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Ravioli
25-08-2006, 09:50 PM
There is Tiberian Sun/Dawn, but the new game is called TiberiUM, why not "an"? Whats the difference? Little confused here...
CyberPitz
25-08-2006, 10:27 PM
There is Tiberian Sun/Dawn, but the new game is called TiberiUM, why not "an"? Whats the difference? Little confused here...

Grammar mistakes? Copyrights?

no clue.
Jangle
25-08-2006, 10:28 PM
Tiberium is the noun, the stuff that you harvest.
Bob_Marley
25-08-2006, 11:05 PM
Yes, that would suggest that it will revolve around wars over tiberium. Unlike Tiberian, which describes something as being of tiberium (thats very badly worded...)
Evo
25-08-2006, 11:23 PM
It is a damn confusing thing and subject to much debate on the official C&C3 forums, Bob has it best...i think

Oh and you may owe me that coconut now dude! Let me now if i was right
Mutley
26-08-2006, 12:13 AM
Yes, that would suggest that it will revolve around wars over tiberium. Unlike Tiberian, which describes something as being of tiberium (thats very badly worded...)

I don't understand? :|
Sui
26-08-2006, 12:38 AM
Tiberian is like saying "English" or "American". I think it's the name for the planet / asteroid from which this stuff originated from. Tiberium, however, is the dangerous substance which was scattered over Earth - it's a physical thing that you can hold.
Evo
26-08-2006, 01:02 AM
I'll just (try) explain it another way

Tiberian Dawn - Was when the substance and everything that comes with it arrived and started to spread
Tiberian Sun - The plague is spreading, the dawn of Tiberium has been and gone
Tiberium Wars - Chronicles the war in 2047 based on the Tiberium

So in short - first two are games showing the birth and spread of Tiberium, Tib Wars shows the Third Great Tiberium War.

After this...who knows
Ravioli
26-08-2006, 01:08 AM
Evo, thats not what we are talking about, we are talking about the spelling of the actuall name, the rest i already know :)
Evo
26-08-2006, 01:10 AM
Evo, thats not what we are talking about, we are talking about the spelling of the actuall name, the rest i already know :)

Well that does help explain why Tiberium Wars is called as it is not Tiberian Wars.
The next Tiberian would follow the 'arc' Dusk, Sunset, Night etc.

Still not helping answer the question eh :p
Stigmata
26-08-2006, 05:03 AM
I think Bob_Marley got it right. "Tiberian" means "of Tiberium" or derivative of Tiberium.

Tiberian Wars: Wars based around the substance Tiberium.
American citizen: A citizen from America.

If I'm wrong, I can't be wrong by much :P