Quantcast
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 42799

Naming Gathers - What should this system be called?

G'day everyone,

If, hypothetically, Unknown Worlds was getting close to releasing an organised play system for NS2, what should we call it?

In the NS community, 'gather' is an often used term. However, we can't find evidence of it being used in any other game. It does pop up among some Quake, TF and other harder-core shooter communities, but never as an in game term.

Instead, these systems go by names such as 'Play With Friends' (CS:GO,L4D2). 'Matchmaking' is not an appropriate term, as this hypothetical system does not yet support finding matches based on skill or other variables. Other terms similar to 'gather,' such as PUG ('pick up game'), suffer from some degree of obscurity when used outside harder-core shooter communities.

Names that have been proposed for this hypothetical system include:

Team Play
Gather
Organised Play
PUG
Hangouts
Lobby
Group Play
Queue
Party Mode
Matchmaking
Quick Match

Right now, 'Organised Play' stands out as an appropriate term. It would, hypothetically, sit below 'Play' in the main menu. Play would be renamed 'Browse Servers.'

Hypothetically, of course.

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 42799

Trending Articles



<script src="https://jsc.adskeeper.com/r/s/rssing.com.1596347.js" async> </script>