An urgent matter : V

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:11 am

Finally after years of waiting and wishing, Bethesda has announced the next installment in the Elder Scrolls series. I haven't been in such high spirits in a long time, and many of you are the same - so begins a new age of relentless forum speculation and overanolyzing trailers. Just in time for the holidays, too. But there's just one issue which has left me ruminative:

How are we going to abbreviate Skyrim?
SK, SY, SR, SI (taken), SM (hot)

I call the continental Elder Scrolls naming summit to order! :celebration:

» Sat May 28, 2011 2:30 am

I'am going for the obvious one.... SKY :tongue:

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:34 am

SM or SR

» Sat May 28, 2011 6:09 am

Why not ESV?

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:58 am

I'am going for the obvious one.... SKY :tongue:

I'll drink to that! :foodndrink:

erm...

That's what I'd use, but I'll probably just right it all out...

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:04 am

Why do we need to simplify it?

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:53 pm

An emote of a dragon with a beard.

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:06 am

We really don't, considering nobody abbreviates Arena - both that and Skyrim are mercifully short names compared to the other installments in the series. But still, one will probably emerge sooner or later.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:48 am

I've always abbreviated it as SK.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:43 am

We should make a poll.

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:15 pm

Why not ESV?

^ This here

» Sat May 28, 2011 1:46 am

DF
MW
OB
SR

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:22 pm

Arena - It's so badass it gets its full title

DF - Daggerfall

MW - Morrowind

OB - Oblivion

So following that general pattern, I support SkyRim, SR

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:06 am

Arena - It's so badass it gets its full title

DF - Daggerfall

MW - Morrowind

OB - Oblivion

So following that general pattern, I support SkyRim, SR

Aye, I support this too. :thumbsup:

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:00 pm

Aye, I support this too. :thumbsup:

I vote SK.

I like your avatar, by the way, Vollkoffer.

» Sat May 28, 2011 8:11 am

I've always abbreviated it as SK.

Now by always, do you mean for the past hour, or in all of those hypothetical TES V: Skyrim announcement day scenarios you've been planning all along?

I'm quite fond of SR as it is, because two unconnected consonants distinct from one another seem to more wholesomely represent the title of the game, as with the majority of the other abbreviations - DF, MW, BM, SI.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:00 am

SK, I think.

S(ky)R(im) works, too, since it removes an equal number of letters and also has the first letter of the roots of the name (sky, and rim, respectively).

» Sat May 28, 2011 5:12 am

SK is the best. SR sounds nothing like Skyrim, and the 'R' sound isn't pungent enough to make a good abbreviation. DF, MW, OB. The second letter is always stronger than the first. SK follows in line with that, SR does not.

» Fri May 27, 2011 8:10 pm

Arena - It's so badass it gets its full title

DF - Daggerfall

MW - Morrowind

OB - Oblivion

So following that general pattern, I support SkyRim, SR

agreed keep with the tradition

» Sat May 28, 2011 3:39 am

I'll probably just call it TESV.

» Sat May 28, 2011 12:01 am

Either SK or SR

» Fri May 27, 2011 11:22 pm

>OB

We can only hope.

Edit: Or =MW. >MW would be impossible, wouldn't it?

» Sat May 28, 2011 7:23 am

TESV.

» Sat May 28, 2011 4:50 am

ES5/V or TES5/V

» Fri May 27, 2011 9:26 pm

SK, SM, SY, SR. I'm not too fussy.

It'll probably follow the SR route that was set by Morrowind with two clear "words" inside.