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Rename grifon_&_kryuger to griffin_&_kryuger

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BUR #10253 has been approved by @nonamethanks.

rename grifon_&_kryuger -> griffin_&_kryuger

A belated BUR for all intents and purposes. In the past, there was still some sense of reason behind keeping the Russified spelling of Griffin, especially as some still doubted the existence of an actual 'Griffin' alongside Berezovich Kryuger. However, since then... Additionally, the Global version of the game has for much of its existence stuck with Griffin & Kryuger, so spellings such as Grifon or Griffon have fallen out of fashion.

KagayakuShiningGate said:

Wouldn't an alias be better, if both names are used officially...?

If it were 2019 or earlier, perhaps, but even back then, the standardization the game itself used was Griffin (there was more of an issue with Kryuger, as he was originally romanized as Kruger). The only reason Grifon was used as it was was due to Грифон & Крюгер being used in-game as well (while for Griffon, that's down to Korean-English use). With four years since the launch of the Global server, and the 'relatively recent' (read: early 2021 in-game on CN, mid-2019 in-text) reveal that Griffin actually refers to an Englishman whose name is in fact Griffin (so the Cyrillic version isn't reflective of how it is in actuality), it does not make sense anymore.

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KagayakuShiningGate said:

Wouldn't an alias be better, if both names are used officially...?

To put my two cents in. Grifon hasn't been officially used for a long time, not since the EN version has came out. Official translations from MICA Team themselves use Griffin for both the founder and name of the company. So there is no point in keeping the "fan translation" over the official name

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