21-02-2003 06:41									#1
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What will we be naming things. Are we going to have catchy names for our Units, or just a numbering scheme?? Or just leave them as default..

THis is the thread for that...

E_T

	21-02-2003 07:08									#2
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1st Warrior, 2nd Warrior, etc. is the convention I always use. We could give them specific names if they do something spactacular warranting their own identity.

Geography:
I think the general area of our capital should be "Apolytonia". "Bay of Apolytonia" and "Forest of Apolytonia" are kind of catchy as well.

	21-02-2003 07:19									#3
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We need a city list, however, I would think...

Apolytonia- capital
Vovania
Tripolitania
MarkosQtopolis

[1 for vovan, 1 for trip and 1 for Mark/Dan ]

	21-02-2003 07:36									#4
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Don't forget Ming....

E_T

	21-02-2003 08:16									#5
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Indeed...

Mingapulco simply MUST be one of our cities

	21-02-2003 09:16									#6
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quote: Originally posted by Arnelos Indeed... Mingapulco simply MUST be one of our cities

Yep. A distant and isolated city, not connected, no luxuries, no nothing, no contact with the civilized world (Apolyton), stuck in the middle of the jungle or tundra... A little Siberia, IMHO...

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City naming scheme: Everyone submits a city name. The list of submitted names is narrowed down to ten by random selection, and we vote on the names.

Unit naming scheme: Non-elites: 1st Warrior, 2nd Warrior, etc.
Elites: Would be given special names at discretion of Consuls.

Geography: no suggestions, other than that the planet must be named "bob".

	21-02-2003 18:03									#8
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Why not give the Senate a chance to come up with names for units?

	22-02-2003 04:18									#9
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Legoland has given each unit a name, and I've found it's helpful in remembering where each unit is. This will probably have to be abandoned later on, but currently in the early game, it's nice to have. I'd like to see us use a unique name for each unit here, too; numbering just doesn't stick in my head.

	22-02-2003 05:23									#10
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I'm not certain that we should have numbers in the names of our units. If someone sees, say Worker #15, then they will likely know that we have atleast 15 workers. They can then go and compair us to them in the Mil Advisor screen and extapolate what our actual military streinght is.

E_T

	22-02-2003 06:48									#11
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quote: City naming scheme: Everyone submits a city name. The list of submitted names is narrowed down to ten by random selection, and we vote on the names.

How about this:

Everyone may submit a maximum of ten city names.

Then the Consuls pick their 5 favorite from everyones' list and produce a master list.

Then we have a vote on EVERYONES favorite city names from the Consul's list and the resulting votes form the best.

As for Geography
How about we just refer to things by the "ocean that's north of city x..." it would be a lot more intuitive and simpler

As for units
Just name to commemorate things.
As for not numbering the units- the enemy can see the units sometimes but in the early days ET makes a valid point- I would suggest that we name them after the leaders of our Demogame.

Therefore: Warrior 1 would be "Trip", Warrior 2 would be "E_T" that way, everyone could have a unit and be more involved that way- worried about the unit and its survival

A master list of all units topped at the top of the thread with the locations would also be a good idea! (Minister of Defense/war/interior... did you read that )

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My 10 (current) ideas:

Apolytonia- capital
Vovania
Tripolitania
MarkosQtopolis
Mingapoulco
notyoueitheristan
City of Clouds
Toga Centralis
DeepOcean
Ninotia

	22-02-2003 06:54									#12
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quote: Originally posted by E_T I'm not certain that we should have numbers in the names of our units. If someone sees, say Worker #15, then they will likely know that we have atleast 15 workers. They can then go and compair us to them in the Mil Advisor screen and extapolate what our actual military streinght is. E_T

That's true. Another other suggestions? Perhaps we just shouldn't name our Workers.

I don't really care what people name things personally... as long as they're not stupid. I certainly wouldn't support something like "City Number 15" or a name along those lines, but I like anything with class, like the names that DC has suggested. Well, most of them.

	22-02-2003 07:03									#13
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Well, the last 3 I just added because I was out of Ideas- I'll edit in some good ones in a second

	22-02-2003 07:06									#14
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Well, you mentioned my name twice, so I really can't say anything bad about your taste for names.

	22-02-2003 07:07									#15
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Lets name a worker jerry... for the heck of it!


Oh ya.... will we start a new religion? pick a new god?

Next item.

city names

Amorika
Rime
Heigm
Baramus
The Hut
Yokel City
City of the Elite
City of the not so Elite

Unit names

Lets name a unit after each game member

	22-02-2003 07:09									#16
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I just realized I forgot how we should figure out names for units- I would suggest a simpler form- simply people post requests in a thread and the Minister of Defense simply choses the names by going down...

example: "Hello I am Trip and I request the first Phalanx"

therefore the Phalanx #1 would heretofore be known as "Trip-Phalanx" etc.

people who don't have a unit/city named after them would have first priority over unit names

	22-02-2003 07:10									#17
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Ooo ooo!!

In that case, I want our first ICBM named after me...

"... As 'Trip' was launched today, unfurling the world into total chaos and armageddon..."

	22-02-2003 07:10									#18
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I call first swordsman please.... i always liked sharp things

	22-02-2003 07:12									#19
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lol..... well trip who do you want to be shot at?

	22-02-2003 07:14									#20
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I would like the first Caravel or diplomat... either will suffice

	22-02-2003 07:17									#21
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diplomat?caravel? i know where there from but , my friend, they are no more.

	22-02-2003 07:18									#22
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Shoot Trip at "Thunderfall City" in CivFanatics! :haha:

	22-02-2003 07:20									#23
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Iam glad you said that.... DEATH DO THE FANATICS.... in a nother hundered turns....

	22-02-2003 07:23									#24
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What? Did Civ III replace diplomats and caravels?
How horrid!

In that case a Dragoon might be in order.

DarkCloud Dragoon... has a nice ring to it

	22-02-2003 07:24									#25
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"...The world was awe struck when 'Trip', a weapon unrivaled by any other, a scourge released upon the world by Apolyton, crashed into Fanatika. Sources say that there was a large 'banana-shaped cloud', but can say no more..."

	22-02-2003 07:26									#26
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dragoon....... hey someone should make that unit!

	22-02-2003 07:27									#27
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So... is my system a good idea- should I create the preliminary naming threads and leave the rest up to the elected ministers?

	22-02-2003 07:28									#28
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What are you talking about Mr Mayor- are dragoons not in civ III? Did you never play Civ II?

Okay, If dragoons are not taken, I'll have whatever replaced the Diplomat as a diplomatic unit (but not the spy, I wouldn't want that).

	22-02-2003 07:35									#29
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We don't have diplomatic units any more.

	22-02-2003 07:38									#30
	DarkCloud for Minister of Lexiography! Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations

What! That's horrible

Okay, how about the DarkCloud Legion... since all the units I think of were cut by Infogreed, I'll have to settle for that request!


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Hmm... an amusing government postion would be Minister of Naming or, to sound more pretentious, Minister of Lexiography ... If our opponents are unlearned, they might be frightened to hear that apolyton has a Minister of Lexiography

Last edited by DarkCloud on 22-02-2003 at 07:56