City names with attitude

[SilverDragon]

*Bump*

[finbar]

Jeez, I hate the restriction on the size/length of city names. How many times do you come up one space short when typing in a brilliant name?

On the other hand, the nicest city names I've come across in a while come courtesy of A. Horse - he of the horribly underdeveloped ego, and familiar to many of you - who delights in modest city names like BowDown2Horse, Worship Horse, Blessed Horse, Viva Horse, etc. Brightens up a dull game.

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finbar
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[tonic]

Maybe I've chosen my handle here so as to be able to call my capital: Tonicity .

[Alexander's Horse]

*blush*

My favourite cities names at the moment are:

LoVe THat HoRse
F*ckI'mGood
and
I'm2Sexy4myCiv

[Carolus Rex]

When Sten Sture introduced me to MP he used a couple of variations on the original Sioux city names. Wounded Elbow instead of Wounded Knee, Beer Paw instead of Bear Paw and so on. Later on I added a few myself, like Ricky Lake instead of Stony Lake...

I sometimes use Goody Hut for my cap followed by Hoody Gut, Another Hut, New Hut, Jabba the Hut etc... When I run out of ideas I look for city characteristics. Danger Hut or Front Hut in contested areas, Strong Hut for a well defended city, Whale Hut if the city has a whale...

Others are Untouchable, Invincible, but I also use combos like A mistake?, Anotherone? or Bad, Lousy, Worse...

Carolus

[Carolus Rex]

Hm, after rereading my post (and AH's) I reckon' it ain't exactly city names with attitude...

Oh well!

Carolus

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[Alexander's Horse]

"Horse is GOD" is a city name I use and recommend to all of you.

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[The Mad Monk]

My naming convention is to name cities on the home continent after the local terrain--Whale Inlet, Wildwood (nearby pheasent), Vista (adjacent to a lake and a mountain), etc. Poetic, if boring. Other continents get different themes, so I can tell at a glance the general location of a given city; I'll often pick a state as a theme, or a fictional world.

If the city came from a hut and I'm planning to diband it for the NONE settler, I'll name it "Born To Die", "Shoot Me Now", "What City?", etc., so they stand out and I don't forget them.

[Alexander's Horse]

Surprised noone has mentioned the city names of the Great Raz:

North, South, East and West Raz, Slightly South West Raz, etc. etc.

[East Street Trader]

I wonder if "Horse's Arse" has any attractions?

Hmmm. Better rephrase that. "Horse's Arse Anyone?"

No, no, no. Still not quite right.

"Kick Horse's Ass" Now that sounds like a good name.
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[Aurelius]

I think Alexander may have been less vain than his horse--definately a name with attitude.

[The Mad Viking]

Good thread, I like Mad Monks idea.

I once took the default names, and edited them to begin with a letter for their continent, so when I scrolled through the cities it would go one continent at a time.
aParis aRheims aTours bAvginon cCherbourg cRouen etc.

I use Canal Zone for a temp canal city, and Kanal Xone for the 2nd one.

I will change the name of captured cities to a spelling in keeping with the civ I'm playing. Exeter becomes Egzutar if I'm Babylonion, etc.

[Dino the Dinosore]

Since the computer will assign workers to food squares before gold, and I usually want them working the gold, I name a city with a gold square something to remind me that "there's gold in them thar hills". I've used Goldtown, Auroville, Zlatograd and other variations. I hate it when I open a city screen after many turns to find the stupid computer has taken a worker off the gold square that was the reason I built the city there in the first place.

[Sten Sture]

When I used to play big map SP games I would get confused on the location of cities so I would name all of the cities in an area after the the teams in a particular sports league or musical groups with a similar style. So Abba would be close to the BeeGees, and Arsenal close to ManUtd, and the Pacers close to the Lakers.

It is also a good way to taunt in MP. How could your stronghold be over run by units from Barry Mannilow? Or if your opponent is a big Liverpool soccer fan and he is being attacked by Manchester Utd units. hehehe

[DaveV]

I have no imagination, and use the default names, but I've been amused by some of the names I've seen on the other side. My favorite was in a 3-way game with oedo and Carolus Rex; oedo and I had an uneasy peace treaty, and my exploring horsemen stumbled into one of his cities. As I tried to move away from "Go Away", I blundered into "Get Lost".

Edited to correct redundant verbs.
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