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Postby musicman_379 on Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:40 pm

thegeneralpublic wrote:Naw, make it the CC logo. We don't want to get into that whole Yankees / Red Sox thing.

I Agree.
Night Strike wrote:I think the continents would look better if they are blocked (like section A, B, C, etc) instead of rows (100, 200, 300). I'm not sure how that would work, but I think it would make the map better liked.

Actually, in most (probably all) Major Leage ballparks, seat sections are numerical, and usually 3-digits.
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Postby musicman_379 on Mon Jul 02, 2007 3:03 pm

UPDATE!
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This time, the changes are on the Field:
Mower stripe texture and CC logo on Field
"Chalk lines" for batter's box, coach's boxes, on-deck circles
Home plate, bases, and pitcher's base on Field and in the bullpens
Warning track added
Batter position color removed
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Postby Night Strike on Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:32 pm

I think the black lines throughout the infield make the map very cluttered. I don't know what could be done instead. The "mowed" lines make the field look much better.
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Postby draglin3 on Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:02 pm

I like the additions...and I'll give on the sox logo :P
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Postby Unit_2 on Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:12 pm

that pic at the top woud look good for the map.
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Postby musicman_379 on Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:28 pm

Unit_2 wrote:that pic at the top woud look good for the map.

I tried this just to see (with a different picture, though), and putting a picture of a ballpark as the background really adds to the baseball theme. I'll go with it right now.
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Postby musicman_379 on Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:10 pm

Here it is. A new background is the change this time. Enjoy! Comment Too!
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Postby Kaplowitz on Thu Jul 12, 2007 4:53 pm

Looks good!

I would change "Batter" from white to brown on the key
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Postby Night Strike on Thu Jul 12, 2007 5:02 pm

Oh gosh.........don't like it!!! Having your field's orientation going against the orientation of the picture is just terrible!!! It makes the whole thing look like it's out of place.
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Postby Kaplowitz on Thu Jul 12, 2007 7:42 pm

Night Strike wrote:Oh gosh.........don't like it!!! Having your field's orientation going against the orientation of the picture is just terrible!!! It makes the whole thing look like it's out of place.


I think that it looks fine. Acually, maybe it would look better if the outer border was darker.
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Postby thegeneralpublic on Thu Jul 12, 2007 8:51 pm

I concur; the background picture looks fine to me! This map is looking downright awesome!
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Postby ParadiceCity9 on Fri Jul 13, 2007 1:00 pm

I think you should change the angle of the field. I mean make it so home plate as at the base of the page and center field is at the top of the page.
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Postby Keredrex on Fri Jul 13, 2007 2:10 pm

Good Job Can't wait to Play.... I think It looks good this way....

ParadiceCity9 wrote:I think you should change the angle of the field. I mean make it so home plate as at the base of the page and center field is at the top of the page.


Placing the map with Batter on the bottom and Outfield towards the top would Illiminate the rest of the Stadium... which is always partially behind Home plate
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Postby musicman_379 on Fri Jul 13, 2007 5:45 pm

Kaplowitz wrote:
Night Strike wrote:Oh gosh.........don't like it!!! Having your field's orientation going against the orientation of the picture is just terrible!!! It makes the whole thing look like it's out of place.


I think that it looks fine. Acually, maybe it would look better if the outer border was darker.


Since comments on this are about 50-50, I'm presenting two versions of the (small) map for a foundry decision.
Do you like version one, with the map's field orientation against the picture's field orientation?
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Or version two, with the map's field orientation with the picture's field orientation?
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(and, yes, I do know that the scoreboard legend is very hard to read--it can be redone if this version is preferred by the foundry)
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Postby Night Strike on Fri Jul 13, 2007 6:09 pm

Tough choice. I don't know if I like the bottom orientation, but I'm not convinced it fits properly on the top one. Maybe you could just do a background of various baseball items: bats, balls, hot dogs, etc.
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Postby Kaplowitz on Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:09 pm

I think the top one is fine!
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Postby gimil on Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:16 pm

The origonal is fine but seriously you need to start putting some kind of texture into the contients. They just look flat and boaring
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Postby edbeard on Fri Jul 13, 2007 8:30 pm

I'm totally against the background you currently have.

1. It's probably copyrighted so you'll have to deal with that and probably not worth the hassle.

2. More importantly it doesn't look right at all. The contrast between the gameplay area and this drawing as the background stands out too much.

I think you're missing an opportunity here. You can draw an actual background of the map outside. Parking lot. A river. Freeway. Possibly draw a pitcher or a batter or something.

To be Frank, what you have now looks bad. Shirley you can do quite a bit better.



As for other parts of the graphics. I think it'd be cool if you could actually draw in the seats on the bleachers. The boxes and sweets would obviously need a different look, but it could really add something if done subtley.
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Postby AndyDufresne on Fri Jul 13, 2007 10:12 pm

I agree with most everything edbeard has suggested, especially the background part.


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Postby Ronaldinho on Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:48 am

Omg please dont tell me andy, your going to let a baseball stadium on this site :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Postby gimil on Sat Jul 14, 2007 7:33 am

Ronaldinho wrote:Omg please dont tell me andy, your going to let a baseball stadium on this site :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:


who let you out of your flame war cage?
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Good suggestiones

Postby Keredrex on Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:58 am

I agree with Some of edbeard's ideas... Yes the Map is a little flat but It reminds me of the kind of map that shows Seating arrangements... Maybe add textures to the territories BUT don't go for photo realism...THe background image is a bit off... definitely add more to it kinda like a google maps view... Highways .. A River .. Parking lot Etc.. as for orientation... either one works
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Postby ParadiceCity9 on Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:21 pm

the maps just really ghetto...kinda like it just came out of paint.

improve on colors def.
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Postby thegeneralpublic on Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:26 am

I like the second image and what you were trying to do with the scoreboard, but I don't think that would work well for readability.
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Postby khazalid on Sun Jul 15, 2007 7:40 am

i think its cool so many people are into making maps. makes cc a better place. the curret glut all suffer the same problem though, too novel and flashy and not playable enough. who still plays king of the mountains y'know?
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