Phoenix vs L.A. (vs Las Vegas?)

by **andy_is_awesome** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:34 am

How about a battle between Los Angeles and Phoenix? Some bad blood between the cities can be fought out on ConquerClub! Then we can throw in Las Vegas as the dark horse. Battle from small town to small town using highways to move from one to the next.

I don't know the first thing about making a map, so someone else would have to pick up the project.

by **rsacheli** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:41 am

Shouldnt this be in the ideas section???

by **whitestazn88** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:43 am

this needs an image to be in the drafting room. someone please move to ideas

furthermore... why these cities?

by **rsacheli** on Thu Jul 24, 2008 11:45 am

im not understanding the concept here... is it like a road between them? the subburbs included? idk what you are trying to get at here...

by **andy_is_awesome** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:38 pm

If I knew how to put a map on here I would.

It would be a fun map for those that live in the area. It's a fun rivalry.
Travel along the highways capturing small towns in between. Control highways to get bonuses, control a whole state, or major city to get a bonus?

by **ZeakCytho** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:04 pm

I'd like to vote for an option not there - "Not interested, don't live in the region, but wouldn't be interested even if I did"

It just doesn't sound like a very good map. Maybe an image would help.

by **Bones2484** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:21 pm

andy_is_awesome wrote:How about a battle between Los Angeles and Phoenix? Some bad blood between the cities can be fought out on ConquerClub! Then we can throw in Las Vegas as the dark horse. Battle from small town to small town using highways to move from one to the next.

I don't know the first thing about making a map, so someone else would have to pick up the project.

What bad blood? I live in Los Angeles and I don't care one bit about Phoenix. New York, Boston, San Fran all have more "rivalries" with LA than Phoenix does.

by **whitestazn88** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 2:53 pm

bones basically pwned you...

but seriously... put up a map, its not hard, theres a thread somewhere that shows you how... give us a pic and we might get interested

by **andy_is_awesome** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:13 pm

What bad blood? I live in Los Angeles and I don't care one bit about Phoenix. New York, Boston, San Fran all have more "rivalries" with LA than Phoenix does.

It doesn't bother you all the times that the Suns bounced the Lakers from the playoffs? What about what D'antoni said to Phil Jackson? Or what Shaq said about Kobe?
What about the fact that the Dogers and D-backs are battling for a division right now?

Maybe there isn't much rivalry between the two cities outside of sports. But I think there is a fun rivalry going on.

by **whitestazn88** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:31 pm

i think the premise is good, but if you wanted to make it sports related, theres lots of things to get around

by **Bones2484** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:20 pm

andy_is_awesome wrote:
What bad blood? I live in Los Angeles and I don't care one bit about Phoenix. New York, Boston, San Fran all have more "rivalries" with LA than Phoenix does.

It doesn't bother you all the times that the Suns bounced the Lakers from the playoffs? What about what D'antoni said to Phil Jackson? Or what Shaq said about Kobe?
What about the fact that the Dogers and D-backs are battling for a division right now?

Maybe there isn't much rivalry between the two cities outside of sports. But I think there is a fun rivalry going on.

But the Suns bounced the Lakers for what, 2-3 years in a row when the Lakers were pathetically sneaking into the playoffs and the Suns were a top-2 team? D'antoni is no longer even with the Suns, and Shaq's feud with Kobe has 0% to do with the Suns. He's played half a season with them. The feud is Kobe vs Shaq, not the teams. Regardless, Laker fans hate the Celtics. We don't care about the Suns.

And sorry... but I can't get excited for a pennant race between the Dodgers and Diamondbacks when neither team is above .500. The NL West is a pathetic joke, and Dodger fans will always, ALWAYS, treat the Giants as their rivals. Not the Dbags (er, Dbacks). Go Angels.

I'm just sayin... what may be a "big rivalry" for Phoenix fans is brushed off by us Los Angeles fans. Phoenix is a pleasant place to go on vacation and for Mid-Westerners/New Englanders to retire. Not a place that Los Angelenos get worked up about.

The only reason a "rivalry" exists in sports for Los Angeles and Phoenix is because of location. They play in the same conference/division/league, but past that... there isn't anything. I can think of tons of other cities that would deserve a "rivalry" map ahead of Los Angeles/Phoenix. You have Boston/New York. Columbus/Ann Arbor (tOSU/Michigan). Durham/Charlotte (Duke/NC). Etc, etc. Phoenix wouldn't even rate in Los Angeles' top 5.

by **Bones2484** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:32 pm

Just wanted to add a response to this as well:

andy_is_awesome wrote:If I knew how to put a map on here I would.

It would be a fun map for those that live in the area. It's a fun rivalry.
Travel along the highways capturing small towns in between. Control highways to get bonuses, control a whole state, or major city to get a bonus?

Between Los Angeles in Phoenix is nothing. It's a waste of a place where the most exciting thing that may happen is a car passing through at 80 MPH. I just can't get excited about conquering a city like Blythe.

by **Optimus Prime** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:51 pm

Not sure my thoughts on the idea for the map. Seems like there is a lot of blank space there, but dang, you've got Captain Moroni as your avatar!!! How cool is that!!!

by **whitestazn88** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:51 pm

lol... but those two cities would make good maps i suppose

by **andy_is_awesome** on Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:06 pm

Between Los Angeles in Phoenix is nothing. It's a waste of a place where the most exciting thing that may happen is a car passing through at 80 MPH. I just can't get excited about conquering a city like Blythe.

Okay, so I guess you don't like the idea. Thanks for the input. It sounded fun to me, but if it doesn't sound fun to anyone else then there really isn't anymore reason to consider it as a map.

You did bring up a really good idea though. The North Carolina rivalry map. North Carolina, Duke, NC State, Wakeforest, all within minutes of one another. There probably isn't much demand for that either though. Outside of NC anyway.