Posted March 25, 2014 Travelling Europe ! Travellers involved: Altiron, SarBer Capitals travelled: Berlin The return ticket will be sent later. I am on my way to Sarajevo now. Share this post Link to post
Posted March 28, 2014 Travelling Europe ! Travellers involved:idril, fuzzbucket Capitals travelled:Vienna Share this post Link to post
Posted March 28, 2014 Sorry I haven't contributed, I've been busy renaming most of my dragons to fit my desire for them to have a family name according to each's breed... its really exahusting, and I've only covered about 10 breeds so far Anyways, I finally breed another dragon for the lineage so, here you have: Tirana Ticket Avaible! Share this post Link to post
Posted March 28, 2014 (edited) If we accept more cities, I think they should be of some political importance, like capitals of constituent countries or similar cities, i.e. Tórshavn for the Faroes or Edinburg for Scotland, the capitals of the cantons of Switzerland or the German consituent states. But I think it should be clear that every city added should be on the Eurasian Plate and west of the border to Asia. Greenland should stay our only oddity. That would work with or without a limit. But it would also be fine by me if we would close the list and allow second pairs for each city. I was thinking more along the lines of: Original members: Capital city from each European country New members: Largest city (population) from each European country Sometimes the largest city IS also the capital city so that would trim the second list nicely and keep it nice and short. ...Oh, and the largest city could also work for those original members who still want a second city to host. PS. I still think Kosovo counts as a country. Over half the world accepts it as a sovereign country now - out of 193 UN states, 108 accept it so far. Edited March 28, 2014 by Beldarius Share this post Link to post
Posted March 28, 2014 The eagle has landed! After weeks of frustration, I bred Aina, the female from the new (refused) pair with Birger, the male from the original pair... and they produced an egg first time, no Fertility or anything! Said egg has gone to Altiron in fulfilment of an IOU, so their secondborn (should they be kind enough to produce one) will be the new Native 2nd gen. Travelling Europe ! Travellers involved: Cendaquenta, Altiron Capitals travelled: Stockholm, Tallinn (Received the Tallinn egg in early March, was only just able to complete my end.) Share this post Link to post
Posted March 28, 2014 Hey guys! I've got a ticket to Vilnius here - come visit the lovely Lithuania today! Share this post Link to post
Posted March 29, 2014 Hey guys! I've got a ticket to Vilnius here - come visit the lovely Lithuania today! Want to trade for a ticket to Nuuk, Greenland? I made an offer. Share this post Link to post
Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) Want to trade for a ticket to Nuuk, Greenland? I made an offer. Awesome!! haha I have accepted your ticket! Can't wait to go to Greenland! Travelling Europe ! Travellers involved: LumosSeeker148, BringsTheSnow Capitals travelled: Vilnius, Nuuk Edited March 29, 2014 by LumosSeeker148 Share this post Link to post
Posted March 29, 2014 Sorry I haven't contributed, I've been busy renaming most of my dragons to fit my desire for them to have a family name according to each's breed... its really exahusting, and I've only covered about 10 breeds so far Anyways, I finally breed another dragon for the lineage so, here you have: Tirana Ticket Avaible! Offered a ticket to Skopje Share this post Link to post
Posted March 29, 2014 Offered a ticket to Skopje Accepted! Travelling Europe ! Travellers involved: RyuKaiser, Lokiphantom Capitals travelled: Tirana, Skopje Share this post Link to post
Posted March 30, 2014 Would anybody like to visit Budapest? Bookings are here~ Share this post Link to post
Posted March 30, 2014 Would anybody like to visit Budapest? Bookings are here~ Offered a Belgrade egg, it has nice code too ovo Share this post Link to post
Posted March 30, 2014 Offered a Belgrade egg, it has nice code too ovo It does have a nice code ovo, thankyou! Travelling Europe ! Travellers involved: StarLaDragon, WolfParadise Capitals travelled: Budapest, Belgrade Share this post Link to post
Posted March 30, 2014 I was thinking more along the lines of: Original members: Capital city from each European country New members: Largest city (population) from each European country Sometimes the largest city IS also the capital city so that would trim the second list nicely and keep it nice and short. ...Oh, and the largest city could also work for those original members who still want a second city to host. PS. I still think Kosovo counts as a country. Over half the world accepts it as a sovereign country now - out of 193 UN states, 108 accept it so far. I think we "need" another 17 (assuming people take up the inactive ones) BECAUSE that gives 64, which gives a nice even gen result ! (I am prejudiced as I like EG lines !) And then no more because I am obsessive about EGs ! And I agree about Kosovo, BTW. But I'm not so sure about how best to add other cities... What about HISTORICAL capitals - as in - before Podgorica, Montenegro's capital was Cetinje; Germany used to have Bonn and (oops, East Berlin...) - I bet there are others we could tap into that way ? What happened with Chisinau ? Share this post Link to post
Posted March 30, 2014 I think we "need" another 17 (assuming people take up the inactive ones) BECAUSE that gives 64, which gives a nice even gen result ! (I am prejudiced as I like EG lines !) And then no more because I am obsessive about EGs ! And I agree about Kosovo, BTW. But I'm not so sure about how best to add other cities... What about HISTORICAL capitals - as in - before Podgorica, Montenegro's capital was Cetinje; Germany used to have Bonn and (oops, East Berlin...) - I bet there are others we could tap into that way ? What happened with Chisinau ? How far do you want to go back in time? Because many of the cities that are now capitals of constituent states have been their capitals when the constituent states were independent states. And with all the little states Germany was divided into until 1871 we have lots of historical capitals there... Btw - Bonn never really was the capital of the FRG, it was only a provisional capital, as the whole Federal Republic of Germany was a provisional state until the Wall came down. Writing about that - Switzerland doesn't have a federal capital, too - only a federal city and capitals of the cantons. I think we should work with the facts we have now. If we choose the largest cities or capitals of constituent states doesn't matter so much to me, but if we go historical and totally correct, we will end up lost in a maze of terminology and historical changes. Share this post Link to post
Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) How far do you want to go back in time? Because many of the cities that are now capitals of constituent states have been their capitals when the constituent states were independent states. And with all the little states Germany was divided into until 1871 we have lots of historical capitals there... Btw - Bonn never really was the capital of the FRG, it was only a provisional capital, as the whole Federal Republic of Germany was a provisional state until the Wall came down. Writing about that - Switzerland doesn't have a federal capital, too - only a federal city and capitals of the cantons. I think we should work with the facts we have now. If we choose the largest cities or capitals of constituent states doesn't matter so much to me, but if we go historical and totally correct, we will end up lost in a maze of terminology and historical changes. ACTUALLY I came back to change my mind anyway. Not least because Bonn had also occurred to me as a bad idea. What about autonomous regions - like Catalunya and Scotland ? And by the way - I don't see Tbilisi (Georgia) up there. That CERTAINLY should be, given that it's adjacent to Turkey and Russia (both in there). We could (should) also add Armenia - Yerevan- (must be OK as it is a member of the Council of Europe) and Azerbaijan - Baku - (also in the Council of Europe). Edited March 30, 2014 by fuzzbucket Share this post Link to post
Posted March 30, 2014 (edited) And by the way - I don't see Tbilisi (Georgia) up there. That CERTAINLY should be, given that it's adjacent to Turkey and Russia (both in there). We could (should) also add Armenia - Yerevan- (must be OK as it is a member of the Council of Europe) and Azerbaijan - Baku - (also in the Council of Europe). I agree with fuzzbucket here! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Wikipedia defines Europe as also including (not currently in our list): Yerevan, Armenia Baku, Azerbaijan Tbilisi, Georgia Astana, Kazakhstan We could add these capitals also, and then if all these are taken, we could then go over the other capitals and see who's inactive and add those to list again. Then, if all of those are taken…. well, lol I don't know what to do then Maybe we could later modify the thread to be traveling around Eurasia? Edited March 30, 2014 by LumosSeeker148 Share this post Link to post
Posted March 31, 2014 The inactive ones can be taken on by a new person or by any of us who have the qualifications to take a second city. Someone has already taken on Stockholm. Thanks for Kazakhstan - I forgot that ! Share this post Link to post
Posted March 31, 2014 The inactive ones can be taken on by a new person or by any of us who have the qualifications to take a second city. Someone has already taken on Stockholm. Thanks for Kazakhstan - I forgot that ! Oh lol I meant going through the actual active list, and seeing who isn't active (with DC or even the project anymore) and ask them if they still want their capital, since there are only like 3 capitals on the inactive list Share this post Link to post
Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Wikipedia defines Europe as also including (not currently in our list): Yerevan, Armenia Baku, Azerbaijan Tbilisi, Georgia Astana, Kazakhstan The definition of the European borders is not very definite, but it seems to me, that the definition given in the Englisch wikipedia is a minority opinion. Especially the southern border of Europe is mostly seen to be north of the Caucasian Mountains, where the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea once were connected, or the watershed of the Caucasian Mountains. In both cases the first three countries on the list would not be part of Europe. Kazakhstan is only a European county if you choose the border right, too, while here the most often recognized border seems to be the Ural River. And Kazakhstan has a small part west of this River. Personally I would not count any of these countries to be a part of Europe, honestly, but I would accept Kazakhstan because I recognize the Ural River to be the border. Edited March 31, 2014 by Altiron Share this post Link to post
Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) The definition of the European borders is not very definite, but it seems to me, that the definition given in the Englisch wikipedia is a minority opinion. Especially the southern border of Europe is mostly seen to be north of the Caucasian Mountains, where the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea once were connected, or the watershed of the Caucasian Mountains. In both cases the first three countries on the list would not be part of Europe. Kazakhstan is only a European county if you choose the border right, too, while here the most often recognized border seems to be the Ural River. And Kazakhstan has a small part west of this River. Personally I would not count any of these countries to be a part of Europe, honestly, but I would accept Kazakhstan because I recognize the Ural River to be the border. Ah I understand LOL no wonder people say that one can't always trust Wikipedia haha Edited March 31, 2014 by LumosSeeker148 Share this post Link to post
Posted March 31, 2014 I would allow any country that is in the Council of Europe. And CERTAINLY Kosovo. Share this post Link to post
Posted March 31, 2014 (edited) Travelling Europe ! Travellers involved: Fuzzbucket, Lumoseeker148 Capitals travelled: Zagreb (one way only !) Meanwhile - Anyone for Oslo ? Edited March 31, 2014 by fuzzbucket Share this post Link to post
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