Anybody know what "Paizo" means or stands for?


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Liberty's Edge

(Apart from Gamer-speak for the best Gaming Company in the world of course)

I am sure this topic has been covered at some point, heck I may even have read it but memory fails...

Is there a story behind the name...

Inquiring Geeks want to know....

Liberty's Edge

This is from the FAQ:

FAQ wrote:

What does "Paizo" mean?

Paizo cofounder Johnny Wilson suggested the name, which comes from a biblical Greek word meaning "to play." (The original Greek word is "paiðzw.")

Silver Crusade

Additional reading material.


Quality.

Grand Lodge

All I know is that it rhymes with "orange."

-W. E. Ray

Scarab Sages

I have it on good authority that "Paizo" is from an old Latin dialect and means "Those who devour your entrails, and thoroughly enjoy it."

Scarab Sages

Aberzombie wrote:
I have it on good authority that "Paizo" is from an old Latin dialect and means "Those who devour your wallets, and thoroughly enjoy it."

There. Fixed it for you.

Sovereign Court

kessukoofah wrote:
Aberzombie wrote:
I have it on good authority that "Paizo" is from an old Latin dialect and means "Those who devour your wallets, and you thoroughly enjoy it."
There. Fixed it for you.

Fixed the fix. ;)

Liberty's Edge

Molech wrote:

All I know is that it rhymes with "orange."

-W. E. Ray

Hurm... The original Greek rhymes with "play-dough," but the employees insist that it rhymes with "pie dough." Why is this?

Paizo Employee Chief Technical Officer

The Eldritch Mr. Shiny wrote:
Molech wrote:

All I know is that it rhymes with "orange."

-W. E. Ray

Hurm... The original Greek rhymes with "play-dough," but the employees insist that it rhymes with "pie dough." Why is this?

Here's the one place I can find on the internet that will speak the original Greek out loud:

clicky. Much more like "pie dough" than "Play-Doh."

Grand Lodge

It's not just biblical Greek. It's the same word in modern Greek and it is first person- "I play"


Far as I could get from that sound file, it was pronounced pi (as in the Greek letter) d zo.

Paizo Employee CEO

We tend to pronounce it pie-zo.

-Lisa

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder Adventure, Rulebook Subscriber

Better than 'pay-zio' like some people have used...

The Exchange

For PaizoCon UK when we booked at a restaurant under the name Paizo they pronounced it more like Piazo. I think they were expecting a huge Italian family (or a Mafia meeting) when we ended up taking over 30 seats.


Lisa Stevens wrote:
We tend to pronounce it pie-zo.

Ha! Proof Paizo recognizes pie's superiority!

Liberty's Edge Contributor, RPG Superstar 2012

CourtFool wrote:
Lisa Stevens wrote:
We tend to pronounce it pie-zo.
Ha! Proof Paizo recognizes pie's superiority!

Except "zo" is Hungarian for "to suck".


taig wrote:

Except "zo" is Hungarian for "to suck".

You would know. :)


CourtFool wrote:
taig wrote:

Except "zo" is Hungarian for "to suck".

You would know. :)

"Pie suckers" doesn't sound so bad... especially fresh cherry pie.

Mmmm... cherry pie...


Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
CourtFool wrote:
taig wrote:

Except "zo" is Hungarian for "to suck".

You would know. :)

"Pie suckers" doesn't sound so bad... especially fresh cherry pie.

Mmmm... cherry pie...

Stop it - you're making me hungry again.

[Rumble]

Crap..... :P


Paizo stands for "not being forced to swtich to a game system you dont like" * I was very carefull not to say names or anything bad* as far as what it means eeh who cares.
I did like the official pronunciation from Ms. Lisa now I know to call if pie-zo rather than pay-zo, then again I'm southern so evryone expects me to mangle the english language anyway.


Devlyn, Jack o' Nine Dales wrote:

Stop it - you're making me hungry again.

[Rumble]

Crap..... :P

Read the last page of the VomitGuy thread... you shouldn't be hungry anymore. ;)

RPG Superstar 2012

CourtFool wrote:
taig wrote:

Except "zo" is Hungarian for "to suck".

You would know. :)

"Here's the pitch..."


Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Devlyn, Jack o' Nine Dales wrote:

Stop it - you're making me hungry again.

[Rumble]

Crap..... :P

Read the last page of the VomitGuy thread... you shouldn't be hungry anymore. ;)

Wanders back to VomitGuy thread to do some reading

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Wanders back over here.

Nope, Rumblebelly still in full effect. Time to hit the snack drawer....Oooo, honey sticks! :P


Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Devlyn, Jack o' Nine Dales wrote:

Stop it - you're making me hungry again.

[Rumble]

Crap..... :P

Read the last page of the VomitGuy thread... you shouldn't be hungry anymore. ;)

I knew there was a reason I hadn't ventured in there...


Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Mmmm... cherry pie...

"Paizo's my cherry pie!

Online Nirvana,
Such a sweet surprise.
Games so good,
Bring a tear to yer eye!
Sweet cherry pie!


The dancing girls wrote:
Ambrosia Slaad wrote:
Mmmm... cherry pie...

"Paizo's my cherry pie!

Online Nirvana,
Such a sweet surprise.
Games so good,
Bring a tear to yer eye!
Sweet cherry pie!

Q. F. T.

:D

Grand Lodge

Lisa Stevens wrote:

We tend to pronounce it pie-zo.

-Lisa

This is correct pronunciation in modern greek. I'm not sure where they came up with that "Paheed'-zo" or whatever it was. Bible scholars hmmph ;)

I think that "dz" only comes up in certain combinations and "paizo" isn't one of them. The "dz" sound is like the Greek approximation of the hard "J" since Greek doesn't have one. So if your name were Joe for example you'd be "Tzo" and it would sound like "Dzo"

Anyways. More than you cared to know I'm sure.


Steven Tindall wrote:
Paizo stands for "not being forced to swtich to a game system you dont like" *

I am so glad the RPG Gestapo did not come over my my house and burn all my old books.

Grand Lodge

Steven Tindall wrote:
Paizo stands for "not being forced to swtich to a game system you dont like"
CourtFool wrote:
I am so glad the RPG Gestapo did not come over (to) my house and burn all my old books.

Yeah, we all got lucky on that one -- the Gestapo realized that if they handled their PR and Customer Service that badly they'd never be able to burn all the old books. They'd have to settle for burning all the old PDFs they could get to.

-W. E. Ray
(promising to behave from now on)

Dark Archive Bella Sara Charter Superscriber

It's an anagram for Ipzao.

Liberty's Edge

The Romanian word for pie is placinta. This resembles an English word too closely for me to feel comfortable ordering it in a Romanian restaurant.

placinta de fructa?

Umm... I'll pass.

In Romania, do they pronounce Paizo as placinta-tso?

If you want to play D&D in Romania, you have to be able to read French, German, or Italian. No RPGs for the RO.

When is Paizocon di Bucharesti?

Or is it Placinta-con di Bucharesti?


In Romania, Pathfinder plays you.

Dark Archive

Wintergreen wrote:
For PaizoCon UK when we booked at a restaurant under the name Paizo they pronounced it more like Piazo. I think they were expecting a huge Italian family (or a Mafia meeting) when we ended up taking over 30 seats.

You mean you weren't a mob family?

Dark Archive

Paizo is so awesome that it finds Chuck Norris.


David Fryer wrote:
Paizo is so awesome that it finds Chuck Norris.

I bet Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder.

Silver Crusade

Emperor7 wrote:
David Fryer wrote:
Paizo is so awesome that it finds Chuck Norris.
I bet Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder.

I don't think he's a gamer.

If he was, the "edition wars" would have ended with a decisive victory for Chuck Norris.


Celestial Healer wrote:
Emperor7 wrote:
David Fryer wrote:
Paizo is so awesome that it finds Chuck Norris.
I bet Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder.

I don't think he's a gamer.

If he was, the "edition wars" would have ended with a decisive victory for Chuck Norris.

But he is a gamer. He toys with those opposing him by kicking them 64 times a second instead of knocking them out right away.

He's waiting for a publishing company to create Chuck Norris, the Alpha and Omega. Then he will end all gaming conflicts, because all will want to play it.

Liberty's Edge

When Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder, all die rolls result in a critical hit!


When Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder and needs 12d6 he rolls 6d6, smacks the GM in the head and makes him see double. Of course, all 6's come up. Everytime.


When Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder everyone plays on a Norris mat instead of a battlemat.


When Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder and the GM asks him to make a roll he simply stares, until the GM says he succeeds.

Sorry for the threadjack. This is fun.

Liberty's Edge

When Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder, the villians apologize and make ammends and the monsters in the entire Adventure Path surrender preemptively.

Not that it matters.

Liberty's Edge

Chuck Norris can't "take" 20 because he already owns 20!

Liberty's Edge

Chuck Norris killed Aroden.

Grand Lodge

Saint_Meerkat wrote:

The Romanian word for pie is placinta.

In Miami/ Broward County there's lots of restaurants with names like Spanish Placinta.

It's really frightening.

The first time I saw one I thought the restaurant owner had spelled something wrong on his restaurant sign. Then I started seeing it elsewhere.

It was frightening.

It's still frightening.

-W. E. Ray


When Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder, all rogues loose their sneak attack.


Pathfinder bard's Inspire Competence fails on Chuck Norris. If you do not know why, you better ask someone.


All Pathfinder monks must be of the same alignment as Chuck Norris…or else they die, no save.


When Chuck Norris plays Pathfinder, he does not make skill checks, he makes skill demonstrations.

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