Numbering your series: Roman vs. regular

[cookieface]

I personally prefer regular numbers for everyday use ;) They have the same meaning, and the constant usage of roman numerals seems like trend protocol to me. But that's just me. You?

[crono_logical]

They should start numbering them 一, 二, 三, 四 etc. :monster:

I guess it depends on the game or series really and what they're about :p

[Meat Puppet]

why does god intend on roman digits?

[bipper]

Roman digits are sexy. Sex sells games. Roman Numerals! Ceasar dressing sucks though.


I think it is 100% based on the astetic look and feel they are going for. Obviously ages of mythology should have roman numerals, as well as ceasers palace etc.

Bipper

[cookieface]

Sexy? I always thought they were dorky as heck ;) That's the stuff they teach you in grade school. I'm not talking about how game companies title their games, just about how everyday people refer to them.

[Aphelion]

I always use Roman numbers.

[MecaKane]

Is there really a thread about this?
Maybe I'm still asleep and having a dream where people actually give a /xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gif/xxx.gif about this. That must be it.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

I go with what's official.

[Madame Adequate]

Sexy? I always thought they were dorky as heck ;) That's the stuff they teach you in grade school. I'm not talking about how game companies title their games, just about how everyday people refer to them.

Dorky is sexy.

But anyway, whatever. I get confused sometimes and can't remember which series is numbered in which manner, but other than that I've no problems.

[Lord Chainsaw]

It depends on my mood. I never thoroughly learned how to type using the number pad on the right of the keyboard, so I'm always hunting the arabic numerals on top of the letter keys. If I deem it more difficult to hit the correct arabic digit key, then I will use roman numerals, because I actually know where those are.

It all comes down to how lazy I feel. Do I sacrifice a bit of speed and use romans, or do I sacrifice the comfort of turning my neck down and hunting out 1-0 on the keyboard?

[Rengori]

Roman digits are sexy. Sex sells games. Roman Numerals! Ceasar dressing sucks though.

[FFX_fanatiq]

I NEVER KNEW WHAT ROMAN NUMBERALS MEANT UNTILL I BOUGHT FF and became a fanatic now iI can go up to 12 YAY

[ljkkjlcm9]

Oh roman numerals aren't hard
I-1
V-5
X-10
L-50
C-100
D-500
M-1000

Now, Superbowl 40=XL, which I'm sure most of you have noticed at this point... the letters aren't hard it's difficult with numbers like, 1998... which would be... uhm... MCMXCVIII, which broken down is M=1000, CM=900, XC=90, VIII=8 woo hoo fun!

THE JACKEL

[Lionx]

They should start numbering them 一, 二, 三, 四 etc. :monster:



Yes D:

[nik0tine]

Sexy? I always thought they were dorky as heck ;) That's the stuff they teach you in grade school. I'm not talking about how game companies title their games, just about how everyday people refer to them.
And of course, if you learn about it in school, it's dorky.

[GooeyToast]

Roman is like, old.

[Apollo]

Roman Numurals. <3

[Jebus]

numeri Romani melior quam omnis sunt. illos numeri cetri plebi immundi sunt.

[cookieface]

Sexy? I always thought they were dorky as heck ;) That's the stuff they teach you in grade school. I'm not talking about how game companies title their games, just about how everyday people refer to them.
And of course, if you learn about it in school, it's dorky.

Like I said before and got deleted, what I'm saying is that it seems stupid to use them for the sake of official accuracy, if you're going to use something like acronyms along with it. For example, "Final Fantasy VII" is the official name, not "FFVII". So claming the reasons is to go with "what's official", seems idiotic in such a case. Thus, so does the preference over roman numerals for such use.