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iceco wrote:I got a negative mail (disclaimer prohibits me posting it, )
Anyway, I just planned on using the names of towns, not catch any pokémon or anything. Which makes me think they can't really prohibit me from using things like "Viridian" instead of "Viridian City" as the former isn't copyrighted (it's a colour pigment) and they could only invoke 'possibility of confusion', which won't work as this has a completely different context as the pokémon games (plus, they'd need an attorney, which they won't bother with, especially since they are wrong).
Kotaro wrote:You can't just use images, maps, ideas without saying the word and avoid copyright. All images, basic ideas, everything to do with poke'mon, is copyrighted.
iceco wrote:I got a negative mail (disclaimer prohibits me posting it, )
Anyway, I just planned on using the names of towns, not catch any pokémon or anything. Which makes me think they can't really prohibit me from using things like "Viridian" instead of "Viridian City" as the former isn't copyrighted (it's a colour pigment) and they could only invoke 'possibility of confusion', which won't work as this has a completely different context as the pokémon games (plus, they'd need an attorney, which they won't bother with, especially since they are wrong).
shakeycat wrote:You could cover the idea of pokemon really well, without ever saying the word.
Schwournes wrote:It looks good, but I think the Sinnoh bonuses don't look logical, I think it should be west, east and maritimes (a band-shaped bonus around the top and east), personally.
iceco wrote:Schwournes wrote:It looks good, but I think the Sinnoh bonuses don't look logical, I think it should be west, east and maritimes (a band-shaped bonus around the top and east), personally.
Yes, that division felt the worst to me too.
Though, I tried to subdivide it in four to get smaller bonuses. But in your idea, would you put Lake Savity and Snow Peak in the Maritime bonus or East?
Schwournes wrote:I would put Snow Peak in the Maritime bonus, but the Lake either in Maritime or West; also, I would put Mt. Coronet in the East, because the bonus is smaller. I would also consider splitting the mountain into 2 - maybe north and south, with one being east and the other west
sinctheassasin wrote:once you fix the bonuses, it should be a really good map
but the thing i have to piss on your map for is still the copy right. you could change the names and everything, but the landmasses would still be copyrighted. they could pull up whatever game it came from, and show you that the land masses are exactly the same, and that's copyrighted.
to make it safe, you would have to pretty much change all of the land shapes, city names, references to poke anything, and once you do that, it really has nothing to do with pokemon...
Schwournes wrote:To be fair, Hoenn looks entirely different to how it normally would, there's a whole chunk missing
Maybe we need a more discreet version for those diehard pokémon fans who know the whole map by heart anyway
iceco wrote:Schwournes wrote:I would put Snow Peak in the Maritime bonus, but the Lake either in Maritime or West; also, I would put Mt. Coronet in the East, because the bonus is smaller. I would also consider splitting the mountain into 2 - maybe north and south, with one being east and the other west
Splitting the mountain (figuratively) is a good idea, though I might do it North and South, as for technical reasons. One could also be higher, towards Snow Peak, as in the game, it's actually a mountain range.
I also thought of another possible division (with smaller continents), tell me what you think - if it's a no, I'll go with yours:
East (6): the three islands, Canal City, Eternal Forest and Eternal City
South (5): Lake Truth, Twintree Town, Friendship Park, Jubile and Oreville
Central (4): Mt. Corona, Harthome, Silicon Ruins and Pastory
West (7): Sunny Shore, Lake Volition, Veil Stone, 4th Gen, Mt. Bright, Sinnoh League and ParadisSchwournes wrote:To be fair, Hoenn looks entirely different to how it normally would, there's a whole chunk missing
Maybe we need a more discreet version for those diehard pokémon fans who know the whole map by heart anyway
I know, I made the decision to leave out everything called "Town", except for the starter towns and Lavender Town. I did this to reduce territories (otherwise about 105, which would have made the map too cluttered). If you really want, I'll add Fallarbor Town again, so northern Hoenn doesn't look too empty.
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