Nexuiz - the name

[Taiyo.uk]

Yes:
Nex-wiz.

No:
nexoooois
nex-you-iz
nek-squeeeze
nex-ee-uz
neggzwiz
nexwish

[The mysterious Mr. 4m]

lol @ "neck-squeeze"

[nifrek]

-dude1: Hey, what's that you're playing?
-dude2: It's an open source game, the engine is based off quake one
-dude1: Whoa, that looks nothing like quake one!
-dude2: Yeah, they've added so many features that you can't really compare anymore, it's very advanced. It's really cool.
-dude1: Nice.
-dude2: Yep.
-dude1: So, what's it called?
-dude2: Well... it's called Nexuiz.
-dude1: What?
-dude2: ... Nexuiz...
-dude1: ... What?
-dude2: Yeah... I'll write it down for you.
-dude1: Thanks.

[esteel]

-dude2: Yeah... I'll write it down for you.

I"ll drop you a link much better

[mand1nga]

Well, the same happens with the pronunciation of MySQL, PostgreSQL, GNU, etc, etc

So, who cares?

[esteel]

slashdot
http:///..org

[exitcode1]

There's nothing wrong with the name.
Your argument that the name will alienate code contributors is absolutely rediculious and pure unabashed speculation that is common from the mouths of players who never really did any development. Many people love to give advice when they have no basis to do so.

Ah ha ha. There is something minor wrong with the name; it's merely not pronounced phonetically from how it's spelled. There are no English words where "ui" is pronounced "E ә"--it's simply backwards. *shrug*. We English-speakers do manage fine for 'cough' and 'bough' not rhyming. Same goes for 'go', 'so', 'no', and then 'do'. This is a lot of talking for a leetspeak spelling of the name of a video game, heh heh.

Ignoring all that... Wow dude, i hope you were trolling; I wasn't attacking the game so there's no need to get defensive and offensive. It's certainly true that people love to give advice when they have no basis to do so: you were rude to somebody you don't know, somebody new to the community, and in calling someone else's ideas ridiculous you demonstrated that you also "love to give advice when they have no basis to do so". Here's the basis which I used for my statement and which you claimed doesn't exist, though; I'm a programmer for a living and so are most of my still-gaming friends. Rude people, obvious-yet-unaddressed bugs (unhealthy dev community?) and, yes, even the turn-off name have all been mentioned as reasons not to participate. Anecdotal, sure--but it doesn't take much to disprove a broad statement made in the negative. In any case, I'm burying my hatchet. Two of my favorite xkcds: 386 438

[Alien]

So how should it be written in English given the current pronunciation?

[Rad Ished]

AN easy solution and simplification to the problem, one that everybody will love and cherish,
Rename Nexuiz:
BRLOGENSHFEGLE
There, problem solved, and a clear mission statement to boot.
Pls spare the applause i do it only for the love comrades, only for the love.

[Gego]

The name is what it is!
Ne - ksu - iz
Ne - k -s - i - us sounds awful -_- IMHO...