Best maps **Nominations**

[Gilligan]

It shouldn't go under here?

Historic maps(i.e Alexander's Empire, Mongol Empire, Ancient Greece)
Alexander's Empire: 3
Ancient Greece: 1
Circus Maximus: 1
Mongol Empire: 1

[Iliad]

It shouldn't go under here?

Historic maps(i.e Alexander's Empire, Mongol Empire, Ancient Greece)
Alexander's Empire: 3
Ancient Greece: 1
Circus Maximus: 1
Mongol Empire: 1

No. It goes in the
Historically war-related maps.

[Gilligan]

There are a few maps that have two categories

[Iliad]

There are a few maps that have two categories

But if I put that map in Historic it would ruin the point of the War-related category

[rebelman]

circus is definitely historical and not abstract

[DiM]

i can't help noticing that pearl harbor and age of merchants have the most votes.
and when you look in the most HATED map thread you'll also see aom and ph at the top

and then you have to go back to the aom thread and search where i said:

people will either love or hate Age of Merchants but for sure they won't feel indifferent towards it.

it seems i was right.

[rebelman]

i can't help noticing that pearl harbor and age of merchants have the most votes.
and when you look in the most HATED map thread you'll also see aom and ph at the top

and then you have to go back to the aom thread and search where i said:

people will either love or hate Age of Merchants but for sure they won't feel indifferent towards it.

it seems i was right.

well my 2 favourite maps at the moment are aom and ph. Purely because they require a bit more thinking than your average map. funnilly enough my results are very different on the two I have never won on aom (yet) because of factors outside of not understanding it and on ph im fairly unbeatable most of the time, and as long as people can't follow the bonuses on ph this will stay the same. My third favourite is 2.1 because i love big maps, hope bigger ones like DiM's 3.0 get the green light soon.

[sully800]

Real Geography (27 - Deserves 2 or 3 Nominations)

North America,
USA,
World 2.1


Fictional maps (8 - Deserves 1 Nomination)
Middle Earth,


ONCE (Historical) and FUTURE (Space/future)
USApocalypse


Historically War-related (7 - Deserves 1 Nomination)
Pearl Harbor,


Abstract/Unclassified (8 - Deserves 1 Nomination)
King of the Mountains,

[Blitzaholic]

Real Geography (27 - Deserves 2 or 3 Nominations)

North America
World 2.1


Fictional maps (8 - Deserves 1 Nomination)
Middle Earth


ONCE (Historical) and FUTURE (Space/future)
Space


Historically War-related (7 - Deserves 1 Nomination)
Seige!


Abstract/Unclassified (8 - Deserves 1 Nomination)
King of the Mountains

[Blitzaholic]

oh sully, great taste, we pretty close in what we have, luv these maps and others to, but had to stay in the limits of what was asked

[Maye]

I love the Classic the best... Stay true to the original! ^^;

[sully800]

oh sully, great taste, we pretty close in what we have, luv these maps and others to, but had to stay in the limits of what was asked

Wow, very close picks! I like Siege a lot as well but Pearl Harbor is a ton of fun. Lots of different ways to play it, and even though I got eliminated early in my first game, I really got to appreciate the set up.

Unlike you though, I absolutely HATE space. I don't believe I've won a game on it, so maybe thats why....but I've never liked it And I think I'm undefeated on USApocalypse, so that's probably all just bias.

[GreecePwns]

Here is the entire list of the maps:Real Geography (27 - Deserves 2 or 3 Nominations)
World 2.1

Fictional maps (8 - Deserves 1 Nomination)
Doodle Earth

Historical (5)
Ancient Greece

Space/Future (3)
Extreme Global Warming

Historically War-related (7 - Deserves 1 Nomination)
WWII Eastern Front

Abstract/Unclassified (8 - Deserves 1 Nomination)
CCU

[lalaland]

doodle earth

ccu

[Iliad]

circus is definitely historical and not abstract

have to disagree. It doesn't show anything in PARTICULAR. And the layout of the territories is abstract jsut like 8 thoughts and Chinese Checkers.

[Iliad]

i can't help noticing that pearl harbor and age of merchants have the most votes.
and when you look in the most HATED map thread you'll also see aom and ph at the top

and then you have to go back to the aom thread and search where i said:

people will either love or hate Age of Merchants but for sure they won't feel indifferent towards it.

it seems i was right.

I'm indifferent to it. Simply because I can't be bothered to work it out.

[Itrade]

Real geography maps(i.e Classic, Australia, Europe)
World 2.0

Fictional maps(i.e Middle Earth, Discworld, Tamriel)
Age of Merchants

Historic maps(i.e Alexander's Empire, Mongol Empire, Ancient Greece)
Ancient Greece

Futuristic maps(i.e Space map, Extreme Global Warming, USApocalypse)
USApocolypse

Abstract(i.e 8 thoughts, the senate, crossword)
8 Thoughts

War-related(i.e Siege! WWII Eastern Front, Pearl Harbor)
Siege!

[edbeard]

I vote for Caribbean Islands

shameless self promotion.

[rebelman]

circus is definitely historical and not abstract

have to disagree. It doesn't show anything in PARTICULAR. And the layout of the territories is abstract jsut like 8 thoughts and Chinese Checkers.

The holding capacity for the Circus Maximus was a quarter of a million people! This was about one quarter of Rome’s population.
The Circus Maximus was a track used primarily for horse-racing, although it was used on occasion for hunts or mock battles. It had 300,000 seats and was famous throughout the ancient world. Built in the 6th century B.C. during the time of the Tarquins, the history of the Circus Maximus is troubled. It was twice destroyed by fire and on at least two occasions the stands collapsed, killing many people. There was a long barrier (spina) that ran down the middle of the track, in the area of the picture where you now see only grass. In addition to obelisks, fountains, statues, and columns, there were also two temples on the spina, one with seven large eggs and one with seven dolphins. At the end of each lap of the seven lap race, one egg and one dolphin would be removed from each temple, to keep the spectators and the racers updated on how many laps had been completed. In the Circus Maximus, unlike the amphitheaters of the day, men and women could sit together. The Circus Maximus also had the ancient equivelant of the skyboxes you see now in stadiums for professional sports. The Emperor had a reserved seat, as did senators, knights, those who financially backed the race, those who presided over the competition, and the jury that awarded the prize to the winners. The last race held at the Circus Maximus was in 549 A.D., nearly a full millenium after the track's construction.

Now only the lay of the land, much higher than the original arena, betrays the form of the original structure. For a long time it was built entirely of wood. In 329 B.C. the carceres or stalls for the horse and chariots were built in painted wood, as well as the spina in the center which covered and channeled the stream which the race was run.
In 174 B.C. the censors Fulvius Flaccus and Postumius Albinus had the carcers built in masonry, and placed the seven stone eggs along the spina as markers for the number of circuits the chariots had run. In 33 B.C. Agrippa had bronze dolphins set up for the same scope. Caesar also used the Circus for hunts. On the side towards the Palatine , Augustus had the pulvinar, a sacred box reserved for the tutelary gods of the games, set up and in 10 B.C. he had the obelisk of Ramsetes, II taken at Helipolis placed on the spina. The obelisk, 23.70 meters high, was transferred to Piazza del Popolo by Pope Sixtus V in 1587

Claudius took a hand in the restoration after a fire in A.D. 36. He had the caceres rebuilt in marble and had the metae (the goals, conical extremes of the spina) covered in glided bronze. The Circus was once more destroyed in thje fire of A.D. 64. Nero rebuilt it and increased the number of seats. Another fire under Domitian an ravaged the building and recostruction was finished by Trajan. Constantine restored it and Constantinus II embellished the spina with a second obelisk of Tuthmosis II., which came from Thebes and was even higher then the other one (32.50 m) and which Pope Sixtus V had placed in Piazza San Giovanni in Laterano in 1587.

The Circus measured 600 with 200 meters and had a capacity of 320.000 spectators who watched the chariot races that were held there. The most important were those of the Ludi Romani the first week of September, which opened with a religious procession in which the highest religious and civil authorities of the city took part.

As the above quote shows thismap is clearly historic and when you look at this modern picture of it its design has remained true to its original historic appearance. This map is a historic one not an abstract one, case closed in my humble opinion.

[Iliad]

Hmm... Nah. I'll keep it as abstract simply because of it's design

[Coleman]

I'm going to nominate D-Day and only D-Day in all categories it is eligible in.

You can only nominate it for ONE category

Then I lose all interest in this topic and your silly rules.

[Iliad]

I'm going to nominate D-Day and only D-Day in all categories it is eligible in.

You can only nominate it for ONE category

Then I lose all interest in this topic and your silly rules.

Damn