Wich name You usually give to your capital city?

[Darth Balrog]

Hi,

Wich name You usually give to your capital city?

And wich name have Your digital alterego?

[Nym]

Not sure to really understand your question. I suppose it only has sense with modded games.
Concerning my current game my capital is Armenelos and my leader is Elros Tar-Minyatur.

[MyOlde]

I take whatever name the computer gives it. If I'm playing as the Germans, then it's Berlin. If I'm playing as China, it's Beijing. And so on.

[alva]

I stopped renaming city's too and use the default ones now.

[Darth Balrog]

I always give different names for my city(s)! ...Since CIV I.

The varius names I give depend by the zone and the type of landscape the city(s) are.

For example, if the city is near some monatains and hill I ussualy give name such: Minas Tirith, Minas Morgul, Cirith Ungol and so on...

If the city rise near a particular abundance of horses (for example) I call it Rhoan

If the city is destiny to grow up a lot I call it with name such: Thannauser, Cassandra, Eternity...

If the city is destiny to be small (couse I need a city in a particular strategic position) I call it Bajedo, Hobville (if there is a wood near by... ) and so on...

Another thing I do is to give the same kind of names at the city(s) in particular zone or region.

For example. In a desert region on the east of my empire the names of my citys are: Osiris, Iside, Anubis, Set...
In a region in the north: Othin, Thor, Fray...
In a nice west region: Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, Era...

Usually I rename the citys I conquest with this way.

Sometimes I let their name if the citys are in a definite zoone with the same country name: Berlino, Stoccarda, Monaco... (Italian name of Berlin, Stutgart, Munchen )

So the name of my city change always... And if I read: "There is a problem in the city of Aphrodite" I know soon in wich part of my empire the problem is


Now my Leader name is Nim Namhir of the Nimeani (roman civilization)

And my capital city is: NIM.

Enjoy CIV!

[Hail Caesar!]

Dude this is one of the strangest threads on this forum

[trickey]

Like some of the others have posted, I use the default names for my cities and leaders.

[Wittlich]

The only city name I always change is my capital city. I name my capital city:

Capital City

[BigDork]

Hi all...

My capital is usually Dorkville.

BigD

[Theseus]

And Theseusville.

I almost always change the name of my leader as well... to Theseus.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

I rarely change city names. If I do so, it's because I utterly dislike the suggested city name, or if it's a captured city.

Leader names, though, I usually change to someone else from that nation's history: Napoleon instead of Joan of Arc, Hatshepsut or Ramses instead of Cleopatra, Tecumseh instead of Hiawatha (yes, historically incorrect, I know, but so is Cleopatra), Zhu Yuanzhang instead of Mao, Hamilcar Barca instead of Hannibal... you get the idea.

[Rhothaerill]

I usually don't change any of the names. Of course with some of the civs with uncommon city name it can be difficult. While writing my AAR for AU208 I couldn't remember which city was being attacked by barbarians, which city just ended up with the Hanging Gardens instead of the Great Lighthouse, etc.

[PLATO]

I will usually use the default names. Occasionally I will change one if it is built on a resource that appears to the name of the resource. If I have a city that connects two bodies of water I will usually rename it Crossover.

[alva]

Originally posted by Wittlich
The only city name I always change is my capital city. I name my capital city:

Capital City

You should starting writing books man, like immediately, really!! I mean it's dangerous to keep that kind of imagination and creativity bottled up...
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Leaders;

Those depend, if I have to wait really long for one to come along, something like 'Finally the first' usually does it

[Quasar1011]

My first and capital city is always named Greensburg, after the place I was born. Shame I haven't lived there since 1968...

[cookieman]

i only change the names of captured cities. in my current game im playing as the americans, and i recently had a war with the aztecs. i now have cities named "el paso" "witchita" "tucson" "baton rouge" and "oakland". this gives me a moral victory to know that i am crushing and ruining their aztec spirit!

[Azeem]

If I play as the Chinese, I always name the capital "Xi An" since the first historical capital of China was within that metropolitan area. I never rename leaders unless I can find the appropriate leaderhead to fit the name.

[Virdrago]

I've already changed city names in the editor, so whatever civ I am, the capital I put in the editor (Salamanca? That's a Spanish city!) is the name I'll keep. Leaders are different. I always change the leaders, after all, why be Osman, Catherine, or Xerxes? The AI always is. So I'll be Suleiman, Peter, or Cyrus. Or whatever. I generally don't mind that Peter is a female in the picture, anyways. The AI is usually too busy bowing down before me to notice

[kermit_the_frog]

i use the defult names as well

[Martin Gühmann]

Originally posted by Wittlich
The only city name I always change is my capital city. I name my capital city:

Capital City

If you do this in an MP game you could name the capital: "Conquer this City" as well.

Actual this thread belongs into the Community Forum.

I do the capital naming in the same boring style like others. Let the computer come up with a suggestion, or use the name at the according place in the according text file. I mean if I select a certain civ I do it, because of a certain atmosphere that the civ has and one part of this atmosphere are the city names.

-Martin

[Wittlich]

Good point Martin, but on the same line of thought - wouldn't the big star after the city's name also indicate the same (ie, hey, it's their capital! Take it out!)?

I figure, why sugar-coat it? Just come on out and name it what it really is - The nations capital. Come and get me!

[Kloreep]

Recently I've started using modified default names, changing them to match "Kloreep" in some way. So Delhi becomes Delheep, Beijing Klorjing, etc

[johncmcleod]

This one guy on a thread was telling about how he named cities. If he had a city near Russia (this was before mp of course) he'd name it 'Russians suck' or 'Catherine eats too much'. Or he might have cities like 'Bring it on' or 'You'll never take this city'. If he had a city by a resource that he wanted to keep he'd call it 'There's nothing here' or something like that.

[Mizaq]

Washington

[M. le Comte]

Capital:

Haute Citadelle (High Keep), Palais Impérial (Imperial Palace), Cité Interdite (Forbidden City), [my alter etgo's name] - Ville and so on.

Leaders:

I play dynasties. My leaders were Guillaume I (Guillaume is my firstname), Ephrem I, Ephrem II, Charles I, Charles II... until Charles VI, Karwai I, Francion I, Francion II and Francion III...

I think my next game will be lead by Ephrem III, Karwai II or Guillaume II

Name of the civ.
Because it is a dynasty, whichever the civ I play, I am always the leader of the Hiérarques (something like "hierarchs").

Civ3 has been designed for megalomaniacs. I am one of them.

[M. le Comte]

Oh !

And I also give to my generals the names of some friends of mine.
To elite units, I give the name of their victory, like (Great Cavalry of London, or Panzers of Washington, or Riflemen of the Aztecs' montains...).
To my other cities, it depends of the mood of the game.

[johncmcleod]

If I did have PTW I'd name units obsessively. I'd name every unit, such as the 1st Spearman Regiment or the 3rd Royal Marines. I'd also name them after where they were built such as the Royal Leeds Rifles or the 19th Seattle Volunteers or the Manchester Highlanders Regiment. I'd give all ship names a prefix depending on the civ and its government ie if I was in a monarchy it'd be HMS or if I was in a democracy it might be the ZFS (Zulu Federal Ship) Mpondo. I'd name carriers after leaders, battleships after cities, submarines after mythological figures (titan, valkyrie, dragon, etc.) AEGIS Cruisers after famous battles, I don't know what I'd name transports, destroyers things like Dauntless or Perseverance or Alacrity and ships before that I'd name after animals. Of course if the ship ugrades I won't name it because it wouldn't be realistic.

[TheArsenal]

For the capital, most of the time, I go for default, although from time to time I'll name it "Arsenal City". On a huge map, very recently I have begun naming the city with the Forbidden Palace, "Forbidden City" to readily see where it is, and how and if I want to make palace moves.

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Darth Balrog
Hi,

Wich name You usually give to your capital city?

Deal-A-Meal.

And wich name have Your digital alterego?

Richard Simmons.

[DCMike]

I usually stick with the defaults. But whenever I capture an enemy city, I usually put 'Fort' in front of the city name.