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Postby vanmonster on Wed May 10, 2006 11:04 am

hey some1 make a antartica may that would be sweet
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Postby johnnyrotten on Wed May 10, 2006 11:06 am

No, it would be stupid.
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Postby johnnyrotten on Wed May 10, 2006 11:08 am

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On second thoughts, what a terrific idea! [/glorious sarcasm]
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Postby kingwaffles on Wed May 10, 2006 11:18 am

Theres just no real way to divide everything up... And besides people need to stop saying people should make maps and make them themselves!
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Postby thegrimsleeper on Wed May 10, 2006 11:24 am

kingwaffles wrote:people need to stop saying people should make maps and make them themselves!


Hear, Hear!!!

And it's an incredibly lame idea, btw.
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Postby onbekende on Wed May 10, 2006 11:49 am

Antarctica is devided into lands with countries claiming them.
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Postby thegrimsleeper on Wed May 10, 2006 11:51 am

Yeah, and it's such a good idea to create a map of Antarctica because those countries actually fought each other to claim those lands... :roll:
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Postby Jota on Wed May 10, 2006 12:25 pm

Is the sarcasm really necessary? You guys make it sounds like we're a bunch of junior high or high school boys, jockeying for status or something.
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Postby johnnyrotten on Wed May 10, 2006 12:28 pm

Yes, the sarcasm is necessary. If an idea is stupid (and, in my opinion, it was deliberately stupid), then it needs to be put down swiftly.
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Postby thegrimsleeper on Wed May 10, 2006 12:37 pm

Jota wrote:You guys make it sounds like we're a bunch of junior high or high school boys, jockeying for status or something.


You mean we're not?!?! :shock:

Looks like I need to switch up my gameplan...
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Postby onbekende on Wed May 10, 2006 12:42 pm

Every idea of a map is stupid at first, want us to crack every idea of a map in the early stages??
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Postby thegrimsleeper on Wed May 10, 2006 12:46 pm

All we're saying is maybe there's a reason the guys who designed the original Risk board didn't include Antarctica.

Besides, nobody's making a map out of this, just someone throwing an idea out there. Do you want to make it?
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Postby Jota on Wed May 10, 2006 12:53 pm

It's not difficult to just say "I don't think it would work very well," or to give reasons you don't think it would work well (like kingwaffles did -- with bonus useful advice tagged on at the end!), or even to just ignore the idea and let it vanish on its own. Throwing out put-downs doesn't really benefit anybody.
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Postby johnnyrotten on Wed May 10, 2006 12:54 pm

Well it seemed to be deliberately stupid, that's why I went for a put-down :)
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Postby onbekende on Wed May 10, 2006 1:00 pm

Maybe he is a multi trying to laugh with us
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Postby rocksolid on Wed May 10, 2006 2:31 pm

I stand by my post from early April:

rocksolid wrote:Hey, wait a minute, maybe I'm serious here. You see, that whole March of the Penguins thing winning the Oscars, there's some interest there. I mean, how can there be penguins marching around Antarctica if they're not in an army? Who else marches, am I right? Huh? They got the uniforms and everything, see. And there's all kinds of crags and inlets and natural boundaries on Antarctica, and there could be a big impassable mountain range at the centre where it's just too cold, and there could be that temple from Alien vs. Predator in there somewhere, and in every corner of the map, there could be graphics of those penguins with the missiles strapped to their backs from Batman Returns (http://www.propstore.com/images/product ... in1sml.jpg), all ready to kick serious tail feather.
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Postby Jota on Wed May 10, 2006 2:47 pm

Don't forget about the Lovecraftian horrors from the Mountains of Madness.
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Postby vanmonster on Tue May 16, 2006 11:15 am

u guys are fags get lives

anyway i figured its the only continent that is not being used
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Postby johnnyrotten on Tue May 16, 2006 12:29 pm

It's also the only continent that doesn't have countries... :roll:
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Postby Hoff on Tue May 16, 2006 9:59 pm

I actually like the idea. Its kind of the same idea as the fictional maps. No real army has fought there but who cares. I would play it if it was made well.
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Postby Banana Stomper on Tue May 16, 2006 10:01 pm

Its....snow. Its not that no one has fought there, or that its nothing fun to take over...oh wait, yes it is. There's nothing to take over. Except maybe the south pole. Now if someone did the north pole, you could have santa's workshop and stuff....thats what i'm talkin about. And if you don't think there's battle in the north pole, i believe weird al did a song about the night santa went crazy.
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Postby reverend_kyle on Tue May 16, 2006 10:13 pm

Hoff wrote:I actually like the idea. Its kind of the same idea as the fictional maps. No real army has fought there but who cares. I would play it if it was made well.
i thouth about mkaing one but its too hard.
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Postby Hoff on Tue May 16, 2006 10:37 pm

i dont really care where I fight as long as the map is designed well. I dont care that there is nothign but snow there. I'll play it and i'll enjoy it if it can be made well.
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Postby reverend_kyle on Tue May 16, 2006 10:42 pm

and countries do care enough to claim it.
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Postby AndyDufresne on Wed May 17, 2006 12:51 pm

Antarctica could be an interesting idea. I was searching for a few images to see what could be used for such a map and came up with...

Territorial claims & Research Stations

There seem to be a main few countries 'claiming' certain areas, so perhaps continents could be divided up into the the main countries that own certain areas.

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Now if this idea actually has any real strength and interest, that's hard to say. I think the hardest part would be figuring out how to divy up the land into countries and continents, but it could be an interesting task if done in a unique and fun way. Just some thoughts.


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