The map formerly known as World Cities

[whitestazn88]

awesome

[SultanOfSurreal]

Love it so far. Two more suggestions on replacements...

1. Replace Novowhatever, a fairly obscure city, with Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and one of the biggest political hotspots in the world today. It'll also make Asia look a little fuller.

2. Replace Stockholm with Geneva. Stockholm is a banking capital, but that's already well represented by New York, London, and Tokyo. Geneva is sort of the "law capital" of the world.

An aesthetic suggestion: Write out the full names of Los Angeles and New York. There's enough room and it makes the map seem, I dunno... more refined.

Gameplay suggestion... make Istanbul an asian city. As it stands now, Europe has more cities than Asia, which doesn't seem right somehow, even if Europe is a bigger influence in the world as a whole. But Istanbul can be either an Asian city or a European city, so why not call it Asian? Or you could go for some unique gameplay and make it count as both...

[Joodoo]

as far I know, Lhasa isn't a "world city"
plus, it has a population of less than 300,000 people, which is extremely low compared to other cities in practically any part of Asia

[sully800]

Love it so far. Two more suggestions on replacements...

1. Replace Novowhatever, a fairly obscure city, with Lhasa, the capital of Tibet and one of the biggest political hotspots in the world today. It'll also make Asia look a little fuller.

Novosibirsk is the 3rd largest Russian city (after Moscow and St. Petersburg) which is why it was included. It is home to 1.4 million people, though I agree the name is not well known. It is in central Russia though which is the real key. Lhasa is in a part of the map that is already somewhat full. Removing Novos would make Russia look barren, but then again Siberia pretty much is so that might not be a terrible choice.

2. Replace Stockholm with Geneva. Stockholm is a banking capital, but that's already well represented by New York, London, and Tokyo. Geneva is sort of the "law capital" of the world.

I think I need to include a city from Scandanavia, because the mainland of Europe is already full. Geneva is too close to Paris to fit in my map, though the law capital idea is interesting.

Stockholm could possibly be replaced with Oslo or Helsinki, but the former is not as well known and the latter is too close to St. Petersburg in my opinion.

An aesthetic suggestion: Write out the full names of Los Angeles and New York. There's enough room and it makes the map seem, I dunno... more refined.

There might be enough room to write out the city names, but I don't think there's enough room to write the NYC connection to London. LA has plenty of space, but including shorter names will make the map feel less crowded. How does everyone else feel about this suggestion?

Gameplay suggestion... make Istanbul an asian city. As it stands now, Europe has more cities than Asia, which doesn't seem right somehow, even if Europe is a bigger influence in the world as a whole. But Istanbul can be either an Asian city or a European city, so why not call it Asian? Or you could go for some unique gameplay and make it count as both...

I thought about making Istanbul part of both continents (since it actually is) but I'd rather keep classic style gameplay. Originally Istanbul was named Athens which would clearly be European, but Istanbul is a larger modern city. I feel like Athens has had enough world influence over the centuries, so if Istanbul is causing confusion I would gladly switch it back.

As for the continent sizes, Europe has more cities but fewer borders with other continents. Asia conversely has 4 borders (some with multiple continents) and fewer countries. I like the balance of those characteristics to give them an equal bonus value. If a city is switched to Asia then Europe would probably be +4 and Asia +6 which I don't like as much.

[barterer2002]

Sully I really do love this idea/map. Personally I'd like to see another city or two in Africa. I understand your reasoning for the easy to grab bonuses and such. Even if its just one, something like Timbuctu (sp?) with its clear historical significance on the Atlantic Coast would be great.

I might also suggest replacing Santa Cruz either with Santiago or Lima from the Pacific Coast of South America.

I also agree with the idea of moving Istanbul into Asia

I wouldn't be averse to moving up to even 46 terts but I understand your desire to keep it at 42. Since adding one in Africa would move it up to 43, if I had to remove one I'd probably take out Atlanta entirely

[lackattack]

Here are my thoughts on the copyright issue, which unfortunately isn't about what's actually legal rather what could lead to trouble...

If we designate this map as Classic (e.g. Classic Cities), I'd consider it borderline. The fact that the territs are pinpoints rather than areas and the map is split over the Atlantic are plusses. However the fact is you're still playing for continents on an obvious world map. I don't think it's worth the risk to install something like this, but it's on the right track for a Classic REVAMP solution! Can you now find a way to make the continents as different as cities are from countries???

If we call the map World Cities and don't link it to Classic, then maybe the copyright issue would be okay. However, I don't think it's good to quench multiple maps with exact gameplay (with the exception of the Classic Shapes and Art which I hope we can merge someday ) and this has much more potential than just another map, if you guys can continue thinking outside the box

[sully800]

Well that all seems to be great news.

I'm glad the use of cities, and the different layout of the map has differentiated this from existing maps. Also, I prefer the "World Cities" designation as opposed to "Classic: Cities" so that is fine with me. I would also like to point out that the latest renditions do not have the exact same game play as any existing maps (though I understand the bonuses and borders that matter are similar to some preexisting maps).

It seems like the biggest current problem is the designation of continents as bonus regions. The first solution I thought of is to use Cardinal directions, but to me that naming convention is rather sloppy. Something to the effect of Northwest, Southwest, North Central, South Central, Northeast, and Southeast. It's boring and it would probably be best if the lines were the same as they are now so I don't know if that helps.

Other ideas for bonus regions (this would change the current borders and therefore the city distribution):
South Pacific
Sub-sahara
Eurasia
Far East
Latin America
Anglo America

[barterer2002]

Sully

If you included Mexico City and moved it in with the current South America you could designate that region Latin America easily enough.
Oceania is already different so you're good there.
I suppose you could combine Euasia as Ed did in his land and sea map but I'm thinking you'd need less terts there if you did that
Taking away Mexico means that N Am becomes US and Canada
Not quite sure what to do with Africa though

[OliverFA]

Can you now find a way to make the continents as different as cities are from countries???

That's my humble suggestion:

Replace continents by some other supranational entities which are not real continents, but cover an area which is mostly equivalent. The obvious sample is Europe --> European Union.

Other possible examples could be North América --> NAFTA, South América --> MERCOSUR, Africa --> Africa Union, Oceania --> CER, Asia --> APEC. They are just examples about how the suggestion could be implemented. The actual suggestion is: Replace continents by supranational entities and/or organizations that cover similar areas.

[cairnswk]

Can you connect WeLlington and Buenos Aires, and Perth and Capetown?
I think that would be good for gameplay.

[sully800]

Can you now find a way to make the continents as different as cities are from countries???

That's my humble suggestion:

Replace continents by some other supranational entities which are not real continents, but cover an area which is mostly equivalent. The obvious sample is Europe --> European Union.

Other possible examples could be North América --> NAFTA, South América --> MERCOSUR, Africa --> Africa Union, Oceania --> CER, Asia --> APEC. They are just examples about how the suggestion could be implemented. The actual suggestion is: Replace continents by supranational entities and/or organizations that cover similar areas.

Nice suggestion Oliver! Trade organizations seems to be a great way to group the cities, because that is how they are most closely interconnected (not by land designations but by the other cities they trade goods with).

Can you connect WeLlington and Buenos Aires, and Perth and Capetown?
I think that would be good for gameplay.

I think that would make the map too interconnected. Africa would then have 4 cities, 3 of which border other trade organizations. And SA would have 4 cities with 2 borders. In that scenario the small groups are not easy enough to defend and the large groups become more powerful.

[cairnswk]

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I think that would make the map too interconnected. Africa would then have 4 cities, 3 of which border other trade organizations. And SA would have 4 cities with 2 borders. In that scenario the small groups are not easy enough to defend and the large groups become more powerful.

Yes it makes the map more interconnected but it also gives an attack opportunity to Oceania from both sides, meaning you have to hold SA and SAm more strongly if you want to keep them.
And let's face it, you can fly between these cities nowdays.
At present all the attack opportunity is in the north.

[iancanton]

i agree with sully regarding what he wants to do about connectivity on the map. don't add any more cities to africa or make it have more borders!

anyway, can passengers actually fly non-stop between perth and cape town? i didn't think the traffic volume would be there.

ian.

[OliverFA]

Can you now find a way to make the continents as different as cities are from countries???

That's my humble suggestion:

Replace continents by some other supranational entities which are not real continents, but cover an area which is mostly equivalent. The obvious sample is Europe --> European Union.

Other possible examples could be North América --> NAFTA, South América --> MERCOSUR, Africa --> Africa Union, Oceania --> CER, Asia --> APEC. They are just examples about how the suggestion could be implemented. The actual suggestion is: Replace continents by supranational entities and/or organizations that cover similar areas.

Nice suggestion Oliver! Trade organizations seems to be a great way to group the cities, because that is how they are most closely interconnected (not by land designations but by the other cities they trade goods with).

I am happy to help I am sure you can find better names than mine. Just wanted to contribute the general idea

[Falkomagno]

Hi¡¡¡
First, I have to say that this is a n awesome idea, since this map can be a trully global map in the site, with the simplicity that we love.

I have some suggestions:

1.Afrika: I think that 4 cities is too few...and the largest city in the continent (and the 15th in the hole world) is out¡¡¡I'm talking about Lagos....that because it's localization can easly added

2.North America. I think that is too many citys here....I know..that is the power of the world but, Atalanta, and even Edmonton....I think that it's too much...we're talking about 11 cities¡¡¡that's South america+Africa+3 cities...plus...I think that Las Vegas..that's is no doubt a World City has so much interconectivity...6....well...I think that it's too much

3. Asia-Oceania....I think that put Jakarta and Manila as oceania cities is confused, I mean, we know that's not true....so,I think in two options:
3.1 Detach the "continents" agrupations...and keep that one
South Pacific
Sub-sahara
Eurasia
Far East
Latin America
Anglo America

In that case...as someone told earlier...put Mexico DF as Latin America and that's it...it would be great really

or 3.2 Keep that continents agrupation, but you can add yakarta and manila to Asia...as they actually are...

btw...isn't Auckland more Important and larger than Wellington?


You are doing great ....


Regards