OFFICIAL: Our First City Name!

Pedrunn · January 6, 2003, 14:38

Our new city has been settled and i have chosen to name it after of our mighty god.
With a small variation:

Apolymuria

Does everybody agree with the name

If Apolymuria doenst make to 50%, I will make a poll with the given suggestions.

HuangShang · January 6, 2003, 14:47

what? we settled here? aww, i wanted to keep moving

the name's ok, just as long as theres no New Apolymuria or anything that sounds like Apolymuria afterward

Martin Gühmann · January 6, 2003, 14:52

Apolymuria is good, but next time you should do a vote about the city style. Roman style looks just too defaulty.

-Martin

Pedrunn · January 6, 2003, 15:12

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just as long as theres no New Apolymuria or anything that sounds like Apolymuria afterward

We have enough of it

You wont get from me for sure.

Sorry Martin and all, I even made a condensed picture with all CM2 city styles to make the poll you wanted but the DG was already becaming a quite place and I though most of the people already wanted to started the game the sooner possible.

So i stated in a thread that i was going to start with this style. No body was against so i chose. I hope nobody gets too mad

I really felt bad to have to chose without a poll and i still do! But i chose for the best! Sorry all again!

H Tower · January 6, 2003, 15:16

we already have a god named apolymuria, we don't need to keep using it for things

ískallin · January 6, 2003, 17:09

Apolymuria... thats just fine for my sakes

Locutus · January 6, 2003, 17:51

No, I think it should be named Apolyton (maybe Apolytown?).

Pedrunn · January 6, 2003, 18:09

Funny, Although we have cities named after some character of the religion (I could name Athens, Apolytonia, hundreds of cities after catholic saints, etc..) i thought the people would claim for Lemuria in comparison to cartague, babylonia, rome. That used to have the same name for the civilization and the capital.

If the people dont change their vote or a good number of people vote against seems like Apolymuria will be the name after all.

Frozzy · January 6, 2003, 18:17

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Originally posted by Locutus
No, I think it should be named Apolyton (maybe Apolytown?).

No! NOT APOLYTOWN!

That name is blesséd within Offe-Topyc history.

Immortal Wombat · January 6, 2003, 18:37

Plus, it sucks.
Leemurtown.

mapfi · January 6, 2003, 19:20

Apolymuria: bah!!!

Locutus · January 6, 2003, 19:25

Well, anything but Apolymuria will do (well, almost anything

)

Frozzy · January 6, 2003, 19:37

Meh... Apolymuria and Apolytown are out, IMO.

Apolymuria... MEH!

Apolytown = Sacred OTF history.

Frozzy · January 6, 2003, 19:47

Any other suggestions

H Tower · January 6, 2003, 20:10

what's so sacred about Apolytown? I don't remember it

Frozzy · January 6, 2003, 20:19

The storefront invasion! You could find classic shops such as JohnT's library, ASTEX and coffee shop. Then all the stores were closed down, and since the Coffee Shop is the only store allowed in the OTF.

Ras tried to open MarkDanOlds in October, but Ming closed it because of the storefront invasion. Only DinoDoc can open the Coffee Shop in the OTF.

I can't remember who coined Apolytown, but that was the name given to the Store-front invasion (like G-Spot and Area 19)

Immortal Wombat · January 6, 2003, 20:21

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Well, anything but Apolymuria will do (well, almost anything

)

StarTrekIsPooTown

Seriously, these Apo- and Lemur- names are just plain cheese. Go with something completely different and cool-sounding. Or a city from fiction. Gondolin, Xanadu, Teflon.

H Tower · January 6, 2003, 22:24

guess I haven't learned enough OTF history yet

Locutus · January 7, 2003, 03:07

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StarTrekIsPooTown

Like I said, almost anything

Seriously though, I tend to agree, we should come up with a decent name. Cheesy tends to get old quickly.

Hmmm, how about Giannopolis?

H Tower,
It's not that big a part of Apolyton history and I think that the people who were actually there at the time (redbull certainly wasn't, unless it was under a different username) would not consider the name Apolytown all that 'sacred' (I know I don't). Especially not if it's used in a context where only 2 or 3 people ever even heard of it's original use...

Devil of Truth · January 7, 2003, 06:34

I vote for Lemur Poo!

Immortal Wombat · January 7, 2003, 07:27

Gondolin, Xanadu, Teflon,
Honshu, Erebor, Troy,
Tallassar, Irenui, whatever the Greek for "Wikkid Cool" is.

child of Thor · January 7, 2003, 09:45

I did vote for the origonal but on reflection i could go for either Lemurcak/Lemurkakton or Apolycak or any variation. Maybe Poolemur?(pronounced 'Pool - emur')

Locutus · January 7, 2003, 10:30

Well, with CoT's vote change that would make it 7 all. I think we should at least consider other options and we can always have a vote for the most popular ones, where Apolymuria is one of the options...

For alternatives, how about El Dorado? ("a city or country of fabulous riches held by 16th century explorers to exist in So. America", Webster) Not entirely inappropriate, with Pedrunn as president and all...

Locutus · January 7, 2003, 10:48

Some more alternatives to consider (some real, some fictional; my personal favourites in bold): Camelot, Timbuctu, Walhalla, Babylon, Angkor Wat, Paititi (Incan name for El Dorado), Caral, This, Dwaraka, Kishkindha (a mythical city from the Ramayana which was ruled by a monkey king).

Maquiladora · January 7, 2003, 11:08

What about Acropolis? Greek meaning, "city at the top". It isnt on a mountain but it is "on the top" in some sense. Its more a central defensive position inside a city, but it makes a good city name all the same too...

I like Camelot too.

Immortal Wombat · January 7, 2003, 12:21

Camelot, Kishkindha, El Dorado all sound good to me.

Pedrunn · January 7, 2003, 12:31

Apolyton\Lemuria like
Apolymuria
Apolyton
Apolytonia
Apolytown
Lemuria
Leemurtown

Historical Mytical
Gondolin
Xanadu
Teflon
Honshu
Erebor
Troy
Tallassar
Irenui
Camelot
Timbuctu
Walhalla
Babylon
Angkor Wat
Paititi (Incan name for El Dorado)
Caral This
Dwaraka
Kishkindha (a mythical city from the Ramayana which was ruled by a monkey king).
Acropolis

I think we have too much and i personally dont like copied names from history. What now!?! I dont think a good idea to have a poll with all these names i will probably select the ones i like the most.

Turambar · January 7, 2003, 13:10

Why not have a naming system like the Civ3 DG one, where the citizens take it in turn to name the cities?

Maquiladora · January 7, 2003, 13:30

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Originally posted by Turambar
Why not have a naming system like the Civ3 DG one, where the citizens take it in turn to name the cities?

I prefer that to historical ones...

Locutus · January 7, 2003, 13:37

For the other cities I agree that that would be a good system, but for the capital I think we should all decide, with a vote.

How about using the point system again, as we did with the flags? Everyone gets 100 points (or whatever) to give to some of these 24 suggestions (plus maybe a few extra if others have more ideas) and the name that gets the most points wins. If two names (or more, especially if they're very similar) are close, we could have a run-off poll.