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Question: Which of these possible names for our South American mock parliament scenario would be acceptable to you?
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South America		  
#2
Sudamerica		  
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Patagonia		  
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Gran Colombia		  
#5
Amerigo		  
#6
Allpanchik		  
#7
Other (please specify in comments)		  
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Leinad
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« on: July 26, 2015, 08:25:01 PM »
Self-explanatory: just select any names that you wouldn't have a problem with.

And please discuss in the comments what you like/don't like, or defend/attack specific proposals, maybe shedding light on a reason why a name is cool/crap the rest of us didn't notice.
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Leinad
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« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2015, 08:40:07 PM »
What I like and why:

Sudamerica: people know what it means, and it's in a local language. It's like "South America" but it sounds cooler.

Amerigo: sounds cool, and it has a nice historical origin.

Allpanchik: it also sounds nice, and it's also in an actual non-colonial regional language.

What I don't like and why:

South America: oh...I'm falling...asleep...*snoring noises*...(my point: it's a boring name. I guess if everyone else is okay with that, it's okay, but it's still too boring.)

Patagonia and Gran Colombia: not geographically accurate.
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« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2015, 02:07:20 AM »
I'd like to stay with South America.
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Leinad
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2015, 02:17:53 AM »
Quote from: Governor Flo on July 27, 2015, 02:07:20 AM
I'd like to stay with South America.

Thanks for offering your opinion! I think that gives more weight than mere numbers in the poll.

Could you explain why you prefer that?
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Barnes
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« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2015, 02:54:13 AM »
I voted for Sudamerica because it provides a bit of a link to the actual place on which we are basing ourselves. Besides that it simply soubds better than the uninspiring South America.
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« Reply #5 on: July 27, 2015, 09:52:21 AM »
South America, everything else sounds cringeworthy as fuck
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« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2015, 10:37:16 AM »
South America. It's not the most exciting name but most of the other names are either inaccurate or sound like soft drinks (Sudamerica).
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« Reply #7 on: July 27, 2015, 10:39:51 AM »
^ It does, doesn't it? Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: July 27, 2015, 12:05:37 PM »
I just proposed an amendment on the Provisional Parliament floor for Sudamerica.

Quote from: Barnes on July 27, 2015, 02:54:13 AM
I voted for Sudamerica because it provides a bit of a link to the actual place on which we are basing ourselves. Besides that it simply soubds better than the uninspiring South America.
Quote from: TNF on July 27, 2015, 09:52:21 AM
South America, everything else sounds cringeworthy as fuck
Quote from: oakvale on July 27, 2015, 10:37:16 AM
South America. It's not the most exciting name but most of the other names are either inaccurate or sound like soft drinks (Sudamerica).

Thanks for providing your opinions on the matter!

As the poll seems to indicate, no ideas are really pulling ahead, so it confirms my hypothesis that we needed to put this to a vote. (Democracy 1-0 Non Democracy)
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« Reply #9 on: July 27, 2015, 02:44:53 PM »
Anything else but South America sounds just too much like trying to be pseudo-interesting for the sake of it.
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« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2015, 03:32:03 PM »
The whole point of this sim is to do something interesting just for the sake of it. To call it South America is  boring.
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« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2015, 08:48:07 PM »
Can we actually just play as a Patagonia?

Quote from: Simfan34 on July 28, 2015, 08:44:25 PM
In hindsight, I wish we were playing an Anglophone settler colony in Patagonia.
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« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2015, 08:57:16 PM »
Quote from: HagridOfTheDeep on July 27, 2015, 03:32:03 PM
The whole point of this sim is to do something interesting just for the sake of it. To call it South America is  boring.
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« Reply #13 on: July 28, 2015, 09:08:09 PM »
The game's name isn't what is going to make it interesting.
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Cranberry
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« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2015, 04:04:38 AM »
Quote from: Talleyrand on July 28, 2015, 09:08:09 PM
The game's name isn't what is going to make it interesting.

Precisely.

Additionally, note the usage of the prefix "pseudo-".
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« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2015, 05:21:40 AM »
Gran Colombia. Just because I want to design the flag Cheesy
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« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2015, 08:10:28 PM »
Quote from: afleitch on July 29, 2015, 05:21:40 AM
Gran Colombia. Just because I want to design the flag Cheesy
I'm looking forward to seeing what you come up with!
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« Reply #17 on: August 05, 2015, 10:12:39 PM »
Sudamerica (RL South American)
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