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Help me name a Superhero City!

Started by Silverlion, February 25, 2014, 05:00:21 PM

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February 25, 2014, 05:00:21 PM Last Edit: February 25, 2014, 05:03:27 PM by Silverlion
I've been dithering back and forth on the name of the city. It was originally a cluster of small West Texas towns. Until it gets hit by a comet shard and rebuilt. The Lone Star Sentinels,  stopped the full comet, but died in doing so--and thus it should in name, reflect their sacrifice or the event.
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Soylent Green

#1
February 25, 2014, 05:21:51 PM
Voted Starsfall on the basis that I'm tired of made up cities that contain the word "City" (or "Ville" or "Burg" ) when real world cities usually don't. It's not Boston City or Chicagoville.
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Silverlion

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February 25, 2014, 05:35:30 PM
Quote from: Soylent Green;733113Voted Starsfall on the basis that I'm tired of made up cities that contain the word "City" (or "Ville" or "Burg" ) when real world cities usually don't. It's not Boston City or Chicagoville.


Well it could be just "Lone Star" or "Sentinel" but I like the sound of "city" after them for some.
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#3
February 25, 2014, 05:35:52 PM
I voted Lone Star City, but I think Lone Star'd be better.
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daniel_ream

#4
February 25, 2014, 05:44:34 PM
Quote from: Soylent Green;733113[...]real world cities usually don't. It's not Boston City or Chicagoville.

Yes, "Botolph's Town City" would just be redundant.
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RossN

#5
February 25, 2014, 06:19:57 PM
What sort of period/feel are you going for?  An optimistic Silver Age style setting (whether actually set in the 50s/60s or just with a Silver Age feel) would have a different sort of name to a downbeat, Reagan-era Iron Age campaign or a group of mystery men battling Nazis in the Golden age 1940s.

(Note just because your campaign is set in the present doesn't mean the style can't be retro - Batman the Animated series was made and set in the 90s but had plenty of 40s touches.)

Silverlion

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February 25, 2014, 07:48:24 PM
Quote from: RossN;733125What sort of period/feel are you going for?  An optimistic Silver Age style setting (whether actually set in the 50s/60s or just with a Silver Age feel) would have a different sort of name to a downbeat, Reagan-era Iron Age campaign or a group of mystery men battling Nazis in the Golden age 1940s.

(Note just because your campaign is set in the present doesn't mean the style can't be retro - Batman the Animated series was made and set in the 90s but had plenty of 40s touches.)


Very much inspired by late Silver Age/Early Post-Silver Age: Late 70's/Early 80's X-men, Spider-Man, and the like.

As well as modern things like Astro City, Batman:TAS/Beyond, JLA, Spectacular Spider-man cartoon.


Strong emphasis on drama and interpersonal actions in the setting as whole, but its for H&S2E, so..:D
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February 25, 2014, 08:02:29 PM
Quote from: Silverlion;733156Very much inspired by late Silver Age/Early Post-Silver Age: Late 70's/Early 80's X-men, Spider-Man, and the like.

As well as modern things like Astro City, Batman:TAS/Beyond, JLA, Spectacular Spider-man cartoon.


Strong emphasis on drama and interpersonal actions in the setting as whole, but its for H&S2E, so..:D

Gah... Marvel. :p (I'm a DC fan all the way.)

Hmm, I'm drawing a blank but you might want to check out the list of city nicknames
.  Obviously most of them are, well, nicknames but some work perfectly well as actual city names - New York's nicknames for instance include gotham and Empire City.

JamesV

#8
February 25, 2014, 08:47:10 PM
Sentinel's Point?
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February 26, 2014, 09:01:13 AM
The city.

MY 'THE CITY' !!!!!   :p
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February 26, 2014, 10:40:57 AM
The phrase "lone star" used geographically usually begs "state" to follow.  A city feels small for that name, yet too big to just pay homage.
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#11
February 26, 2014, 12:32:44 PM
New Sentinel.
 

Ravenswing

#12
February 27, 2014, 02:15:08 AM
Quote from: Soylent Green;733113Voted Starsfall on the basis that I'm tired of made up cities that contain the word "City" (or "Ville" or "Burg" ) when real world cities usually don't. It's not Boston City or Chicagoville.
But we're not talking about a "real world" city.  We're talking a Silver Age supers city, which comes with a hatful of genre expectations.  (Heck, Golden Age/Silver Age supers probably has more genre expectations than any other genre.)
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#13
February 27, 2014, 09:28:06 PM
Lone Frontiersman
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#14
February 28, 2014, 09:40:17 AM
Lone Star City has a very DC vibe to it.

I like it.
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