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Single-player, singleplayer or single player?

  • Thrik
  • January 18, 2006 at 8:43 PM
  • Thrik
    • January 18, 2006 at 8:43 PM
    • #1

    Which of the following seems like it should be correct? 0

    1. single-player (0) 0%
    2. singleplayer (0) 0%
    3. single player (0) 0%

    Pretty much everybody refers to "multiplayer" as, well, "multiplayer". That's just how it is, with any other rendition hardly ever used. But what about the word's solitary cousin? It's used in so many different ways around the web (just Google them to see) that any degree of consistency is difficult to retain.

    So, let's see what the Mapcore feeling is on this word. Which would you and do you use?

    PS: I am aware that multi is technically a prefix, however in most situations a hyphen (-) is used between it and the word which follows. However, due to such common use the hyphen has ended up omitted by most people when it precedes "player". Should the single variety follow the same route?

  • hydeph
    • January 18, 2006 at 8:51 PM
    • #2

    The hyphen is sexy. I consider single-player to be a compound word, (with a hyphen).

  • Hipshot
    • January 18, 2006 at 8:54 PM
    • #3

    I usually write Singleplayer, but the correct grammar would be Single Player, right?

    Btw, I don't like the hyphen, I try to avoid it as much as possible, looks bad. Like you don't know if you are supposed to put the words together or not.

  • Erratic
    • January 18, 2006 at 8:56 PM
    • #4

    It should be Singleplayer, one word, and integrated into the lexicon. Just like truthiness.

  • sinarty
    • January 18, 2006 at 8:56 PM
    • #5

    single player, most definitly.

  • JAL
    • January 18, 2006 at 9:08 PM
    • #6

    Single-Player of course

  • Hipshot
    • January 18, 2006 at 9:21 PM
    • #7

    Single player probably is the correct answer, but people are voting for those others ;D

  • insta
    • January 18, 2006 at 9:48 PM
    • #8

    Singleplayer, of course. Pressing the spacebar is for suckers.

  • Kosmo
    • January 18, 2006 at 9:58 PM
    • #9

    I think this is again, matter of English, and American english.

    Both single player and single-player are right, but the other hyphens it and the other just sticks with the space.

    But originally, I think single-player is the correct antonym for multiplayer.

  • Lurker
    • January 18, 2006 at 10:07 PM
    • #10
    Quote from insta

    Singleplayer, of course. Pressing the spacebar is for suckers.

    QFT.

  • Taylor Swift
    • January 18, 2006 at 10:38 PM
    • #11

    FPS, F P S, FIRST PERSON SHOOTER?

  • cdxx
    • January 18, 2006 at 11:24 PM
    • #12

    SP

  • Flight40
    • January 18, 2006 at 11:41 PM
    • #13
    Quote from cdxx

    SP

  • Section_Ei8ht
    • January 18, 2006 at 11:51 PM
    • #14

    no space, no hyphen. easier and quicker to write.

  • Phatsniper
    • January 19, 2006 at 12:11 AM
    • #15

    Single player here, although I type multiplayer.

    Weird.

  • Izuno
    • January 19, 2006 at 12:47 AM
    • #16

    man i've seen it written so many ways over the years I don't what the hell it is.

  • D3ads
    • January 19, 2006 at 3:30 PM
    • #17

    Is this thread for real?

  • Thrik
    • January 19, 2006 at 3:40 PM
    • #18

    Are you for real?

  • D3ads
    • January 19, 2006 at 3:40 PM
    • #19

    Unfortunately for you, yes, yes I am.

  • Spellbinder
    • January 19, 2006 at 3:55 PM
    • #20

    I voted single-player couse i truly belive that is the right way to spell it.

    As i believe multi-player is the right way to type multi-player.

    BUT i wouldn't type it like that.

    Why i don't know, maybe im lazy or i think it looks better or sumething else.

    I type it singleplayer and multiplayer if i chat or type an essay or whatever.

    Or very seldom sp or SP/mp or MP.

    Interesting question.

    Tell us all if some one ever find out the proper way to type it.

    Spellbinder.

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