Right, so far a bunch of names have been mentioned and suggested. I say we should finalize the list and start voting on the name we will be sticking with.
We now have to check which domain is still up for grabs, and eliminate those that are not. Then finalize the list, and start the voting process. What you say?
To be honest i would be a bit worried about this… Also it makes the site purely about gaming… A few people have mentioned the “geek” aspect of the site…
I mentioned this in another thread, but I would also vote to move to Discourse and a new brand. MyGaming is a shadow of its former self, and traffic to the site is just not there. Trying to keep it will need a big effort on our side generating things to bring in new users. Plus, with the focus on gaming, we lose the possibility of adding other geek culture elements to the site as well, drawing in a different crowd as well.
I Think we must keep mygaming, since that is a name on the cards.
My reasons are
If it wasnt for mygaming we wouldnt be here. (if sigstart) didnt start the splinter forum, everyone would still be on mygaming regardless.
Its a more established name with an established userbase.
engadget has gadget in their name but they cover everything from games to gadgets etc, same with gamespot so i dont see why mygaming cant do that while retaining the name.
yes the mygaming name might be abit tarnished but that doesnt mean we must abandon it, the xbox 360 had bad rrod press ms didnt rename the console, same applies to samsung that had exploding phones, they continued with the note name regardless.
im sure with a bit of spit and shine mygaming can be at the top of its game again (Pun intended) and our tshirts wont go to waste
I don’t want to be negative but Mostepic.win sounds like one of those competition sites, I would rather see something like the aforementioned Offbeatgamer.com being used, I see geekandgamer.co.za,geektime.co.za and various combos are up for grabs , or lol how about geeksandfreaks.co.za .
I agree with the idea of re-branding though and being more geek friendly, everyone thats currently active on Myg is not predominately just talking about games but everything is more or less centered around geek/nerd culture.
i think the final decision on the name should be made by @sigstart and we should just offer suggestions and motivations for the given names that we want to submit for consideration.
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