Proposed history for the 3rd Cthonian faction

[sabrebattletank]

Also, something to consider: there is a moon called Metis, and an asteroid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metis_(mythology)#Metis_in_astronomy

*To me, words like estrogen and pedophile, and, by extention, Metis, sound like they should have a short "e," as in "meh" rather than a long one, like "median."

Aside from the astronomy thing, I am sold.

[Warfreak]

I've been saying it "meh-tea-ans" this entire time, so I say short "e" aswell.

[Nielk1]

MMMMM, Meaty-ans.

Anybody hungry?

[bigbadbogie]

Medium rare for me thanks.

They're a bit gristly though...

[iron maiden]

I prefer mine with brown mustard and lettuce.

[AHadley]

Elyssians reminds me of an space-based RTS I have called O.R.B that we could draw some ideas from... which leads me to suggest some using a name based on those in the game (Wikipedia page here to help) since Metians seems to be producing some confusion.

I'll be honest, some of the names they used are pretty good. It was quite a good game, I'd recommend it to those of you who like Homeworld... still, take a look

Not that I don't like Metians, of course.

[Mr X]

*To me, words like estrogen and pedophile, and, by extention, Metis, sound like they should have a short "e," as in "meh" rather than a long one, like "median."

Its spelled paedophile, and is pronounced "pee".

Elyssians reminds me of an space-based RTS I have called O.R.B that we could draw some ideas from... which leads me to suggest some using a name based on those in the game (Wikipedia page here to help) since Metians seems to be producing some confusion.

I'll be honest, some of the names they used are pretty good. It was quite a good game, I'd recommend it to those of you who like Homeworld... still, take a look

Not that I don't like Metians, of course.

I chose Metians because it links with who they are as Metis was the goddess of wisdom and thought, as for Elyssians I don't see how it links to Greek mythology which is what a lot of people seem to be calling for.

[Clavin12]

Elysium was the place where good people go in the Greek underworld. It's a subdivision of Hades.

[AHadley]

Wouldn't work then.

Its spelled paedophile, and is pronounced "pee".

Sabre is American. But I'm convinced we've got it right, since Americanisms are corruptions

[sabrebattletank]

Modern English is a corruption :p

It's Greek, we're corrupting it anyway :p

[Mr X]

English as a hole is what you get when you take every language in the world and stuff them into a box they shouldn't be able to fit into

[sabrebattletank]

Mostly just Anglo-Saxon and Latin.

French, but that essentially counts as Latin.

[Clavin12]

Wouldn't work then.

Then tartarans it should be.

[Rocket]

actually i've been pronouncing it as:

metia (mee sha)
metis (mee tis)
metians (mee shins)

[bigbadbogie]

The little bugger kicked metians hard.