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Burgess
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Joined: 17 May 2003
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Location: Almost Heaven WV, USA
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:03 am |
What inspired DE/Epic to name their bot in Unreal Tournament 2K3/4 Syzygy?
It's not that hard of a question so don’t go searching on the internet. We are working on the honor system. If no one knows the answer I will post it later today. If you do know the answer just post it in our forums. The winner will receive pimpage on the site. |
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Nem1611
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Joined: 22 Sep 2004
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Location: Livermore, CA
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ivan [ivangraphics]
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:24 am |
is it like Sizy Guy?  
I think i will not put much thoughts on that... |
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secondscout
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:55 am |
the only syzygy reference i know is from the x-files, where there was an episode with that title once. don't really know what happened in it; not a big fan myself. of course, it's not exactly a very common word, and it's not that well-known either, so maybe they really did get it from there.
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Burgess
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Location: Almost Heaven WV, USA
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 9:31 am |
Keep guessing |
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LeGoLaS_NL
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:07 pm |
"syzygy" is a internet company isnt it?? they make website and stuff... i found there page the other day when i was searching on the net for free webspace  maybe they made the www.unrealtournament.com website??
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LeGoLaS_NL
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 1:11 pm |
btw i forgot!! its a good rockband!! i have a cd of them
"Cosmos and Chaos" its called or something :S
edit: maybe our *cough* good *cough* friend *cough* Mark Rein listens to it   |
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Burgess
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Location: Almost Heaven WV, USA
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 2:13 pm |
Keep guessing
Do you guys want the answer tonight or do you want to wait until Monday? Np either way with me. And don't feel bad none of the UO staff knew the answer either. This is open to all the Unreal fansites staff also (BU, PU, ect). |
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Burgess
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Fri Oct 01, 2004 7:35 pm |
Ok here it goes
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In 1972, three friends decided to invent and market the worlds first commercially feasible video game. They were Nolan Bushnell, Ted Dabney and Larry Bryan. To become a partner each man had to submit a $100 to start the project - a remarkably small sum when you consider the company's success. The next step was to find a name!
Drinking beer and thumbing through the dictionary one day, the three friends came across an interesting entry under "S". The word was Syzygy, or "the straight-line configuration between three celestial bodies". What a perfect name, they thought, for three astronomically talented people!
Bushnell and Dabney applied for the name Syzygy to the office of the California Secretary of State, which regulates California Corporations, but were told they were too late. The name was already taken. Following unsuccessful attempts to buy the rights of the name from the first Syzygy corporation, which appeared to be inactive, the friends' solicitor pressed them to think up an alternative.
This time they decided to make a list of several Go words to see if one of them would fly as the new corporate name. First choice was "Sente", which means "the upper hand" - something that greatly appealed. Second and third choices were "Atari" which has a similar meaning to the English "Check", and "Hanne", an acknowledgement of an overtaking move. Bushnell and Dabney submitted the list once again to the Office of the Secretary of State, which approved "Atari", and the rest is history. |
http://www.atari-explorer.com/atariname.html
So a few years back Infogrames purchased Hasbro which owned Atari and became the new Atari. As you know UT2K3 was released using the Atari label and I assume someone from Epic/DE/Atari ran out of bot names or was very clever. |
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