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Re: Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game

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Post by falcolas »

lostgame wrote: post #21

You seriously may want to reconsider the name. ‘Angel Dust’ is a slang for the narcotic PCP - I immediately was confused and only clicked so I could tell what it actually was. Not sure how this didn’t come up before? At any point in development? O.o Edit: whoa, downvotes, really? Care to say why? This is a legitimate concern?

> This is a legitimate concern?

Only for those who would confuse a video game for PCP. Thankfully, those seem few.

And honestly? I certainly didn't associate it with the narcotic when I read the headline. I'm not sure I've even heard that particular slang for quite a number of years.

Re: Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game

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Post by swsieber »

kossTKR wrote: post #30
oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why anyone's downvoting you, but I suspect the name is 100% on purpose - it would be quite the coincidence otherwise. I remember a game called Speedball in the 90s, which was very successful - this is nothing new!

Comparing the words angeldust and the very common word "speed" is not comparable at all. Also the game looks like it's targeted at smaller kids. It would be like creating a minecraft clone and calling it "meth-heads". Thats 100% not what he is doing and if it is, then it's pretty insane.

I haven't heard the term angeldust before, FWIW.

Re: Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game

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Post by Rexxar »

lostgame wrote: post #21

You seriously may want to reconsider the name. ‘Angel Dust’ is a slang for the narcotic PCP - I immediately was confused and only clicked so I could tell what it actually was. Not sure how this didn’t come up before? At any point in development? O.o Edit: whoa, downvotes, really? Care to say why? This is a legitimate concern?

Never heard of this. I'm sure 50% of American don't know this word and 95% of non-native speaker don't know it either. The programmer seems to be Dutch and has no reason to know this American slang word.

Re: Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

kossTKR wrote: post #30
oneeyedpigeon wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure why anyone's downvoting you, but I suspect the name is 100% on purpose - it would be quite the coincidence otherwise. I remember a game called Speedball in the 90s, which was very successful - this is nothing new!

Comparing the words angeldust and the very common word "speed" is not comparable at all. Also the game looks like it's targeted at smaller kids. It would be like creating a minecraft clone and calling it "meth-heads". Thats 100% not what he is doing and if it is, then it's pretty insane.

Not "speed", "speedBALL". It's another example of narcotic slang - I think a combination of heroin and cocaine. Again, it's quite likely whoever picked the name was aware of the meaning.

Re: Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game

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Post by dmje »

matthewcanty wrote: post #10
ItsFirefly wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, I'm sorry that the UI support on Android is a bit limited. Input support is a bit lowest-common-denominator there to work around keyboard bugs.

I would also add that I get a little ticked off when I have to adjust my password manager's defaults - in this case reducing from 64 to 32 characters. In the past I have very-often stopped exploring a new thing at this point but this time I am continuing! Looks great and I also eagerly await more details of it's implementation.

64 character password: overkill, much?

Re: Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game

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Post by manno23 »

lostgame wrote: post #21

You seriously may want to reconsider the name. ‘Angel Dust’ is a slang for the narcotic PCP - I immediately was confused and only clicked so I could tell what it actually was. Not sure how this didn’t come up before? At any point in development? O.o Edit: whoa, downvotes, really? Care to say why? This is a legitimate concern?

This is a legitimite concern for you? It offends your inner marketing sensibilities?

Re: Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game

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Post by [deleted] »

kossTKR wrote: post #28
lostgame wrote: post #21

You seriously may want to reconsider the name. ‘Angel Dust’ is a slang for the narcotic PCP - I immediately was confused and only clicked so I could tell what it actually was. Not sure how this didn’t come up before? At any point in development? O.o Edit: whoa, downvotes, really? Care to say why? This is a legitimate concern?

If you search Google for "Angeldust", literally the first 5 results for me are about the drug PCP. I have no idea how on earth you can even deploy something without Googling it first. Or maybe my personalised results are different? Also i may be wrong about the importance of these results - is it easy to push those down?

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Re: Show HN: Angeldust – a fast and efficient video game

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Post by shamelessApathy »

For the senior citizens viewing this they might relate the term "AngelDust" with the dissociative PCP, let me assure them though, it hasn't been called AngelDust since the 70s. You'd be much more likely to hear it referred to as "wet" or "sherm". IF you went to the ghetto and tried t buy Angel Dust they'd think you were a cop. It's like calling weed "dope". Just a little disambiguation from a drug name etymologist :)
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