New York City [Quenched]

by **greenoaks** on Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:01 am

i don't want to read 31 pages so can anyone tell me what 'DUMBO' stand for ?

by **yeti_c** on Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:04 am

greenoaks wrote:i don't want to read 31 pages so can anyone tell me what 'DUMBO' stand for ?

It's a place in New York...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DUMBO,_Brooklyn

C.

by **benny profane** on Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:48 am

Down Under Manhattan Bridge Overpass.

btw, there's still spots open in the games i set up, if anyone else is interested.
just search my games, pw is nyc.

by **InkL0sed** on Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:53 am

InkL0sed wrote:I don't know whether this belongs here or not -- I also made a thread in Suggs and Bugs -- but I can't seem to start a game specifically on NYC. I get an error saying "invalid input."

Lack seems to have solved it, so no worries.

by **snapdoodle** on Sun Apr 13, 2008 10:55 am

good!

by **longboreder** on Mon Apr 14, 2008 1:49 pm

This map is awesome! Nice job! =D>

I didn't even know about it until today, but being Long Island raised I had to get in on a game.

I do have a question: Considering the accuracy of the map in respect to the layout of bridges connecting the burroughs, the Pulaski and Kosciusczko bridges from Williamsburg to Sunnyside were omitted, and I was wondering if there was a reason for this?

by **benny profane** on Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:31 pm

longboreder wrote:This map is awesome! Nice job!

I didn't even know about it until today, but being Long Island raised I had to get in on a game.

I do have a question: Considering the accuracy of the map in respect to the layout of bridges connecting the burroughs, the Pulaski and Kosciusczko bridges from Williamsburg to Sunnyside were omitted, and I was wondering if there was a reason for this?

hey, thanks a lot! glad you enjoy the map.
the only reason we didn't include those bridges is because of gameplay reasons.
that would have been just too many connections.

by **pepperonibread** on Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:41 pm

I noticed the image is now a .gif... I'm assuming that lack changed the filetype after Andy gave it to him. Anyway, looks cool, as the 256 colors of a gif doesn't affect this map too much because there aren't any gradients or photos. It's nice to not see any .jpeg compression for once

by **pol poindexter** on Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:40 pm

I can take no credit for their hours of hard work and the finished product, but I will take credit for introducing my friend Benny to the ranks of CC!

Great job on this map!

by **benny profane** on Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:19 am

pol poindexter wrote:I can take no credit for their hours of hard work and the finished product, but I will take credit for introducing my friend Benny to the ranks of CC!

Great job on this map!

it's true!
thanks duders!

by **laci_mae** on Wed Apr 16, 2008 3:05 pm

did you just say "Duders"? I object.

LMR

by **edbeard** on Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:04 am

laci_mae wrote:did you just say "Duders"? I object.

LMR

agreed.

also, dudette, for females, isn't allowed either. babe is the correct word there.

by **anyrose** on Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:34 pm

'k - I've been playing the NYC board and I like it EXCEPT the territory names are so long for the subway territories, that the "attack" button and the "end attacks" button end up being right on top of each other and I have 3 times now hit the wrong button and screwed myself out of a turn! :cry:

I don't know what, if anything, can be done - I just wanted to bring it to your attention.

by **snapdoodle** on Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:56 pm

I know what you are talking about. It is an unexpected problem and I'm not sure if there is a solution. In fact, I'm not sure even if we can rename the stations or what we would rename them too. Part of the reason for their length is so that there would not be any confusion when selecting between astoria and astoria station for example. The only possible thing might be to remove station off it entirely but I'm not sure if that is clear enough.

by **InkL0sed** on Sat Apr 19, 2008 7:35 am

anyrose wrote:'k - I've been playing the NYC board and I like it EXCEPT the territory names are so long for the subway territories, that the "attack" button and the "end attacks" button end up being right on top of each other and I have 3 times now hit the wrong button and screwed myself out of a turn!
I don't know what, if anything, can be done - I just wanted to bring it to your attention.

I would suggest getting Firefox, because that sounds like a browser thing.

by **benny profane** on Tue Apr 22, 2008 2:11 am

laci_mae wrote:did you just say "Duders"? I object.

LMR

it's ok. if you didn't notice, pol poindexter is canadian.
and canadians say "duders" all the time.
being from the south, i understand your confusion.
(i hope no other canadians read this)

by **trekwest** on Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:15 pm

First class map. Well done. Enjoying it thus far.

My only suggestion is some territory army circles sit on the subway lines, thus making them look
part of the rail. But they are not.

A slight movement to elsewhere in the territory would solve this and avoid confusion.

Thanks,

trekwest

by **Emperor_Metalman** on Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:45 am

To get the +10 bonus for Manhattan, do you need to hold the subway stations in Manhattan?

by **yeti_c** on Wed Apr 30, 2008 6:46 am

Emperor_Metalman wrote:To get the +10 bonus for Manhattan, do you need to hold the subway stations in Manhattan?

No.

C.

by **FreeMan10** on Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:07 am

nap & Benny-

Congrats on getting this Quenched! I've been out of the foundry loop for a bit, and just now noticed. :oops:

Just now joining an NYC game and looking forward to it. Great work guys.

FreeMan

by **t-o-m** on Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:46 am

woo quads game - we won benny, ink and i forgot who else!

by **iancanton** on Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:31 pm

ues looks like a station, even though it isn't. my defensive strategy for one round was based on forting from ues via midtown station (my opponent held midtown territory) to financial district and i discovered that i couldn't!

ian.

by **snapdoodle** on Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:41 pm

sry, we thought the colored border surrounding the army shadow would be enough. Granted it can be confusing at first before you are comfortable with the visual cues.

by **Marcus Oreallyus** on Thu Nov 05, 2009 12:01 pm

Just finished the map and here is my take...

Great Map! The trains make it really interesting and you must change your strategy for them, which gives the map a little extra enjoyment over traditional movement!
Territories are well setup, and the map is BIG so it makes for a long, fun game!

Manhattan isn't worth enough points in my opinion... it seems to be much harder to take and defend than Brooklyn, but is only worth 10 vs. 16. Brooklyn is over-valued in my opinion. I know Manhattan is small compared to the others, but it's location makes it a battleground due to the trains and moving from one territory to another. But I'm new, so there might be a good reason for this that I don't understand.

Some of the placeholders are on the train lines, but it wasn't bad enough to cause any errors or mistakes for me.

All in all, I think it was great and so far it's my favorite map!