Why is it called Neutropolis?
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Posted on: 2011-08-08 14:51 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
But there is Neuron.
*shrug* So they liked -tropolis better than -polis.
A few inferences can be made:
Neuron, essential leader of the zone.Neu-tropolis.
Neutral, fitting with the 'morally gray' themes. Neutr-opolis.
Neutrons (and/or Neutrinos), a potential catalyst in the Keyes Island Reactors. Neutro-polis.
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They should have called it Neuronia... hehe 
It's because they were born with hearts full of neutrality.
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Originally Posted by Biowraith
It's because they were born with hearts full of neutrality.
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Originally Posted by Biowraith
It's because they were born with hearts full of neutrality.
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It's overrun with nutria.
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Originally Posted by Zombie Man
It's overrun with nutria.
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OMG! So that's what zombie beaver looks like!!!!
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Originally Posted by Mystic_Cross
They should have called it Neuronia... hehe
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Probably a reference to Keyes...
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Well, neutrons are a source of power/radiation.
So, it is most likely it is named after neutrons.
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Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
OMG! So that's what zombie beaver looks like!!!!
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Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
OMG! So that's what zombie beaver looks like!!!!
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Nutria were imported to the United States from South America, people wanted to raise them for their fur since the mate faster and grow faster then beaver. That didn't work out so people just released them into where they prospered and multiplied.
There's actually a $8 per tail bounty for these guys in Oregon and Louisiana.
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Originally Posted by Obsidius
Weird... Google returned different search results for me when I plugged in "zombie beaver"
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I'm too cowardly to go there.... I've spent all day watching BBC news and that's heartbreaking enough
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i hear that if you rub vaseline on the stump after cutting the tail off it'll grow back. <.< Failing that, at least they have a chance to survive even if tailless and make more Nutria to harvest tails from later. (Deliberately missing the point.)|
Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
Nutria were imported to the United States from South America, people wanted to raise them for their fur since the mate faster and grow faster then beaver. That didn't work out so people just released them into where they prospered and multiplied.
There's actually a $8 per tail bounty for these guys in Oregon and Louisiana. |
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Originally Posted by Scarlet Shocker
I'm too cowardly to go there.... I've spent all day watching BBC news and that's heartbreaking enough
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Cuz Turgenevopolis was too hard for Synapse to spell consistently.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
I mean, the guy who runs it's not called Neutron.
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(Neuron - ron) + (Metropolis - Me) = Neutropolis. Which just flat out sounds better than the other portmanteaus you can make out of Neuron and metropolis, or city, or polis, or other such things.
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As opposed to what? Neuronopolis?
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
I mean, the guy who runs it's not called Neutron.
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Originally Posted by Arcanaville
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Perhaps going for Metropolis, and missing a syllable.
I don't see why it's not Neuropolis. I think it sounds better, and doesn't lead people to believe its leader is someone who doesn't have any strong opinions one way or the other.
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Originally Posted by Schismatrix
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Neuropolis. After all, the T in "Metropolis" comes from meter, not polis. Call me fussy, but I don't think 10 seconds of etymological research is really too much to ask of professional writers. :)
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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow
As opposed to what? Neuronopolis?
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But it *is* too much to ask from Neuron, who probably named it after himself.
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Originally Posted by Captain_Photon
Neuropolis. After all, the T in "Metropolis" comes from meter, not polis. Call me fussy, but I don't think 10 seconds of etymological research is really too much to ask of professional writers.
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Originally Posted by Coulomb2
But it *is* too much to ask from Neuron, who probably named it after himself.
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I mean, the guy who runs it's not called Neutron.