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Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:48 am**

I have found a website of a company called lugaru that says what it means - the company makes a program called epsilon which is 20 years old:

http://www.lugaru.com/why-lugaru.html

Why "Lugaru"?

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Sometimes people ask what our company name, Lugaru, means. It's actually a phonetic spelling of the French word for werewolf, "loup-garou". One day in 1984, after finally turning off the computers and noticing the sun had come up, we decided this might be an appropriate name for our new company.
Now you know.

We can't comment on whether the Lugaru wolf is actually named Lou Garu. He won't say (and you don't argue with a werewolf).

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:07 am**

Damn that is some nice concept art.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:14 am**

Jeff wrote:Damn that is some nice concept art.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:20 am**

Yeah, what did you use to make that?
Blender?

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:06 am**

No; it looks more like Blinder.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:11 am**

You didnt know that Lugaru meant wolf

? Well... I'm not too sure if it means WARE-wolf, but it has to do with a type of wolf

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Edit:

at Usagi. Also, isnt blender a 3D freeware?

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:22 am**

Yeah it is, I was just joking, but it was a bad one.. concept art isn't a broad
enough term.

It would be awesome with wolves with glasses & ties in L2

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:25 am**

Le loup -> The wolf (lat.: lupus)
Le loup-garou -> The werewolf

Click here: French wikipedia article
Then click 'English' under 'Autre langues' (bottom left).

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:00 pm**

"Werewolf"

Y'know, I swear David posted something about this either in the blog or somewhere on the forums. I certainly knew before this thread was posted - and my french is terrible.

Personally I always took it to be a reference to Turner, who appears as harmless as any of the rabbits, but is more fierce than even the Alpha wolf. A wolf in rabbits clothing if you will. And the most brutal killer the island as seen in a long time, I'd wager.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:51 pm**

some knucklehead wrote:No; it looks more like Blinder.

Or maybe it was Blunder.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:07 pm**

blender is really free? dang, i thought it costs thousands like the other programs. How is it only 8mb?

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:26 pm**

Szs315 wrote:How is it only 8mb?

It's not.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:01 pm**

Oops.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:21 pm**

another dopey noob wrote:
some knucklehead wrote:No; it looks more like Blinder.
Or maybe it was Blunder.

I bet it was Blander.

Posted: **Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:22 pm**

Usagi wrote:
another dopey noob wrote:
some knucklehead wrote:No; it looks more like Blinder.
Or maybe it was Blunder.
I bet it was Blander.

Possibly Blynder.

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The Meaning of Lugaru

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