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Please PM STomnibus if you have any questions about this article. Before the first section of road is laid and before the first Sims move in, the new Mayor (that would be you) is prompted to name the city. Naming seems like a quick, simple process, but can be difficult, as creating new names repeatedly in multiple regions can wear your creativity out very quickly and lead to repeat names. This guide will hopefully help you in creating fresh, original names for your new cities. Step One: Survey Your City This is the first, and perhaps most important, step in naming your new metropolis. Look at the city you have created and note its most important features. If you really have trouble thinking of new names, keep a list of features or this window open as you go. Key features to look for include bodies of water, such as rivers, oceans, bays, lakes, and other notable water features. Landforms such as hills, cliffs, and mountains are also important. Check your surroundings. Is this a suburb of a well-named city? If so, look at that name. Consider directions, like North _____ . A key feature to look for is the relationship between different parts of your city's terrain. Cliffs that flow into rivers is a distinctive feature and should be noted. Step One Examples: Bayside, Bayview, Rivermont, Riverside , Hillsdale, Hillside, Mount Crawford , Haley Valley , Johnson Cliffs, etc. Step Two: Consider Function What is your city for? A simple question, really, but you can name your city based on function. Is a prevalent highway river crossing there? Name it ________'s Crossing . Is it a farming mecca? Sleepy commuter town? Industrial wasteland? City function is a good thing to look at when naming your new burg. Examples: Industria, Farmingham, Moore 's Crossing, Paradise , Port Sewan, etc. Step Three: Get an Atlas The best tool at your disposal for naming your city is an atlas. Look at local features and obscure small cities in Turkmenistan . Keep a list of names you like. Name cities after local rivers, such as, to use my local examples, Maury, Chickamauga , and Sherando . Local tiny villages that nobody will know you stole are great choices as well. Local examples for me, again: Catawba, Mount Solon , Parnassus , and Abingdon . Step Four: Cruise Your Town and Know Your Neighbors Let's see, you live on Brunswick Avenue ? Name your city Brunswick . Your favorite shop is Monk's at the corner of Third and Church? Name your city Monk's Corner. Your neighborhood has literally thousands of possibilities. Name it after the Wilhelms across the street. The possibilities are endless. Step Five: Know Your Current Events What do Ashcroft , Cheney , Chretien , and Aznar all have in common? They are all names of current world political influentuals who are also, coincidentally, great city names (John Ashcroft is US Attorney General, Dick Cheney is Vice President of the US , Jean Chretien is the former Canadian Prime Minister, and José Maria Aznar Lopez is President of Spain). Scour your newspaper and the BBC for names and write them down , because you'll forget them at the drop of a hat. Step Six: Pronouns and Suffixes If you take a look at any atlas, you'll notice that many names are combinations of different pronouns and suffixes. Hill + mont . Jones + town. Harris + burg. Hart + ford. Man + chester . Dover + shire. By mixing and matching, you can again create thousands of names for your disposal. Below is a brief list highlighting some of my favorites: Prefixes (excluding names): river, new, old, north, south, east, west, hart, heart, hill, bay, mountain, colum, rock, port, man, san, saint, pot, frank, hol, little, big, los, an, clear, lynn, lanc, gran, loch, lake, Suffixes: ford, bus, side, shire, chester, mouth, port, burg(h), ville, town, city, dam, furt, fort, vale, mont, comb, ton, worth, ia, lia, haven, view, polis, minster, Conclusion Naming your city is an important step and shouldn't be done without thought. Hopefully, this guide will help in your quest for that perfect name. Good luck! Acknowledgements go to zeke12 's awesome database thread, which can be seen at here, and Mostly Harmless , Carnuth , and Trevorrex for suffixes in that thread.

I can't believe this thread is still going! I haven't been to Simtropolis in quite a while. If someone wants to take it over be, be, be my guest. Really am surprised by its longevity though. Oh-la-la!

The rules apply to uploaders, not downloaders. You are free to download as much as you want from STEX. Also, the message up there is to make people think twice about uploading spam. All members have been warned, so that is up there. The message is in response to widespread demands for cracking down on STEX spam. This thread is wildly off-topic now and the question has been answered. Thread closed.

Hmm...the ACT. I did pretty well on that (32...I think?). The main thing to remember is that the parts are separate and you don't have to ace them all to do well on the test. Anything above a 28 will be more than acceptable at most institutions. The ACT is interesting because it doesn't outright test what you know, it tests how well you can use what is given and your ability to use what you do know to interpret it. For example, in the science portion, all the information you need is given to you. There will be no questions like "What is the process of cell division?" Instead, they will give you charts, tables, graphs, data, etc. and ask you to interpret. Personally, I found Science hardest, as you have a short period of time in which to interpret and a lot of raw data. I think I ended up getting a 26 or 27 on science. Reading and whatever the other grammar-related subject is were really easy for me, but grammar is one of my stronger suits. Those are your basic passage interpretations, sentence corrections, etc. For the sentence correction, always choose the most basic answer that still sounds okay. Say each choice to yourself and just think about how it sounds. If multiple corrections sound okay, pick the simplest. In reading I read the whole thing through first, then attack it question by question. Don't skip around, because the questions go in order and sometimes build. Mathematics is only up to Algebra II, I think. It's basically like science, but I remember it requiring a little more in the way of background knowledge. Remember, though, that while the ACT is important, it's not the end of the world. Get a good night's sleep, eat a nutritious, carb-rich, light breakfast, and relax. Good luck!

You could live in Roanoke, Virginia, where: 1. The grocery stores are cleared and school is cancelled out if snow is forecast within the next 4 months. 2. Your city government has spent $51 million since 1994 on studies on whether to spend $12 million to renovate the stadium or tear it down. 3. The river floods when someone turns on their sprinkler. 4. You can walk to the train tracks and 15,000 of your fellow citizens are employed by the railroad, yet you can't ride Amtrak because you have no passenger rail service. 5. You got really excited when you found out Starbucks was coming to town (2006). 6. You got even more excited when you found out Target was coming (1998?) 7. You actually went to "Singles Night" at one of our Wal-Marts (we have 6)...for 200,000 people. 8. You stop your car so that pedestrians one block away can cross the street unimpeded. 9. You hold the door for people who are a block away but coming fast...or not so fast...

I do have to say that I really miss that sign.

See, the problem is that not many people can drop $4000 on an airplane flight. Also, as soon as something goes wrong with one of those flights, you can kiss profits goodbye. People are very jittery when it comes to atomic power. I think the future of flight, at least the near future, are mid-range, smaller jets like the 787. What with fuel prices, the A380 is little more than a show of technical know-how. It's just too inefficient for mass use.

My Hispanophilia (if that is not a word, I am officially commissioning it now) has caused me to feel that the separation of church and state is the most important thing, outside of freedom of speech, enshrined in the Constitution. If you want a description of why a state church is a bad thing, read a history of Spain. @ Ski: The only real ways to do it are: A) Have a pervasive police force that is able to keep track of what every person is doing during every moment of every day B) Expel the non-believers (see first paragraph, last sentence) C) Force conversion through fear

I fail to see how my reply broke either rule. I was responding to a comment you had made several posts up that the moderators on this site "bully [members] into submission." It had not yet been addressed other than a brief message to PM an administrator regarding specific instances of bullying. The charge that site administrators and moderators "bully [members] into submission" is pretty serious and one I don't take lightly. If you are going to make such a comment, you should expect some backlash. There is a big difference between disagreement and bullying. Disagreement is politely stating a contrary opinion to one that has already been put forward. Bullying refers to emotional, psychological, or physical abuse of an entity for whatever reason. In my response, I believe I was quite civil and kept an evenly neutral tone throughout. Nobody here is shouting. The simple fact is that a majority of members who have expressed their opinions on your proposal have not supported it. They are disagreeing with you, not bullying you. Part of a public conversation is that there is going to be back-and-forth, and people are going to disagree with you. That's just the way it is. Again, disagreement is not bullying. You have every right to speak on your topic of choice. However, the other members (the "mob," as you put it) also have the right to respond to your reply in a relevant manner. Freedom of speech goes both ways. Moderators will delete any replies that are deemed off-topic, but as long as they relate to posts you have made in this thread or ideas that you have put forward, they will generally stay. I haven't seen anything that needs deletion. One of the reasons, besides software limitations and time to change it, that keeps members from having control of their own threads is that thread creators would tend to delete any replies not in full and total support of their policies. Disagreement happens on a public forum. Giving thread creators moderating power on their threads limits the public discussion that can happen on a forum and thus weakens the community. In response to the rulebreaking charge: You claimed that site moderators bully members here. I don't think that is true, and thus I responded to it. It was neither a "me too" reply, as it had not been previously discussed, nor off-topic, as it was in response to something you, the thread creator, said. If my response was off-topic, so too was your response to MrCinatit. I understand what your original argument is; I have read this thread very thoroughly. However, the rule of staying on topic does not allow a member to accuse other members here of something I consider quite serious and expect some sort of immunity because a response would be "off-topic." If you are going to make a comment like that, expect to get a reply. Simple as that.

I fail to see how my reply broke either rule. I was responding to a comment you had made several posts up that the moderators on this site "bully [members] into submission." It had not yet been addressed other than a brief message to PM an administrator regarding specific instances of bullying. The charge that site administrators and moderators "bully [members] into submission" is pretty serious and one I don't take lightly. If you are going to make such a comment, you should expect some backlash. There is a big difference between disagreement and bullying. Disagreement is politely stating a contrary opinion to one that has already been put forward. Bullying refers to emotional, psychological, or physical abuse of an entity for whatever reason. In my response, I believe I was quite civil and kept an evenly neutral tone throughout. Nobody here is shouting. The simple fact is that a majority of members who have expressed their opinions on your proposal have not supported it. They are disagreeing with you, not bullying you. Part of a public conversation is that there is going to be back-and-forth, and people are going to disagree with you. That's just the way it is. Again, disagreement is not bullying. You have every right to speak on your topic of choice. However, the other members (the "mob," as you put it) also have the right to respond to your reply in a relevant manner. Freedom of speech goes both ways. Moderators will delete any replies that are deemed off-topic, but as long as they relate to posts you have made in this thread or ideas that you have put forward, they will generally stay. I haven't seen anything that needs deletion. One of the reasons, besides software limitations and time to change it, that keeps members from having control of their own threads is that thread creators would tend to delete any replies not in full and total support of their policies. Disagreement happens on a public forum. Giving thread creators moderating power on their threads limits the public discussion that can happen on a forum and thus weakens the community. In response to the rulebreaking charge: You claimed that site moderators bully members here. I don't think that is true, and thus I responded to it. It was neither a "me too" reply, as it had not been previously discussed, nor off-topic, as it was in response to something you, the thread creator, said. If my response was off-topic, so too was your response to MrCinatit. I understand what your original argument is; I have read this thread very thoroughly. However, the rule of staying on topic does not allow a member to accuse other members here of something I consider quite serious and expect some sort of immunity because a response would be "off-topic." If you are going to make a comment like that, expect to get a reply. Simple as that.

I do not agree at all that the moderators "bully [members] into submission." If you mean editing posts to remove off-topic or unacceptable behavior, then yes, okay, we "bully" people into following the rules here. If you mean temporarily or permanently banning consistently rude or offensive members, then yes, that is done. However, it is always done in good reason, and is always fully disclosed to admins and other moderators. It is not as if each moderator / admin is some kind of lone ranger type who goes around banning at will on personal vendettas. Such behavior is treated very seriously by site administration and is not tolerated in moderators. You will note, as has been said before in this thread, that the site history contains examples of moderators being forced to step down for improper conduct. The moderators here are not vindictive. We moderate the forums to maintain an acceptable standard of quality for all members here. Any moderator knows nothing more about you than the content of your respective posts. Any judgment or opinions moderators have of each member comes solely from their own actions within this forum. Those who display exemplary behavior - support of new members, following of site rules, willingness to respond to site staff requests - often become moderators themselves. The vast majority of members here live in peace. And there are some, who, for whatever reason, choose not to obey site rules, to post rude and foul comments everywhere, to spew negativity across the boards, and generally lower the quality of the site for everyone involved here. These members are watched very carefully by moderators and often end up being banned. The current system has worked fine for the last 3 years and has resulted in a fully-functioning site today that runs remarkably smoothly. When I joined here Simtropolis had 4,000 members. Now it has well over 100,000. The moderators here are only as controlling as the members force us to be. When people obey the rules and treat each other with kindness and respect, there is no moderation or control of content. I invite you to browse the forums and look at the best threads, where members follow site rules and treat each other respectfully, such as the Moose Factory. Search through all those pages and you will find minimal, if any, moderator edits. Now search through a thread where members are constantly breaking rules, flaming each other, and generally using a low degree of politeness. You will find lots of edits. Moderators are only as controlling as members force them to be.

I do not agree at all that the moderators "bully [members] into submission." If you mean editing posts to remove off-topic or unacceptable behavior, then yes, okay, we "bully" people into following the rules here. If you mean temporarily or permanently banning consistently rude or offensive members, then yes, that is done. However, it is always done in good reason, and is always fully disclosed to admins and other moderators. It is not as if each moderator / admin is some kind of lone ranger type who goes around banning at will on personal vendettas. Such behavior is treated very seriously by site administration and is not tolerated in moderators. You will note, as has been said before in this thread, that the site history contains examples of moderators being forced to step down for improper conduct. The moderators here are not vindictive. We moderate the forums to maintain an acceptable standard of quality for all members here. Any moderator knows nothing more about you than the content of your respective posts. Any judgment or opinions moderators have of each member comes solely from their own actions within this forum. Those who display exemplary behavior - support of new members, following of site rules, willingness to respond to site staff requests - often become moderators themselves. The vast majority of members here live in peace. And there are some, who, for whatever reason, choose not to obey site rules, to post rude and foul comments everywhere, to spew negativity across the boards, and generally lower the quality of the site for everyone involved here. These members are watched very carefully by moderators and often end up being banned. The current system has worked fine for the last 3 years and has resulted in a fully-functioning site today that runs remarkably smoothly. When I joined here Simtropolis had 4,000 members. Now it has well over 100,000. The moderators here are only as controlling as the members force us to be. When people obey the rules and treat each other with kindness and respect, there is no moderation or control of content. I invite you to browse the forums and look at the best threads, where members follow site rules and treat each other respectfully, such as the Moose Factory. Search through all those pages and you will find minimal, if any, moderator edits. Now search through a thread where members are constantly breaking rules, flaming each other, and generally using a low degree of politeness. You will find lots of edits. Moderators are only as controlling as members force them to be.

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