Janus - one planet that due to an ancient cataclysm was split in half, each half rotates around a common center in their orbit around their star.
Krulium - very rough landscape, for human, it is impossible to live there - inhabitants - hostile aliens with hard, stone-like shell on their back and mole-like face, that are living underground
Maybe Lecryton Vastly populated by human-like plants. Some are friendly and are civilized and can speak along bartering some rare items only found on this planet. Others are hostile barbarians that want nothing more than to plunder your ship and to see you dead. Large dense forests and jungles cover the planet making it hard to live there in addition to the hostile natives. Civilized "homoplants" (homo means man in Latin) rule the planet with democrocy and secretly are powerful dictators who want to rule the surronding solar system...
Name the Planet RoboSteel Name the Planet RoboSteel Come have a look at what we do www.robosteel.com and it will make perfect sense. I need a planet for all my creations, Earth is just not advanced enough to handle them all. Come visit us on Twitter @RoboSteel
All of these responses are inventive, funny, or the like. We've gotten so many awesome twitter submissions as well! Keep it up, guys!
Hey you guys! We'd like to announce the winner of the Warpgate Name a Planet contest, Shermy808, for their planet, "Hibernicus, inhabited by a bear-like species who make for terrible space pilots." Due to the enormous popularity of the contest, Freeverse will be extending the contest to allow four more winners to name their own planet in the game! The contest extension will allow four more winners to name and describe a planet in the upcoming iPhone game Warpgate. Again, to enter simply follow Freeverse on Twitter, and tweet your submission with your entry, @freeverse or the word #warpgate somewhere in the Tweet! The new winners will be announced on October 1st, 2009 on http://twitter.com/freeverse and will be seen in-game along with Shermy808's planet, Hibernicus, when the game is released!
Planet Teira Named after Princess Teira daughter of a humble Clark who dragged her people into the modern age with promises of wealth and power, all for the taking just beyond the stars. After a millennia Teirans have become a high tec planet with high defence. Peacefull, Diplomatic till threatened, strong desire for wealth and power.
Hey all! We've been busy working to get Warpgate into your hot little hands, and we've decided on the last four new user-named planets! Johno Cybometropolis, an intergalactic cyborg underground railroad and paradise. Are you a robot or cyborg on the run? Welcome to Cybometropolis. Devilishly Good Devil's Rock, a harsh planet with mining resources that keep people coming despite the conditions. MidianGTX Midian, the planet that sounds like a planet. DOG87 Tremoria, sounding like a planet with lots of shifting plates and such. Congrats to all, and official PR and screen shots to come!!
Sipherus A planet of apelike people in tropical Forest and island settings who build expensive organic weaponry.