City/Province naming convention

[khelvan]

Greetings, everyone.

We need to continue our discussion about the nature of province and city names. We have to come to a consensus about how we will name them. Are we going with Latin names for everything, with names appropriate for the culture of the city/province c. 270 BC, or with names appropriate for the original ethnic origin of the city/province?

We should decide on this soon so that we can have this complete for our first public release. Please add your vote.

[Stormy]

Excellent poll khelvan. I think it should be between #3 #4. It will be a little bit hard to find the original ethnic names for each region.

[Dead Moroz]

Vote for Latin name.

My reasons:
1. Title of the game - "Rome: Total War".
2. In many cases it's just impossible to find local names.
3. Names in different languages will bring just extra anarchism in game.

[[cF]HanBaal]

can't vote... when will I be 'qualified' to vote in polls?

but I ask to definitely NOT give 'all latin names' .. me not like it . I like the founding ethnic original name idea though the controling faction's name around 270BC is also a very nice hypothesis and perhaps the most feasible. I (mentally) 'vote' for a mix of these last 2 options since sometimes the controling factions for 270BC simply adopted the city's original name. If we find difficulty in some cases we can always adopt what we have

[khelvan]

So, you can post but not vote in the poll? How silly. I will add your "mental" vote to the tally (hopefully this describes your voting method and not your state of mind ;).

[chemchok]

I'm for using Latin names; the game (and actual history) is too fluid to use the the second or third options.

[Wishazu]

i vote latin for simple ease and convienience

[khelvan]

Sorry, this is a leftover I forgot existed. We decided this long ago.