(We actually renamed Riot to Element because the nice people at Riot Games sent us a cease & desist :)

I still remember when that happened. I was really bummed because Riot is just such a fun name. Didn't help that that particular company was the reason.

I bet you were even more bummed though.

It's interesting seeing a myth build around your reasons for the name change already, with the blog post still up. Makes me wonder though how native speakers would have felt about the name after the protests.

I'm not a native speaker, so I don't feel the connotations of the name.

Here's their blog post at a time: https://element.io/blog/the-world-is-changing/?ref=itsfoss.c...

It's worth nothing that the conflict with Riot Games over trademark rights was also a motivating factor.