City Naming Conventions

[FrustratedPoet]

/me resists the urge to churn out dozens of Red Dwarf and BlackAdder city names.

[alva]

smeghead

* alva tries to lure FP in doing so anyway *

[Meshelic]

we rarely get RedDwarf over here but it's always a memorable experience!

[alva]

I saw the pilot (at least a part) of the american version. , not the same miladyo

[FrustratedPoet]

they did an american version?!?!?!

was it as bad as it sounds?

btw, they just release the entire first series on special edition DVD here. It has deleted scenes and commentaries from the writers and cast. Sounds awesome! I only have the episodes on 5-10 year old VHS tapes. The quality of the picture and sound is poor. I'm gonna get the DVD for christmas.
link to relevant amazon page

in other news, Eddie Izzard has a new video out.
It's called 'Circle'.
link to relevant amazon page
I'm not sure if it is some more stand-up or something else, but I'm looking into it....

/edit: added amazon links in case these things aren't available outside the UK and you good people want to ask Santa for them.

[alva]

yep, only kryton is in it as far as I could tell

(even read all the dwarfs books , recently lent them out to someone, and as it stands I won't be getting them back )

[FrustratedPoet]

the books are very weird. not bad, just ... weird.
i prefer the TV series.

[FrustratedPoet]

Since the game will start tomorrow and (assuming NYE doesn't feel like going on one of his patented settler treks ) we will soon get to build our capital.

What are we going to call it?
Any ideas?

[nbarclay]

Here's a thought about naming conventions: Why not name our cities (at least the ones we build ourselves) after types of storms, cloud formations, etc.?

One option for our capital might be "Storm Central."

Nathan

[nbarclay]

Better yet, how about "Eye of the Storm" for our capital, since the eye is the center of the storm and our capital is, at least politically, the center of our nation?

Nathan

[Meshelic]

Originally posted by FrustratedPoet
Since the game will start tomorrow and (assuming NYE doesn't feel like going on one of his patented settler treks ) we will soon get to build our capital.

What are we going to call it?
Any ideas?

I was just thinking the same thing. It would be nice if we could formulate a pre-made list of city names and just follow the list one after the other as we build.

I suggest we name our cities with ideas that border the 'Gathering Storm' idea, which to me sounds like a really natural, earthy, worldly type name. Hmm, here's a few thoughts:

Stormwind Keep (capital?)

Lightning Alley
Cyclone City
Wraith Mountain
Port of the Tempests
Elementia
Thunder Valley

just some first ideas, I'm sure we could get more if some people thought about it.

Or would we rather go a different naming route?

[FrustratedPoet]

Originally posted by nbarclay
Better yet, how about "Eye of the Storm" for our capital, since the eye is the center of the storm and our capital is, at least politically, the center of our nation?

Nathan

I like Eye of the Storm.

[notyoueither]

Eye of the Storm is good, so is Stormwind.

Do you want me to rename it immediately?

[FrustratedPoet]

just go with whatever you're happy with, there's nothing to stop us altering your choice later if we want to.

[Arrian]

Eye of the Storm for the capitol.

I like going with the Storm theme, at least at first. As we get further into the game, we can find room for some funnies ("Built for Strategic Sheep Purposes" might cause some amused confusion, for instance).

Speaking of which...

in other news, Eddie Izzard has a new video out. It's called 'Circle'.

Really? Is that so. Interesting. Very interesting.

-Arrian, who is pleased we have a flag (the shield is close enough).