A rose by any other name (was Re: POPY FT Movies)

/disclaimer on

Please don't anyone take this the wrong way.

/disclaimer off

Is it just me, or is the (recent) change from referring to Akira's Double Palm as "Byakko" as irritating to others???

If I wanted to speak Japanese, I'd go to the frickin' japanese bbs. But, I don't, and I frequent an english VF board. So. Based on *history*, it's a "Double Palm". Want a shorter word? Write DbPm like we have for over 7 years. But drop the Byakko jargon - please.

If I'm on my own on this - fine. Just reached a boiling point on this today...sorry.

<font color="yellow">.cheers.</font>

edit: moved out of the parent thread in the media board

 

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What's in a name eh? I don't know - everyone understands what it means so it seems practical enough to me. I think everyone got excited from hearing all the Japanese announcers yell BYAKKO!! and it caught on. /versus/images/graemlins/wink.gif I don't see what there is to bitch about really.

 

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I think this is one of those discussions that don't really amount to much, and I use both terms interchangeably anyway, but...

...ever since KSII where Minami won, the memory of the announcer screaming BYAKKO!!! every 5 seconds is just too funny and unforgettable.

Also, byakko is one word and more convenient than double palm. And also, DbPm?? Hard to read, hard to write. I would rather dpalm and spalm...

 

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BYAKKO

 

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<sigh>

Say no more.

 

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I don't think you should be too concerned about it. Its really a matter of what majority wants to say or do, besides it is not even an issue to do with morality. XD

 

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I am generally in favor of using english terms/abbreviations in all cases...

 

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Yes, english. I vote for english.


kbcat

 

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I like a lot of japanese terms,, but i think with vf, only if it was something new,,
kind like if we started calling Yomi - 'the force'..
i'd say byakko,, beats saying ' the two handed Aikaira move '

dope-stino

 

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i dont like the terms
SPOD or DLC either
i think they should change as well /versus/images/graemlins/wink.gif

maybe its a canadian thing to acronym

 

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or just double palm...does not take that much more air :L=)

 

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PhoenixDth said:

i dont like the terms
SPOD or DLC either
i think they should change as well /versus/images/graemlins/wink.gif

maybe its a canadian thing to acronym

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This is not a flame or an attack, I'm just curious. What would you/do call them? What do the Japanese call them? BTW, I don't like "AS3"/"Akira Special 3". However I love "F5" for Wolf's new throw -- everytime I do it I think "REFRESH"


kbcat

 

Can't touch the SPoD

Blasphemy!

Worship the SPoD!













CORN!

 

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While playing a game we consider for a more "mature" audience. I feel really silly calling moves "OF DOOM!"

STUN PALM OF DOOM
TOE KICK OF DOOM

and how does DLC animation correlate anything with a DRAGON LANCE.


its not a shot at canada, but those acronyms did originate from there, and i find it funny that llanfair is the main guy backing up the acronyms

then again i say CORN!!

 

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PhoenixDth said:
and how does DLC animation correlate anything with a DRAGON LANCE.


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You are too mature for question marks, I see.

The actual translation is something like "Dragon Spear Ceremony." Once I read it to be "Festival of the Dragon Spear," which I think is awesome... imagine Yamagishi shouting "Oi! Festival of Dragon SPEAR!!!!!"


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PhoenixDth said:

While playing a game we consider for a more "mature" audience. I feel really silly calling moves "OF DOOM!"

STUN PALM OF DOOM
TOE KICK OF DOOM


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So, be mature (even though I think maturity releases me from worrying about saying Stun Palm of DOOM) and come up with an alternative instead of just complaining without offering a solution.

SPoD counterable is just an awesome thing to say. Guess it's harder to say "TKoD" as a word (tuh-Cod)?

To appease the high maturity of Phoenix Death I decree the following changes:

Stun Palm of Doom shall now be: Stunny Palmy Thingy
Toe Kick of Doom shall now be: Toe Kick of Scandalous Despair!

 

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Plague said:
Stun Palm of Doom shall now be: Stunny Palmy Thingy
Toe Kick of Doom shall now be: Toe Kick of Scandalous Despair!

[/ QUOTE ]

I approve, assuming the exclamation point must be included every time.

 

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Who came up with the name AS3 anyway? Akira Special 3? How lame is that? It's supposed to be ABC (Axe Blade Combo).

 

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Fuck it, who came up with the name Virtua Fighter anyway?? Shouldn't it be Virtual Fighter?

Personally, I think J6 Assassin Fighters is much cooler...