05-02-2003 02:26									#1
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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.

	05-02-2003 03:04									#2
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Voted for Solaris. Any self respecting scifi buff should now why.

	05-02-2003 03:19									#3
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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"

	05-02-2003 03:22									#4
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Against Solaris? Is this some twisted form of Tuomerehuan or even DBSTian logic?

What's your problem with Solaris

	05-02-2003 03:23									#5
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double-post

*kicks Poly*

	05-02-2003 03:24									#6
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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"

	05-02-2003 03:28									#7
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quote: Originally posted by Kassiopeia Against Solaris? Is this some twisted form of Tuomerehuan or even DBSTian logic?

both, in fact. more tuomerehuan than DBTSian

quote: 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 )

	05-02-2003 03:29									#8
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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...77&nodeid=17149

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

	05-02-2003 03:31									#9
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quote: 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.

	05-02-2003 03:38									#10
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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

	05-02-2003 03:50									#11
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Oi..so many options, and that dancing banana is so tempting...
i voted Xenobanana

	05-02-2003 04:31									#12
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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.

	05-02-2003 05:32									#13
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quote: 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.

	05-02-2003 06:10									#14
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Shoulda had an option for XenobananaLand or some such

	05-02-2003 06:58									#15
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i guess it's *possible* for xenobanana to win
i wouldn't mind having that as a region name

	05-02-2003 11:21									#16
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I voted for Sierra Nova. I'd be happy to see either that or Solaris as the new region's name, so I voted for the one with less votes.

	05-02-2003 11:23									#17
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Sierra Nova!

	05-02-2003 17:55									#18
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quote: Originally posted by 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

I thought about Shevat too, but decided that Solaris would garner more support since it's better known amongst people, not just Xenogears players.

	05-02-2003 18:22									#19
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Xenobanana ! For the sake of Tarkovski, let Solaris be the name of the region. But we need a base named Xenobanana ort else they will disappear from the Planet

	05-02-2003 18:52									#20
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Tarkovski that's the boyo.

I voted for Solaris and Sierra Nova

	05-02-2003 19:11									#21
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You voted only for Solaris, it is not a multiple choice poll.

	05-02-2003 19:28									#22
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Solaris has been ruined for me - I saw a trailer for the remake with George Clooney. Pwahgh ! Will the Americans remake all the great Russian films? What next? A remake of Battleship Potemkin?If the region is called Solaris, then I will always be remined of this fact.

Its time Xenobanana won a poll.

-Jam

	05-02-2003 19:56									#23
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War of Art, oh, I really feel bad that because of a silly American film, you will never be able to enjoy the excellence that is Solaris.

But you still shouldn't have voted for "Xenobanana". Goodness' sake, what's gone into you? It's a nonsense poll option, not a region name.

	05-02-2003 20:03									#24
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Well having read the book and seen the original film, I'm just so disgusted about the remake that I HAVE to vote Xenobanana. That's the purpose of Xenobanana - to register protest. And I'm protesting against the Hollywood vultures that can't think of any new ideas.

By the way, has anyone read the Cyberiad from ol'Stanislaw Lem ? I think it's his best book.

-Jam

	05-02-2003 20:08									#25
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I've read it. Funny and innovative.

Cyberiad

This is foolishness! Xenobanana is winning, have you no shame

	05-02-2003 21:18									#26
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Hehe, I should have banana'd... everyone, banana!

	05-02-2003 21:36									#27
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Solaris! Think of the children!

	06-02-2003 03:29									#28
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quote: Originally posted by Kassiopeia double-post *kicks Poly*

by some twisted form of tuomerehuan logic I voted for Scantynavelia.

	06-02-2003 03:31									#29
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splendid. go banana!

	06-02-2003 03:36									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Kassiopeia Solaris! Think of the children!

Banana!

Besides, who wants their children to live even in a place named after that floating hive of atrocities known as Solaris? That red guy might come by and blow it all away on principle

*neglects to mention that he voted for Solaris, before the light of the banana was known to him*