Conquer Club

Much better job with the T-Rex's especially Scavenger! Great job. Tyrant might be better in place of Maitiri cause it bridges 3 continents again.

The eggs though???? What? Why did you replace Tar pits with eggs???? I don't like that at all nor does it make much sense. Bring back the pits!

TBK

Sorry, but what do eggs have to do with losing a troop. Will they give us salmonella? Bring back the pits. Also, lose the X's as they are the same as the eggs. Just add them to the tar pits/eggs.

sorry i don't think i explained it well, originally there was text at each which said something along the lines of "the pterodactyl is very protective of her eggs and will attack anyone who gets close" and "don't get close to the water, or you might get eaten" but i removed it because it was hard to fit in.
I thought that it worked a lot better with the theme.
oh and there is the dinosaur at the bottom (blue arrows) if u hadn't noticed.
so is the placement fine? ie just change what it looks like?

Don't overdo it on the decaying regions. First, I'd suggest going back to the tar pits for the sole reason that it's confusing to have more than one icon mean the same thing, especially if they're explained in different sections of the map. Secondly, your decaying regions should not be adjacent to one another. Thirdly, the placement of Scavenger is very nice, but Tyrant definitely needs to be moved to a better spot, as TBK has already mentioned.

-Sully

Victor Sullivan wrote:Don't overdo it on the decaying regions. First, I'd suggest going back to the tar pits for the sole reason that it's confusing to have more than one icon mean the same thing, especially if they're explained in different sections of the map. Secondly, your decaying regions should not be adjacent to one another. Thirdly, the placement of Scavenger is very nice, but Tyrant definitely needs to be moved to a better spot, as TBK has already mentioned.

-Sully

does anyone have a good example of decaying regions? If not il probably just remove them

declan.west wrote:

Victor Sullivan wrote:Don't overdo it on the decaying regions. First, I'd suggest going back to the tar pits for the sole reason that it's confusing to have more than one icon mean the same thing, especially if they're explained in different sections of the map. Secondly, your decaying regions should not be adjacent to one another. Thirdly, the placement of Scavenger is very nice, but Tyrant definitely needs to be moved to a better spot, as TBK has already mentioned.

-Sully

does anyone have a good example of decaying regions? If not il probably just remove them

I say give it one more shot, using the parameters I've laid out. Jordan and Shluh are good candidates, I think, and you could probably throw 1 or 2 more elsewhere, if you wish.

-Sully

I like the "tar pits" idea more. The "egg" territories can just be replaced with tar pits or dinos.

declan.west wrote:

Victor Sullivan wrote:Don't overdo it on the decaying regions. First, I'd suggest going back to the tar pits for the sole reason that it's confusing to have more than one icon mean the same thing, especially if they're explained in different sections of the map. Secondly, your decaying regions should not be adjacent to one another. Thirdly, the placement of Scavenger is very nice, but Tyrant definitely needs to be moved to a better spot, as TBK has already mentioned.

-Sully

does anyone have a good example of decaying regions? If not il probably just remove them

I'm your huckleberry


Basically here's what I suggest. First off move Tyrant to where I moved him so that he is a border between 3 bonuses like Scavenger.

Second off the tar pits. I think simple is the best solution 3 is enough. Notice how I put them on territories that aren't bonus orders. I thought that would be over kill since that's what the T-rex's already do. Too much of that and it will encourage people not to fight but to stay huddled up. I put them on bottlenecks with in bonus regions. That will encourage players to grow faster. At least it should in theory since they can't sit on these easily defended regions, but it also doesn't make growing out to fill a bonus undesirable.

Yes I think this way would be quite good.

nice work on the map TBK

Just correcting some English...

Where you have "Tar pits cause you to loose one troop per tern" -- instead use "Tar pits cause you to lose one troop per turn". Also, just for an alternative, you might want to consider: "Tar pits cause the loss of one troop per turn". After all, they cause that loss for everyone, not just "you".

In the long description of Atlantis, there should be a comma after the word "beware".

Where you say "T-rex's reset..." you should lose the apostrophe. It's not possessive. I recommend replacing "T-rex's" with the word "Tyrranosaurs". I realize the apostrophe is sometimes used to make plurals where it might be awkward otherwise and I won't have a fit if you keep it, but it's a possessive and that's not what you really want there.

Also: begging should be beginning

"Tyrannosaurus Rex," technically. I would try to avoid using its plural form, as it isn't really proper. So perhaps something like, "The Tyrannosaurus Rex resets to 2 neutral at the beginning of your next turn."

-Sully

Version 11

changes:
killer neutral Tyrant moved to Nusa
hence Nusa has 1 less region and is now +3 not +4
Decaying region Tar pits at added
Nyngan added at the top of Terra Australis to accommodate decaying region. region stays +3
spelling
graphics

The way Bridges and Canoes are placed in the legend, it's possible to misinterpret them as also being impassables. Any chance of simply naming the section "Passable" or some-such?

TaCktiX wrote:The way Bridges and Canoes are placed in the legend, it's possible to misinterpret them as also being impassables. Any chance of simply naming the section "Passable" or some-such?

Technically, though, the canoes connect to Atlantis, not each other.

-Sully

Victor Sullivan wrote:

TaCktiX wrote:The way Bridges and Canoes are placed in the legend, it's possible to misinterpret them as also being impassables. Any chance of simply naming the section "Passable" or some-such?

Technically, though, the canoes connect to Atlantis, not each other.

-Sully

I could put the canoe near the text explaining them and leave the bridge under 'passable'

In the Linnean system species names are not capitalized; thus: Homo sapiens. And thus: Tyrannosaurus rex. (The first part, which is capitalized, is the genus.)

This is true.

-Sully

I think this map is ready to be GP stamped personally.

Seeing no other complaints on this one:



Onward, ho!

congrats on the stamp, declan!

although what u have is already good, if there's one thing i'd change, i'd move travi tarpit to orejon, so that the central africa player isn't given such a hard time by a natural hazard on a canoe-bordering region as well as being surrounded on all sides by potential opponents. that's just my personal preference.

tyrant and scavenger are placed in excellent positions to protect the larger bonuses in a temporary way.

perhaps use savannah, sahara, nubia or some other more imaginative names rather than south africa and central africa as bonus names.

ian.

Out of the respect for being scientifically accurate.... The T-rex evolved well after the break up of Gondwanaland. And the T-Rex was also native to Asia and North America. (Laurasia)

Cryolophosaurus would be a decent name for a native, time period relevant therapod dinosaur. (Native to Antarctica) However for name recognition you might wanna go with Allosaurus, but it was most common in North America.

hello, this is a friend of declan.west's, he asked me to post this message:

Around 3 weeks ago he was kicked from his games and abilities restricted, ie unable to post in any forum, unable to access his wall or message anybody. This means that he is unable to contact anyone to find the reason for the ban. Neither of us know the reason, as the only thing to go off is the text with in the games, "declan.west has been kicked for violating the rules".

Would anyone be able to help solve this issue, if not he decided just to give me the image of the map to post on this forum for him.
This is the reason there has been no update.

he says thanks for the gameplay stamp as well

He should check his email on the account that he used to set up his CC account. There should be a message there explaining the reason for his ban, and he can communicate with the admins via e-ticket (see the Help menu at the top of the CC page).

hello everyone i'm back

V12


tar pit at travi -> Orejon
T-rex's now cryolophosaurus' (graphic changed as well)
key changed (canoe + passable)

I have a few questions:

I have done the colourblind tests and it looks fine to me, do I need to post those images?

With the army numbers i have visited the post with the attachments, how do i download the attached images, i have just copied the image seen in the post but this gives a white background which is difficult to get rid of as methods i have tried have destroyed part of the numbers

The XML wizard is declining the URL of my images and the file of my image that i am trying to upload so that i can try work on XML code, suggestions? i have started on typing it out if it doesn't work

declan.west wrote:hello everyone i'm back

V12


tar pit at travi -> Orejon
T-rex's now cryolophosaurus' (graphic changed as well)
key changed (canoe + passable)

I have a few questions:

I have done the colourblind tests and it looks fine to me, do I need to post those images?

With the army numbers i have visited the post with the attachments, how do i download the attached images, i have just copied the image seen in the post but this gives a white background which is difficult to get rid of as methods i have tried have destroyed part of the numbers

The XML wizard is declining the URL of my images and the file of my image that i am trying to upload so that i can try work on XML code, suggestions? i have started on typing it out if it doesn't work

Colourblind test images are usually posted in the topic for all to judge.

Try using a screen shot, as opposed to copying the image, when trying to present the map with troop numbers.

Can you open your images in a browser using the URL that the XML wizard is refusing?