How did Treasures Of Galapagos get out of beta?

by **DIBS** on Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:57 am

This map is extremely unfair to certain setups. I have just started three 8 player games(due to tournament play) and have ended up in reef 7 twice and reef 9 once.
These reefs are far more disadvantaged over the other reefs on the board due to the difficulty of taking bonuses and size of neutrals.
Summary of Reefs....neutral size to get bonus area(easiest take)
1: 2 & 3....then a 5
2: 2 & 3....then a 5
3: 2 & 3....then a 5
4: 1 & 4....then a 4
5: 2 & 1....then a 2 & 3
6: 2 & 3....then a 3 & 5
7: 3, 2 & 3....then a 3 & 5
8: 2 & 3....then a 4
9: 2, 2 & 6....then a 2 & 6

reefs 7 and 9 are clearly disadvantaged IMO

by **demonfork** on Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:24 am

Don't play the map, it sucks.

by **DIBS** on Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:32 am

demonfork wrote:Don't play the map, it sucks.

Didn't pick it....was part of a tourney structure.

by **hwhrhett** on Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:47 am

i like galapagos. :-)

its a fun one, but certainly not for everybody...

by **owenshooter** on Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:49 am

maybe this should be moved to the foundry. i doubt there is anything wrong with the map, otherwise it wouldn't have gotten out of that forum :shock:

...-0

by **hwhrhett** on Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:22 am

owenshooter wrote:maybe this should be moved to the foundry. i doubt there is anything wrong with the map, otherwise it wouldn't have gotten out of that forum ...-0

very true, those guys are diligent.

by **MrBenn** on Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:29 pm

Treasures of Galapagos was published before the introduction of Beta Maps, so has never gone through an "official" period of playtesting. That said, there were some (serious) issues when the map first went into live play which have been resolved. If you want to raise your specific concern, then the best place to do it will be in the map thread in the Foundry: viewtopic.php?f=358&t=41258

by **PLAYER57832** on Mon Jul 20, 2009 7:19 pm

DIBS wrote:This map is extremely unfair to certain setups. I have just started three 8 player games(due to tournament play) and have ended up in reef 7 twice and reef 9 once.
These reefs are far more disadvantaged over the other reefs on the board due to the difficulty of taking bonuses and size of neutrals.
Summary of Reefs....neutral size to get bonus area(easiest take)
1: 2 & 3....then a 5
2: 2 & 3....then a 5
3: 2 & 3....then a 5
4: 1 & 4....then a 4
5: 2 & 1....then a 2 & 3
6: 2 & 3....then a 3 & 5
7: 3, 2 & 3....then a 3 & 5
8: 2 & 3....then a 4
9: 2, 2 & 6....then a 2 & 6

reefs 7 and 9 are clearly disadvantaged IMO

A lot of people like it. Not all maps have to be "even".