Viking city list

[Gangerolf]

The civ2 city list was much better!

did they just randomly pick scandinavian cities this time?

a few comments:

- Trondheim - good choice for Viking capital, but IIRC it was called Nidaros back then.
- Bergen - was called Bjorgvin back then
- Elverurn - I guess it's supposed to be Elverum, AFAIK not a "Viking" town.
- Copenhagen, Stockholm - these were founded after the Viking era.
- Karasjok - a Sami town, got nothing to do with the Vikings.
- Thunderfall - all I can say is "what?"
- there are more but I can't be bothered right now

Where are the good ones from civ2, Kaupang, Jorvik and others?

[Nubclear]

Re: Viking city list

Originally posted by Gangerolf

Where are the good ones from civ2, Kaupang, Jorvik and others?

You have to realize Civ3 is a different game....

[Gangerolf]

it is?

well so what? does that prevent them from making a decent list?

[BigDork]

If you don't like the list go nuts in the editor. Yeah it'll take a minute or two from play time but if it's that annoying to ya fix it.

BigD

[alva]

- Thunderfall - all I can say is "what?"

He's the owner of the Civfanatics site (CFC).

The greeks have APOLYTON as a city, and there is a MING city too (Aztecs?).
Those are just a few inside jokes, nothing to worry about

[Gangerolf]

I know, "that's what the editor's for". I'll probably use the list from the "Extra Civs Pack" or Civ2 if I can find it.

I guess I just wanted an explaination as to why they made such a, in my opinion, horrible list.

[Gangerolf]

alva, that's cool. didn't know that.

btw, civfanatics site? you mean there are other civ sites?

[alva]

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http://www.civfanatics.com/

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Auch, that hurt
Be carefull if you ask a question over there though
Chances are the answer will contain words like; newbie thread, FAQ thread,....etc...
Other then that, it's pretty good, it's just not as good as this one.
btw: there are a couple of others too.

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by alva
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http://www.civfanatics.com/

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Auch, that hurt

oh I'm sorry.

Be carefull if you ask a question over there though
Chances are the answer will contain words like; newbie thread, FAQ thread,....etc...

I just saw the top thread in the Civ3-General forum there. strange..

[Purple]

The thread "Expanded city lists for PTW" has a couple of Scandinavian city lists longer than the default list.

[Signa]

BTW in PTW the Vikings are no longer offically known as the Vikings, they are the Scandanavians. So the cities like Stockholm and Copenhagen are acceptable. Of course, you might have a bone to pick with the fact that they are not the Vikings anymore.

And the comments about how the old names should be used (ie Bjorgvin). Imagine if they did that for all the civs. Instead of Rome, Roma. Instead of Athens, Athenia (the old name of Athens might be a mispelling, but its close). That's just 2 of hundreds.

[alva]

True, it has to remain an international game in order for everyone to be ablr to enjoy it .

[SanPellegrino]

Originally posted by alva
[Be carefull if you ask a question over there though
Chances are the answer will contain words like; newbie thread, FAQ thread,....etc...
Other then that, it's pretty good, it's just not as good as this one.

that's true, but it is a good idea to keep the board clean of those "my city is stuck at size 12, what should I do?" Threads. but you're right it's great but poly is greater.

[Albert]

My first post to this site, though I have been reading it frequently because I haven`t played ptw yet. I am travelling in brasil for 6 months so I thought I would wait to join til I got back, but this cought my interest.

I totaly agree with gangerolf that the civ2 list was good, and there was no need to change it. I dont now what copenhagen is doing there instead of Roskilde, Bergen and stocholm as well. Dublin is more "vikingsh" than those cities

And since its not the vikings anymore, but the scandinavians, it has to be taken seriously that the scandinavians only has been a more or less a united civilization during the viking era. I fact after the viking era the scandinavs were constantly fighting each other, so the scandinavs has to be same civ as the vikings, cause its the only era in our history that we norwegians (dont now about the swedish and danish) are realy proud of. killing and raping, you know.

And for the Rome Roma issue. As fare as I know Roma has always been Rome in english, so we have to use the english way of spelling though the cities originaly is spelled othervice.

thats all for now
Àlbert out

[Hagbart]

Are you saying that Roskilde is not a Viking city? It was one of the most important cities back then...

On the question if Copenhagen should be a Viking city I don't know.. but it is the largest city in Scandinavia today so I think it is very important to include it in the list.

I've made my own Viking city list, here it is:
Trondheim
Uppsala
Hedeby
Skiringssal
Birka
Roskilde
Oslo
Visby
Ribe
Kaupang
Sigtuna
Lejre
Nidaros
Jomsborg
Reykjavik
Jelling
København
Borg
Aarhus
Stockholm
Trelleborg
Hladir
Viborg
Jarlshof
Odense
Skara
Kalmar
Jorvik
Tønsberg
Fyrkat
Kvivik
Sandur
Holar
Thingvellir
Nonnebakken
Hvarf
Lindholm
Holmgård
Risby
Hlymrekur
Jarrow
Dyflinn
Ravning Enge
Torshavn
Lund
Bergen
Vorbasse
Falun
Sandavagur
Helsingør
Askrigg
Thingvollur
Göteborg
Vedrafjord
Linköping

You can use it if you want to.