ID games - how are you supposed to say it?

spudbynight · 25 Jul 2009 at 09:51

I have always called them I.D. but I was looking on the website for Wolfenstein and found this :

id - Defined by Freud as the primal section of the human psyche; id Software, located in Mesquite, Texas, was founded in 1991. From inception to present day, id Software has relentlessly provided technical, design and artistic leadership as an independent game developer and technology provider. Transcending the games industry, id's iconic brands such as Wolfenstein, DOOM, QUAKE and Enemy Territory have become staples of popular culture for generations of gamers. More information on id Software can be found at www.idsoftware.com.

http://www.wolfenstein.com/thegame/developers/

So is it in fact id software rather than I.D. software?

SpiderX · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:02

iv too have always called it I.D software...
just doesnt sound right saying id software lol

Raumarik · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:03

eye-dee software

arc@css · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:04

Kami said:
eye-dee software

This.

Does puzzle me why the Americans tend to say 'id' though. Either way Carmack is super human!

spudbynight · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:07

arc@css said:
This.

Does puzzle me why the Americans tend to say 'id' though. Either way Carmack is super human!

Well judging by my quote above they are correct.

Pulseammo · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:12

arc@css said:
This.

Does puzzle me why the Americans tend to say 'id' though. Either way Carmack is super human!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ego

Because it's id?

arc@css · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:15

Tomato ?

jmc007 · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:19

Ass?

arc@css · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:28

Le_Petit_Lapin · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:33

Its clearly eye-dee, popular opinion dictates it.

SixTwoSix · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:35

arc@css said:
Does puzzle me why the Americans tend to say 'id' though.

Because americans can't pronounce anything right, look at how they say aluminium...a-loo-min-um...idiots, lol

reflux · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:38

I always thought it was I.D.

Sirrel Squirrel · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:40

SixTwoSix said:
Because americans can't pronounce anything right, look at how they say aluminium...a-loo-min-um...idiots, lol

Yes but id as in the ego is said simply as id, if it was eye-dee it'd be spelt I.D., which is actually how I thought it was said until I read the op.

SixTwoSix · 25 Jul 2009 at 10:49

Sirrel Squirrel said:
Yes but id as in the ego is said simply as id, if it was eye-dee it'd be spelt I.D., which is actually how I thought it was said until I read the op.

I was just commenting on americans group stupidity as opposed to the pronunciation of id/I.D.

Teaf · 25 Jul 2009 at 11:04

Always called them "I.D Software"... even though it's "id" i'll probably just still call them I.D, too set in my ways

arc@css · 25 Jul 2009 at 11:04

Eye-dentifiction?

Orcish-Horde · 25 Jul 2009 at 11:36

I have aways said i.d rather than id and if I remember correctly on the flash screen before starting Quake 2 or 3. id is stamped out as i (with a pause) d. Which is where I think I got i.d from and I never heard of them being called id always i.d. It most have been a misconception that id has run with rather than correct. What game are they working on now?

gillywibble · 25 Jul 2009 at 11:37

T1Cybernetic · 25 Jul 2009 at 11:42

reflux said:
I always thought it was I.D.

Me too, I suppose it's however it flows out of our mouths

skullman · 25 Jul 2009 at 11:46

flibby said:
Always called them "I.D Software"... even though it's "id" i'll probably just still call them I.D, too set in my ways