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United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 6:53 am
by Industrial Helix
No way we could do this without breaking about 30 copyright agreements, but man, it would be a cool map and a great break from the usual north american maps.

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Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 8:57 am
by theBastard
I´m not fun of baseball, but the map looks great.
and has many possibilities. National League (NL), American League (AL) maybe NL East, NL Central, NL West, AL East, AL Central, AL West...

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:42 pm
by AndyDufresne
I'm not a baseball fan, but it would be an interesting map---if we could ever pass the copyrights.


--Andy

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:28 pm
by The Bison King
This is an interesting idea. How would things connect through the unincorporated territory.

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:41 pm
by Industrial Helix
Either impassable or maybe connect Rockies with Twins and Mariners?

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:18 pm
by MarshalNey
What a great map... standard gameplay I assume?

You know, you could do a Japan map based on the same idea...

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:34 am
by Industrial Helix
Standard gameplay indeed... the trouble with this and any other sports team based map is that there's a huge copyright infringement. Though I'm trying to think my way around it... we could always ask the MLB for their permission to use the team names...

OR we could just use the city names and perhaps rip off, though not identical, name fonts. If you use the identical logo you'll get sued, which is apparently what happened to Obama during his run for senate.

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:47 pm
by Evil DIMwit
If you've worried about copyright, you can always use some generic, vaguely related, and/or conquer-themed stand-ins.

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That's the Conquer Club way!

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:59 pm
by AndyDufresne
Yes....yes...and Japan too!


--Andy

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:08 pm
by mviola
The Bison King wrote:This is an interesting idea. How would things connect through the unincorporated territory.

You could expand the territories bordering the unincorporated territory by asking people who live in certain areas what teams they root for. Specifically plabes like Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas, and Wyoming.

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:11 pm
by carlpgoodrich
Awesome! A lot of things to work out, but could be great.

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 7:12 pm
by the.killing.44
If I had a penny for every time this map was posted here…

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:06 pm
by Evil DIMwit
...You'd have a nickel?

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:18 pm
by jrh_cardinal
this is the best idea that has ever set foot in the foundry =D> . Anyone a lawyer :lol:

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 9:19 pm
by the.killing.44
Evil DIMwit wrote:...You'd have a nickel?

Well no, I'd have around five pennies!

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:12 pm
by Evil DIMwit
Of course, if we started this map now it'd be done probably around January...

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:54 pm
by jrh_cardinal
Evil DIMwit wrote:Of course, if we started this map now it'd be done probably around January...

just in time for the 2011 season!!

DO IT! I would totally do it, but I would totally fail, so go Helix!!!

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 11:15 pm
by Yojimbo28
I heard you lose two armies at the start of your turn if you own the Orioles or the Pirates.

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 2:44 pm
by Tassidar
I just had a breakthrough with this but NFL, thought I was original and then saw your post =( Amazing idea though, great minds think a like! :D

Re: United States of Baseball

PostPosted: Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:58 pm
by Industrial Helix
Tassidar wrote:I just had a breakthrough with this but NFL, thought I was original and then saw your post =( Amazing idea though, great minds think a like! :D


Ah, i can't take the credit for this map... I stole it from Nike or something. But another sport is an interesting idea...