When submitting names, include names for both stages in the same post. You have 3 WIP names for each stage.
When making a final submission post, include names for both stages in the same post, formatted using the final submission format below. Names for each stage will be polled separately.
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If you are inspired by the winning art design and have come up with a good and unique name you'd like the CAP to be known by, please submit your idea here and we will put it up for a vote against all other users' ideas. Final submissions must conform to the submission rules, so please read them carefully. Breaking the posting rules can also result in disqualification.
Rules
Legal name submissions must meet the following standards
Names will not be slated if:
WIPs
Work In Progress (WIP) Names can be posted at any time for comments from the community.
No more than three WIP Names can be posted by any individual person through the entire course of the submission thread. This limit applies to ALL posts made by a single person, even if previous posts are edited or deleted. This limit is intended to curb the tendency for some submitters to spam the thread repeatedly with lists of Names. This detracts from other submissions and makes it difficult for commenters to survey the submission thread.
Do not bump your WIP names by posting them repeatedly, or making minor spelling changes of a letter or two. Bumping will result in the disqualification of all names by the offender. Editing or deleting bump posts will not prevent disqualification.
Final Submissions
Only ONE Final Submission can be made per person. Any Final Submission that does not follow the proper format will be disqualified.
Final submissions must provide one sentence (25 words maximum) explaining the etymology of the name.
Final submissions must provide a common English pronunciation. The common pronunciation can be made in whatever format you feel best conveys the pronunciation to most English speakers. (You may optionally also provide an IPA pronunciation. For information about IPA and processing words into IPA read this guide: IPA For English. There are also numerous phonetic translation tools online that can help.)
Format
Name Final Submissions must be posted exactly in the following format and in the following exact order:
Example final submission:
Deadline
This thread will be closed at the discretion of the CAP moderator team depending on thread activity.
Designs:
When making a final submission post, include names for both stages in the same post, formatted using the final submission format below. Names for each stage will be polled separately.
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If you are inspired by the winning art design and have come up with a good and unique name you'd like the CAP to be known by, please submit your idea here and we will put it up for a vote against all other users' ideas. Final submissions must conform to the submission rules, so please read them carefully. Breaking the posting rules can also result in disqualification.
Rules
Legal name submissions must meet the following standards
- Names must start with a capital letter.
- Names cannot be longer than 12 characters.
- Names can only contain the following characters:
- Letters A - Z
- Numbers 0 - 9
- Dash (-)
- Apostrophe (')
- Period (.)
- Colon (:)
- Space
- No more than two capital letters can be included in the name, and capital letters cannot be consecutive.
- A maximum of two non-letters can be included in the name, and a maximum of one non-letter of each type can be included (ie. You can't have two numbers, or two apostrophes, but you could have one number and one apostrophe)
Names will not be slated if:
- completely unrelated to the design
- the name of an existing Pokemon
- silly (puns are fine)
- based primarily on memes
- meant to inflame, intimidate, or cause controversy
- cause legal issues in a real Pokemon game
WIPs
Work In Progress (WIP) Names can be posted at any time for comments from the community.
No more than three WIP Names can be posted by any individual person through the entire course of the submission thread. This limit applies to ALL posts made by a single person, even if previous posts are edited or deleted. This limit is intended to curb the tendency for some submitters to spam the thread repeatedly with lists of Names. This detracts from other submissions and makes it difficult for commenters to survey the submission thread.
Do not bump your WIP names by posting them repeatedly, or making minor spelling changes of a letter or two. Bumping will result in the disqualification of all names by the offender. Editing or deleting bump posts will not prevent disqualification.
Final Submissions
Only ONE Final Submission can be made per person. Any Final Submission that does not follow the proper format will be disqualified.
Final submissions must provide one sentence (25 words maximum) explaining the etymology of the name.
Final submissions must provide a common English pronunciation. The common pronunciation can be made in whatever format you feel best conveys the pronunciation to most English speakers. (You may optionally also provide an IPA pronunciation. For information about IPA and processing words into IPA read this guide: IPA For English. There are also numerous phonetic translation tools online that can help.)
Format
Name Final Submissions must be posted exactly in the following format and in the following exact order:
- The first line of the post must have the words "Final Submission" in bold on its own line. No other text may be included before the bold heading.
- A blank line
- The Name submission in bold.
- A blank line
- A one line description of the etymology of the name or why it is appropriate for our Pokemon. (25 words maximum)
- A blank line
- "Pronounced: <common English pronunciation>"
- "IPA: <IPA pronunciation>" (optional)
Example final submission:
Final Submission
Syclant
A combination of "Icicle" + "Ant".
Pronounced: "SICKLE-ant"
IPA: sɪkəlænt
This name was originally submitted by Lawman on the very first CAP project. It is simple, elegant, and easy to pronounce (even if you are pronouncing it wrong), which is why it was chosen as the official name for CAP1!
Deadline
This thread will be closed at the discretion of the CAP moderator team depending on thread activity.
Designs: