diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameSubControl.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameSubControl.as
index 49f4142e..d35156b7 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameSubControl.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZGameSubControl.as
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ package com.threerings.ezgame {
 /**
  * Dispatched when a user chats.
  *
- * @eventType com.threerings.ezgame.UserChatEvent.TYPE
+ * @eventType com.threerings.ezgame.UserChatEvent.USER_CHAT
  */
 [Event(name="UserChat", type="com.threerings.ezgame.UserChatEvent")]
 
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZLocalSubControl.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZLocalSubControl.as
index 5c9b2cf9..da63ec5f 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZLocalSubControl.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZLocalSubControl.as
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ import flash.geom.Point;
 /**
  * Dispatched when the size of the game area changes.
  *
- * @eventType com.threerings.ezgame.SizeChangedEvent.TYPE
+ * @eventType com.threerings.ezgame.SizeChangedEvent.SIZE_CHANGED
  */
 [Event(name="SizeChanged", type="com.threerings.ezgame.SizeChangedEvent")]
 
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZNetSubControl.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZNetSubControl.as
index 738febef..71d6c684 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZNetSubControl.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/EZNetSubControl.as
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ package com.threerings.ezgame {
 /**
  * Dispatched when a property has changed in the shared game state.
  *
- * @eventType com.threerings.ezgame.PropertyChangedEvent.TYPE
+ * @eventType com.threerings.ezgame.PropertyChangedEvent.PROPERTY_CHANGED
  */
 [Event(name="PropChanged", type="com.threerings.ezgame.PropertyChangedEvent")]
 
 /**
  * Dispatched when a message arrives with information that is not part of the shared game state.
  *
- * @eventType com.threerings.ezgame.MessageReceivedEvent.TYPE
+ * @eventType com.threerings.ezgame.MessageReceivedEvent.MESSAGE_RECEIVED
  */
 [Event(name="msgReceived", type="com.threerings.ezgame.MessageReceivedEvent")]
 
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/MessageReceivedEvent.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/MessageReceivedEvent.as
index 19f0de4e..cebde320 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/MessageReceivedEvent.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/MessageReceivedEvent.as
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import flash.events.Event;
 public class MessageReceivedEvent extends EZEvent
 {
     /** The type of all MessageReceivedEvents. */
-    public static const TYPE :String = "msgReceived";
+    public static const MESSAGE_RECEIVED :String = "msgReceived";
 
     /**
      * Access the message name.
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class MessageReceivedEvent extends EZEvent
     public function MessageReceivedEvent (
         gameCtrl :Object, messageName :String, value :Object)
     {
-        super(TYPE, gameCtrl);
+        super(MESSAGE_RECEIVED, gameCtrl);
         _name = messageName;
         _value = value;
     }
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/PropertyChangedEvent.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/PropertyChangedEvent.as
index b55c5104..a64db916 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/PropertyChangedEvent.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/PropertyChangedEvent.as
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import flash.events.Event;
 public class PropertyChangedEvent extends EZEvent
 {
     /** The type of a property change event. */
-    public static const TYPE :String = "PropChanged";
+    public static const PROPERTY_CHANGED :String = "PropChanged";
 
     /**
      * Get the name of the property that changed.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class PropertyChangedEvent extends EZEvent
         gameCtrl :Object, propName :String, newValue :Object,
         oldValue :Object, index :int = -1)
     {
-        super(TYPE, gameCtrl);
+        super(PROPERTY_CHANGED, gameCtrl);
         _name = propName;
         _newValue = newValue;
         _oldValue = oldValue;
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/SizeChangedEvent.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/SizeChangedEvent.as
index 4f621d13..59382d03 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/SizeChangedEvent.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/SizeChangedEvent.as
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import flash.geom.Point;
 public class SizeChangedEvent extends EZEvent
 {
     /** The type of this event. */
-    public static const TYPE :String = "SizeChanged";
+    public static const SIZE_CHANGED :String = "SizeChanged";
 
     /**
      * Get the size of the game area, expressed as a Point
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class SizeChangedEvent extends EZEvent
      */
     public function SizeChangedEvent (gameCtrl :Object, size :Point)
     {
-        super(TYPE, gameCtrl);
+        super(SIZE_CHANGED, gameCtrl);
         _size = size;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/UserChatEvent.as b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/UserChatEvent.as
index c816e277..24ebcb50 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/UserChatEvent.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/ezgame/UserChatEvent.as
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import flash.events.Event;
 public class UserChatEvent extends EZEvent
 {
     /** The type of a property change event. */
-    public static const TYPE :String = "UserChat";
+    public static const USER_CHAT :String = "UserChat";
 
     /**
      * Get the name of the user who spoke.
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class UserChatEvent extends EZEvent
      */
     public function UserChatEvent (gameCtrl :Object, speaker :int, message :String)
     {
-        super(TYPE, gameCtrl);
+        super(USER_CHAT, gameCtrl);
         _speaker = speaker;
         _message = message;
     }