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Orion

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:25am

Why is this game called "Dead By Daylight"?

This, I mean, if somebody is dead on the game, it has to be by a killer, so is "Daylight" a killer or...?

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MORIARTY 2077 (Banned) Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:27am

This game should be named Carried By Devs

John Pathing has Dead by Daylight

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:29am

no every one is going to be dead before daylight

Cetren

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:30am

Originally posted by ItzCameronYT:
no every one is going to be dead before daylight

Because you can't die? Or because it's never daylight in the entity's realm?

Doc October has Dead by Daylight

(Banned) Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:36am

Probably because the Entity's Realm is in an eternal state of Twilight/Dawn.

Orion

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:36am

Originally posted by ItzCameronYT:
no every one is going to be dead before daylight

But this has no sense, they are telling you that somebody is dead BY daylight, Daylight killed someone.

No? XD

Deepwound

(Banned) Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:37am

Actually in one of the latest dev's streams the guy who named it popped on cam, its just one of the guys at BHVR, he said he still has the email from when he recommended the name for it.

Id be like, gimme monay

Ugy Boogie has Dead by Daylight

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:42am

Originally posted by Teemo:
Originally posted by ItzCameronYT:
no every one is going to be dead before daylight
But this has no sense, they are telling you that somebody is dead BY daylight, Daylight killed someone.

No? XD

Your confusion seems to come from a bad understanding of the english language I'd say. "by" refers to a temporal context in this case.
I could also say something like "I'll see you by next monday" which would mean that the two of us will meet on monday.

CODIST

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:43am

Originally posted by Teemo:
Originally posted by ItzCameronYT:
no every one is going to be dead before daylight
But this has no sense, they are telling you that somebody is dead BY daylight, Daylight killed someone.

No? XD

No. "By" can also mean "before". For example, "I have to be at work by 12:00 PM." Same goes for Dead BY Daylight.

Phoques

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:45am

Originally posted by Teemo:
Originally posted by ItzCameronYT:
no every one is going to be dead before daylight
But this has no sense, they are telling you that somebody is dead BY daylight, Daylight killed someone.

No? XD

REALLY?

GG Teemo troll GG

Orion

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:46am

Originally posted by Ugy Boogie:
Originally posted by Teemo:
But this has no sense, they are telling you that somebody is dead BY daylight, Daylight killed someone.

No? XD
Your confusion seems to come from a bad understanding of the english language I'd say. "by" refers to a temporal context in this case.
I could also say something like "I'll see you by next monday" which would mean that the two of us will meet on monday.

Oooooh I see, I didn't know, thank you for the explanation! That would make more sense then.

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Deepwound

(Banned) Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:47am

I always just figured whoever came up with it was inspired by "Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn"

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trash

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:48am

My theory is they wanted to just call it that 5 slash symbol, but needed a proper name and took the phrase "Dead By Dawn" from Evil Dead.

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Wereboar

Sep 5, 2017 @ 9:49am

Originally posted by Samination:
My theory is they wanted to just call it that 5 slash symbol, but needed a proper name and took the phrase "Dead By Dawn" from Evil Dead.

Exactly.

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