Why megasloth and penoxycline?

[Alenerel]

I liked the name megatherium and had that "not from real world" kind of feel, but now it sounds like a buffed sloth and the word is ugly and not very impressive. Why change the name?

About penoxycline, the question is similar. I mean, malariblock, yayo, smokeleaf, luciferium... Penoxycline? It doesnt fit. I think that you are using this as a placeholder to change it in the future to a more rimworldian name, am I correct? And if you do, why not just use the real world name? In fact, why not use the real world name for all the drugs?

[Boston]

I liked the name megatherium and had that "not from real world" kind of feel, but now it sounds like a buffed sloth and the word is ugly and not very impressive. Why change the name?

About penoxycline, the question is similar. I mean, malariblock, yayo, smokeleaf, luciferium... Penoxycline? It doesnt fit. I think that you are using this as a placeholder to change it in the future to a more rimworldian name, am I correct? And if you do, why not just use the real world name? In fact, why not use the real world name for all the drugs?

That's ...... what Megatherium means. Like, literally what it means in Greek. It was a real-life genus as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium

As for drugs, probably the same reason why Fallout has made up drugs; to bypass censorship. If the drugs were called by their real-life names, certain countries would ban the game for promoting the sale and use of drugs.

[Zhentar]

Malariblock was renamed because it blocks more than just malaria now. The old name didn't make sense anymore.

[Cimanyd]

If we can have penoxycyline, why can't we have xerigium back?

unless we actually do; I haven't played it yet

[Alenerel]

That's ...... what Megatherium means. Like, literally what it means in Greek. It was a real-life genus as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatherium

As for drugs, probably the same reason why Fallout has made up drugs; to bypass censorship. If the drugs were called by their real-life names, certain countries would ban the game for promoting the sale and use of drugs.

Im talking about the word, not what it means. Megatheroum sounds more cool and impressive.

About drugs names. To bypass censorship, thats ok. Its also not called malariblock because it blocks more than malaria, thats obvious... But my question is why a so "real life" technical and complicated name, instead of something like the rest, something like disease-block, anti-sick or bacteri-hell. Xerigium also fits in there.
The real life drug I think is called doxycycline

[Spdskatr]

If we can have penoxycyline, why can't we have xerigium back?

unless we actually do; I haven't played it yet

That's different - Healroot makes sense to players just starting RimWorld and don't know about the info button.

I liked "Megatherium". Tell Shinzy or someone to make a mod that renames it back lol

[carbon]

Although I intuitively liked and understood the name change to penoxycline, I do sort of agree that it runs counter to the RimWorld motif of using compounds or derivatives of relatively common English words to get a name (smokeleaf, chemfuel, lucfierium).

Since penoxycline seems mainly geared toward staying healthy in the tropics, it seems appropriate that it be named "tropi____".

Perhaps:
Tropicare           nope, already a thing
Tropiclean          same
Tropiclear          gah!
Tropisafe?          not a thing! but doesn't really roll off the tongue.
Tropecure?        (Tropic + secure) also not a thing! although it sounds like cure, which it isn't.

This is harder than I thought.

Wait! I got it!
Tropicblock!      how?! why?! **** you bikinis!

I give up.

[sadpickle]

My nominations:

Tropecylin

Runs-b-Gone

[Barley]

Perhaps:
Tropicare           nope, already a thing
Tropiclean          same
Tropiclear          gah!
Tropisafe?          not a thing! but doesn't really roll off the tongue.
Tropecure?        (Tropic + secure) also not a thing! although it sounds like cure, which it isn't.

Tropicana

Because oranges are healthy!

[ArguedPiano]

+1 for megatherium

[Spdskatr]

Inside Tynan's mind: Penoxycyline

"Apple essence"

Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away!..?

"Immunity mechanites"

Actually that makes a lot of sense... if neutroamine were made out of mechanites

"Medicine"

Oh wait that has already been used

"Liver steroids"

...

[A Friend]

Resistoblocks,

Resist-O's,

Immunocrunch,

Immune-O's,

Immuno Booster,

Medicrunch,

[keylocke]

i think penoxyciline is derived from penicillin : which is an antibiotic and maybe oxycodone which is a painkiller?

i dunno.

[Alenerel]

Tbh i liked bacterihell. Something including hell sounds cool.

[Hieronymous Alloy]

Inside Tynan's mind: Penoxycyline

"Apple essence"

Because an apple a day keeps the doctor away!..?

Ok that's actually hilarious BUT it's still a hard word to say which makes it an annoying word to think because how do I pronounce it in my head