So the map is essentially done, I just need to complete a few more triggers (im not even sure if i'm going to, since i'm trying to move away from infi and the feature i'm in the process of adding is specific to infi)
The major thing i need help with is naming countries + cities. This terrain is not based off of anything in particular, I was bored and decided to make what looked cool. The units are named based on using a thesaurus, wikipedia, and previous knowledge of greek mythology (only for the really cool ships like hyperion, norad, artanis). Yes it is a hodge-podge, but I need to get all the details down before I start tweaking them (e.g. the balance is totally off, I'm pretty sure you can win with the norad battlecruisers regardless of your tactical knowledge)
tl;dr need help coming up with 42 country names and about 2.6 times as many cities.... really what I need most is some kind of theme I can get behind that doesn't sound completely nerdy or trite.
ps. I did plenty with infi, was in the clan, have played diplo more than enough so I know what im doing with this map...
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You could name them after the moons of other planets in the Milky Way galaxy.
almost all of those are named after characters/deities/whatever from greek/roman mythology... so I'm not sure it's enough names... plus it kind of doesn't make any sense. I think a couple countries I am going to name after mythological figures but the majority of other names will need to be something else.
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http://nine.frenchboys.net/country.phpor search google for 'random country name generator'
here are 40 that it came up with:
Creation:
Actia
Afrarnini
Africa
Agarceos
Agion
Agorcica
Agritrand
Album
Amardona
Anannona
Angloreos
Anium
Anopova
Antaea
Aquis
Austrisius
Britetus
Cathenene
Cathynene
Chinanthus
Dalitra
Ebas
Ebygana
Egartias
Escus
Etharcia
Eurana
Hibennica
Ibarctius
Japernica
Lyrabur
Mallycur
Manisia
Mytesica
Noryraia
Parantica
Romarcea
Sibibor
Sibisium
Xanannis
google is ur saviour :3
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so the thing is, some of these are pretty lame, but most of them are based off of greek/roman cities anyway... still LOLing at africa and album.
thanks for the help though Ill sift through that site and get some totally usable names for the non-mythos related ones. =)
still up for suggestions... also I'd love to have a list of greek/roman settlements anyway since some of them have freaking sweet names, not to mention I've always liked geography especially looking at latin names for current cities (e.g londonium, lutetia = paris, etc)
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Use a personally-modified periodic table of elements. Pluton instead of Plutonium. Freyus from Ferrous (Iron). Etc.
that is a great idea actually... definitely can work with that thanks!
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ok I've added the names of some (modified) constellations and stars to my list, but I still don't have enough...
in total I have 42 countries and 124 cities... so if anyone else has suggestions let me know =)
Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Feb 11 2012, 6:08 pm by durka_jihad.
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