Quad Cities Map [Quenched]

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:59 am

Oh, I got it. I was confused for a bit, since 'Blackhawk' is the name of the region above Vandruff, but also the name of the Bonus Zone of which Vandruff is a part. Sort of awkward!

--Andy

by **ironsij0287** on Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:05 am

AndyDufresne wrote:Oh, I got it. I was confused for a bit, since 'Blackhawk' is the name of the region above Vandruff, but also the name of the Bonus Zone of which Vandruff is a part. Sort of awkward!

--Andy

Oh sorry. I guess I should've been more specific.

by **ender516** on Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:32 pm

So the Blackhawk region (territory) is not part of the Blackhawk zone (continent), but rather part of the Rock Island zone (continent)? Is that an oversight, or just a weird reality of the local names?

by **ironsij0287** on Mon Aug 29, 2011 1:19 pm

ender516 wrote:So the Blackhawk region (territory) is not part of the Blackhawk zone (continent), but rather part of the Rock Island zone (continent)? Is that an oversight, or just a weird reality of the local names?

Weird reality I guess. The Blackhawk territory in Rock Island is where Blackhawk State Park is located in real life. While Blackhawk continent is named for Blackhawk Township which encompasses most of that area.

A lot of things in the Illinois Quad Cities have the name Blackhawk. That area was where Sauk leader Chief Black Hawk spent a large part of his life. He's the same person that the NHL Chicago Blackhawks get their name from, albeit indirectly.

by **OliverFA** on Mon Aug 29, 2011 3:11 pm

Well, this map was already XML approved. However, I confirm that after fixing the coordinates for some territories, everything seems to continue being ok.

by **pamoa** on Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:29 pm

much better

by **thenobodies80** on Sun Sep 04, 2011 8:15 am

Last Call

The map has passed through rigorous gameplay and graphics examinations and all major concerns have been addressed. If you have any other concerns, please make your voice heard. If after a reasonable amount of time there has not been any objection or protest, the map will be stamped and submitted for the Beta period.

Please, post questions and concerns if any.

thenobodies80

by **Bruceswar** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:25 am

Woohoo. Well done!

by **AndyDufresne** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:48 am

Agreed. Look forward to a nice and sleek map.

--Andy

by **thenobodies80** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:44 pm

Beta - Quenching

---The Final Forge period has concluded for the Quad Cities Map. All objections have had their time. The Foundry and I hereby brand this map with the Foundry Beta Brand. Let it be known that this map is now ready for BETA Play. After an extended period of time in BETA and once all quirks and issues have been resolved, the map will be put into Full Play (barring any Lack vetoes).

Conquer Club, enjoy!

While the map is in BETA Play, there are a couple of administrative tasks that are required of the mapmaker(s) in addition to the initial gameplay testing:

a timely and constructive manner.

thenobodies80

by **DiM** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 2:57 pm

yay. and i'm also the first to congratulate for the beta.
congrats on turning this into a fine map.
and i'm sorry if i acted like a jerk sometimes

by **Victor Sullivan** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:39 pm

Can't wait to play!

-Sully

by **Falkomagno** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:54 pm

nice map!

by **Bruceswar** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:12 pm

Beta time!

by **Bruceswar** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 4:13 pm

DiM wrote:yay. and i'm also the first to congratulate for the beta.
congrats on turning this into a fine map.
and i'm sorry if i acted like a jerk sometimes

While you might have come off as harsh in the long run you did this map a giant favor. Looks much better than it did. Well done by all getting this one done.

by **Orwell** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:02 pm

DiM wrote:and i'm sorry if i acted like a jerk sometimes

No, you were right to make the suggestions you did. Sorry if my reaction to your input was nonconstructive.

by **Orwell** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 6:05 pm

And congrats to ironsij0287 - I am so excited to play this map!

by **ironsij0287** on Thu Sep 08, 2011 10:46 pm

Thanks everyone. I'm happy to finally see this thing go Beta.

Bruceswar wrote:
DiM wrote:yay. and i'm also the first to congratulate for the beta.
congrats on turning this into a fine map.
and i'm sorry if i acted like a jerk sometimes

While you might have come off as harsh in the long run you did this map a giant favor. Looks much better than it did. Well done by all getting this one done.

Yep, Bruce is right. In hindsight it was the kick in the butt this map needed to really turn the corner.

I believe the first page has all the current info for this map.