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Silibili or Slibli?
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:10 pm
by worthy
I keep getting in to arguments when using Silibili/Slibli on my Lizardman team as some say it's Silibili (it says Silibili on GW's site) and some say Slibli (including the rulebooks), so which one is it and which one do you prefer too?
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:11 pm
by Grumbledook
meant to be pronounced silly billy afaik
so the first one is right
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:11 pm
by GalakStarscraper
Slibli is his correct name as of LRB 5.0 (ie been that way for 2 years).
Galak
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:13 pm
by worthy
GalakStarscraper wrote:Slibli is his correct name as of LRB 5.0 (ie been that way for 2 years).
Galak
Thanks as I go to games picking one of the names and I always get someone saying it's the other.
GW need to update there site though as that says Silibili still.
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:29 pm
by Joemanji
I hate Slibli. Silly billy is waaaaaay better.

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 4:53 pm
by Grumbledook
wonder how the BBRC voting went on that discussion ;]
I didn't even realise it had changed
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 9:50 pm
by omnimutant
I've been pointing out to people that it's Slibli for a while now/ But then got hit with some absurd argument that even though it was spelled slibli that it's pronounced sillybilly in some ancient fantasy BS language or some other nonsense.
I can Read. It reads Slibli. Thats what it is!
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:20 pm
by GalakStarscraper
omnimutant wrote:I've been pointing out to people that it's Slibli for a while now/ But then got hit with some absurd argument that even though it was spelled slibli that it's pronounced sillybilly in some ancient fantasy BS language or some other nonsense.
I can Read. It reads Slibli. Thats what it is!
The i's in the name are supposed to be pronounced with the long e sound.
Since I'm the one that approved the name change and made the change during my reign of terror in the vault where only my opinion counted ... I know this for a fact not a guess.
Galak
Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 10:36 pm
by Darkson
Silly Billy for the win - we need more stupidity in Blood Bowl, not less.

Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:13 am
by worthy
GalakStarscraper wrote:
Since I'm the one that approved the name change and made the change during my reign of terror in the vault where only my opinion counted ... I know this for a fact not a guess.
Galak
So your the one responsible... shame on you, LOL!!
Only joking, atleast I can say my mate from the Blood Bowl forum who worked on the game says it's Slibli.... probablly still get into an argument about it though, lol!!
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 12:37 pm
by GalakStarscraper
worthy wrote:So your the one responsible... shame on you, LOL!!
I did the deed ... but it was not my idea.
Amoung several of the vault playtester they thought the Silly Billy store and the long name was kinda dumb ... but I said dumb humour was part of the game so I would not change his name. A suggestion was made to make the name more Lizard like in its phoentics but yet in a form that could still be prounced Silly Billy. I agreed to this and the folks that hated Silly Billy agreed as I think they felt they'd be able to pronounce with a long i sound for the i's and 99% of BB folks would not know that they were wrong in doing so.
Galak
Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:11 pm
by Grumbledook
change it back
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:43 pm
by Podfrey
Grumbledook wrote:change it back
+1
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 5:39 pm
by Thadrin
lucifer wrote:Grumbledook wrote:change it back
+1
and another.
I'll not stop thinking of it that way anyway.
Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 9:34 pm
by zerak
one more vote for silliness.