Official: Name the Region to the North

[Method]

ok then, time to name the new region to the north. This region will contain Metropolis, Akh-Morpork (or something) Shangri-La, a new base, and UN Aquaxenobanana until the sea region is completed.

the for you to vote on are as follows:
Doesn't Matter
Scantynavelia
Travolta-Newton-John
Polynesia
Terra Calme
Nayloone
Cunningham Mts
Sierra Nova
Cambricosa
Fourou
Tharacar
Nico Nova
Newton Plains
Tokyo-3
Neo-Tokyo
Solaris
Lodoss
Leonia
Norgard
Caerlon
Subruna Province

2 days.

[Kassiopeia]

Voted for Solaris. Any self respecting scifi buff should now why.

[Method]

in that case, i'm voting against solaris and for subruna...but at this rate, we might as well just call the whole faction "Maniac-Land"

[Kassiopeia]

Against Solaris? Is this some twisted form of Tuomerehuan or even DBSTian logic?

What's your problem with Solaris

[Kassiopeia]

double-post

*kicks Poly*

[Maniac]

I know Solaris as a planet in Asimov's robot universe. But that's all.
Oh yes: for those that didn't read the name thread: the ethymological roots of Subruna:
sub = under, below (Latin again)
runa = adaption of "The Ruins"

[Method]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
Against Solaris? Is this some twisted form of Tuomerehuan or even DBSTian logic?

both, in fact. more tuomerehuan than DBTSian

What's your problem with Solaris

the "any self respecting sci-fi buff" part (and yes, i do realise the irony, seeing as SMAC is a sci-fi game )

[Kassiopeia]

Solaris in Asimov? Can't remember that.

Solaris is, however, a planet (or a space station?) in a novel of the same name by Stanislaw Lem. A play and a film have been made based on it.

Also, Solaris is the "Eden of Heaven", a technologically very advanced nation that lives in a large city (also called "Solaris") on the sky (or some dimensional fold, IIRC), in the PlayStation RPG Xenogears.

More here: http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?...7&nodeid=17149

(they lack the Xenogears part, either I am incorrect on that one or there's E2 XP waiting to be earned)

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by TKG

both, in fact. more tuomerehuan than DBTSian

the "any self respecting sci-fi buff" part (and yes, i do realise the irony, seeing as SMAC is a sci-fi game )

I guess you don't like Neon Genesis Evangelion then either. No big surprise.

[Cedayon]

If we're doing XG names I would go for Nisan... but I wouldn't want everyone thinking we misspelled the name of the car company ... Shevat's cool too, but Solaris is probably better.

Voted Solaris

[Lemmy]

Oi..so many options, and that dancing banana is so tempting...
i voted Xenobanana

[AdamTG02]

Once again, I've voted for Sierra Nova; it's my favorite name of any that have been proposed, and the new region will be somewhat mountainous -- although not nearly as much so as Jedinica.

[Method]

Originally posted by Kassiopeia
I guess you don't like Neon Genesis Evangelion then either. No big surprise.

pfft. you already know my position on the entire japanimation genre
and lemmy: you banana-ed? i just hope nobody else is lured by my dancing banana.

[Cedayon]

Shoulda had an option for XenobananaLand or some such

[Method]

i guess it's *possible* for xenobanana to win
i wouldn't mind having that as a region name