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OmegaDestroyer
Hero of Order
Fox or Chicken?
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posted December 06, 2012 10:44 PM |
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Poll Question:
M&M:H6:Shades of Darkness
Since Elvin will not let me spam the news thread with "non-news," I shall conduct my poll here.
Shades of Darkness. How bad is the name?
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seddy
Known Hero
Spinner of delicious cupcakes
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posted December 06, 2012 10:45 PM |
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I actually voted really stupid before reading the other option. Lul
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GenyaArikado
Bad-mannered
Supreme Hero
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posted December 07, 2012 03:04 AM |
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Well, it could be worse. Fifty Shades of Darkness comes to mind
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Protolisk
Promising
Famous Hero
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posted December 07, 2012 04:00 AM |
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Yeah, this isn't the best of titles they have, here...
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gnomes2169
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Duke of the Glade
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posted December 07, 2012 08:17 AM |
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Some better titles I could think of off the top of my head?
1. Whispers from the shadows
2. The black crusade
3. Voices in the Deep
4. Disciples of Malassa
5. The Dark Tide
So I voted for "Really stupid"
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Naze
Known Hero
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posted December 07, 2012 09:33 AM |
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Ah, until I saw this thread, I was afraid to be the only one thinking of the title as really stupid 
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JollyJoker
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
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posted December 07, 2012 10:16 AM |
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Shades of Darkness is certainly not an original title (googling it will show that it has seen some use already in the past).
However, I have the advantage of knowing a lot about the content, and Shades of Darkness may not be original, but as least it's apt. A lot more so than the other suggestions, mind you. 
Still, it's not a spectacularly "wow" title, certainly not.
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War-overlord
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Presidente of Isla del Tropico
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posted December 07, 2012 11:56 AM |
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I would agree with JJ & Genya here. No it isn't great. But it could be a whole lot worse. And as JJ said, a title would be a lot worse if it sounded cooler but had no connection with the actual content.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted December 07, 2012 12:09 PM |
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Which is why I settled for stupid. Though it would be fairer to call it lame.
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War-overlord
Responsible
Undefeatable Hero
Presidente of Isla del Tropico
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posted December 07, 2012 12:13 PM |
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Or you can do what people, such as myself, do, and not vote in polls with only bad options.(No bad political jokes, please)
Personally, I would define the title as lackluster.
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Dave_Jame
Promising
Legendary Hero
I'm Faceless, not Brainless.
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posted December 07, 2012 12:53 PM |
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Personally.. I think we had worse addon names in the brand...
And not only from Ubies workshop.
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We see, we look, we gather, we store, we teach.
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Adrius
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
Stand and fight!
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posted December 07, 2012 12:54 PM |
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Hammers of Fate might be the worst name ever imo.
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Elvin
Admirable
Omnipresent Hero
Endless Revival
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posted December 07, 2012 01:11 PM |
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Still gave birth to the Farmers of Hate spoof so I forgive them.
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The_Polyglot
Promising
Supreme Hero
Nuttier than squirrel poo
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posted December 07, 2012 01:24 PM |
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SoD is actually the official title? Sheesh  . I mean, the initials are a nice nod, but...  Really stupid.
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JollyJoker
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
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posted December 07, 2012 01:30 PM |
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The_Polyglot
Promising
Supreme Hero
Nuttier than squirrel poo
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posted December 07, 2012 01:36 PM |
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It's lazy, unoriginal, reminds me too much of 50 Shades of Grey, too vague... Need I go on? Anyway, it's not their job to please everybody. 
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xerox
Promising
Undefeatable Hero
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posted December 07, 2012 01:46 PM |
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Edited by xerox at 18:28, 07 Dec 2012.
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it's like calling something "Whites of Snow"
it's a ridiculous name
i'm just gonna call it fifty shades of darkness^^
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Dave_Jame
Promising
Legendary Hero
I'm Faceless, not Brainless.
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posted December 07, 2012 01:54 PM |
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Funny how pop culture destroyes the brains of common internet users.. somebodu just uses the phrase "shades of" and people just instantly recall a book most of them have never red, or even had in their hands...
I think it's rather OK as far as names go. It's better then Hammers of fate or For blood and honor (or am I the only one who thinks of N. germany when he hears the MaM VII title)
The fact that it has the same acronym as Shadow of Death is the only thing I considere really bad.
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We see, we look, we gather, we store, we teach.
We are many, and you can be one of us.
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JollyJoker
Honorable
Undefeatable Hero
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posted December 07, 2012 02:14 PM |
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No, Shades of Darkness has been a British TV series in the 80s.
Shades of [color] makes perfect sense, since every color comes in different "shades" like lighter or darker. That's true for grey as well, but it gets a bit more hairy when it comes to black.
Still, there ARE different shades of "darkness", whether you take darkness metaphorically or literally, and incidentally "darkness" or "Dark" has an additional meaning in the world of Ashan at that.
I will gladly admit that the last SK short story/novella book title "Full Dark, No Stars" does a better job, when it comes to a title involving "darkness" and summoning a serious emotion, but as I said, you may suffer a bit from having not much of an idea about what the addon is all about except that it will feature the Dungeon faction.
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Avirosb
Promising
Legendary Hero
No longer on vacation
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posted December 07, 2012 02:18 PM |
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How many SoD-ing expansion packs do the Heroes franchise really need?
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