please change "rimworld" to "jim's world"

Started by Swarx, October 04, 2018, 01:04:34 PM

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Swarx

October 04, 2018, 01:04:34 PM Last Edit: October 04, 2018, 01:50:52 PM by Swarx


hello there i think that "rimworld" should be changed to "jim's world" as there are many people in the world named "jim" and the word "rim" has sexual connotations that thus make this game inappropriate for children. the fact that it is not "jim's world" is very discriminatory towards people that are named jim or james.

thx

vzoxz0

#1
October 04, 2018, 01:06:01 PM
Is this some half-assed attempt at trolling?

Swarx

#2
October 04, 2018, 01:10:43 PM Last Edit: October 04, 2018, 01:15:08 PM by Swarx
more like a quarter

this is serious

Ramsis

#3
October 04, 2018, 01:21:32 PM
 Nah.
Ugh... I have SO MANY MESSES TO CLEAN UP. Oh also I slap people around who work on mods <3

"Back off man, I'm a scientist."
- Egon Stetmann

Awoo~

Swarx

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October 04, 2018, 01:35:58 PM Last Edit: October 04, 2018, 01:50:37 PM by Swarx

lowdegger

#5
October 04, 2018, 04:14:11 PM
My friends who don't play Rimworld call it World of Rimming and assume it's some kind of erotic theme park management game.

dburgdorf

#6
October 04, 2018, 04:23:54 PM
I played and modded the game for months without even once thinking of the name's possible sexual connotations.  I just immediately accepted that a rimworld was a world on the outer rim of explored space; it made intrinsic sense, and I never worried about it beyond that.  It wasn't until I happened upon a reference to the "RimJobWorld" mod that it dawned on me that there was a possible NSFW connotation to the name. 

Does that make me cluelessly naive? ;)
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CthulhuTactical

#7
October 04, 2018, 04:36:37 PM
Nah you are just normal and not some sexually deficient incel.

lowdegger

#8
October 04, 2018, 05:05:12 PM
Quote from: CthulhuTactical on October 04, 2018, 04:36:37 PM
Nah you are just normal and not some sexually deficient incel.

I don't think incels are either giving or receiving many rimmings. A priori, they are not.

Shurp

#9
October 04, 2018, 05:49:13 PM
Unless they're *way* too flexible.
If you give an annoying colonist a parka before banishing him to the ice sheet you'll only get a -3 penalty instead of -5.

And don't forget that the pirates chasing a refugee are often better recruits than the refugee is.

5thHorseman

#10
October 04, 2018, 07:01:42 PM
I see your point, but "Jim's World" doesn't really give off the vibe I think they're going for.

You're on the edge of known space, so maybe instead how about EDGING?

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I never got how pawns in the game could have such insanely bad reactions to such mundane things.
Then I came to the forums.

lowdegger

#11
October 04, 2018, 08:16:21 PM
Quote from: 5thHorseman on October 04, 2018, 07:01:42 PM
I see your point, but "Jim's World" doesn't really give off the vibe I think they're going for.

You're on the edge of known space, so maybe instead how about EDGING?

World of Edging?

b0rsuk

#12
October 05, 2018, 12:40:40 AM
A honest analogy would be "Edge World", and then making a fuss about it obviously referring to edging.

vzoxz0

#13
October 05, 2018, 04:10:00 AM
I say we just call it Star Craft 3 and crowd-fund the money needed for legal fees.

lancar

#14
October 05, 2018, 04:14:46 AM
Quote from: b0rsuk on October 05, 2018, 12:40:40 AM
A honest analogy would be "Edge World", and then making a fuss about it obviously referring to edging.
It does have map edges, so I think this description is 100% true.

Edgy World
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