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Platinums . . .

Years from now when I am old and gray, us now old timers, will be sitting around telling "remember when" stories and one of us will go "Remember when the platinums got their name..." And I can say... "yeah I was there..." hehe

Mmmm hot cherry pie with ice cream sounds great.. Jim you have me wanting dessert now... evil evil man
 
Sweet! That means I'm a proud owner of a F Platinum instead of just a regular old F Anery Phantom, lol.
 
WOW ....

I simply have to add that this was the first "Name The Morph" thread that went so smooooothly.... :D

I don't see an appreciable difference between Phantoms and Platinum’s - do you??

Of course, my two female Phantoms came from..... Serpenco

<snicker>

-Tonya
 
jazzgeek said:
Call 'em whatever you desire.

In the end - as always - the marketplace will have the final say.
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And of course my question put back into context makes it much more facetious (or rhetorical?) in nature:
Drizzt80 said:
Even though the grandma to these was purchased from Rich (as a Charcoal Ghost, but proved to be a Phantom Anery) . . . who would then obviously be in the position of having potentially bred the first ones . . . I should have the right to name them myself as a new morph . . . right?!

D80



:sidestep:
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Thanks for the input.
D80
 
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Rich Z said:
Yeah, I found out that 'A' Anerythrism had snuck into my Charcoal Ghost project and pretty much gummed up the works for me...... :bang:

But from what I can see, the combination of 'A' Anerythrism, Charcoal, and 'A' Hypomelanism makes "Platinum" a pretty fitting name for that particular combo. :)
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LOl I am glad we call them "Platinum" and not 'A' Anerythrism, Charcoal, and 'A' Hypomelanism, that would be a mouthful. And plus, i bet Brent can not say that 5 times real fast. :sidestep:
 
I guess in less than 24 hours the "creation" of a morph name can create quite a stir. Before other's start calling the kettle black around here let's first recognize that I asked if anyone cared if I started calling Phantom Anery's by the name Platinum. No one seemed to care that I can recall reading. :shrugs:

Please also note that I didn't strong-arm anyone into renaming a morph that they had already named nor did I start a poll and edit people's recommendations or rename the morph based on the opinion of a very select few minority. :shrugs: I just didn't do it. I really don't care if the name Platinum sticks or not, it does fit, but I have no illusions that it will EVER get """published""" (as a Phantom Anery), but at the same time, whatever . . . :D

I found the proof in my pudding. Dean (or Susan or Mike) you may want to put me on a 3 day ban for trolling . . .:sidestep:

D80
 
SnakeCreations said:
this was the first "Name The Morph" thread that went so smooooothly.
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PS. Forgot to add . . . "You forgot to knock on wood didn't you?!"

Lastly, I didn't create the first example of this morph. I have no illusions that I have ANY right to create or change it's name. Anyone who knows me, knows that I have zero illusions as such. Period. Discuss amongst yourselves.

Have a nice day!
D80
 
Personally, I'm against the whole trade names for every conceivable gene combo trend. For exactly the above reason, among others. Too many people doing too many different things with no single "authority" on naming. Names are BOUND to be used for different combos by different people. Which just leads to confusion and arguments/fighting over who was first, who has seniority, who's more popular in the hobby... blah, blah, blah.
 
Duff said:
Personally, I'm against the whole trade names for every conceivable gene combo trend. For exactly the above reason, among others. Too many people doing too many different things with no single "authority" on naming. Names are BOUND to be used for different combos by different people. Which just leads to confusion and arguments/fighting over who was first, who has seniority, who's more popular in the hobby... blah, blah, blah.
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I agree, to avoid trade names altogether seems to be the only way around the inability of people in this hobby to work together for the sake of the species we all love. I don't know why it has to always be like this, to me it would be worth putting aside any personal crap for the greater good of the hobby. It's always wah they came up with a name over there and we didn't get to vote over here and vice versa. I personally think it's just STUPID to have two different camps bickering about it. Its just snake forums and for there to be this power struggle over which one has the 'authority' to name morphs is just ridiculous.
 
Platinum is an "OK" name, but I'd prefer it if they were called.....

......Mine!!!:grin01:


Love the name by the way, it gets my vote! :cool::cool::cool:1/2
 
The bickering is not needed.
Trade names will happen - they have to. Some are rather self explanatory, some are not.
I think in this case, since these look so much like phantom and encompass the phantom genotype, my *personal* opinion is that phantom should be part of the trade name - IE adjective Phantom.

But - some trade name I think is necessary, just for user friendliness. Lots of people who buy corns don't have a clue about simple genetics and don't care to. Using the accepted genetic name description (which in some cases may not even be scientifically accurate as far as the real cause) only confuses them, and they look elsewhere, for something they can pronounce.

Ultimately, you call them whatever you want to, and whatever catches on in the market is whatever catches on in the market, regardless of what a poll on an internet forum chose.
 
FunkyRes said:
The bickering is not needed.
Trade names will happen - they have to. Some are rather self explanatory, some are not.
I think in this case, since these look so much like phantom and encompass the phantom genotype, my *personal* opinion is that phantom should be part of the trade name - IE adjective Phantom.

But - some trade name I think is necessary, just for user friendliness. Lots of people who buy corns don't have a clue about simple genetics and don't care to. Using the accepted genetic name description (which in some cases may not even be scientifically accurate as far as the real cause) only confuses them, and they look elsewhere, for something they can pronounce.

Ultimately, you call them whatever you want to, and whatever catches on in the market is whatever catches on in the market, regardless of what a poll on an internet forum chose.
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True, it's just sometimes painful to watch.
"Moonstone" was never mentioned AFAIK in THIS forum, "platinum" was never mentioned on the other one. Both names may or may not catch on. Like you say, Funky, the market will decide that. What gets me - speaking strictly as a bystander who has never named a morph, is how much controversy it always seems to stir up when somebody wants to have a new name. If you want to name a morph what is so hard about mentioning it in more than one place if you know that is where the hobbyists are who will read about it? Is that not worth putting aside any feelings you have about that forum? Especially if you really want your chosen name to catch on?
I'm just sayin'.
 
I call them Brent's Purty Snakes.
Who cares what people across the pond are calling their snakes. Heck, do we even know its the same combination of genetics??
 
tricksterpup said:
I call them Brent's Purty Snakes.
Who cares what people across the pond are calling their snakes. Heck, do we even know its the same combination of genetics??
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ehhh maybe I missed the sarcasm here, but srsly. It's all one corn snake community; we all should be on the same page. Hurt feelings seem the least of the consequences over recent naming issues.

Brent, you have every right to call yours "platinums", just as much right as someone else comes up with the name to describe their silvery grayish, different enough to warrant a new name snake. There is no universal, tablets from off the mountain set in stone ratified by the gods in print definitions for ALL the different combo's for corns (at least the ones out and about). Until those who have truly "put the time in" and are the ones who've made snakes and the internet what we have today, they sit down over a seafood and steak dinner, laugh at ALL the commotion and dingdongery the hundreds (thousands) of us new breed cyberherper's cause, maybe toast the few that stick around just long enough not to make total butts of themselves and FINALLY say "Well, they are called X and Y and Z....."....Until THAT happens, the whole naming issue is a bit irrelevant...The one's who truly find new gene's, (just a few) examples: Joe Pierces "Lava's", Rich Z's Anerythristic "C"s, KJ's "Silverleaf" Kisatchies should get respect for the names. The guy who had the original name "Granite" got screwed I guess, but I like "Terrazzo"(sp) better so it's kinda a win....jmho of course.

Sweet looking pics, hope you get a big ol' clutch of Dakota Corn Platinums, Brent :cheers:
 
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