Poll

Can we stop calling it BF2 : Vanilla?

Yes27%27% - 60
No38%38% - 86
I Don't Care32%32% - 73
I Have A Better One: (please explain)1%1% - 3
Total: 222
Drykill
I Like Waffles.
+47|7259|England
vanilla, regular...... remind anyone else of ice-creams?
Des.Kmal
Member
+917|7185|Atlanta, Georgia, USA

s4vior6 wrote:

It sounds ghey. Regular BF2 sounds better IMO.
no
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usmarine
Banned
+2,785|7328

Des.Kmal wrote:

s4vior6 wrote:

It sounds ghey. Regular BF2 sounds better IMO.
no
QFE
Scorpion0x17
can detect anyone's visible post count...
+691|7333|Cambridge (UK)
Good god, d'u people not speak english?

dictionary.com wrote:

7 entries found for Vanilla.
va·nil·la   Audio pronunciation of "Vanilla" ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (v-nl)
n.

   1. Any of various tropical American vines of the genus Vanilla in the orchid family, especially V. planifolia, cultivated for its long narrow seedpods from which a flavoring agent is obtained.
   2. The seedpod of this plant. Also called vanilla bean.
   3. A flavoring extract prepared from the cured seedpods of this plant or produced synthetically.


adj.

   1. Flavored with vanilla: vanilla pudding.
   2. Lacking adornments or special features; basic or ordinary: “We went through a period of vanilla cars” (Charles Jordan).

Last edited by Scorpion0x17 (2006-07-22 18:00:39)

TrollmeaT
Aspiring Objectivist
+492|7239|Colorado
Can we stop calling it BF2 : Vanilla?

No, it would be like trying to get all the kids to stop saying pwned & 1337.

Slang is never a problem as long as you know what it means
Chou
Member
+737|7358
I love BF2 Vanilla Icecream
Kamikaze17
Over the line!
+70|7316|Mark it zero.
i want ice cream
shadow18alpha
I attend BF2 Anonymous Meetings
+129|7242|Warlord/Bellevue,WA
napolean
BMF-Nichman
Member
+6|7104

DoktorRocket wrote:

The term "vanilla" has been used to describe un-modded versions of games for some time, at least as far back as BF42. I've seen it used for other games as well, such as UT.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla_%2 … r_games%29
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p … 7809#57809

I suspect the slang will be around for awhile, but I don't much care either way. Any word's as good as the next as long as we all know what we're talking about.
whoa, i thought im the only one that knew. doktor rocket is right, people have been using vanilla for a long time; not just for bf2
ericcartmanisbest
Member
+24|7106|GREAT Britain
yes can we, its not fucking ice cream. battlefield 2 without any expansions or boosters is just battlefield 2, thats all it is, simple

Last edited by ericcartmanisbest (2006-07-22 22:11:57)

NeoCommander
Banned
+15|7211|USA
how about Battlefield2: Cheesecake

everyone likes cheesecake.
-Gunsmoke-
Member
+165|7202|South Jersey

NeoCommander wrote:

how about Battlefield2: Cheesecake

everyone likes cheesecake.
OMFG I WANT t3h CHEESE CAKE NOW
kessel!
Peruvian Cocaine
+261|7332|Toronto Canada
bf vanilla is clearly the stupidest nickname i have yet heard for a video game.
Cursed You
Member
+64|7154|Idaho

Gilgalad wrote:

Vanilla is considered to be a classic, but bland flavoring. With SF coming out offering a new flavor of Battlefield 2 play, there were a few who started calling the original release "vanilla" and it stuck.

I don't really mind the term, it is just kind there and isn't really offensive - similarly part of the community is the overused and slightly offensive term n00b tube. It is used widely enough that it is truly a part of the community, unlike C4 "sandwich" where only those obsessed with throwing them call it that.
Dammit I read that too late.  I wanted to learn something new yesterday not today.  Fuckin midnight.


I never called it vanilla, but that explanation as to why... its really all not that bad.  I like vanilla.

Sharqi ftw.

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