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[upsettingshorts]

slimgrin wrote...
Modern cities, yes.

Phew, good thing Dragon Age 2 isn't historical fiction then - or else that would be pretty embarassing.

[tmp7704]

slimgrin wrote...

Modern cities, yes.

It's not like the older names were striving to be innovative as opposed to practical -- Westminster, Tower of London, London Bridge, Shoreditch etc. just to name a few.

[Cutlasskiwi]

OnlyVirtue wrote...

So Darktown is in the sewers? Yay for sewers... I missed the sewers in Origins. I mean adventuring just isn't the same if you can't fight a few baddies in the sewers.

You can't be a real adventurer until you have crawled and fought baddies in a sewer, that's the rules.  

[The Hardest Thing In The World]

I found a talking sword once, while adventuring in the sewers.

[upsettingshorts]

My sword doesn't talk, but some woman in a pond threw it at me.

[nightcobra]

Upsettingshorts wrote...

My sword doesn't talk, but some woman in a pond threw it at me.

so you got your sword from the lady of the sewage?

[Dhiro]

nightcobra8928 wrote...

Upsettingshorts wrote...

My sword doesn't talk, but some woman in a pond threw it at me.

so you got your sword from the lady of the sewage?

Yay for the Excalipoor.

[Xewaka]

Dhiro wrote...

nightcobra8928 wrote...

Upsettingshorts wrote...

My sword doesn't talk, but some woman in a pond threw it at me.

so you got your sword from the lady of the sewage?

Yay for the Excalipoop.

Fixed.
(You may groan at your leisure, but the pun demanded it)

Modifié par Xewaka, 16 octobre 2010 - 09:16 .

[Dhiro]

You know, mess with a classic Final Fantasy reference is just... mean :<

[upsettingshorts]

In Conan there is a belt that drops off a minor boss in the Tarantia Sewers that explicitly says putting it on makes you smell like poop...



Your move, Dragon Age.

[Icinix]

Upsettingshorts wrote...

In Conan there is a belt that drops off a minor boss in the Tarantia Sewers that explicitly says putting it on makes you smell like poop...

Your move, Dragon Age.

Maybe a collar of Dragon Pheromones?

[Xewaka]

Dhiro wrote...

You know, mess with a classic Final Fantasy reference is just... mean :<

I was going to bite the obvious Monty Python bait, but you presented a better oportunity
So Lowtown. I can understand some people saying it sounds "cheesy", but coming up with catchy place names that would see regular use by every strata of the society is kind of hard.
Then again, a tour through the old town in Santiago de Compostela shows that by then, it was already commonplace to have such names: Every street is named after a remarkable building of the street - such as "soportais" (for arched portals) ou "do Convento" (Convent Street), and town squares are named after the artisans that worked there. I don't quite sit well with Lowtown, but coming from the other side: It feels not organic enough. Probably "docksides" or "fishyards" would sit better.

Modifié par Xewaka, 16 octobre 2010 - 09:27 .

[The Lyons]

I can't wait until they reveal Badguyville, that should be epic.

[tmp7704]

Xewaka wrote...

 I don't quite sit well with Lowtown, but coming from the other side: It feels not organic enough. Probably "docksides" or "fishyards" would sit better.

If it's the lowest placed part of town that surrounds the harbour, with the rest being around it and scaling the stone walls, then i'd say it makes sense for it to be "lowtown" especially when the original function was to store the elves and others of poor standing. It's possible the docks proper are separate area altogether with its own name, much like Denerim had (no doubt also "cheesily named") north and south Dock Districts.

[nightcobra]

The Lyons wrote...

I can't wait until they reveal Badguyville, that should be epic.

you should see our country then (portugal), we have a port city named.... wait for it....porto (portuguese for port)

[SirOccam]

I have no problem with "Lowtown" as a name. It is low, in terms of both altitude and economy (and likely culture, at least in the opinions of those who live in other areas). Why this is not a perfectly reasonable name for people to come up with I don't understand. Not everyone and everything in Fantasy needs to be whimsical and colorful.

It's just a nickname that the people collectively made up. It seems perfectly natural for it to be a relatively practical and simple one.

[Lumikki]

Dark fantasy seem to be allways like sewers. Point is, looks same as allways, dirty alleys, dark corridors, dark tunnels and so on. Basicly places where poor peoples would be. Very booring.

Modifié par Lumikki, 16 octobre 2010 - 11:39 .

[Seb Hanlon]

Remember David's rule of naming -- When you come up with a name, regardless of how good it is, most everyone will hate it the first time they hear it.



In about four weeks (give or take? I can't remember David's exact number), it'll be inconceivable that it would ever have been called otherwise.

[Dave of Canada]

Seb Hanlon wrote...

In about four weeks (give or take? I can't remember David's exact number), it'll be inconceivable that it would ever have been called otherwise.

Are there exceptions to the rule?

[Herr Uhl]

Seb Hanlon wrote...

Remember David's rule of naming -- When you come up with a name, regardless of how good it is, most everyone will hate it the first time they hear it.

In about four weeks (give or take? I can't remember David's exact number), it'll be inconceivable that it would ever have been called otherwise.

*remembers Cousland*

Good tiems.

[Sir JK]

I think both darktown and lowtown are excellent names that fit perfectly. Usually in fantasy location names are fantastical nonsense, ignoring that practically all location-names in the world is a simple description of where it is (in some cases the meaning have gotten lost throughout the years though).

Stockholm - literally means Islets of logs. New York - should be fairly obvious. York - originally was Jórvik, literally the bay of chieftains.

Location names are supposed to be descriptive. Meant to easily conjure up a mental image of where it can be found. As such lowtown is a perfect name. Where is it? Down there.