Ever Name Your Own Cities?

[Sarevok]

When I hit "new cities" I take out my map and start filling in where Firaxis did not

 

[Mano3]

I learned a trick here on the forum about naming cities.

I call my capitol - "Capitol City"
City with the Military Academy - "ARMY"
My settler factory - "Settler Factory"
My worker factory - "Worker Factory"

I think you can see where I'm going with this. It helps me quickly find my 'special' cities and I don't forget who does what.

 

[bob rulz]

What if your capital has your Military Academy? Do you name it Capital City Army or something?

Anyway, I'm not one for renaming cities, except when I was America and decided to name my capital Salt Lake City (where I live...yes that Mormon place).

 

[Mano3]

What if your capital has your Military Academy? Do you name it Capital City Army or something?

Anyway, I'm not one for renaming cities, except when I was America and decided to name my capital Salt Lake City (where I live...yes that Mormon place).

I guess I'd have to! But I never put the Military Academy in the capitol. I always put the INTEL angency there though. Also, the city with the Forbidden Palace is called...... The Forbidden City!

 

[Mewtarthio]

If I ever got to "Berlin2," I'd probably change the name to "Neo Berline" or something like that. But I've never gotten that far.

 

[drwsince1987]

If anybody has done the whole America list. can you tell me if Des Moines is on there?

I was wondering where the guy who said he uses Iowa city names is from?

Im from Urbandale.

 

[ManOfMiracles]

No, Des Moines isn't on the America list. I'm in Ohio but grew up in Iowa and went to ISU.

 

[Tathlum]

I change city names all the Time. For example using Irish city names for the Celts instead of Gallic ones. In a multi-player game at home I got shouted at for having Sabritha-the teenaged city when I was as playing the Cathaginians. Other times I do cheesey stuff like rename captured cities, in steriotypical fashion and end up with stuff like Teotihuachanograd, for Russia. Sometimes I use native names for cities, eg Egypt has Wasset instead of Thebes etc...
Silly but its all part of the fun

 

[bob rulz]

I can't believe that Hunt Valley is on the America List but Salt Lake City isn't. I've never even heard of Hunt Valley and I'm a geography freak!

 

[LLXerxes]

I do, every once in a while.

Most of the cities with custom names are cities I captured, and I don't do that often anymore. They'd be wierd names like (if the city was egyptian) "Egypt town" or Cleopatra)City". Or just my name, with the added town. (LLXerxes town, I like it. )

 

[Epimethius]

I generally do my best to name them based on geography. If I don't know the language, I simply take a real city name from one in a similar location and use it. But I rarely use the list.

 

[KabeDerlin]

Occasionally if a city is to fall to AI I name it something to spite them... Like a curse word. Or like Romans Suck... Assuming my enemy was the Romans. I think it adds a bit of humor to the game...

 

[dylanhatesyou]

I always name my capital "Oakham" after the town my girlfriend lives in. My second city is "Barre" the town I live in. From then on its all towns and cities in Massachusetts. Ha.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Once I hit the New cities, I start naming them. Sometimes I rename cities that I capture from the AI.

 

[k-girl]

I usually don't name my cities, but when I do I either use names of towns near where I live, or use objects in my room.

 

[barbslinger]

I use the defaults for civs I can pronounce the Aztecs and some of the others I sometimes name after the geography or resources. I have played America and the core cities after my favorite cities/towns.

 

[Dauntless]

I go with the deault names, but when i run out, and names go into New London, Nottingham 2, etc, then i'll get a road map out and look for some names

 

[Coorae]

Usually I use default, but some games I just decide from the beginning that I am going to name every city I build.

common ones

crapitol - If my capitol sucks
utopia - a really good city
sea city - a city that uses a lot of sea
sea town - a city that is on the coast and all the ground tiles are taken by other cities
steal iron - build on iron that is closer to enemy territory than mine
leech luxury - build into enemy territory to take one luxury
FORBIDDEN - forbidden palace
moo moo farm - has lots of cows

 

[Gumby78]

Some of the time.
Usually name cities based on location, or name them after great leaders. Also, rename captured cities.