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Kasz216 on 16 March 2010
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ultraslick said:
De85 said:
@ Everyone bitching about God/Gears of War: The thread is in the MS forum, features a picture of Marcus Fenix in the OP, and references Epic games in the title. There is only confusion about the name if you a) did not read the OP, in which case you shouldn't post anyway, b) don't know who the devs are for either GoW, in which case you should still read the OP because it is spelled out which game they are talking about, or c) you are trolling and trying to derail the thread.

Get over it, it is possible to have an acronym with more than one meaning depending on the context.

/rant

by either GoW, are you referring to God of War 2 and God of War 3?

Because that IS what the acronym stands for. GOW = God of War. That is why people are confused, because GOW = God of War and Not Gears of War (GeOW).

You are right, it is possible to have an acronym with more than one meaning depending on the context, but that is irrelevant beacuase GOW = God of War... and it always has meant that... (within the videogame community)

@OP,

I would prefer if GeOW 3 (Gears) did not come out until next gen, although I would love to see a showdown someday between Killzone 3 and the next Gears.. by that I mean it would be cool if they were released on or around the same date to compete with one another sales/ quality wise.

"edit: I should say that it is debatable what the acronym is used for... if you look up the words "gow acronym" in google a whole list of debates over the topic come up.

I guess I will just concede that certain people call Gears of War GOW, but they are probably the same people who say "Blue ray" instead of Blu-Ray.

Actually, if you want to be techical.

 

Neither God of War OR Gears of War deserve the GOW name.

In proper english you don't use an ancynom for "of".

 

Though then both would be confused with Guild Wars.