[Ginger]

This has bothered me a while, I've seen rpiers talk about how they're not fans of made up fantasy worlds, simply because of complex made-up words/names.


I wanted to know, how do you feel about complex board names?


Do you enjoy fancy board names, long comedy names, simple or repetitive? There are various of styles and of names, so what sort of board names do you enjoy?

Is having problems on going just general ex{Desert,Forest} or actual names {Noctis Forest,Glittering Desert} and information...

[gimmick]

Assuming you're talking about the rp boards and not ooc, I'm not sure what you mean by "fancy board names, long comedy names, simple or repetitive". I think the important thing is if it seems like a realistic name people in that rp's setting, or any setting would give for such-and-such place. It'd also depend on the scale of the area in relation to the world you made. Take rl for example—a small forest in the suburbs that you pass while driving probably isn't going to be known as anything beyond "that forest over there". On the other hand, if the overarching setting is bigger and the forest is bigger, it'd make sense for people living in that world to give it a name to set it apart from any random patch of woods.

tldr: From an ic perspective (imo that's the only one that matters for effective world-building), is it something that would make sense if a character were to put it on a map? Does it seem more plausible for them to label a river The River, Shabalabadingdong or Shabalabadingdong River?

[Elena]

I want something simple, easy to remember.