Topic

Change the name of "Your" street to something less personal

Right now "Your House" (private) and "Your Home Street" (public) are so similar that people keep getting confused about the street being private. A simple solution might be just to change the name of the street to something less obviously personal.

When housing v1 came out and this furor started, I suggested renaming the street to something like "Janitch way" and others added the suggestion to allow the player to rename it. But really anything that would distinguish the names would help a lot.

Posted 7 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I believe that somewhere along the line, we had staff assurance that renaming streets was planned for/coming—eventually.

    Me, I'm going with Two Weeks.™
    Posted 7 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Even just having the game refer to them as "So and So's PUBLIC Street" would be extremely helpful to those that are getting confused.
    Posted 7 months ago by foolbunny Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1

    very good point foolbunny
    Posted 7 months ago by Miss Bobbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like the idea of the game using terminology such as "Player's Public Street" to help players better understand how things work. Perhaps we could also refer to these as "player streets" rather than "home streets." And finally, perhaps the street description that says "owned by Player" could be changed to something like "managed by Player" or "cultivated by Player." 
    Posted 7 months ago by Splendora Subscriber! | Permalink
  • This, combined with /home navigation directly into the abode, would go a long way to setting the psychological stage for the difference between private and public spaces.
    Posted 7 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Great suggestion with the managed by or cultivated by. Really does wonders for the mindset!!
    Posted 7 months ago by Hen vla Ham Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I like these ideas, and would offer that calling it a "Park," which is generally expected to be quite public, and using one of the cultivated by terms would be very helpful for getting the correct feel of peoples' relationships to the area.
    Posted 7 months ago by KhaKhonsu Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 Mereret! Your "park" idea is really lovely.
    Posted 7 months ago by Miss Bobbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Osprey's Park - love it!
    Posted 7 months ago by Osprey Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for Mereret's idea (Janitch's Park) as the default name, with the ability to rename it.
    Posted 7 months ago by Janitch Subscriber! | Permalink