[Newworlds]

I was at the airport in San Jose, California, awaiting to pick up a friend and sitting next to a curly haired man with glasses. We were discussing baggage as he had his taken off a flight by another passenger on accident and I was arguing how that could happen if your name was right on your bag. He said, "Well, I don't use my direct name on my bag so it's difficult." And I responded, "Well, what's in a name, like anyone would know you."

As a flight manager with two security guards walked up and got his attention he had this odd familiar look to his face as he winked saying, "Everything." I sat for a moment thinking I knew that guy from somewhere. When the flight manager returned, I asked, "Hey, that guy looked familiar a bit, who was he?" The flight manager said, "Oh, that's Brent Spiner." When I looked perplexed he said, "You know, the robot guy from star trek, Data." I laughed and wished I had a pen. I mean, who would have thought Data had curly hair and glasses.

Okay, enough of my anecdotes. I guess I would say that New Worlds has a bland name compared to many of the other very adventuresome names on TMS. The name came from the idea that the game has the potential and storyline for world to world travel even though it is medieval fantasy based (very similar to the Raymond E. Feist Books). This concept stemmed from the book the game is based on found here:

Which speaks of how the home world (where players start) was created. There was some talk of modifying the name to something directly out of the book or to the home world name "Ateraan", but with its longevity and structure that would prove difficult at this time. Still, Ateraan, in mine and likely most of our playerbase would prove a much better name.