Yeah, hence the Elixir before Alchemist 
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prio101
I really got into this topic. And like Elixir word came from Word Al Ich Sir. Which is cool and make sense a lot to me.
Just like that I am really requesting you people to consider Alchemist Over anything else. I loved it.
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kelvinst
Did he said otherwise? Or people just didn’t care about it and repeated “alchemist” over and over until it got stuck with us and there’s no way back? 
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AstonJ
I don’t really hear people saying it now - but then I am not on Twitter much these days.
With regards to José, I don’t know what he’s said about it since those tweets - maybe it’s grown on him… maybe it hasn’t 
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mkunikow
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brightball
I vote alchemist based entirely on a BBS game that I played as a kid called Usurper. It was a daily play RPG with races and classes. Eventually I figured out that a troll alchemist was the best combo in the game and it worked so well that I felt like I was cheating.
Fast forward 20+ years and I get to be an alchemist again and it still feels like I found a secret so good that it’s basically cheating again.
I’ll be very disappointed if we retire alchemist.
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josevalim
Creator of Elixir
kelvinst
Good to know!
But seriously @AstonJ, I found many people who referer themselves as alchemists, maybe is not that much and I’m a bit overeacting because I really hated this name (sorry anyone who liked it, I didn’t).
But yet, I guess this is one of the things even the creator of the language cannot control that much. If people want to, they will still entitle themselves like that (refer to the poll I created) so maybe we should just get used to it.
A shame, but I think we can live with it. Right?
PS.: I know the poll had not that big quorum, but still, from 16 voters, 13 are ok with alchemists.
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peerreynders
Noooooooo…
I like to think we are doing more of engineering/science/craft than magic
Apparently I’m the only one who thinks that “Elixirist” can evoke the image of a snake oil salesman concocting and peddling his so-called elixirs (hardly an image of engineering/science/craft).
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Alchemists in various ages and cultures sought the means of formulating the elixir of life.
For whatever reason I first read that as “I’ll be very disappointed if we retire as alchemists”.
PS: Also Hex? Sure there is a hexagon logo - meanwhile without that logo it is nice and ambiguous with hex/curse. Maybe Chris was on to something.
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madeinussr
Oh, such a long thread. I had been trying to stay away from it (because the naming really is not so important for me), but here is my opinion: “Elixirist” so hard to pronounce in Russian and even harder to pronounce in English by Russians. I’m over. Thank you for your attention. 
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