RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990)

Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by thom on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:17AM (#26055161)

For personal stuff (and even early machines for some companies which blurred the lines) I always chose the names of forests in the Magic: the Gathering multiverse. I try and help keep this page updated purely for that purpose:

https://mtg.fandom.com/wiki/Forest

These days, for work, it’s just boring unambiguous stuff. I think with more cloud infrastructure and the rarity of shared unix servers with home directories for people, it’s rare that I have any emotional investment in a machine. They’re basically soulless now.

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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by Etheryte on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:38AM (#26055302)

To date, Dryad Arbor is still one of the coolest cards in MtG, simply because of both the simplicity and the universality of its quote. When it came out, I was very surprised by the idea that a land could also be a creature. These days we have way wonkier mechanics, but that novelty along with the quote has a special place in my heart.

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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by thom on Sunday February 07, 2021 @10:19AM (#26055576)

Yeah I’m always really sad it doesn’t make it into the MTGO cube.

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Re:RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer (1990) by bobbyi_settv on Sunday February 07, 2021 @04:19PM (#26058278)

An opponent being able to remove one of your lands with small creature removal or any ping effect or -1/-1 counter is scary.

It sees play (I think) in Legacy and Commander where there are a bunch of specific powerful ways to abuse it (e.g., combo off early with Arbor + Gaea's Cradle to generate a bunch of mana), but you're not going to pull that off often in cube, so it would mostly be a basic forest that your opponent can easily remove.

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