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I normally name mine otaku tako town. Because i love anime and tacos. Simple as that.

My most common naming theme has been to just name it after the first three

Vladtuiophelium for instance =P After Vladimir, Tui and Ophelia

on the occasion when I actually forget one of the names at the time you have to name the thing I go with something like Cragfort

or something similar, depending on where I've started to build the colony

My current one's called Uptodaterton because of the wiki was being updated atm
If I could, I'd rename the place lagtown or Lagsabunchandsome

Could you send me a screen shot?

After a lot of playthroughs, I simply don't care anymore and go with the suggested name.

Usually a crash-related name with some influence from the landscape. The last one was named Crater Creek.

You can change your colony name using the dev tools, by the way.

I name mine based on the cardinal direction of the colony. So things little Northwest, South, Southeast, etc. Colonies in the center of the map are named Cardinal.

I usually name them something like 'Marefort' 'Dise' 'Maripony' for colonies that are mostly outside, and 'Vault #' or 'Stable #' for colonies that are mostly inside.

mine usually follows a theme of hope like 'Bastion' or 'Sanctity' but I also name them after the surroundings and my neighbours like 'Crossfire' if I'm between warring tribes or pirates. I might also go for '______ Coast', '_______ Hills' or '_______ Mountains'. mood also sways the naming conventions

EDIT: @Rainbowlicious I get that reference and I might have to consider that as well.

Always name my colony Hadley's Hope.

Rimmingtown as I am a child.

Crash 'n' Burn.  Simple enough and quite accurately describes the history of a colony:
1.  We Crashed
2.  We did some crap 'n' stuff.
3.  Pirates burned our stuff down.

I also like Known Space-esque colony names like Werealive or Wemadeit.

'Whiskey Outpost'

Probably a bad idea to name it that from the start...

I would name my colonies "I am gonna break your legsville" but this name is too long, so I just go with the suggested one.

I usually name mine after the asshole who suggests naming it unless I think of something better, like if the colonists all have some backstory in common or if I did a naming theme with my colonists.

I usually name it after places from my favourite video games such as Dragonfall or Nosgoth.

When I don't see the colony going anywhere I name it Fort Kickass after the Archer series.

My last colonie was "Mystery Lake" as there was a lake that was half into the mountain and a reference to a indie game named The long dark.
There was also "The pond"  wink at doctor who
It generaly inspired by local geographie and/or a reference to game/movie/book/etc. that i like

My most common name is "Shakespeare," from the Ender book series. Just has a nice ring to it.   

I usually like to go with 'Drifters Sanctuary' for most standard cases. But if I feel like making a walled in tight security base designed to withstand assault for decades to come then I'll name it 'The Keep of Titanium'. But if I have full intent on going straight for starship then I will probably name it 'Citlalique' (It's the Aztec goddess of the stars according to google). Past names I've used include; Yulkia, The Damascus Plate, Amarath, Dome, Atrium, etc. If I think of a good name usually I'll make a colony for it.

I usually just put "ton" or "ington" on the end of the suggested name.

I tend to name it after whichever of my starting colonists I've grown most attached to. "______'s Peak" or "_____ston" or something.

I like to name it "Militia Outpost" Or anything around that, Gives me a bit of story to work with as i like to imagine my colonists are from a Military organisation taking territory from the tribals + pirates.

Usually Pheonix and then it's designation in Roman numerals.
I'm currently on Pheonix XLIV For instance.

Although when I get a bunch of bad asses it sometimes changes to "Bastion Hyperion" or "Hellsing Manor"
One time when I was using a few of the mechanoid mods I named the colony 'Deus ex machina'

It's interesting to see what and why everyone names their colonies, that's for sure.

usually if I build it into the side of a mountain, I give it a Dwarven flair, if i'm stuck with names New (places that already exist) like New Tokyo or New New York, my last one was New Sparta :D

I tend to name my colonies after elements. Neon, cobalt, zinc...

Gravetown....cause that is what it well end up to be :).

my fave name is "Mos Eisley".. 'coz most of my colonists are criminals.

Landing... 

Cause, you know.... SciFi originality and all...

Quote from: Spectre on September 28, 2014, 06:41:22 PM
I usually name it after places from my favourite video games such as Dragonfall or Nosgoth.

Same. I was using names from like Grand Theft Auto. Los Santos survived for quite awhile.

But as I've become lazy on naming.

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Quote from: Ink. on September 29, 2014, 05:01:16 PM
But as I've become lazy on naming.

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Ahahhahahaha! Ohhh, I'm dying...

I tend to go with musical names- I have make DavidBowie's Package, Jungle Boogie, Blue Moon, Hot Chocolate, and James Brownville in the past.

I go with color, shape, etc + jima. Kiirojima, Akaijima, Kurojima, Hirobajima, etc.

I always name it "Fort Kickass"

I usually give them the very first name that comes into my mind, which can be very odd sometimes.
My personal favourite would be "Irony at the Hills". Sometimes I try to make the name fit to a strategy I have in mind, e.g. the first colony I build massive stone walls on was named "Fort Stonecutter". My zombie apocalypse colonies are always named "Woodbury", because I'm a huge Walking Dead fanboy *.*

Innsmouth usually.

Because great Cthulhu who lies dreaming in R'lyeh demands it!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_over_Innsmouth

Last Stop

I name mine R.O.V.(whatever vertion of base..) It stands for Rimolony V (base num) I thought of rimolony because its rim and colony, together :D

My current jungle colony is Junglepalooza. I pretty much just type whatever comes into my head, really.

Roanoke or Trash

Silent Hill.