At the very least consider Valdivostok, it only moves the farthest northeast city slightly south, (especially if you fudge its location just a little) and makes a lot more sense.

I still dislike "Yatusk" as a world city, but I realize its much tougher to fix.

Has Vladivostok been considered instead of Magadan? Vladivostok had a population of 594,701 and was Russia's 23rd largest city in their 2002 census. Magadan had 99,389 and was 170th.

Vladivostok is an important location because it is Russia's only eastern port which is ice free all year ...

I've been following the development of this map closely ever since I found out about the contest to re-imagine it. The original Middle Earth layout was my favorite map on the site at the time, and with the graphics revamp I actually like this new version even better. I'm anxious to see this hit the ...

With not much more tweaking this map could be a "battle of the bits" where players represent little virus programs fighting each other from places where they could be stored or using as conduits. The following suggestions were all created with that in mind. Feel free to use or discard suggestions as ...