit
Math Country
Egg Deposit
Vast Emphasis

I was tempted to throw Purple Ganon in there

Nice, I do hope it goes through. I'm also curious if there's a way to remove definitions from Ubran Dictionary. Most of us seem to like the name, it's just that UD definition that's putting people off, and while it is funny and all, I do wonder if it'd be for the best for it be removed if the new site was named that. I admit I don't know much about how UD works, but if there's a way to remove it or to contant an admin or something and request to have it removed, then I feel like that would pretty much seal the deal on the most liked name currently in the running.

  Dude, Upper Unit. Gotta lean into the elitist collector stereotype. Most of these are great bad band names. Did you get the new Panda Bone record?

Panda Bone.... I like it

I already looked into it since I was hoping we could have Bass remove it. Bit it's in UDs hands and I don't like the odds of an appeal.

If we refer to VG or Gaming generically for video games, we could really open the door for anything video game related (all brands, arcades, pinballs, speedrunning, contests etc).

Some rough ideas:
VGFanatics
GamingFanatics
GamingCave
GamingCove
VGParadise
GamingParadise
VGPortal
GamingPortal
GamingRetreat
GamingHeadquarters
GamingCC (Collector Community)
VGStompingGround

It's not about Urban Dictionary. Purple Ganon already has only one definition. If you look back at the thread about the guy who was tricked into thinking he had a rare Zelda cart where Ganon is purple, you can see by the comments that it only ever meant one thing. Hilarious thread, but an Urban Dictionary entry means nothing. Someone will join and say "lol why is it called Purple Ganon?" and people will give the same answers they do here, inside joke about dicks and all. I'm ok if the name is Purple Ganon, but don't think the UD page is the thing that keeps others from liking it.

http://nintendoage.com/forum/mess...

"Wow that's amazing. If you don't want it you can give me a purple ganon. XD "
"make sure you post a picture of your purple gannon! "
"A little off topic: Does anyone think the dead battery will hurt the price of a Purple Gannon? If I'm getting a Purple Gannon, I certainly want it to be fully functioning from start to finish. "

I'm with fox. I think all of the video game word salad names suck balls.

I think it is though. People seem primarily embarrassed that it's the top hit. Which is why one solution is dislodging it.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that honestly IS the main thing for most people. That's the only thing that would allow newcomers to readily know what it even means.

But it already means that thing. If it didn't mean that thing, we wouldn't even be talking about it. The plan is to all agree never to speak the definition?

yoshiscookie.com
superscope6.com
samusisagirl.com
iszeldatheboy.com
koopatroopas.com

The Purple Ganon site name is being a little over thought here. It's a joke. I'm sure most folks don't really want it to be the name that bad. The though behind it is that it's an inside joke and members he voting that name only are doing so because it's relatable to them as Nintendo Age members.
A Pruple Ganon vote is for folks that just want to move the existing community to another site.
A vote for a different name more serious name is, a vote to attract new collectors and gamers. A fresh start.

It's not just a joke and reference. Its memorable, and lurid.

The word salad names are lost in the crowd. Biteless. Plain.

From the Giant Bomb wikipedia article:

"In the process of deciding on the name for the website, over seventy different domain names were considered. Gerstmann wanted the website name to be catchy and original, saying there were too many video game websites with the word "game" in them."

No, people seem to be thinking that if someone knows what the term means before they join the site that it might alienate them, which frankly I don't really think would happen anyway, but if it did, if they were already a part of the community then by that point I don't think they'd care about the meaning of some stupid inside joke.

And yeah, that is what it means, but if the UD definition wasn't there, it'd go from a term who's definition is readily available to just an inside joke among the community.

I mean it IS a joke to be fair, but it actually would be a good name in addition to being an in-joke among everyone, not just because it's a jokey reference to the previous site. Also, while I totally see where you're coming from with a new name being a vote to attract newer people and the ganon one just attracting the same community, I think pretty much no matter what the name is it'll probably attract around the same amount of new members regardless, so at least for me personally this is less about concerns on whether or not people would be alienated or if people would like it at first glance, it's more for me about deciding on a name that's memorable and related to the hobby in some way, while not being overly generic, which if that damned definition of it never came to be, Purple Ganon would be exactly that.

I think Purple Ganon is the most distinctive so far, just 2 simple words that aren't genericly gamey. Even if the name doesn't mean anything to someone, the logo would speak for itself. The biggest weakness is probably that Ganon has two spellings (Gannon/Ganon) as you can tell from people just typing it in this thread.

I did check and for just $8.99 it could be CornballCocksuckers.com. Kidding aside, I've had a hard time thinking of good names as well.

It's shit and a reference to an old joke that wasn't even that funny in the first place.

Come up with a less generic name sure, but's he's spot on about the connotation. Additionally, it perpetuates the sterotype about this place being an elitist circle jerk.  
 

Are we trying to pretend that Purple Ganon doesn't mean anything? No, its meaning is exactly why it has legs. I'm fine if it gets picked, but we mostly agree that if the definition were readily available, it would turn people away. That means we're purposefully planning to be secretive about the name, so that when new people join and say "haha, why Purple Ganon?" we can all say "idk lol" and then give each other high-fives and purple ganons while we giggle about our inside joke. Cool community.

If we're forthcoming about the joke, it will 100% find its way back to UD.

I like cartsandconsoles the best out of those options but think we can do better. I can't think of much myself.

BossRush.com
BatteriesNotIncluded.com

Oooh I like that one

 

Well then let's hear it