Request for Name Change - Q As God

Ljofa

Can this character please be renamed to ‘Afterlife Q’? Q As ‘God’ is just a terrible name.

DavideBooks

It may not be the best, but it is the best balanced I can think of. They are careful not to say he is God, but say "as" God, showing he is acting in the place of. They further use quotation marks to indicate that he is acting a part. This is doubtless carefully crafted to be descriptive of the role while not alienating the religious players. Afterlife Q is more pithy and has a nice ring, but most of the people in the world believe in some form of God and some form of afterlife (not involving Q) and many of them pay money on this game.

It is a clumsy name, but the best official one they can give.

Meanwhile, the players will still call him "Qod" and "Afterlife Q" and "God Q" and such (or I came up with "FaQe God").

I understand that it is a terrible name. It is just the best terrible name they could have.

eXo | Ramza

Simply clumsy, but wouldn't be surprised if the compliance doofs at CBS or Paramount got all in a tizzy and gave us that abomination of a name.

God forbid we might offend someone.

Divine Q gets my vote.

(HGH)Apollo

eXo | Ramza wrote: »

Simply clumsy, but wouldn't be surprised if the compliance doofs at CBS or Paramount got all in a tizzy and gave us that abomination of a name.

God forbid we might offend someone.

Divine Q gets my vote.

It is Picard himself who says that he is unwilling to believe Q is God so your complaint is with the the writers of the Tapestry episode. Q as "God" is an accurate description. In the episode it was Q portraying himself as God. Though I will concede it would be easier and simplified if DB instead used the name "God" Q and it would still be saying the same thing. I do not like Afterlife Q as Picard was in critical condition but he was not dead. Also it would be very hard to remember Afterlife Q or Divine Q and harder to search for.

Travis S McClain

There's nothing wrong with being considerate of players' religious sensitivities. Dismissing someone else's concerns because you don't share them or take them seriously is not the hallmark of enlightenment that some seem to think it is. I get how they arrived at Q as God, but I do agree that its clumsy and unwieldy.

The naming convention is [Persona] Name, which here would be God Q, which is wrong on several levels. "God" Q with quotes is better, but still murky. Though I would have named him Ghost of Clarence Past, Present, and Future Q, so I'm probably the wrong one to ask for alternatives.

Ironagedave

How about Etherworld Q

Bluebeard1

It doesn't state which god he is depicting. Could be a greek one based on that white cloak.
Assuming that he is depicting the primary diety of your specific religion may be an incorrect assumption.

Prime Lorca

Q of Christmas Past is what he represents. Or It's a Wonderful Q.

Vesmer

Bluebeard1 wrote: »

It doesn't state which god he is depicting. Could be a greek one based on that white cloak.
Assuming that he is depicting the primary diety of your specific religion may be an incorrect assumption.

Well, there’s capital letter in God, so it have to be some monotheistic religion.

As for the concerns - I personally don’t find anything wrong in the current naming. It’s as abstract as it could be

PavelH

(HGH)Apollo wrote: »

eXo | Ramza wrote: »

Simply clumsy, but wouldn't be surprised if the compliance doofs at CBS or Paramount got all in a tizzy and gave us that abomination of a name.

God forbid we might offend someone.

Divine Q gets my vote.

It is Picard himself who says that he is unwilling to believe Q is God so your complaint is with the the writers of the Tapestry episode. Q as "God" is an accurate description. In the episode it was Q portraying himself as God. Though I will concede it would be easier and simplified if DB instead used the name "God" Q and it would still be saying the same thing. I do not like Afterlife Q as Picard was in critical condition but he was not dead. Also it would be very hard to remember Afterlife Q or Divine Q and harder to search for.

Picard was very much dead in the episode. He was brought back by Q. On the topic, I think the best name is 'God' Q but I'm not too bothered by 'Q as God'.

Bluebeard1

Vesmer wrote: »

Well, there’s capital letter in God, so it have to be some monotheistic religion.

The capital implies monotheistic, but as it is part of the name for this Q variant, maybe not. 23rd Century Martok has a capital C in his name for example, or Age of Sail Crusher with a capital S in sail.

*Nomad* {PoF}

Why not simply call him Q?

Prime Lorca

Nomad (FADM:Patterns of Force) wrote: »

Why not simply call him Q?

Or Q in White? White was a significant visual in the episode.

Yateball

I'm in to say Q as "God" is perfectly fine and it's strange that it's such an issue. He literally introduces himself as God in the episode... can we move on to actual issues with the game?

robownage

Bluebeard1 wrote: »

Vesmer wrote: »

Well, there’s capital letter in God, so it have to be some monotheistic religion.

The capital implies monotheistic, but as it is part of the name for this Q variant, maybe not. 23rd Century Martok has a capital C in his name for example, or Age of Sail Crusher with a capital S in sail.

DB seems to follow the general capitalization rule of titles, capitalizing all nouns whether personal or not.

For me, the biggest indicators of this Q being associated with a monotheistic religion is the lack of the modifier "a." If this religion had multiple deities, then it would be Q as a God, as he would be merely one of many.

The name is clumsy and not very appealing, but I appreciate their effort to avoid offending anyone's religion, and instead only offending those of us with OCD.

Zombie Squirrel

Afterlife Q would be my favorite name as well, if there has to be a change.

Captain Zlogg

To me he looks medical in that robe so I call him 'Orderly Q' or 'Form an Orderly Q'

Matt_Decker

Like @Zom[BAD] Squirrel , I would have gone with Afterlife Q if I were in charge of the naming conventions, but I'm not overly exercised about this one. By using the modifier "as" and using quotation marks, they've made it clear that Q isn't actually God, but was trying to pass himself off as such to Picard. That's an accurate representation of his role in the episode when he was wearing this outfit.

WhatMeWorry

I vote for Butterchurn Q.
It worked with Kirk.

eXo | Ramza

(HGH)Apollo wrote: »

eXo | Ramza wrote: »

Simply clumsy, but wouldn't be surprised if the compliance doofs at CBS or Paramount got all in a tizzy and gave us that abomination of a name.

God forbid we might offend someone.

Divine Q gets my vote.

It is Picard himself who says that he is unwilling to believe Q is God so your complaint is with the the writers of the Tapestry episode. Q as "God" is an accurate description. In the episode it was Q portraying himself as God. Though I will concede it would be easier and simplified if DB instead used the name "God" Q and it would still be saying the same thing. I do not like Afterlife Q as Picard was in critical condition but he was not dead. Also it would be very hard to remember Afterlife Q or Divine Q and harder to search for.

I can get behind "God" Q as well, especially because it captures the irony of Q's trolling. I forgot he was taking the piss out of Picard the whole episode.

V.

worship Q at the church of your choice

Bylo Band

I think the name Q as "God" is darn near perfect, as it checks all the boxes.

1. It is as respectful as can be to various players of various faiths within the confines of the fact that the TNG writers already introduced a version of Q literally playing a god.

2. Putting the word "God" in quotation marks indicates that this is basically just Q cosplaying as the deity Picard's culture associates with God.

3. It also playfully mocks Q a bit by letting us the player know that Q isn't powerful enough to actually be God.

4. It retains the word "God" because Picard literally uses that phrase when confronting Q.

IMO this name is best case scenario.

Synthetic Commander

ByloBand wrote: »

I think the name Q as "God" is darn near perfect, as it checks all the boxes.

1. It is as respectful as can be to various players of various faiths within the confines of the fact that the TNG writers already introduced a version of Q literally playing a god.

2. Putting the word "God" in quotation marks indicates that this is basically just Q cosplaying as the deity Picard's culture associates with God.

3. It also playfully mocks Q a bit by letting us the player know that Q isn't powerful enough to actually be God.

4. It retains the word "God" because Picard literally uses that phrase when confronting Q.

IMO this name is best case scenario.

100% agreed Bylo. I could not agree more with this post.

Bluebeard1

As he has Med primary, maybe we could rename him as "Hospital Waiting List" because he's a medical Q(ueue)

Bad joke, but it made me chuckle...

EnderW

Tapestry Q would have been more elegant and descriptive of the episode it's from. But I'm not going to lose much sleep over this.

Though the LOTR fan in me wouldn't mind Q the White.

Bakerbeanz

How about deity Q?

Deity=divine status, quality, or nature.

That way it implies a higher nature or status than human. Just a thought...

Ishmael Marx

All other issues aside, I just find it awkward to type the name. Q as "God". Something just unwieldy about it to me - not sure why. God Q (or "God" Q if you prefer) would have been simpler from my finger's perspective. But at the end of the day, no big deal to me. I don't imagine I'l have to type it too many times after the next week or so anyway.

DraftedMcCoy

Both Afterlife Q and Tapestry Q are better names.

Ivanstone

Isn't he acting more like Saint Peter in the episode though?

Maybe he should be called Afterlife Bureaucrat Q?

SSR Barkley

ByloBand wrote: »

I think the name Q as "God" is darn near perfect, as it checks all the boxes.

1. It is as respectful as can be to various players of various faiths within the confines of the fact that the TNG writers already introduced a version of Q literally playing a god.

2. Putting the word "God" in quotation marks indicates that this is basically just Q cosplaying as the deity Picard's culture associates with God.

3. It also playfully mocks Q a bit by letting us the player know that Q isn't powerful enough to actually be God.

4. It retains the word "God" because Picard literally uses that phrase when confronting Q.

IMO this name is best case scenario.

100% this. Agree. I would rather DB spend time focusing on other issues.

Bylo Band

SSR Barkley wrote: »

ByloBand wrote: »

I think the name Q as "God" is darn near perfect, as it checks all the boxes.

1. It is as respectful as can be to various players of various faiths within the confines of the fact that the TNG writers already introduced a version of Q literally playing a god.

2. Putting the word "God" in quotation marks indicates that this is basically just Q cosplaying as the deity Picard's culture associates with God.

3. It also playfully mocks Q a bit by letting us the player know that Q isn't powerful enough to actually be God.

4. It retains the word "God" because Picard literally uses that phrase when confronting Q.

IMO this name is best case scenario.

100% this. Agree. I would rather DB spend time focusing on other issues.

Yeah, if only there was a list somewhere....