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Baffling.

Anyway, I'm back from vacation. Getting caught up on scoring and games. Will take an assessment of where we are in the next day or two and then issue the next round of invites. Thanks for everyone's patience.

RjBeals wrote:

Peter Gibbons wrote:I've always been a big fan of this map

This is one of the coolest maps in many years.

Glad that a great mapmaker like you agrees! So, ndrs... the update?

Soviet invites are out the door. I won't be able to get Indochina done before I leave, so that means the second half of Round 4 (assassin + 1v1s) is on hold until April 1st.

wrexham is travelling and his sitter does not have authority to re-up him to premium in order to accept games. Given the long ...

The final game of the third round mercifully came to an end. Hath won no points, so Loose Canon advanced. All fourth round standard games are now active. The first set of terminator invites--for the Middle East--were sent out. I will send out the Soviet Union terminator and Indochina assassin ...

If you step back and look at CC, there are no hard "rules" about what the subject of map should be. (cough.... 4-star meats?)... It's just that each map should bring something unique to the site. That's subjective in itself. At the time of creation, Charleston has a lot of support. It was made like ...

the supporters of this map seem confused. this is not a Washington DC map, this is a map of the District Of Columbia. no one outside of that district cares about it. however, we all know and pay attention to Washington. this map is made of the wrong region.

if you zoom in & make it of Washington ...

Peter, you make think my advice was condescending, but I was only following up on a comment by ManBungalow that was not addressed: "Not going to happen" isn't the best way to respond to a brand new mapmaker when coming from a figure of authority. And the dismissive comments about DC made absolutely ...

Not going happen. Whilst this is a simple map and it may stay a simple map (as it is your first one), D.C. is nothing special. Never been their myself and have no intention to. A place that has under 700 thousand people living their does not merit a map just because it holds a few places of ...

Thanks for the replies above. It sounds like they only place we really disagree is on the inclusion of the Anacostia and maybe Rock Creek, so we'll see what the foundry says as this develops!

On the DC flag/Capitol thing... (and I hope I describe this well)... what about having a shadowed image of ...

This map is intentionally basic. I'm biased but I think it stands out strictly because it's DC - a map of which doesn't exist. But I'm of the mindset - and this may be an unpopular proposition - that it doesn't need to stand out in gameplay. I hope the location and design will make it special. But ...

Thanks again Peter, sorry for the delay. Looking more at the bonus structure and make up of terts within them, I think you are right that it will be hard for people to go for them, since they are made up of so many terts and they can be attacked by quite a few as well. Koontz, I came up with the ...

Ok, my first attempt at more coherent thoughts. Take them for what they are worth:

GENERAL
1) I'd argue you should approach the map like it's the only one of Washington, D.C. you will do. To start, this is a long process, so if you end up getting frustrated and don't see a second map (on the same ...

I don't think I'll ever understand how a 4-person game can take 2 weeks to go 4 rounds, but it looks like we have the perfect storm of players who are just in the wrong locations around the world and only log onto the site once per day, so the last game that matters in our third round is taking ...

I should have read your post before commenting--I really just looked at the map. I see there are reasons you did some of the things I commented on and that you have intention of making another Washington map. So some of my advice might be off; will take a fresh look tomorrow.

Yes, yes, yes! This is exactly the sort of map I was envisaging--at least insofar as gameplay goes! Heading to bed now, so not a lot of time to comment, but I really like this start.

I think my biggest critique will be aesthetic... I'd argue for a red/white/blue theme (with varying shades ...

Any thoughts on my post above regarding the size and makeup of bonuses? I just think these are way too large, as is, for the map. The +8s are never going to get held, the +6s probably aren't worth the pain, and the map could use more balance--either by re-arranging which territories fall into which ...

We are over 600 games and 3 rounds into the tournament, so no, it is not possible. You should look to tournaments that are recruiting, not active ones.

blonderic is eliminated from his last game and eliminated from the tournament.

rmjw10 holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Loose Canon and he would also hold the second tiebreak in the event Hath ties the 3 of them on 59 points. So rmjw10 enters the 4th round.

Final spot down to Hath or Loose ...

I've always been a big fan of this map, from the initial competition. And felt that it was so close to the old "final forge" so was disappointed that it was left abandoned. Glad to see ndrs has picked it up and I hope this version goes back to the foundry quickly.

That said, it does suck that ...

slytown avoids a tiebreaker and advances with his win on the Brazil map.

2 spot remains. All comes down to whether or not blonderic can get some points and/or Hath can get a win.

Thailand and Japan games are out. Obviously 2 of each of them will be delayed while we wait for the final qualifiers.

What other cities of countries were you thinking for I'm looking at others, but working on the bay area for now
I'm biased because I live here now, but I always thought Washington DC should have a map, given its political status worldwide. I think I posted a thread with an idea about it a long ...

Names, these will need to be changed to Russian or Native Alaskan .

This comment stood out for me. Can I ask why this is a requirement?

Hey Peter, thank you so much for taking the time to stop by, I really appreciate it and hope you continue to help me work this one out. So if you have any ...

that maps needs a revamp. is not at the same level as the others
I know this post is old, but I'm going to agree here. Of all the maps I like to play due to gameplay, this one has the worst graphics. If someone really went to town, so to speak, with a French/Quebecois theme/color scheme, I think ...

The rest of the bay area......that map is missing 4 other counties. There are more territories in the South Bay as locals would call it.
Got it. I personally think there are a lot of other major cities that should get a map before we double-down on an area as small as the Bay Area, but that's just ...

This is such a drive-by critique, so I apologize in advance. But I love the rail maps and happened to see this at the top of the forum, so wanted to encourage and comment...

1) "Colombian" is spelled incorrectly. "Columbian" refers to Christopher Columbus, but "Colombian" refers to the nation.

2 ...