#GCCM The make a map time is upon us.

[marpesia]

So many maps based on real places/events already... come on Fantasy! (vote submitted)

Definitely voted for "fantasy"..... Thanks Swifte for directing me here!!!!
I think the fantasy maps would be so cool...........and Kudo's to Swifte for promoting this project............
Marp

[Dukasaur]

I like real places, and I like fantasy places too. This decision is tougher than I thought it would be. I might need a few days to decide.

[Gilligan]

Well, that's embarrassing. I must have missed that spoiler. I can assure you I read the whole thing.

[dakky21]

Swifte asked me to post in here. Voted for Fantasy.

[koontz1973]

Well, that's embarrassing. I must have missed that spoiler. I can assure you I read the whole thing.

Not to worry, we all miss things now and again. Been working on this for over a month now and know every single comma, colon and syntax. But I see you did not miss the advert spoiler for the medal though.

[Gilligan]

Well, that's embarrassing. I must have missed that spoiler. I can assure you I read the whole thing.

Not to worry, we all miss things now and again. Been working on this for over a month now and know every single comma, colon and syntax. But I see you did not miss the advert spoiler for the medal though.

I would have changed my clothes here even without a random medal being thrown at my head. Could be dangerous.

[koontz1973]

Who wants to see a video of Gilligan changing his clothes?

[Gilligan]

I don't quite have a video, but there's me building my bathtub, which would inevitably mean I change my clothes at some point:

[koontz1973]

And you in it.

[AndyDufresne]

I'd choose Kittens if I could in this poll I think. Whether it is "real" or "madeup" doesn't dramatically affect my interest in a map. As long as it is visually appealing, and appeals to my love standard or straightforward gameplay mostly, I like I like I like.


--Andy

[jigger1986]

I voted for real.

The reason is that CC is missing some great historical maps.

[MoB Deadly]

Voted for fantasy. Ideally I would love a huge, "mostly standard play" fantasy BR map. But this is me shooting for the stars

Dare I say it, but I really like the enormous standard maps on a rival site before I played premium here

[sempaispellcheck]

As a bit of a history buff, I value the educational aspect of CC maps based on real places.
So, I voted for a map based on a real place.

[DoomYoshi]

Real places. We need a map of the 7 Years War.

[koontz1973]

Logging of for the night. A good first few hours.

@Gilligan, love that bath video.
@Andy, kittens, really? Each to their own I guess.
@jigger, @sempai, @Doom, history is something I can get behind.

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Do not forget the competition in the second post. Get those people in here to vote for you, all for a medal, and the foundry as well.

#Just For Fun
What map has a drunk monkey spilled water onto?

[Gilligan]

Cyprus?!

[ManBungalow]

koontz told me to post here.

I'm quite on the fence with my vote here.

On the one hand, I feel that the development of a fantastical map is smoother because, eg, it's easier to add a mountain range in somewhere just for the sake of sound gameplay, not being hindered by real geography. And I think there's more potential for funky gameplay on a fantasy map (eg. Dawn of Ages). Which isn't a cup of tea for everybody, I'll grant you.

However, 'real' maps have more...substance, I guess, to them.
Though I fear that we'll end up with some new city map, or another map of a whatever US state.
Some maps, such as Austerlitz, are really disrupted in terms of gameplay because they are limited by real geography/history.
However, maps including Waterloo and WWII Gazala play really well.

But it's possible to have a bit of both.
Let's look at, say, Lunar War. Natty evidently based the map on the real geography of the moon, but applied a fictional approach to it.

So I voted for fantasy in the end.

[DoomYoshi]

Actium.

Ah. Never mind, Gilligan's got it.

[Kinnison]

Gilligan told me to Post here.

I voted for a real place...

What I actually want is ... well, I'm not sure it's technically POSSIBLE. I don't know enough about XML or scripting.

-Best bet for this would be the moons of Jupiter. However, it would incorporate orbital mechanics, to the extent that links to territories would change, based on the round number of the game, as satellites progressed through their orbits. As I said, I don't know if this is POSSIBLE.


If not, I wouldn't mind seeing a Mars map. Which could fall into EITHER the real or fictional category, depending o just how you treat the map, as it could incorporate the settlements that don't yet exist... or even reference some of the mass of classic fiction about the planet.
..for instance, is Lunar War a real or mythical map? The Moon is clearly a real place... But the infrastructure on the map is not.

[cooldeals]

I voted for fantasy. If we are trying to be creative lets really do it.

Edit: I just read the competition rules and it's only fair that I say Swifte directed me to come here and vote.

[Dillybarr]

Dillybarr sent himself to visit this thread and voted for a real place because maps like monsters are stupid.

[iamkoolerthanu]

No-one told me to come here... Well koontz did with his mass PM, but according to him mass PM's dont count

I voted for fantasy. I think there are plenty of maps involving a real place. BUT my answer isn't really limited to fantasy, I just basically don't want to see another country/continent map. Example, prison riot is a 'real place' based on a prison, but it isn't necessarily a real prison. I'd like to just see something unique, and I think a fantasy based map has the best chance of that happening

[rdsrds2120]

Shadow topic created in GD, koontz! Awesome work and admin love on this one!

BMO

[rishaed]

Hmm, if I had to say it.
I'd pick fantasy.
I just think that we have many great Historical maps that stick out, such as Classic & World 2.1, and now Eurasia.
However I don't think that aside from the Feudal War Series and the AoR's (which i don't play that often) any really well known and bookmarked Maps come to mind. I would like to have one with the same status as the other 3.
(Thanks for redirecting me here with your mass Prod Koontz).

[koontz1973]

@Gilligan, correct again. Wait till the general knowledge week.
@rds, thanks, keep on coming, any help you can give is welcome.
@the rest, thanks for coming and I hope you stay.

Good morning, good afternoon or good night, What ever your time zone, stick around today as lots of fun to be had today.

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