Time to vote for virus names!

February 24, 2020, 11:11 am by

I completely missed this, but congrats to all the winners!

February 23, 2020, 7:34 pm by

Name winners, by the way: Lake: Death Roe Metal: Metalmorphosis Ice: Cryomorph Smoke: Eau de Ceased

As for how long it was open for - stages are short in general, so the naming was up for half of stage 6 and all of stage 7. But they needed to be closed to get the strains into the wardrobe. Having them open for 20 hours is better than it being a forum only poll that most people didn't even hear about!

Thank you again for letting us host our polls on the site!

February 23, 2020, 7:28 pm by

So depressed I missed the chance to vote :(

February 23, 2020, 7:02 pm by

Ahhhh... I was out of town overnight and missed it! Was following the thread though and hoping some of my favourites won! crosses fingers when will the winners be announced?

February 23, 2020, 6:43 pm by

The polls should have been open longer...

February 23, 2020, 6:27 pm by

Well that wasn't up for very long lol

February 23, 2020, 5:59 pm by

it wasn't even open for 24 hours?

February 23, 2020, 5:38 pm by

little annoyed at how short this was open for. o.O

February 23, 2020, 4:55 pm by

Will the specific companies mentioned in the Survival announcement be revealed? I think Metal is Yun Enterprises, Lake is Lakeview Resort, and Ice is either the SAI or Icy Goods, and I think Darkside's one is Apocolyptic Apothecary, but I could be wrong.

February 23, 2020, 4:26 pm by

Smoke is darkside!

February 23, 2020, 1:23 pm by

Wow Ice is looking incredible and I like the front runner name for it. Anxious to see what Metal looks like, will try for that next.

February 23, 2020, 1:07 pm by

, I think Smoke is for Saherimos.

February 23, 2020, 12:00 pm by

Come on, Cadaviar you can do it, I mean I'll call you that anyway, but come on you can win!

February 23, 2020, 10:50 am by

When you announce the winning names, are you going to reveal which companies sponsored them? I'm asking mainly cause I have no idea which land Smoke is supposed to be based on.

February 23, 2020, 8:22 am by

My votes for Lake and Metal are behind. :o

Gooooo Copper Maiden! And Cadaviar!

February 23, 2020, 6:21 am by

Voted ! :D

February 23, 2020, 4:27 am by

Even though none of the names I picked are winning, I have to say all of them are original and fitting for the viruses. It is nice to see such an involved and artistic userbase. :)

Well done players!

February 23, 2020, 4:08 am by

YAY POLLS!

Don't mind me, just here to say I like polls.

February 23, 2020, 2:36 am by

Thanks!

February 23, 2020, 2:35 am by

What Solsticesprite said, and also "Ikura" is red caviar. :)

February 23, 2020, 1:45 am by

ich is nickname for a common tropical fish disease in the aquarium hobby and ichor is a name for demon blood, tamago is japanese for egg (I think it's not specific to chickens, so it's not like in english where the specific word for a fish's egg is roe). Those are my guesses I only skimmed the strains naming thread it's pretty long.

February 23, 2020, 1:00 am by

Thanks for including my idea for Smoke: Frankencense x (unless someone else actually submitted that before I did, but assuming it’s mine)

February 23, 2020, 12:49 am by

okay I get the "ick" and "ghoul" parts of "ickura" and "tamaghoul" but otherwise I have no idea what those names mean?

February 23, 2020, 12:04 am by

I'm just here for the free sP. Got a lot of it to raise.

February 23, 2020, 12:03 am by

I think this is only the second year that we've had official on-site polls, but the names are all things that came from users posting on the forums, with suggestions for names starting as early as the first stage lol. Of course the frontrunners can change a bit over time depending on how the development goes, but generally the names tend to kind of reflect how the strain started out, even if it takes a different turn somewhere in the middle.

Lobster Face is a classic example of this, since it started out with just red puffiness on the HA before it turned into the rose by the end.

February 22, 2020, 11:55 pm by

Aw, I didn't know that. I don't remember ever seeing them named before. The naming process is all new to me. Thanks for explaining. :)

February 22, 2020, 11:27 pm by

1/4 of my choices are winning. XD

February 22, 2020, 11:20 pm by

Love the names this year, the discussion has been overall really positive and fun.

February 22, 2020, 11:20 pm by

Well, that's kind of part of the fun! Most of the existing zombie skins have names that were based more on their early stages and not necessarily the final product.

February 22, 2020, 11:17 pm by

(and anyone else wondering about the myrrhder name)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_teAnuSjlz8

February 22, 2020, 11:10 pm by

Oof, I never got the memo that the forums were working again lolol

February 22, 2020, 10:34 pm by

How to pick without seeing end result yet? Hmm...

February 22, 2020, 10:31 pm by

Love the official polls! Every single name I voted for is currently in second place. Hopefully a few pull forward after more users vote :P wishful thinking

February 22, 2020, 10:17 pm by

Thank you so much to staff for helping us out with these polls!

Full disclosure - all names are user submitted and have been hot topics of conversation over on the Strain Tracking Threads. Staff wasn't responsible for any of these names. Feel free to join us over on the boards! [topic not found]

February 22, 2020, 10:00 pm by

Oh okay thank you! I assumed it was just some sort of reference to a tv show, movie, etc and that is why I did not vote for it. Now I wish I would have asked first because knowing what it actually is makes me want to vote for it instead.

February 22, 2020, 9:57 pm by

-chants- myrrhder myrrhder

myrrh is a tree used for incense and other smelly things. It's also pronounced mur. So, mur-der C:

February 22, 2020, 9:48 pm by

Okay so I am always in my own little world it seems. What is the Myrr?

February 22, 2020, 9:47 pm by

Myrrhder!!!

February 22, 2020, 9:46 pm by

Thanks for the easy to understand polls :) these make naming strains so much more streamlined than just throwing out our votes in a forum post

February 22, 2020, 9:42 pm by

Yee! Three out of four I voted for are really close races!

February 22, 2020, 9:41 pm by

Oh no, I just thought of a name for Metal, too. Ghast in the Machine. Probably too wordy, though. I'm liking these options!

February 22, 2020, 9:40 pm by

Voted.

February 22, 2020, 9:38 pm by

I hope Myrrhder wins because oh my god that is hilarious + an amazing reference!

February 22, 2020, 9:37 pm by

I'm not sure which of these names best describes a camera shy, malnourished blue yeti

February 22, 2020, 9:37 pm by

So many good names it was hard to choose! People are so creative with these :D

February 22, 2020, 9:36 pm by

Yeah, I enjoyed most of the names this year as well. I like some more than others, but I won't be particularly upset if the ones I voted for don't win. They're all pretty good!

February 22, 2020, 9:34 pm by

As much I enjoy being able to vote, I really dislike one of the options of lake due to the political connotations to a particularly controversial subject and feel like it should have been omitted.

February 22, 2020, 9:33 pm by

Such creative names. I don't even care if the ones I voted for end up being picked because there were so many that I honestly wanted to vote for more than one.

February 22, 2020, 9:31 pm by

Umm... I don't understand the 'Old' vs 'New' site art poll? Hasn't the art on here always been changing? Which art is it asking about? :/

February 22, 2020, 9:30 pm by

"And I bring you Myrrh." "Awe" "Myrrhder" "Ah, Judas!"

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