Poll: Eggman or Robotnik?

[Flying Dagger]

robotnik sounds cool, eggman sounds like it took buggerall imagination.

 

[Sir Ollie]

Robotnik is a awesome name, Eggman just sounds like....well I dunno a giant egg? preferably a ostrich egg.

 

[HoverWhale]

Dr. Eggman, after all he is round and egg-ish

...?

Since when are eggs round?

Since when are they Not round?

Since they were Oval.

EDIT: Or if we are being fancy and Oblate Spheroid.

Technically you are wrong eggs are round - round is not a shape it simply means it has no corners. They are not oval and they are not circle(which I think you confused with round) they are most definately round.

Here you go, the definition of round:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/round

And, the shape of an egg is...:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=4h&oq=What+does+round+describe%3f&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enGB320GB320&q=what+shape+is+an+egg

A nice healthy dose of "I have been awake for a day, I am right... and I dont want to have the exact same argument AGAIN!"

Give him some credit, eggs do resemble roundness quite a bit. In fact, eggs are just round wannabes, we shouldn't give them the time of day.

Robotnik, because that was his name before it became Eggman, and he does actually refer to himself as Dr. Robotnik in Sonic Adventure 1 as well, not to mention the fact that it clearly still is his name because of the whole backstory with Gerald Robotnik. Robotnik I say.

 

[PureChaos]

Robotnik all the way

 

[Xyphon]

I thought Eggman was Robotniks son? >_>

 

[Symp4thy]

Definitely Dr. Robotnik. However, I prefer this evil doctor....

Spoiler

 

[Mana Fiend]

He was Robotnik when I first played Sonic games, so to me he will always be Robotnik. Didn't know about the translation thing, however, so glad to learn something new

 

[PrintedCrayon]

I think Robotnik, because that was the name he had in the Sonic games I grew up with. If it had been Eggman back in the early 90's, then I probably would have liked that name more.

Nostalgia and all that.

 

[lostclause]

Robotnik. Eggman sounds weird. admittedly Robotnik sounds weird too but a more stylish weird and that's what counts.
Also you've nearly gone gonzo hardrock. Do something for the 1000th (don't waste it replying to this)

 

[10BIT]

Here you go, the definition of round:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/round

And, the shape of an egg is...:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=4h&oq=What+does+round+describe%3f&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enGB320GB320&q=what+shape+is+an+egg

A nice healthy dose of "I have been awake for a day, I am right... and I dont want to have the exact same argument AGAIN!"

From the website you linked:

Round: Adj. ...3. curved; not angular

Does an egg have angles? No
Does an egg have curves? Yes

Therefore we can come to the conclusion that an egg is round.

OT: Robotnik since he uses robots for everything.

 

[Skeleon]

Robotnik, because it's his original name and because he builds robots and machines and locks little animals inside.

 

[Skreeee]

Robotnik makes me think of some dastardly guy fresh from the bowels of some Cold War laboratory that could mess your shit up if he ever got all of his together. Eggman sounds like something a child would name their plate of eggs/bacon arranged to make a smiley face.

Therefore, Robotnik.

 

[Jirlond]

Dr. Eggman, after all he is round and egg-ish

...?

Since when are eggs round?

Since when are they Not round?

Since they were Oval.

EDIT: Or if we are being fancy and Oblate Spheroid.

Technically you are wrong eggs are round - round is not a shape it simply means it has no corners. They are not oval and they are not circle(which I think you confused with round) they are most definately round.

Here you go, the definition of round:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/round

And, the shape of an egg is...:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=4h&oq=What+does+round+describe%3f&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enGB320GB320&q=what+shape+is+an+egg

A nice healthy dose of "I have been awake for a day, I am right... and I dont want to have the exact same argument AGAIN!"

okay look at entry d & e:

d. Rather rounded in shape: the child's round face.
e. Full in physique; plump: a round figure.

e describes eggman.

I like having the same argument - futility can be awesome

and debating whether eggs are round or not is awesome ^_^

 

[Kinguendo]

Here you go, the definition of round:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/round

And, the shape of an egg is...:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=4h&oq=What+does+round+describe%3f&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enGB320GB320&q=what+shape+is+an+egg

A nice healthy dose of "I have been awake for a day, I am right... and I dont want to have the exact same argument AGAIN!"

From the website you linked:

Round: Adj. ...3. curved; not angular

Does an egg have angles? No
Does an egg have curves? Yes

Therefore we can come to the conclusion that an egg is round.

OT: Robotnik since he uses robots for everything.

Yeah... thats not gonna fly here... pretty much everyone has a brain!

Look at both links I provided also look at how far you had to scroll down before you got to a definition so vague you could use it... now you can go ahead and administer yourself a couple of *palmface*s! XD

 

[Jirlond]

The arguments I provided were not far down - d pretty much described an egg.

 

[OmegaXIII]

Eggman just sounds lazy. I grew up knowing him as Robotnik and as having been transformed from Doctor Kintobor who created Sonic.

If indeed he was always Eggman, why did SEGA USA suddenly drop Robotnik with the 3D games then?

 

[Kinguendo]

Dr. Eggman, after all he is round and egg-ish

...?

Since when are eggs round?

Since when are they Not round?

Since they were Oval.

EDIT: Or if we are being fancy and Oblate Spheroid.

Technically you are wrong eggs are round - round is not a shape it simply means it has no corners. They are not oval and they are not circle(which I think you confused with round) they are most definately round.

Here you go, the definition of round:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/round

And, the shape of an egg is...:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=4h&oq=What+does+round+describe%3f&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enGB320GB320&q=what+shape+is+an+egg

A nice healthy dose of "I have been awake for a day, I am right... and I dont want to have the exact same argument AGAIN!"

okay look at entry d & e:

d. Rather rounded in shape: the child's round face.
e. Full in physique; plump: a round figure.

e describes eggman.

I like having the same argument - futility can be awesome

and debating whether eggs are round or not is awesome ^_^

Yes, "e." does describe Eggman but not an egg!

And anything curved can be described as "rather rounded" but that doesnt mean it is round!

Like if a person is "slightly" intelligent I wouldnt claim he was a god damn genius!

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

The origin behind his name that was made up in the comics was that he was originally Dr Kintobor, a benevolent, good hearted doctor who asked Sonic to take part in an experiment. Unfortuntely something went wrong, etc etc, explosion, turned Sonic blue and fast and turned Kintobor into Robotnik.

 

[Hyrulian Hero]

Definitely Dr. Robotnik. I mean, that has to be his name... one my favorite Genesis games is not called "Eggman's Mean Bean Machine" and if it was, I don't think I would have played it.

Damned Kirby's Avalanche clone is sooo addicting!

 

[Jirlond]

Dr. Eggman, after all he is round and egg-ish

...?

Since when are eggs round?

Since when are they Not round?

Since they were Oval.

EDIT: Or if we are being fancy and Oblate Spheroid.

Technically you are wrong eggs are round - round is not a shape it simply means it has no corners. They are not oval and they are not circle(which I think you confused with round) they are most definately round.

Here you go, the definition of round:

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/round

And, the shape of an egg is...:

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=4h&oq=What+does+round+describe%3f&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1T4ADBS_enGB320GB320&q=what+shape+is+an+egg

A nice healthy dose of "I have been awake for a day, I am right... and I dont want to have the exact same argument AGAIN!"

okay look at entry d & e:

d. Rather rounded in shape: the child's round face.
e. Full in physique; plump: a round figure.

e describes eggman.

I like having the same argument - futility can be awesome

and debating whether eggs are round or not is awesome ^_^

Yes, "e." does describe Eggman but not an egg!

And anything curved can be described as "rather rounded" but that doesnt mean it is round!

Like if a person is "slightly" intelligent I wouldnt claim he was a god damn genius!

If a person is "rather" intelligent they could be a genius. It's literacy rather and slightly are too different words.

here is that sites definition of circle:

1. A plane curve everywhere equidistant from a given fixed point, the center.

Simply what you copied and pasted from the first meaning of round just said differently. Even if you look at the accompanying sentence for a in round which is "a round ball" a ball is a sphere which is a 3D circle.

Eggs are still round my friend