Make Gobo, Giga, Pico, Nano have more memorizable names

kentkoide

Hello. Giga, Gobo, Pico, Nano, hard to memorize names for those who are new to scratch. My example is to call those sprites, fantasy 1, 2, 3, 4, and so on and so forth.

ScolderCreations

Those would be less memorable as they’re just numbers- Gobo, Giga, Pico, and Nano are very simple once you’ve seen them enough.

Unity_and_Cq

No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.

kentkoide

Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.

Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.

Unity_and_Cq

kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.
Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.

So you saying then we COULD turn Mickey into Mouse 1, Minnie to Mouse 2, etc? Because no one will ever remember those.

kentkoide

Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.
Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.
So you saying then we COULD turn Mickey into Mouse 1, Minnie to Mouse 2, etc? Because no one will ever remember those.

Yes.

Unity_and_Cq

kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.
Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.
So you saying then we COULD turn Mickey into Mouse 1, Minnie to Mouse 2, etc? Because no one will ever remember those.
Yes.

So naming Pico, for example, Monster 1 would be MORE memorable than Pico. +all the names for them are based off of units of measurement which is just so cool.

musicROCKS013

Personally, I don’t see why it’s important that new scratchers need to memorize these mascots’ name.

kentkoide

Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.
Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.
So you saying then we COULD turn Mickey into Mouse 1, Minnie to Mouse 2, etc? Because no one will ever remember those.
Yes.
So naming Pico, for example, Monster 1 would be MORE memorable than Pico. +all the names for them are based off of units of measurement which is just so cool.

But younger people who use scratch may not know what's even a unit of measurement.

kentkoide

musicROCKS013 wrote:
Personally, I don’t see why it’s important that new scratchers need to memorize these mascots’ name.

Well, just discontinue all 4 mascots, leaving only scratch cat instead.

ScolderCreations

kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.
Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.
So you saying then we COULD turn Mickey into Mouse 1, Minnie to Mouse 2, etc? Because no one will ever remember those.
Yes.
So naming Pico, for example, Monster 1 would be MORE memorable than Pico. +all the names for them are based off of units of measurement which is just so cool.
But younger people who use scratch may not know what's even a unit of measurement.

If they’re using a computer and around the target age of Scratch, they will probably be able to figure it out, since computers often use these prefixes.

musicROCKS013

kentkoide wrote:
musicROCKS013 wrote:
Personally, I don’t see why it’s important that new scratchers need to memorize these mascots’ name.
Well, just discontinue all 4 mascots, leaving only scratch cat instead.

That doesn’t answer my question -_-

Just because people might not know their names doesn’t mean they are meaningless.

ScolderCreations

kentkoide wrote:
musicROCKS013 wrote:
Personally, I don’t see why it’s important that new scratchers need to memorize these mascots’ name.
Well, just discontinue all 4 mascots, leaving only scratch cat instead.

Why the heck would we do that?

Do you have a grudge against the mascots? Did they steal your Cheezits? What happened that made you decide they should be renamed or removed?

DinoMaster20

Because everyone is gonna memorize numbers, right?

kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.
Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.

Mickey Mouce new cast:

Mouse 1

Mouse 2

Duck 1

Duck 2

Dog 1

Dog 2

–
And why would anyone want to memorize that? At least the names now are fun. Monster 1, 2, 3, and 4? You just sucked a good bit of fun from the website.

kentkoide

ScolderCreations wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.
Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.
So you saying then we COULD turn Mickey into Mouse 1, Minnie to Mouse 2, etc? Because no one will ever remember those.
Yes.
So naming Pico, for example, Monster 1 would be MORE memorable than Pico. +all the names for them are based off of units of measurement which is just so cool.
But younger people who use scratch may not know what's even a unit of measurement.
If they’re using a computer and around the target age of Scratch, they will probably be able to figure it out, since computers often use these prefixes.

But scratch doesn’t tell those things to scratchers.

musicROCKS013

kentkoide wrote:
But scratch doesn’t tell those things to scratchers.

Yes they do. In the names of the sprites in the sprite library.

kentkoide

DinoMaster20 wrote:
Because everyone is gonna memorize numbers, right?
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.
Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.
Mickey Mouce new cast:
Mouse 1
Mouse 2
Duck 1
Duck 2
Dog 1
Dog 2
–
And why would anyone want to memorize that? At least the names now are fun. Monster 1, 2, 3, and 4? You just sucked a good bit of fun from the website.

Yeah, numbers are easier to remember.

musicROCKS013

kentkoide wrote:
Yeah, numbers are easier to remember.

The debate here is really just this:

What matters more? Fun or memorization?

Unity_and_Cq

kentkoide wrote:
ScolderCreations wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Unity_and_Cq wrote:
No. Would you ever rename Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse? They are the Donalds and Mickeys of Scratch.
Well, then just name it like monster 1 2 3 4 and so on and so forth.
So you saying then we COULD turn Mickey into Mouse 1, Minnie to Mouse 2, etc? Because no one will ever remember those.
Yes.
So naming Pico, for example, Monster 1 would be MORE memorable than Pico. +all the names for them are based off of units of measurement which is just so cool.
But younger people who use scratch may not know what's even a unit of measurement.
If they’re using a computer and around the target age of Scratch, they will probably be able to figure it out, since computers often use these prefixes.
But scratch doesn’t tell those things to scratchers.

It's called an EASTER EGG. You won't pick up on it if you don't look for it. It's fun

kentkoide

musicROCKS013 wrote:
kentkoide wrote:
Yeah, numbers are easier to remember.
The debate here is really just this:

What matters more? Fun or memorization?

I think fun, but memorization is also important and really matters.

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