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MrBenn wrote:Looking good - I think the perspective is just a matter of personal preference, as you say
Sully made a good suggestion about the bonus-instruction text, but I can't really find fault with anything...
The only thing I'd mention, is whether you've given any thought to having the small version without the pen/cup/perspective, or whether that would confuse people too much when switching between maps??
MrBenn wrote:Sully made a good suggestion about the bonus-instruction text, but I can't really find fault with anything...
MrBenn wrote:The only thing I'd mention, is whether you've given any thought to having the small version without the pen/cup/perspective, or whether that would confuse people too much when switching between maps??
geographers compared the flatness of Kansas to the flatness of a pancake. They used topographic data from a digital scale model prepared by the US Geological Survey, and they purchased a pancake from the International House of Pancakes. If perfect flatness were a value of 1.00, they reported, the calculated flatness of a pancake would be 0.957 "which is pretty flat, but far from perfectly flat". Kansas's flatness however turned out to be 0.997, which they said might be described, mathematically, as "damn flat".
oaktown wrote:geographers compared the flatness of Kansas to the flatness of a pancake. They used topographic data from a digital scale model prepared by the US Geological Survey, and they purchased a pancake from the International House of Pancakes. If perfect flatness were a value of 1.00, they reported, the calculated flatness of a pancake would be 0.957 "which is pretty flat, but far from perfectly flat". Kansas's flatness however turned out to be 0.997, which they said might be described, mathematically, as "damn flat".
RedBaron0 wrote:The army circles still seem to be slightly oddly shaped, not quite circular(mostly just the circles towards the edges of the map). It's not big thing though, get it to the FF and test it out with the "88's" and worry about it then if necessary.
oaktown wrote:Kansas... I tried to come up with something for kansas earlier and failed.
oaktown wrote:MrBenn wrote:The only thing I'd mention, is whether you've given any thought to having the small version without the pen/cup/perspective, or whether that would confuse people too much when switching between maps??
I have no problem with making the two maps different, but simply presenting the postcard without the outer elements really won't save much space. If you lose the perspective and turn the card upright on the small map it comes out the same size as the current image. If it would mean a significant increase in the size of the gameplay elements I'd do it, but since it doesn't i don't think it justifies losing the fun graphics.
Silvanus wrote:perch is a North Korean agent to infiltrate south Korean girls
oaktown wrote:geographers compared the flatness of Kansas to the flatness of a pancake. They used topographic data from a digital scale model prepared by the US Geological Survey, and they purchased a pancake from the International House of Pancakes. If perfect flatness were a value of 1.00, they reported, the calculated flatness of a pancake would be 0.957 "which is pretty flat, but far from perfectly flat". Kansas's flatness however turned out to be 0.997, which they said might be described, mathematically, as "damn flat".
Supermarioluigi wrote:Now, does anyone else think Arkansas could use something as well?
...I have no idea, because I know absolutely nothing about Arkansas.
oaktown wrote:Thanks for the stamp... I fully intend to get something in Kansas, I've just been crazy busy these last two weeks. ASAP.
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Silvanus wrote:perch is a North Korean agent to infiltrate south Korean girls
Well, where were you four weeks ago when I suggested the following?perchorin wrote:Jesus people, there's no corn in Kansas! It's Iowa that has the corn, Kansas is a wheat state, doesn't anybody know the difference???
And Wikipedia says there is both wheat and corn (yeah, yeah, I know, Wikipedia, feh). But oaktown says he has seen the corn:ender516 wrote:There's only two things that come from Kansas, steers and queers.... Just kidding, though something agricultural does seem to be missing from the map. What would be more appropriate to Kansas, a steer, a steer's head (longhorn?), or perhaps a cob of corn or sheaf of wheat? Anybody from that area with an opinion?
Now I suppose if you can convince oak that wheat is a better choice, then a few ears of wheat or a sheaf might be more appropriate. Do we need a poll?oaktown wrote:Kansas... I tried to come up with something for kansas earlier and failed. Having driven across Kansas all I remember seeing is corn, followed by miles and miles of more corn. Then you pass through a small town and see more corn.
mibi wrote:I think the places depicted at the bottom should instead be places from the song route 66.
Well it goes through St. Louie down to Missouri
Oklahoma City looks oh so pretty.
You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona,
Kingsman, Barstow, San Bernardino.
And whats up with Acoma? I've been there and don't remember any route 66 near by.
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