Poll: Eggman or Robotnik?

[Doug]

I just want an age old question to be answered. We're all familiar with this fat bastard.

Spoiler: That Fat Bastard

That's right, the nefarious, oddly shaped villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog games. He was introduced to us as "Dr. Robotnik," but when SEGA re-tooled him for the third dimension, he gained a new name, "Dr. Eggman."

My question is, which name do you prefer? Eggman or Robotnik?

Erm, no. No he wasn't he was introduced in Europe and America as Robotnik. Dr. Eggman is the Japanese original.

But personally, I've always infinitely preferred Robotnik and the Western drawings of the guy:

Spoiler

Much more believable and threatening seeming, to me at least. A much better envisionment of the guy that the more comical look of the Japanese original.

 

[Jirlond]

I just want an age old question to be answered. We're all familiar with this fat bastard.

Spoiler: That Fat Bastard

That's right, the nefarious, oddly shaped villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog games. He was introduced to us as "Dr. Robotnik," but when SEGA re-tooled him for the third dimension, he gained a new name, "Dr. Eggman."

My question is, which name do you prefer? Eggman or Robotnik?

Erm, no. No he wasn't he was introduced in Europe and America as Robotnik. Dr. Eggman is the Japanese original.

But personally, I've always infinitely preferred Robotnik and the Western drawings of the guy:

Spoiler

Much more believable and threatening seeming, to me at least. A much better envisionment of the guy that the more comical look of the Japanese original.

that is one bad assed robot chicken

 

[HardRockSamurai]

I just want an age old question to be answered. We're all familiar with this fat bastard.

Spoiler: That Fat Bastard

That's right, the nefarious, oddly shaped villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog games. He was introduced to us as "Dr. Robotnik," but when SEGA re-tooled him for the third dimension, he gained a new name, "Dr. Eggman."

My question is, which name do you prefer? Eggman or Robotnik?

Erm, no. No he wasn't he was introduced in Europe and America as Robotnik. Dr. Eggman is the Japanese original.

Actually, I was informed of this by another user a couple posts back I'm afraid. Here, I'll change it so there's no more confusion. Still, you meant well (I hope), so thanks

 

[Ace of Spades]

I like Robotnik better simply for his line "snooping as usual I see..."

 

[OmegaXIII]

I just want an age old question to be answered. We're all familiar with this fat bastard.

Spoiler: That Fat Bastard

That's right, the nefarious, oddly shaped villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog games. He was introduced to us as "Dr. Robotnik," but when SEGA re-tooled him for the third dimension, he gained a new name, "Dr. Eggman."

My question is, which name do you prefer? Eggman or Robotnik?

Erm, no. No he wasn't he was introduced in Europe and America as Robotnik. Dr. Eggman is the Japanese original.

But personally, I've always infinitely preferred Robotnik and the Western drawings of the guy:

Spoiler

Much more believable and threatening seeming, to me at least. A much better envisionment of the guy that the more comical look of the Japanese original.

Dude that has just put the theme tune to that show back in my head. Frigging epic!

 

[Azraellod]

...actually, i was under the impression that they were different people.

i think robotnik sounds a lot less stupid then eggman though. if they want people to take the series seriously, then they should use that name.

 

[Doug]

I just want an age old question to be answered. We're all familiar with this fat bastard.

Spoiler: That Fat Bastard

That's right, the nefarious, oddly shaped villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog games. He was introduced to us as "Dr. Robotnik," but when SEGA re-tooled him for the third dimension, he gained a new name, "Dr. Eggman."

My question is, which name do you prefer? Eggman or Robotnik?

Erm, no. No he wasn't he was introduced in Europe and America as Robotnik. Dr. Eggman is the Japanese original.

Actually, I was informed of this by another user a couple posts back I'm afraid. Here, I'll change it so there's no more confusion. Still, you meant well (I hope), so thanks

Ahhh, sorry sorry As for Sonic and Robotnik, their timeline/backstory is an absolute mess at best - you've got at least 3 different versions of the guy over America, Europe, and Japan, and probably dozens more if you count all the different sets of comics, books, TV shows, etc, heh.

 

[Sun Flash]

Robotnik, only because he could have "Mr Roboto" as a theme tune.

 

[Doug]

I just want an age old question to be answered. We're all familiar with this fat bastard.

Spoiler: That Fat Bastard

That's right, the nefarious, oddly shaped villain from the Sonic the Hedgehog games. He was introduced to us as "Dr. Robotnik," but when SEGA re-tooled him for the third dimension, he gained a new name, "Dr. Eggman."

My question is, which name do you prefer? Eggman or Robotnik?

Erm, no. No he wasn't he was introduced in Europe and America as Robotnik. Dr. Eggman is the Japanese original.

But personally, I've always infinitely preferred Robotnik and the Western drawings of the guy:

Spoiler

Much more believable and threatening seeming, to me at least. A much better envisionment of the guy that the more comical look of the Japanese original.

Dude that has just put the theme tune to that show back in my head. Frigging epic!

You can probably find the show on youtube, if you look But yeah, the theme tune to that one was niceee!

 

[10BIT]

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

Huh?

1. How does having to scroll down for the definition make any difference?

2. How is stating that round is a synonym for curved vague?

From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/round

7. free from angularity; consisting of full, curved lines or shapes,

From http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/round

3. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.

From http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define_b.asp?key=68741&dict=CALD

Round
adjective
shaped like a ball or circle, or curved:
Tennis balls and oranges are round.
a round hole/stone/table/window
a round face
round eyes

 

[Rickyvantof]

Robotnik, because it has a hint of Russian to it.

 

[Kinguendo]

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

Ah my mistake in putting "slightly", as I said a day without sleep...

BUT as you seem to be quite the fan of the written word, I would just like to bring to your attention the word "equidistant"... The curvature of an egg is not equally distant from the centre!

I believe that we are done here, and you have learnt something new... Yay for you, I however have gained nothing other than more sleep deprivation!

 

[sky14kemea]

i dunno, ive always said Robotnik XD

i guess it depends which cartoons you watched? O.O

 

[OniSuika]

Robotnik, as that's what he was in the earlier games xP.

 

[Jirlond]

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

Ah my mistake in putting "slightly", as I said a day without sleep...

BUT as you seem to be quite the fan of the written word, I would just like to bring to your attention the word "equidistant"... The curvature of an egg is not equally distant from the centre!

I believe that we are done here, and you have learnt something new... Yay for you, I however have gained nothing other than more sleep deprivation!

I believe that you are ignorant in the face of your peers and refuse to see the countless evidence posted by myself and saikanoto and take one line from one page as entire fact. Despite the countless arguments from the same source (and others) that state otherwise.

Equidistant is used to describe equal distance on all sides and dimensions - this is true for cirles and balls, this is not true for all round objects. You would describe a cylinder as round - but it is not equidistant.

Ergo you have learned something but refuse to acknowledge it.

Still it is fun.

Go sleep ^_^

 

[Ophiuchus]

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.

Absolutely this. Robotnik is a character I've known for 18 years, no bloody way am I gonna start calling him anything different. It pissed me off when he was called Eggman in the cartoons too.

Also, Wikipedia says:

Eggman has been known by different names in various Sonic media depending on region. In Japan, the character has always been known as Doctor Eggman. However, in early American and European games and media, he is known as Doctor Robotnik. Yuji Naka has explained that "Robotnik" is the character's real name while "Eggman" is a "common name taken after his shape."

 

[7moreDead_v1legacy]

Dr Kintobor - Became Dr Robotnik after Sonic broke his test machine (testing new shoes), there was also a rotten egg in his fridge at the time...The resulting explosion made Sonic blue, and Kintobor...Well evil and eggy...

 

[Kinguendo]

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

Huh?

1. How does having to scroll down for the definition make any difference?

2. How is stating that round is a synonym for curved vague?

From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/round

7. free from angularity; consisting of full, curved lines or shapes,

From http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/round

3. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.

From http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define_b.asp?key=68741&dict=CALD

Round
adjective
shaped like a ball or circle, or curved:
Tennis balls and oranges are round.
a round hole/stone/table/window
a round face
round eyes

Simply that the length of time that you had to scroll down to find a definition which you could link to an egg rather than taking any of the first couple of dozen definitions was ridiculous!!!

BUT if you want to continue being truly ignorant of the shape of an egg then please continue, even though I truly believe that you are stubborn and simply dont want to admit defeat to a guy who hasnt slept in over 24 hours but you will actually take from this that an egg is NOT round!

 

[Soxafloppin]

If i remember correctly, his name is Dr. Ivo Robotnik. and his terrorist persona is doctor eggman.

Basically Bruce wayne = Robotnik and Batman = Eggman.

Sort of.

 

[Jirlond]

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

Huh?

1. How does having to scroll down for the definition make any difference?

2. How is stating that round is a synonym for curved vague?

From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/round

7. free from angularity; consisting of full, curved lines or shapes,

From http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/round

3. Lacking sharp angles; having gentle curves.

From http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define_b.asp?key=68741&dict=CALD

Round
adjective
shaped like a ball or circle, or curved:
Tennis balls and oranges are round.
a round hole/stone/table/window
a round face
round eyes

Simply that the length of time that you had to scroll down to find a definition which you could link to an egg rather than taking any of the first couple of dozen definitions was ridiculous!!!

BUT if you want to continue being truly ignorant of the shape of an egg then please continue, even though I truly believe that you are stubborn and simply dont want to admit defeat to a guy who hasnt slept in over 24 hours but you will actually take from this that an egg is NOT round!

You continually throw around the same arguments, equidistant and the fact you havent slept in 24 hours and how the definitions are too far down the page, this implies that your reasoning skills are impaired. I believe you have simply run out of arguments and are being stubborn.