renaming The Rustbelt?
Krippler:
What about The Rust? Just Rust sounds more like a soap opera than something corrupt and vile. I’ve had the problem with too many wild-west influences since that’s the only piece of american mythology our group shares. I always try put in some Fallout or Gamma World stuff as well as rockabilly stuff (after reading that Steven King series I fiercly believe Chtuluesque stuff and rockabilly goes better together than ever Lovecraft’s now) but since it isn’t shared by the whole group it doesn’t catch on as well as the wild-west stuff.
Valamir:
Marshall, every thing you need to know about the real region of the Rust Belt you can get from Billy Joel's "Allen Town".
To summarize: The heyday of the steel industry where hardworking hard drinking men could make seriously good money with barely a highschool education at their pick of sweet union manufacturing jobs stretching from central Pennsylvania through Ohio and into Michigan. Then...the Industrial Age ended with the recessions of the 70s and early 80s, the mills and factories closed down and when American recovered in the mid to late 80s you had lots of hard working men lacking the qualifications to find a good job in the new Service Age and those industrial era manufacturing boom towns all went bust leaving empty mills and factories slowly rusting away.
That's it. No big amount of research required. Like Lance, I initially thought your game was actually intentially a metaphor for exactly that and really like the fact it was called Rust Belt. Rust is just as good as a name, but I had no problem with Rust Belt. And if people start talking and squabbling over it...good...
Marshall Burns:
Quote from: Valamir on November 18, 2008, 10:20:29 AM
And if people start talking and squabbling over it...good...
That really makes me want to keep the name. And not say anything in the text regarding whether that's what it's supposed to be or not.
That, and the fact that everytime I talk about the game, I refer to it as "The Rustbelt" without blinking, totally forgetting for that moment about the idea of a name-change.
Lance D. Allen:
Yes! Stick with it!
Score one for irrationally sticking to your guns, against all comers!
...I'm quite pleased to hear that you're considering keeping the name.
Marshall Burns:
Quote from: Wolfen on November 19, 2008, 09:04:50 AM
Score one for irrationally sticking to your guns, against all comers!
That makes me want to keep the name even more. Because irrationally sticking to your guns against all comers is such a damned Rustbelt thing to do.
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