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The people have spoken! Acheron shall be the new name of New Kumatora!
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The city's new name: ACHERON
Poll
Wich shall be the new name?
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[29%]
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Total Votes: 21
Poll closed
Poll closed
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Ciphon- Posts : 1637
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How about Giyga-city 
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Well you would need to pass this by Fillerb, as it isn't your city it is a joint council and it is part of the server 5 city project!
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If the whole council is unanimous for the new name and said name is not totally retarded (such as GiygaCity) then I don't see the problem.
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Lol giygacity... That should totally be the name
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Acheron
Abaddon
Gehenna
Vanaheim
Nihilum
Nocturne
Nostramo
Phobos
Abaddon
Gehenna
Vanaheim
Nihilum
Nocturne
Nostramo
Phobos
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nocturne pokemon name? 0_o
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i made a pokemon name suggestion?
uhm no, http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Nocturne
and nocturne just means something like "at night" or "getting nighttime", something like that
uhm no, http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Nocturne
and nocturne just means something like "at night" or "getting nighttime", something like that
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Demon_Cat wrote:Lol giygacity... That should totally be the name
Giygas wrote:
- Stay serious! Names like loltown will not be accepted.
- Try to think of some original names! Something like Forestville, since it's a forest city, will not be accepted!
NeroTheDarklord- Posts : 567
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Ive been working on an actual construction plan for the city based on the right now mostly favorated layout design i named "sunflower".
The original data is pretty tiny since i used single pixels.
Heres an enlarged version:
And here are my suggestions for the city name:
The City of Nim,
Nimph City,
Mystic,
Mystica,
Rosa Mystica (about this one... im revering to a religious artifact. And since the city might be made in a flower shape, i thought this might be a well fitting name for the overall theme),
Arcania,
Siren City,
Sirenia,
Lumina,
Looming,
Sentrine City.
The original data is pretty tiny since i used single pixels.
Heres an enlarged version:
- Spoiler:
And here are my suggestions for the city name:
The City of Nim,
Nimph City,
Mystic,
Mystica,
Rosa Mystica (about this one... im revering to a religious artifact. And since the city might be made in a flower shape, i thought this might be a well fitting name for the overall theme),
Arcania,
Siren City,
Sirenia,
Lumina,
Looming,
Sentrine City.
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I like Rosa Mystica
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Looks good, I take it the train station is going to be underground?
And for the name: Helianthus.
And for the name: Helianthus.
Giygas- Posts : 709
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Nero you maybe wanna make a new topic for the design since this thread is about the names?
As of the names so far I like Helianthus, Arcania and Acheron the most.
If there will be more suggestions go ahead but I want to create a Poll soon so we can decide on a name.
As of the names so far I like Helianthus, Arcania and Acheron the most.
If there will be more suggestions go ahead but I want to create a Poll soon so we can decide on a name.
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I havent made up my mind about the train station yet. Maybe it could end up on one of the arms? Wer close to the boder right? so why not have the station end at the arm of the city that is closest to the border?
Oh and Giygas. Since wer both very happy about the sunflower concept and it was already favorated by some other players, im already rather focused on this one. Id say we should stick to it. It just works out very well in any way.
Oh and Giygas. Since wer both very happy about the sunflower concept and it was already favorated by some other players, im already rather focused on this one. Id say we should stick to it. It just works out very well in any way.
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Giygas wrote:Nero you maybe wanna make a new topic for the design...
This also means the question about the trainstation!
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Since you guys don't bring much more ideas on the name I simply took the 3 names I like the most and you decide wich one it will be. I prefer Arcania.
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looks like its gonna be Acheron... well i dont really like that name but whatever
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What does a river from Greek mythology have to do with a quiet forest village anyway?
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Okay now I am angry!
I said give to give me explainations about the names if they mean something!
Now that the person didn't do that, Acheron is disqualified! (Any votes on Acheron will be ignored since I cannot change the poll somehow)
I said give to give me explainations about the names if they mean something!
Now that the person didn't do that, Acheron is disqualified! (Any votes on Acheron will be ignored since I cannot change the poll somehow)
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FillerB gave the explanation.
Giygas- Posts : 709
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GaMerG77 wrote:FillerB gave the explanation.
Well too late, the vote was already running!
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In that case... Heliantus (my contribution) is the genus of many types of sunflowers and comes from helios (sun) and anthos (flower). And while I'm not sure whether or not it is a coincidence: Arcania is the title of the new Gothic-game (Arcania: Gothic 4). Believe it or not but most good catching names are already taking by something or another. Might just want to settle on something not well known (like Kumatora -_-) or at the very least do some namechecking before opening a poll if you care that much.
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Someone else already thought of the name Arcania? Damit! And i thought i was creative there!
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It's about the meaning of the names, Helianthus wich is Sunflower also fits, well kinda. The shape of the city is flower-like. Arcania.. well i dont care about Gothic.. But Aracnia is like Arcane Magic, wich fits to the theme of the city.
But Acheron, a river from a greek Mythology? Cmon.
But Acheron, a river from a greek Mythology? Cmon.
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i felt somethign was strange about that name... i just couldnt say what it is
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Acheron FTW!
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PetePorty wrote:Acheron FTF!
For the fail? Yes indeed. Since It doesn't fit the forest or magic theme.
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Well, it's winning... ^_^ (Also, you should totally have a waterfall and a river in the middle of the forest, that way it'd fit...)
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Giygas wrote:Okay now I am angry!
I said give to give me explainations about the names if they mean something!
Now that the person didn't do that, Acheron is disqualified! (Any votes on Acheron will be ignored since I cannot change the poll somehow)
Maybe i simply didnt know?? Calm down^^ For all i remember Acheron was the name of a chaos lord, who probably no one else knows of, so i said hey why not, sounds cool and is not well known.
And on the other hand, Arcania as a name for an arcan-magic themed city, isnt this like calling a water style city "Liquidia" or something? Or calling a dog "barky" or "woofy". Ok that last one is a bit exaggareted but you get what i mean, the name is simply too direct in my opinion
NeroTheDarklord- Posts : 567
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Meh this topic is starting to throw all the arguments over again... maybe we were too hasty on starting a vote for the name?
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No I want this name to be choosen really soon! Personally I really love the name Arcania.
(Also someone wasnt able to read and voted for Acheron when I clearly said its disqualified, vote ignored)
(Also someone wasnt able to read and voted for Acheron when I clearly said its disqualified, vote ignored)
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Well, Acheron is the obvious winner, but one of the city councils seem not to want it... (For some reason...)
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That city councilor is me! Dude read the thread!
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I did read the thread, I'm just making a summary for this to end; Acheron received the most votes, it'd be obvious for it to win. Then again, you don't want it to win, so yeah... Then the big question arises, why would you add the name on the poll if you didn't want it to win?
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Obviously you did NOT read the thread. That thing I said was removed in the first post though. The thread was about finding a new name. I added that they have to tell meanings of the names if they have any. Since they haven't put any meanings I thought they dont have any and are just simple names. I liked those 3 the most so I put it up. Filler then said something about that Acheron is a river in greek mythology and that really does not fit the forest and magic theme. So disqualified it.
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Thought it was rather obvious really. Acheron -> Charon.
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Hm i may have heard it in relation to Hades before, not sure, but i still wasnt thinking about that when i made the suggest for it. Just thought its a cool name i heard somewhere before. And i still think its better than naming it after the fourth gothic game (which was really awful btw)
Like i said, i simply didnt know. I mean, Arcania is a game title, you also didnt know that before.
Giygas wrote:Acheron is disqualified since the name had a meaning (Acheron is a river from greek mythology) and Rendarg didn't say that! Any votes regarding Acheron will be ignored!
Like i said, i simply didnt know. I mean, Arcania is a game title, you also didnt know that before.
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For your information, all three proposed names have meanings.
Helianthus is Latin for flower.
Arcania is derived from Arcan, which is Latin for "hidden."
Helianthus is Latin for flower.
Arcania is derived from Arcan, which is Latin for "hidden."
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Acheron is also a kingdom from Conan the Barbarian! 
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Vespasian wrote:For your information, all three proposed names have meanings.
Helianthus is Latin for flower.
Arcania is derived from Arcan, which is Latin for "hidden."
This. Also, it's exceedingly difficult to find names for ANYTHING that haven't already been used or have a meaning. You might as well just use Acheron (and ignore the meaning) since it appears the be the most voted for name.
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Wolfhe wrote:Vespasian wrote:For your information, all three proposed names have meanings.
Helianthus is Latin for flower.
Arcania is derived from Arcan, which is Latin for "hidden."
This. Also, it's exceedingly difficult to find names for ANYTHING that haven't already been used or have a meaning. You might as well just use Acheron (and ignore the meaning) since it appears the be the most voted for name.
Every word has an origin and a meaning, if not several.
Unless you just randomly combine words together into some kind of unpronounceable monstrosity like eeceotnotem or whatever.
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Ek-ke-not-chem. How difficult is that to pronounce?
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Fine you guys are right. Maybe I overreacted a bit about that. I'll re-add Acheron.
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FillerB wrote:Ek-ke-not-chem. How difficult is that to pronounce?
Unpronounceable in the sense that there is no correct way to say it, since it is made of three Latin words put together and then pronounced the way sounds would work with English letters and alphabet.
Cs in Latin were pronounced with hard K sounds, for example Caesar was actually spoken as what sounds like Kaisar in English spelling.
Basically when you make up new words they have no real pronunciation. It would be like calling it Acherheliocadia and then claiming that you just pronounce it like the parts of those words. Horrible name anyway, hence everyone calling that city Notch's Ass.
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Honestly... who gives a fuck? Pig Latin has always been popular for dumb names like that.
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I personaly would have prefered Arcania but hearing all these hidden meanings in the name now makes me undecided... knowing the background whats the actual meaning of the name makes all of them intressting
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skoglol wrote:Acheron is also a kingdom from Conan the Barbarian!
Now that you mention it, that could actually be why i still had that name in mind, played the AoC trial last year. Acheron was some ancient fallen empire with wizards and stuff, i remember running around the ruines ingame.
But come to think of it, i have to admit it really DOES sound pretty dire and evil, which is probably why i remembered it, personal taste thing, but now im not sure if it would fit to the overall atmosphere of the city.
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The people have spoken! Acheron shall be the new name of New Kumatora!
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So its finally decided.
Ill start writing the history of Acheron right away.
Ill start writing the history of Acheron right away.
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