Well written words | TheaterFire

People just got lazy with figuring out how to call the type of thing that orbits planets. Let's just be happy that planets were named planets before we knew what they are, or they'd call them "earths" too

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draconk@reddit

Earth Moon name is Luna btw. The same way that our sun is named Sol.

Most mountains are called mountain in different languages, the same for rivers, I don't remember where it is but there is a mound called mound of mound of mound after so many invasions

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dirschau@reddit

Earth Moon name is Luna btw. The same way that our sun is named Sol.

The IAU decided that the sun is Sun and the moon is Moon.

Those are their official astronomical names in English.

Latin names are not official names.

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Uncommonality@reddit

Pluto is not greek you troglodyte

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Luicide@reddit

Pluto is the roman god of the underworld

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dirschau@reddit

Apparently he's straight up greek

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KingPhilipIII@reddit

Plūtō ([ˈpluːtoː]; genitive Plūtōnis) is the Latinized form of the Greek Plouton.

Did you even read your own article? Irrespective of whether or not the Roman’s just put their name on the Greek’s homework.

Pluto is literally Roman. The name.

That same thing we gave to the planet.

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dirschau@reddit

Pluto is literally Roman. The name.

genitive Plūtōnis

of the Greek Plouton.

Did you even read your own article

The fucking irony.

"Pluto" isn't even the "literally Roman" latin word for the god, as you quoted yourself, it's ENGLISH.

Which is the entire goddamn point to begin with

Holy fuck you people.

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DANKLEBERG_66@reddit

Bro, Pluto is literally Latin. It’s exactly how it’s written in original latin texts. Believe me I had to study that shit for 6 years

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Pianothan@reddit

So what is the proper Latin name for Pluto according to you then?

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Brokedownbad@reddit

If you use 'terra' or 'luna' in a scientific document, nobody is gonna call you out like "hur dur, that's not the real name" because it IS a perfectly valid scientific name for the Earth and it's specific moon.

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dirschau@reddit

What scientific document?

Astronomers call it, in english, "Earth" and "Moon". I don't think geologists are going to call it "terra" in a paper either.

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sculksensor@reddit

At least for Earth it would just be called Earth and our sun would probably also just be The Sun since you can just say "our star", but I can see people born in other star systems calling The Moon "Luna" at least in English.

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TheSearchForMars@reddit

Yeah, that's the typical sentiment I've seen. It's a bit like Elizabeth II being simply The Queen for much of the world, until it's a country that has another Queen or royal family.

Earth is Earth and Moon is Moon until you have alternatives. Then you use more specifics. Once again, Elizabeth II for example. Then as far as conventional names go, Earth becomes Terra, The Moon becomes Luna, and The Sun becomes Sol.

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angelis0236@reddit

Right, theoretical civilizations on Mars wouldn't refer to Earth's Moon as "the moon" when they have multiple of their own.

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TheSearchForMars@reddit

Yeah, what would be interesting is what it's like for planets with multiple moons. I'd imagine that unless there's one massive moon that completely dominates the others like Charon to Pluto, that if those planets had inhabitants they wouldn't even use "The Moon" even when talking about their own options.

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angelis0236@reddit

I think they would just name them. Most moons in our system already have names. That brings me back around to my belief that they would end up calling our moon by a name. Obviously Luna assumes that people in the future will even know who/what 'Luna' is. Whatever they call it we may not even have the word yet.

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TheSearchForMars@reddit

Interestingly, the position and size of our moon relative to our planet and system's star is actually an extreme astrological phenomena. It is very rare to have a planet whose moon appears near the same size as their star in the sky.

Most planets don’t have moons that line up this perfectly: Mars only gets partial “transits,” and the big moons of Jupiter or Saturn way over-cover the Sun. I've heard people say that Earth’s setup is such a cosmic fluke that it would be a galactic tourist destination during an eclipse. So much so that it's one of the ways we know there aren't any FTL civilizations, at least in our local group.

So if for nothing else, I actually have some hope that Luna will survive as a bit of a celebrity for at least the next 600 million years before we drift too far apart to still provide total solar eclipses.

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angelis0236@reddit

But you can't really say that with definitive evidence because no EXO moons have been identified.

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

At BEST you can say it's rare for our solar system.

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TheSearchForMars@reddit

The odds of it happening are astronomically low even if the sample size we can draw from is 1. The existence of it at all is really the impressive thing. Would be like finding a planet in a duel star system that has a cold equator and hot polls because it teeters on an axis between the two stars.

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angelis0236@reddit

What a ridiculously stupid thing to say.

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emiduk45@reddit

Pluto is Latin/Roman, with the Greek equivalent being Hades

Uranus is Greek though

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sarattenasai@reddit

The IAU can blow me, they were already named Selene and Helios way before the IAU or the english names existed.

Luna is still a lovely name but Helios feels better for the sun. Sol is too peruvian.

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dirschau@reddit

The actual first guys to do astronomy called it Utu. Anything more recent is just pedestrian.

Sol is too peruvian.

Now that is a proper schizo post.

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sarattenasai@reddit

It's a joke. Peruvian Sol is the Peruvian currency. Also Utu does sound like it comes from that Tee Eff and Arr riddle.

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dirschau@reddit

It's a joke.

Yes, and I actually laughed out loud

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sarattenasai@reddit

Kind of off topic but did you study engineering, physics or history? You seem knowledgeable and fun.

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dirschau@reddit

I didn't study history, I'm happy for other people to do THAT and then write nice, tidy and concise books about it, with just that bit of narrative-in-hidnsight.

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lllGrapeApelll@reddit

Earth isn't Terra

https://i.redd.it/vyqu64xrmumf1.gif

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Lucius-Halthier@reddit

“Do you require assistance with this heresy brother?”

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shutupyourenotmydad@reddit

>Pluto and Uranus aren't even roman

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sancredo@reddit

He's wrong on Pluto, but not on Uranus; the Roman equivalent is Caelus.

But naming it properly would have deprived us of the second best type of joke after yo mama jokes, so I can see why they broke tradition with it.

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General_Ric@reddit

Aliens: 👽👽👽mahuakaka watawata bogus hauk tuah "Terra"👽 👽

Americans: REEEEEEEEEE

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Ssyynnxx@reddit

Best thing in the thread by far

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Marik-X-Bakura@reddit

Half the rivers in England are called “Avon” because that’s what the locals would answer whenever Romans asked for the names

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BigHatPat@reddit

they aren’t officially called that , they’re just “The sun” and “The Moon”

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Bluedo1@reddit

Thats just how it is in other languages, in English the planet we are on is called Earth, the satellite orbiting the Earth is called the Moon, and the star they are both orbiting is called the Sun. To say the Moon's name is Luna is just disregarding the actual english names.

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mahk99@reddit

99% of fictional stories where the name of the earth is changed are set in a world where earth is not where the majority of humans live anymore. So yeah, they would still have to clarify Earth's moon in this situation if they didn't give it a nickname

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dirschau@reddit

It's NOT "Earth's moon". Or "a moon".

It's Moon. That is it's name. Popularly and officially.

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mahk99@reddit

You dont seem to have the mind for sci fi

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IcyDrops@reddit

He's German, the capability to not be literal is not within him.

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dirschau@reddit

first sun [...] became the default term for finding other ones.

seeing suns

That is some quality trolling, literally made me see stars

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mahk99@reddit

I dont even understand what you're getting at. You seem to fundamentally be incapable of imagining something and would rather get into semantics.

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dirschau@reddit

Stars

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mahk99@reddit

Buddy, this is a fake uvinerse where the cultural phenomenon to call the most prominent star in your solar system a sun and where seeing other solar systems is a normality. Its fiction. I mean this with zero disrespect, but arr you on the spectrum?

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An_Ellie_@reddit

Yeah but with millions of moons and moons that are just as important to other species in a sci-fi setting, it makes sense to call it by it's actual name instead of referring to it human-centrically as "the moon"

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dirschau@reddit

Moon is it's ACTUAL name

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An_Ellie_@reddit

Well, okay, yes.. but it's often referred to as Luna in scientific writings to distinguish it from other moons, so while the Moon is it's name, Luna is also it's name

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dirschau@reddit

Well, okay, yes.. but it's often referred to as Luna in scientific writings

People keep repeating that.

What scientific writing? The only relevant science is astronomy, and the official IAU name for it is Moon, not Luna.

When you say "scientific", do you mean "science fiction"?

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An_Ellie_@reddit

In scientific writing and science fiction, the Moon is sometimes referred to as Luna /ˈluːnə/ to distinguish it from other moons.

Idk how true that is, but that's on wikipedia. Dunno. It just makes sense to my brain to in a sci-fi setting call it Luna to distinguish from other moons lol, idk about anything else :)

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dirschau@reddit

It just makes sense to my brain to in a sci-fi setting call it Luna to distinguish from other moons lol,

And that's the one thing that doesn't make sense to me because we already HAVE other moons in the solar system, hundreds of them, and nobody seems particularly confused.

"Ganymede? I don't know what that is, I need rename Moon to Luna to make it make sense"

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TheGreenGamer_@reddit

terra and luna are the scientific names for earth and moon

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EmperorJake@reddit

No we should just call Earth "The Planet" instead

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dirschau@reddit

As hilarious as that would be, "planet" has an actual etymology ("wanderer", because they moved across the sky) while "a moon*" is literally just lazy ("oh, these are like our moon. Other moons, lol")

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nzdastardly@reddit

I hate when sci fi characters say, "I'm from Harmonthep NINE" or "My mother was from Tau Ceti 69" or any other stupid "solar system name + number" phrase. The number would be the first thing to go, then a colloquial or common use name would take over for the "solar system" name.

I do like how Dune pokes fun of this with the Ixians, who hail from planet Ix, who's real name was lost to history and was replaced by the number it is on a star chart.

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unknown_pigeon@reddit

FUN FACT BECAUSE WE DID IT TOO

When surveying the various Himalayan mountain ranges, the British used temporary names for mountains that they didn't know the name of, and then asked locals what the actual name was.

So, for the Karakoram range, the most prominent peaks were named K1 and K2, as in Karakoram 1 and Karakoram 2.

K1 was found to be called Masherbrum by the locals, and it's still its name. K2, on the other hand, was so remote that nobody quite gave it a name that could be traced back. So it kinda remained K2.

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karateema@reddit

Italians be like:

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Sgrikkardo@reddit

It's entirely dubbed in italian.

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magnuman307@reddit

son called sol

...say that again

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Mmaximuskeksimus@reddit

Sol is the sun's offical name tho. So is luna for moon. Terra however is forced

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TheSearchForMars@reddit

Should go with Super Earth.

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Sengfroid@reddit

Looks like son understood the moral of hit TV show, "Better Call Sol"

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DragonHollowFire@reddit

gif

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show-me-dat-butthole@reddit

Sun referred to as Sol

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Funneduck102@reddit

That's when I turn off the movie and go smoke crack

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zsirdagadek@reddit

Fair enough, but somehow sounds like you are just looking for an excuss to smoke crack.

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Funneduck102@reddit

I can see how you could think that, but I disagree.

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rubberjohny@reddit

they can't keep a mfer away from some top shelf boof like that 😤😤😤

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Pleasant50BMGForce@reddit

Star citizen still has earth as earth (sol system) in lore and terra is different planetary system

See it’s not always that

and that the game isn’t likable doesn’t mean it can’t have good worldbuilding

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tomalabaxouras@reddit

Terra is the correct name . It was not named by the English .

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Regular-Cup9528@reddit

It also wasn’t named by the Romans…

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tomalabaxouras@reddit

Who talked about the rome...

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Regular-Cup9528@reddit

You by claiming Terra, which is just Latin, to be the “correct” name for Earth.

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tomalabaxouras@reddit

It comes from latin , it isnt latin . The portuguese still call it Terra . Spanish callit Tierra , the French Terre .

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Blaux@reddit

But English is the dominant language in science and education. It would make sense that the English name would be used by a space faring group.

But also scientists tend to be pompous asses so I would not be surprised if even the English speaking ones insist on calling it Terra just inflate their own egos

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tomalabaxouras@reddit

Its just a common language now , your name doenst Change if Ur country got invaded

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Marik-X-Bakura@reddit

game/movie set is fantasy

Earth is referred to as Gaia

Mfw

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The_Nude_Mocracy@reddit

Why are you gaia

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Filibut@reddit

sounds like an average Italian movie

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Garrais02@reddit

Yeah, like, what do these Americans want to do about it?

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glizzytwister@reddit

At least in Foundation they call it Earth, they just don't know where Earth actually is.

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KaiFireborn21@reddit

Foundation is so goddamn good

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vladmashk@reddit

And there is some sort of ‘Federation’

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Crunchy-Leaf@reddit

game/movie set is Sci-fi

Earth is referred to as Sol-3

mfw

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Correct_Doctor_1502@reddit

Old Terra is even cooler

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soapy5@reddit

Holy terra

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omyrubbernen@reddit

Personally, I'm partial to Shit Outta Luck 3.

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SandInHeart@reddit

Game set in the universe with civilizations are light years apart

They all agreed to use Kreditz as currency

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Kampfil@reddit

Game set in middle ages Currency is rupees

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theGaido@reddit

Gil

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WhistlerDan@reddit

Warhammer is somehow both

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Heavy_Equivalent6747@reddit

Fictional society

Currency is traded for good and services

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khares_koures2002@reddit

Money? But I wanted peanuts!

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dirschau@reddit

>walk up to farmer

>sell him several greatswords and a chest of previous gems for literally more than their weight in gold

>casually walk away

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Slice_Breadd@reddit

>only get paid 25g

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Reading_username@reddit

immersion ruined

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NorthKoreanKnuckles@reddit

Game set in hell.

Currency is soul.

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Allison-Ghost@reddit

>Game set in sims

> currency is simoleons

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MyNameIsVeilys@reddit

Okay un-stupid for a moment but why does every fictional world have the same currency across the whole world? Like how are there not different currencies across fantasy nations/sci-fi star systems

Like imagine sci-fi scene were some space trucker sits down at a station bar, dramatically throwing a coin down and calling for a shot of vodka. Then the bartender just states at them blankly and is like "what the fuck is this?"

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SudhaTheHill@reddit

Game set in Stone Age

The currency is stone

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RangerRick379@reddit

Game set in Age

Currency is numbers

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stereoSD@reddit

Game set

It's multiple games

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TrueGootsBerzook@reddit

Game set

Match

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Hecker_Man@reddit

Game

Rigged

https://i.redd.it/vu5qd06jiumf1.gif

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mesugakiworshiper@reddit

the game

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Unfair_Development52@reddit

You

Lost

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rayletter1997@reddit

FUCK!

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Abdul-Wahab6@reddit

Me?!!

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Komota_Hatsu@reddit

My room

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frontlinejohnny@reddit

A room full of rats

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rayletter1997@reddit

rats make me go crazy, I was crazy once

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Lord0Trade@reddit

Fuck.

You.

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I_cut_my_own_jib@reddit

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TrueGootsBerzook@reddit

Literally unplayable

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Reading_username@reddit

enter

type "quarry"

enter

+1000 stone

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Azilen@reddit

How do I turn this on

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Steelwolf73@reddit

enter

type "E=mc2 trooper"

enter

repeat till game won

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iHateAwwws@reddit

11

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Frequent_Beat4527@reddit

Holy shit Age of Empires

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DonutGuy2659@reddit

STONE PLEASE

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Reading_username@reddit

Rogan?

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ImANerd12@reddit

Setting is ruled by queens, but all of them are guys and they play rock and roll for some reason

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FatalLaughter@reddit

TWISTED SISTER?!?

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TheKrimsonFvcker@reddit

ALL RIGHT, MISTER SISTER! WHY DON'T YOU STAND UP AND TELL THE CLASS? What do you wanna do with your life?!

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Doommcdoom@reddit

I WANNA ROCK!

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VPackardPersuadedMe@reddit

They used to use gold suggest they found in river beds to trade.

gif

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Blamore@reddit

game set in the gilded age

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Guglielmowhisper@reddit

Sea shells

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theologous@reddit

That probably be sea shells tbh

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Fummy@reddit

Name one. in the Flintstones etc it's always clams

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crazy_dev_studios@reddit

This is why I like the Orville, they don’t have currency, just pride.

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piketpagi@reddit

Game set in post apocalypse, currency is bottle caps and bullets

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AlphaPhill@reddit

I always thought bullets as a currency in the Metro series was such a cool idea.

You always have the choice to just keep them, but sometimes you are pressured into actually using them so save your life.

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ElPedroChico@reddit

Mfw it would've been cheaper to give some bullets to the robber instead of gunning him down

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homingmissile@reddit

Yeah but that investment means you never have to deal with that robber again

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StormRegion@reddit

It's also neat how the currency bullets are the dwindling pre-war ammunition stocks, which are way better quality, and thus do more damage

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AlphaPhill@reddit

Yeah, it's not just any bullets, it's the good stuff that actually kills.

I ran out of the shoddy bullets multiple times, and was forced to load the military grade ones to kill multiple mutants.

At times, when there were only a couple enemies left, I tried my hardest to kill them with the knife so I wouldn't shoot my money away lol

Because at the end of the day, you spend bullets to get bullets, it's a merciless cycle.

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Mission-Profession19@reddit

Game set in fantasy world

The G in currency must mean gold right?

Guils

Mfw

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Jathosian@reddit

G stands for Groschen

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rycerzDog@reddit

Or worse is when the currency is still left in equivalent to yen. So you're left wondering why the fuck the literal child is getting a payout of a "measley" hundred grand for one job.

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DezXerneas@reddit

This is my most hated trope. No, 1 silver is not 100 yen and 1 gold is not 10000 yen because you fucking have magic in that world. Magic breaks our economy. A lot of expensive shit becomes worthless and worthless shit becomes expensive when any rando can just summon rain out of nowhere.

I really want a book that properly explores how OP magic is without being a power fantasy. Like, literally go into depth about how crop rotation is probably not needed when create earth can replenish the soil nutrients, or how heal would accidently fuck with livestock's mating cycles.

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Sophion@reddit

I like it, the bg3 trope of gold being the default currency but a loaf of bread still costs 30 pieces explained by all the mages just summoning gold out of thin air.

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KaiFireborn21@reddit

Yes, so do I. If anyone knows of a book like this (doesn't have to be a LN or whatever, I want a technical LOTR), please recommend

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unknown_pigeon@reddit

It was the idea behind a book I was writing. But, again, that book was just an excuse for the prequel I was writing, which narrated about how the magic system came in the first place. And that prequel would have been the second part of another book the first part of I've already wrote.

Yeah, I know, I should just finish my books. Maybe today.

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KaiFireborn21@reddit

Haha I know how that feels. Also writing a fantasy with a semi-structured magic system, almost done too. Any idea where I could publish it? (With copyright and such?)

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Ozuge@reddit

Alternatively, have them explain that all mages are just the most unhelpful assholes or some return to monke primitivists. Or mages just get into conflict constantly and keep resetting the realm with nuclear mage fire. That's basically the only reason any fantasy setting with magic as a thing nearly anyone could learn to wield is stuck in pseudo-medieval times instead of automated gay luxury space communism.

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the_gerund@reddit

100 bucks for a simple potion? Come on Pokemart!

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unknown_pigeon@reddit

200 bucks for a pokéball and you dare to bitch about it?

Listen there, kiddo, maybe you've got the wrong idea from seeing some youngsters using a pokéball to catch a fucking caterpie.

But let me get things straight: pokémons are fucking beasts. You see that Rattata that Youngster Joey is hugging? I saw him tear the intestines out of a horse with a Hyperfang just some days ago. And that's a fucking rat.

You know what a pokéball can catch? A fucking god. Imagine that Jesus came back to this mortal world and a mfer crack addict enslaved him with a 200 bucks poké-fucking-ball. The power of God in the hands of a redneck.

And you dare to bitch about its price? There's a reason why that hobby is for the élites only. That bourgeoisie that can give you 20k when they lose a friendly cock fight. But what else can we do? If we let a poor orphan afford a pokéball, what will stop him from catching a Magikarp and evolve it into a Gyarados to level up the mansion of the rich fuck who worked the kid's parents to death?

That price, my dude, is a necessity. We can't alter the status quo. We won't. 200 bucks for a pokéball. We will never lower it.

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J-Fisty@reddit

This is beautiful.

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Head-Alarm6733@reddit

literally vietnam

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firstgenipadmini@reddit

>game set in cartoonish fantasy

>currency is coins

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Darkshadow0308@reddit

*rings

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firstgenipadmini@reddit

me when the only cartoonish fantasy game ive played is sonic

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GuyOfNugget@reddit

Sonic is more sci-fi than fantasy.

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emiduk45@reddit

You take that back, ‘06 was peak and I’ll die on that hill

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Unfair_Development52@reddit

That'll be 23 Dicks please.

Hmm, this costs 8300 Fucks.

You owe me 500 Farts!

Damn, I've only got 3.5 Vaginas...

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RadianEleven1@reddit

I dont give a Fuck man

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SnooCookies5996@reddit

currency in hazbin hotel

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OsSo_Lobox@reddit

Life (it’s real): Has the exact same concept but calls it “money”.

Everybody accepts it without question

Who wrote this shit?

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fuckshitasstitsmfer@reddit

Game set in dark

Currency is souls

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Stargost_@reddit

Game is set in the modern age.

Currency is dollars/variation of dollars.

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a_code_mage@reddit

game set in modern day currency is dollars Mfw

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Supershadow30@reddit

Don’t forget

> Game set in modernish fantasy world

> Currency is [something]-dollars

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RepresentativeAddict@reddit

EuroDollars in Cyberpunk 2077

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bestofthemidwest@reddit

Eddies are a top tier future currency.

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Supershadow30@reddit

Hey at least it’s not credits 😭😭😭

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DeeZ_nuts_blueup@reddit

Eurodollars are fine

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Garrais02@reddit

"dark dollars" in deltarune is a mix of satire and edginess

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Supershadow30@reddit

Tbh tropes are tools, so it’s ok to use them. (I was mostly thinking of pokédollars tbh)

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Tough_Specific@reddit

Eurodollars 😎

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MrPanda663@reddit

Game is set in:

Private school: Cash

Apocalyptic 1920’s: Caps

A broken purgatory for warriors: Runes

Honey I shrunk the kids: Science

Underwater paradise gone wrong: Adam

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Dependent-Hat-5142@reddit

Prison, cigarettes and ramen are exchanged for buggery.

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BadArtijoke@reddit

1920s? I don’t think that adds up…

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MrPanda663@reddit

What year was it? I forgot.

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Rumplestiltsskins@reddit

1950s futuristic theme set in the 2070s

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Maximillion322@reddit

For added context the more specific premise of the alternate universe is “what if, following the Second World War, technological progress had been unilaterally focused on achieving nuclear fusion, and they had that kind technology developed (which we don’t have irl), instead of having advanced computers like we have today”

Everything else, the cultural aesthetic frozen in the 50s, the resulting politics of cold war tension escalating well beyond the real world, the bombs dropping in 2077, the vaults, the power armor, etc. etc. is an extrapolation of that initial, simplest premise.

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xigor2@reddit

Eh we have nuclear fusion. It's just not sustained nuclear fusion, instead it uses electromagnetic bottle and pulsing electromagnetic signals that focus said gasses needed for fusing (somewhat cheaply) into helium( i think deuterium and some other hydrogen isotope). It is close to being economically viable, as far as i know it's at 80% right now, so it brings back 80% of spent electrical energy back and 20% is lost. You dont hear or know about it because they still haven't figured out how to make it to 100% and go above it so it fan actually generate free electricity essentially. We would only be limited by the sparseness of said isotopes on Earth. But they are plentily available in space.

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MrPanda663@reddit

Ahhh there is it and actually answer umlike that last guy. Thanks 1950’s my mistake

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Kaxology@reddit

The bombs in Fallout dropped in 2077, everything takes place after that.

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MrPanda663@reddit

Okay yes, but the theme is a society stuck in the 20’s due to increased use to nuclear energy.

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kryb@reddit

stuck in the 20’s

use of nuclear energy

You had the answer right there. Game is stuck at the period where nuclear got democratized, which is the 50s. Nukes didn't exist in the 20s.

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dinnerbird@reddit

There actually is money in Rapture though. Would ADAM be more of an investment or something

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MrPanda663@reddit

Fell in my trap. Found you. How do you feel about Bioshock remake and sequel being cancelled?

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dinnerbird@reddit

That's news to me

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MrPanda663@reddit

Sorry dude I’m not trolling. I was devastated when they announced the cancellation.

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xigor2@reddit

I mean honestly i would rather be mildly disappointed they cancelled my favourite game series( for you it appears to be bioshock), than be ragingly disappointed and annoyed at how they fked up the remake/remaster of said favourite game franchise. Be happy man that they pulled the olug out of the future abomination early.

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Kaxology@reddit

Why does everything gotta be remade or remastered these days? It surely appeals to the "DUDE, PRIDE ROCK!" crowd but there's little creativity in just doing the same shit again, people need to appreciate new things.

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ElectricEelDenier@reddit

Personally I've never been much of the kind of person to sit around and beg for remakes or whatever, but I can totally see why you'd want one? Even the best games from 15-20 years ago suffered from hardware limitations, and I don't think it's wrong to say "hey let's take the first game from this popular series and touch it up and add some up to date mechanics and features" if it's just being made as a soulless cash grab I understand the distate towards it but otherwise I don't see the issue. And besides, not everyone is going to have played the original dead space or whatever back 20 years ago, so it gives new people an opportunity to get into this kinda stuff without being concerned about spending money on a majorly outdated game or whatever.

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Eayauapa@reddit

Rapture used dollars, ADAM was what actually mattered, in the same way that you could use money to buy bullets in a civil war.

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xigor2@reddit

Can someone explain the last two? How can you quantify science? As maybe how many times your research paper got cited? Also last one you get slaves called Adam and they re the the economic basis for everything??? Nani?

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TDoggy-Dog@reddit

Got the rest, what’s the runes one?

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yeezy_fought_me@reddit

Elden Ring most likely

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AlarmingConfusion918@reddit

honestly hot take, this works. I don't need crazy deep lore on their currency - just write a good story

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Dependent-Hat-5142@reddit

I love how the money in Harry Potter is based on Britains predecimal, batshit insane sterling system.

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QuinnAvery89@reddit

I remember the authors of DragonLance using steel as their currency because they thought it made more sense for a military minded fantasy world to be more valuable than gold.

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Le_ed@reddit

Except that steel rusts, so it's a terrible currency. It's also too common, so you would need immense amounts for it to be valuable

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xigor2@reddit

Sparta used steel as a currency. Because it is heavy so if you wanted to be rich you had to be physically strong, and if you were physically strong their presumption was that you were in the military or preparing for military events(if retired). Also they believed steel currency discouraged hoarding and greed because the currency is heavy af. Also steel rusts so it also discourages greed and greedy behaviours. Honestly i agree with Spartans if we based our economy on steel we would have fewer rich people and almost none ultra rich people. Just add a stipulation that no one or no machine can carry your steel coins and that's it.

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ElectroNikkel@reddit

True, but lead and gold are way heavier than iron tho.

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xigor2@reddit

But iron is more plentiful than gold, and lead. And sure lead is more common than gold but its still rarer than iron and is toxic so yeah. Iron is the best option.

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xerofset@reddit

True, but they used iron, not steel.

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xigor2@reddit

Ok, small difference, most of my comment is still valid though

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Sec_Chief_Blanchard@reddit

Isn't the whole point of steel that it doesn't rust

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wildcard1992@reddit

Even stainless steel can rust

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glizzytwister@reddit

At one point, aluminum was more valuable than gold. The top of the Washington Monument is aluminum specifically for this reason.

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Zpalq@reddit

The aluminum on top of the Washington monument was about the same value as silver at the time it was created, and less valuable than gold.

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ambermage@reddit

It's a great idea.

Orks use teeth, and it prevents wealth from being stored for too long.

A warrior society using a currency that expires means that the value must be used and pushed back into the sociopath quickly.

This prevents the old and decrepit warriors from holding valuable places longer than they should because they are no longer productive.

It's a society based on smashing shit, not having unproductive children survive.

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BadArtijoke@reddit

I love pushing things into sociopaths… thinking about it, does that make me one?

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ambermage@reddit

Lol, I just realized the typo, but I'll keep it.

Yaaas, Queen.

Keep topping psychos.

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ExtremeCreamTeam@reddit

OK, sure. But what did you mean to say?

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ambermage@reddit

Back into the society quickly.

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ExtremeCreamTeam@reddit

Ooooooooh.

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torolf_212@reddit

That's just a built in anti inflation mechanism. Currency always depreciates so the wealthy mine owners can have ever increasing levels of wealth as the value of everyone else's savings drops

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aVarangian@reddit

Sparta used iron ingots for foreign trade and it was hilariously stupid

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ProjectSnowman@reddit

Grim Dawn uses iron

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brightcrayon92@reddit

Iirc spartans used iron as currency

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SipoteQuixote@reddit

Gold is what you use to make your currency look pretty.

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Nikotinlaus@reddit

Not enough minerals!

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Boston__Massacre@reddit

I feel so fucking dumb rn.

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Friendputer@reddit

Nah you probably just have real enough things going on in your life for this to register as a problem

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TheGreatAutiismo@reddit

Game by Capcom

Currency is "Zenny(s)"

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darvinvolt@reddit

Game setting is biblical(I.e angles, demons, hell, heaven etc.)

Currency is souls

Mfw

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shadowwithaspear@reddit

-> Game takes place in America 250 years from now

-> Currency is soda bottle caps, for some fucking reason

At least Fallout 2 had the intelligence to reintroduce gold coins and dollar bills. Sadly we'll probably never see that again.

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Admiral_Oelschwanz@reddit

(Board)Game is Terraforming Mars.

Currency is Euro €.

Noone understands why.

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TiredBookkeeper@reddit

Game set in Hallownest

Currency is geo

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Supershadow30@reddit

Skong tomorrow

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TiredBookkeeper@reddit

A true skonger doesn’t need to… wait WHAT

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Supershadow30@reddit

September 4th, 7am PT | 10am ET | 4pm CEST | 11pm JST

Be there or be rare.

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mich160@reddit

fantasy game tech is from year 1000-1500 call it medieval

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kylediaz263@reddit

Game set in South East Asia

Currency is Dong

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Quitthesht@reddit

>Game set in post apoc sci-fi western
>Currency is Bottlecaps
>But wait, currency is also paper money?
>Hang on a minute, currency is ALSO Roman coin?!
>What's this!? Currency is also gold casino chips!

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Mudlord80@reddit

It doesnt help that in fallout 2 they use actual money again but 3 didnt get the memo so we went back to caps

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arunasgeimeriz@reddit

copper, silver and gold*

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ManWithWhip@reddit

Alien pesos

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N1kBr0@reddit

Underrated

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Unfair_Development52@reddit

Ayyy lmao... ese

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SSjjlex@reddit

Empire ruled by Medes

Currency is Septims

????

Also triple fuck you from Morrowind where they're called septims but actually they're called drakes but when you hover over them its just called gold

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Cyhawk@reddit

Two reasons

Dunmer dislike Imperials and the Emperor
Other side of a Septim is Akatosh, which is a Drake. Thus drakes. Like a Canadian calling their funny money a loony.

Combine the two and its an insult to the Emperor. Its in a few books in the game.

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Game set in decaying fantasy dystopia

Currency is the souls or essences of your enemies

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firstgenipadmini@reddit

>game set in cartoonish fantasy

>currency must be coins