Back to collectionThe First Naming Session Exposes a Design Divide
Background: Foundation documents had entered the law firm's process, but the name was still undecided. Today: The first chain naming session filled a whiteboard, then wiped it clean. Impact and next steps: The first discussion produced no official name, but made the disagreement concrete: the name had to hold the engineering purpose and be something players would actually say.
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Background: Foundation documents had entered the law firm's process, but the name was still undecided. Engineers had a bridge and sequencer to finish, while product colleagues wanted players to remember the eventual chain. They differed over what its name should communicate first.
Today: The first chain naming session filled a whiteboard, then wiped it clean. Some favored a name that explained the technical layer; others thought that would push the game experience into the background. Rather than rush to pick a winner, the group crossed out candidates that were easy to confuse or hard to say aloud.
Impact and next steps: The first discussion produced no official name, but made the disagreement concrete: the name had to hold the engineering purpose and be something players would actually say. The team planned to discuss the narrower set of directions again. The blank in the legal documents remained for now.