FOUNDERS: Name the AI players!

Greetings!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1k-0Hns06JFdgdqCFiTf5DD-cMtj65V0Ge3fUN1XDybU/edit?usp=sharing 

For Ashes 1.0, the AI players will be part of the meta game.  That is, we will have different AI personalities and strategies and they will be ranked.  This will let us objectively tell which AI strategies work...and which ones don't.

To identify them, we want to have names.

The names must be short (<10 characters).

Go ahead and insert some names in there.  Any blanks at the end of January will get filled in by me so please feel free to fill them in.  I will be editing the list to remove names that we feel don't work (i.e. Vader, Stinky, poop, etc.).

Cheers and thanks!

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Agamemnon,  after reading the Brain Herbert dune prequels as well as loving greek mythology I always thought this was a great name for an AI.

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Quoting tatsujb, reply 2

Heaven. Lu xun. Elbiroft.
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You know Lu Xun (鲁迅)? I am impressed if you do!

I like the idea of having names from many languages.

Another Chinese one most will get would be Sun Zi, or more commonly written Sun Tzu, the writer of the Art of War. A fitting name for one of the hardest A.I perhaps.

Zhuge Liang is another very famous strategist all the Chinese gamers will know and appreciate.

Perhaps, Genghis for an AI which spams a lot of fast units;Caesar for a good tactician AI.

I also like Ulysses/Odysseus (A Greek Hero who appears in the Iliad).

Or if you wanted to go another route names like Crusher, Annihilator, Smasher, Destroyer are simple ones, possibly best for easier A.I., nice bit of irony.

Writing this I think giving each tier of difficulty its own theme might be a neat way of going about this. It would make it fun and also players would learn to know from a glance what difficulty the AI is at.

The first names I gave would be under Generals (not luxun) and might fit in one of the harder AI difficulties. The list, Crusher, Smasher etc. would all fit under another lot. Perhaps the hardest lever AI would be named after Greek/Norse/Roman etc. deities. 

For fun another lot could be John, David, James, Peter, Sarah, Hannah, Liz, Mary, i.e. very ordinary names. Just as an example of a theme, don't have to use that one...If you did must have Bob :)


 

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Not sure if you are playing with me or if wires have simply been crossed. The Luxun I refer to, a giant in modern Chinese literature, has been dead a long time...so...I guess he would be pretty chill and laid back but I don't think it is the same dude :)

 

  

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Ah cool, I did do a very quick search for a gaming Lu xun but nothing came up. Sounds like he is/was pretty good, in my day it was all about Thresh dominating in Quake.

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Feel free to put in a bunch of names at this point.  I'll go through and remove any that don't work.  I am hoping to finish this up by the end of next week.

 

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Quoting Frogboy, reply 8

Feel free to put in a bunch of names at this point.  I'll go through and remove any that don't work.  I am hoping to finish this up by the end of next week.
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List them here or put them on the spreadsheet? I would think listing them here would be safer.

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lol

So do we write them on the spreadsheet or here?

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If we write them into the spreadsheet someone who has too much spare time on their hands(not me of course ;)) could fill them all in on their own ha. Probably not cool

 

Edit. Ps. This might interest you ASADDF

http://steamcommunity.com/app/228880/discussions/1/458604254439275678/

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Alright, I've filled in a bunch but I don't want to hog all the spots :P 

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Quoting Sargeras77, reply 12

Edit. Ps. This might interest you ASADDF

http://steamcommunity.com/app/228880/discussions/1/458604254439275678/
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what? why no one see or like my maps? :&#39;) <X3 :| :hugme:

Frogboy  i did post the 3 links (3 maps) on the Steam forums hope you like them

of course they are not perfect but i think they are cool

Thx Ticktoc for the link.

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delet

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Quoting The_Engenieer, reply 14

I have 17 original Maps + 6 FAF reworked maps 4 i have let the Special Review guys take it since they like so mush my youtube reviews on that maps.
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So you made 27 custom unofficial maps so far? wow that's a lot.

The truth is that using the map editor is really easy, i can make maps in less than an hour, i just haven't done more yet because there is no good way to show the maps to the community

What the Dev'e need to do is:

First find a way to lock the maps that you make, so no one can steal them or change them.

Create in the game a Custom maps options for the Community to download and try.

Many things need to be done but i guess that will happen after V1, so the best option right now is create the maps and keep them for yourself till they give us a way to show it to everyone.

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:borg:

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I'd love to check out your maps.

Do you have a master list with a download link?

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Quoting Frogboy, reply 17

I'd love to check out your maps.

Do you have a master list with a download link?
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Right now just 3 maps

let me know and hope you will like them.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7nS5H87AGg1RHM5bU5uMmpsMWs/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7nS5H87AGg1MlQ2U3dET3Q5ZUU/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7nS5H87AGg1VXpaUUI1QTlKWmc/view?usp=sharing

 

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My Suggestions:

 

Sana

Wilking

Joplang

Nakimaru

Hestera

Turin (i love lotr)

Aritoka