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Hello, fellow circle of life players !

You might have read this blog post already, in which Nick Bentley, the game creator, presents the game: https://www.nickbentley.games/circle-of ... -a-napkin/

I wonder if after some time of playing now, a consensus has emerged about how to name the shapes.
So what do you use ?

To ease these discussion, I took the liberty of assigning notation to each shape. This is also the same order as the one used for capture, in case my diagrams are not really clear ^^

1 = o
2 = oo
3a = oo°
3b = ooo
3c = .°.
4a = ..°.
4b = ...°
4c = °..°
4d = °°..
4e = .°.°
4f = °:°
4h = oooo


So the names I have seen used, or that I use myself :
1: stone, virus
2: two
3a : angle
3c : triangle
4a: ???
4b : L
4c : C
4d : S or Z or snake
4e: diamond
4f: Y
4h: line

4c : Crescent (Croissant in french)
4f : Tripod. Definitely tripod...

Nice ones ! 

Here's a scheme I like:

germ
worm
bird
snake
fox
wolf
bear
lion
anaconda
jaguar
elephant
crocodile

It works surprisingly well.

Is this faithful to what you have in mind?
Sorry for the low resolution, the forum does not for very big files.
All images courtesy of Wikimedia commons by the way.

I think the only one that's not too satisfying is the snake & anaconda duplicate ...

I missed this post before! Is funny because I only just recently tweaked my names. Can see here: https://burbatory.blogspot.com/2019/11/ ... names.html .

But, I like a lot of these. I may examine a fusion system. ... Granted that el Poopo must be the final judge.

Here's my take:
flea o
ant oo
scorpio oo°
lizard ooo
fox °.°
wolf ..°.
bear ...°
tiger/puma °..° ("Tigers are just about the only natural predator of bears, apart from other bears and humans. But given the right circumstances, we would also put Wolverines and mountain lions in this bracket too." https://rangerplanet.com/what-eats-a-be ... predators/]url
anaconda °°..
lion (face front view) .°.°
elephant °:°
crocodile oooo

Here's a template for those interested in suggesting some names:
o
oo
oo°
ooo
°.°
..°.
...°
°..°
°°..
.°.°
°:°
oooo

Shobu wrote: ↑12 September 2020, 21:21 Here's a template for those interested in suggesting some names:
o
oo
oo°
ooo
°.°
..°.
...°
°..°
°°..
.°.°
°:°
oooo

How about:
°
°°
°°•
°°°
°•°
••°•
•••°
°••°
°°••
•°•°
°:°
°°°°

I like this. One tweak I would recommend is change anaconda to python. Both large constrictors. Whether a python could actually take a tiger is not so important as whether the names are short and memorable. ... Think about chess: 6 different piece names, 5 are monosyllabic and only one has a whopping 2 syllables.

Shobu wrote: ↑12 September 2020, 19:14 Here's my take:
flea o
ant oo
scorpio oo°
lizard ooo
fox °.°
wolf ..°.
bear ...°
tiger/puma °..° ("Tigers are just about the only natural predator of bears, apart from other bears and humans. But given the right circumstances, we would also put Wolverines and mountain lions in this bracket too." https://rangerplanet.com/what-eats-a-be ... predators/]url
anaconda °°..
lion (face front view) .°.°
elephant °:°
crocodile oooo