Naming the provinces

[Daaraa]

Originally posted by Octavian X
Be careful with these province names. I got to name a province in the Civ3 demogame, and it turns out the name I chose was the same name as a race of barbarian horsemen who live in Asian Steppe. They were notorious for supposedly using the skin of their dead enemies as clothing, and drinking the blood of their first kill in battle...

I missed that. What did you name it?

I'm still in favour of alphabetical order. Numbered provinces seem a little...unimaginative. However I think we need some order to what is done.

 

[Leowind]

Originally posted by duke o' york

So you didn't want a province named after Shakespeare's fairy and instead chose the name of a nymph who was raped by Zeus and then turned into a bear? She was rescued by an ashamed Zeus at the point when their son, a great hunter, was about to kill his mother and turned into the constellation Ursa Major.
Disney has nothing to do with this - it's a cool name for a province and I am tempted to push for it this time too, regardless of what the others are called. Maybe I'll just have my city named Ariel.
On topic (just), on the interent you can make up your own spellings! (Sorry Becka, I couldn't resist this childish joke). But no-one should worry about pronunciation! Or shall we have monosyllabic province names in future?

If you are referring to Callisto, she was also one of Zena's favorite arch-enemies in the TV show; rather a knock-out actually So the "Ariel incident" really came down to which did you want, a cartoon red-headed mermaid, or a cartoonish blonde bad girl?

 

[Octavian X]

@Daaraa

I named my province 'Scythia.' It was the seventh province, contain captured Greecian cities. The barbarian tribe I was refering to are the Scythians. In fact, I believe it is one of the names for a barbarian tribe in Civ3.

 

[Ren]

I know that Aonis has been chosen, but I like Solis because Sol is the centre of our Galaxy so Solis is sort of the centre of our empire...

Ah, never mind

 

[duke o' york]

Did you fall asleep at the end of the last game?
Alpha Centauri is at the centre of our current solar system!

 

[Dell19]

Did we ever decide where the spaceship would be going this time?

 

[mordhiem]

Lets go to Betelgeuse!

 

[Vengeance]

Lets take the whole Mars thing a step further. What about having Mars - Bringer of War as the national anthem? I would like hope that I am not the only one on this thread that listens to The Planets. Try Mars on repeat all day. It certainly drives you to go all out fundy the moment you get SOL. (Not hinting anything at all)

 

[Ren]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Did you fall asleep at the end of the last game?
Alpha Centauri is at the centre of our current solar system!

If that is the case, why is it a solar system then?

 

[Zwelgje]

Because it's the name of a system containing a star surrounded by planets.

 

[Dell19]

I think Ren is pointing to the fact, that if its still a solar system then Solis would still have the relevant connection that Duke disagreed with.