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pepperonibread wrote:
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you mean right here?


While you guys debate where the polar ice caps are going to map, ill be ranting about the Antartica bonus: rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant, rant,


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I'm just saying it's too high...
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Post by vakEirn79 »

The Uninhabitable Zone is pretty distracting to me as well, but I'm not sure if simply toning down the redness is a good idea. It would probably be worse if it ends up looking pink or purple.

I think the borders on the Uninhabitable Zone should be changed. It seems unlikely that the Zone would have such clearly defined and perfectly straight borders. I haven't read all of the early posts though, so maybe there's a reason for that which I don't know about.

I don't mind the current underwater effect, because I know what it's trying to show. However, it really does look like the submerged parts of each continent are above sea level. The impression I get is that the continents are all hovering above the oceans, but certain parts have been flooded and now form giant lakes/basins.
Maybe a more realistic effect would be to have everything look sea level, but have the submerged parts darker/lighter than the rest of the water? Not sure if that would look any good though.

A lot of the territory names are difficult to read, but I assume you just haven't reached the point where that's a priority yet.

Are you missing some borders? I can't tell where the borders for Chile/Argentina/Brazil are. In particular, I don't know which one of Chile and Argentina can attack Brazil. I also don't see any separation between African Peninsula and Ghana, although it's much easier to guess where that one should be.

Having the Ghana and Chile army circles touching the Uninhabitable Zone ruins the effect a bit. Chile's circle can be moved down a few pixels easily, but Ghana's might require the text to be shifted a bit as well.
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Yea, Wade. Your next update should change some of the colors; primarily Asia and South America.
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vakEirn79 wrote:The Uninhabitable Zone is pretty distracting to me as well, but I'm not sure if simply toning down the redness is a good idea. It would probably be worse if it ends up looking pink or purple.

I think the borders on the Uninhabitable Zone should be changed. It seems unlikely that the Zone would have such clearly defined and perfectly straight borders. I haven't read all of the early posts though, so maybe there's a reason for that which I don't know about.

I don't mind the current underwater effect, because I know what it's trying to show. However, it really does look like the submerged parts of each continent are above sea level. The impression I get is that the continents are all hovering above the oceans, but certain parts have been flooded and now form giant lakes/basins.
Maybe a more realistic effect would be to have everything look sea level, but have the submerged parts darker/lighter than the rest of the water? Not sure if that would look any good though.

A lot of the territory names are difficult to read, but I assume you just haven't reached the point where that's a priority yet.

Are you missing some borders? I can't tell where the borders for Chile/Argentina/Brazil are. In particular, I don't know which one of Chile and Argentina can attack Brazil. I also don't see any separation between African Peninsula and Ghana, although it's much easier to guess where that one should be.

Having the Ghana and Chile army circles touching the Uninhabitable Zone ruins the effect a bit. Chile's circle can be moved down a few pixels easily, but Ghana's might require the text to be shifted a bit as well.


First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
Uninhabitable Zone: I could take off the borders and leave a gradient, but I would have to make it pretty solid colored so people would know that it's supposed to be a unpassable border.
Submerged Land: I'll experiment with this, but I might just end up trashing it altogether. To me, it seems like it could just clutter up the map.
Territory Names: I should be able to make those bigger. And the legend, which is even harder to read, I'm just planning on making a section below the map to put that in.
Borders: Those borders are there, but the continent colors are too dark for you to see them well. So, I think I'll opt for the obvious solution: Make them lighter.
Ghana: Ghana is a little island with an ocean route going to Central Africa, but you can barely see it because of the army circle. I think I'll just end up making it not a country but leave it their for effect.
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pepperonibread wrote:
vakEirn79 wrote:The Uninhabitable Zone is pretty distracting to me as well, but I'm not sure if simply toning down the redness is a good idea. It would probably be worse if it ends up looking pink or purple.

I think the borders on the Uninhabitable Zone should be changed. It seems unlikely that the Zone would have such clearly defined and perfectly straight borders. I haven't read all of the early posts though, so maybe there's a reason for that which I don't know about.

I don't mind the current underwater effect, because I know what it's trying to show. However, it really does look like the submerged parts of each continent are above sea level. The impression I get is that the continents are all hovering above the oceans, but certain parts have been flooded and now form giant lakes/basins.
Maybe a more realistic effect would be to have everything look sea level, but have the submerged parts darker/lighter than the rest of the water? Not sure if that would look any good though.

A lot of the territory names are difficult to read, but I assume you just haven't reached the point where that's a priority yet.

Are you missing some borders? I can't tell where the borders for Chile/Argentina/Brazil are. In particular, I don't know which one of Chile and Argentina can attack Brazil. I also don't see any separation between African Peninsula and Ghana, although it's much easier to guess where that one should be.

Having the Ghana and Chile army circles touching the Uninhabitable Zone ruins the effect a bit. Chile's circle can be moved down a few pixels easily, but Ghana's might require the text to be shifted a bit as well.


First of all, thanks for all the feedback.
Uninhabitable Zone: I could take off the borders and leave a gradient, but I would have to make it pretty solid colored so people would know that it's supposed to be a unpassable border.
Submerged Land: I'll experiment with this, but I might just end up trashing it altogether. To me, it seems like it could just clutter up the map.
Territory Names: I should be able to make those bigger. And the legend, which is even harder to read, I'm just planning on making a section below the map to put that in.
Borders: Those borders are there, but the continent colors are too dark for you to see them well. So, I think I'll opt for the obvious solution: Make them lighter.
Ghana: Ghana is a little island with an ocean route going to Central Africa, but you can barely see it because of the army circle. I think I'll just end up making it not a country but leave it their for effect.


Good Wade.
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Question... How do I start a new poll?
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pepperonibread wrote:Question... How do I start a new poll?


ask a mod to remove the old one and then edit first post to insert new poll.
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Looks good

Like the "Map of the future" on page 2 a bit more though

can always make human built Atols aswell
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Post by haoala »

actually, i would prefer it without you showing how the continents sank, they are i little confusing when looking at the continents
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Post by darkmagus »

If you keep the lost continental borders then I think you should make them even more subtle.
They look good but at the same time they are also slightly annoying.. (insert bad joke about girls here)
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Anarchist wrote:Looks good

Like the "Map of the future" on page 2 a bit more though


Alright, but what's that map based on?

darkmagus wrote:If you keep the lost continental borders then I think you should make them even more subtle.
They look good but at the same time they are also slightly annoying.. (insert bad joke about girls here)


Yeah, I agree, there's going to be a poll on that soon.
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Post by Jafnhár »

Looks good. However, in my opinion, the lands that have sunk could be a bit less obvious - but still clear to a careful eye.

btw, remember to add the latest update to the first page. ;)
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Post by 1st chair flute »

Wade how bout a new version of the map so we can gripe about new changes=)
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1st chair flute wrote:Wade how bout a new version of the map so we can gripe about new changes=)


It's coming.

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Do you think I should keep going with this map?

Yes
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34% [ 45 ]

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Post by Contrickster »

I think it's a great map. Keep going. If nothing else because it's such a great parody of an aspect popular culture. A broad grin breaks out on my face every time I see the latest version.
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i think the sunken lands should be much, much less obvious, perhaps make them the same colour as the sea but their bordersa are ok i guess
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Post by Anarchist »

i like being able to see the land that has sunk,it makes it look better and feel so real! :P

I think page 2 was based on elevations not sure, with ppls comments yours became less believable then the others(good map regardless)

dont mind the non-habitable zone at all!
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haoala wrote:i think the sunken lands should be much, much less obvious, perhaps make them the same colour as the sea but their bordersa are ok i guess


Yeah, I'll probably just end up making them fainter.
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As the first person to say that you should veto (hey, I used a speeling word!) the submerged stuff, I will speak for anyone else who votes for that. I think with them it looks to cluttered. Maybe if you tone it down a whole lot, but otherwise, trash them.
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wrightfan123 wrote:As the first person to say that you should veto (hey, I used a speeling word!) the submerged stuff, I will speak for anyone else who votes for that. I think with them it looks to cluttered. Maybe if you tone it down a whole lot, but otherwise, trash them.


I'm not sure if I like them that much either, but didn't you say this earlier:

wrightfan123 wrote:to answer your question, they look pretty cool...


Flip-Flop!
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pepperonibread wrote:
wrightfan123 wrote:As the first person to say that you should veto (hey, I used a speeling word!) the submerged stuff, I will speak for anyone else who votes for that. I think with them it looks to cluttered. Maybe if you tone it down a whole lot, but otherwise, trash them.


I'm not sure if I like them that much either, but didn't you say this earlier:

wrightfan123 wrote:to answer your question, they look pretty cool...


Flip-Flop!


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bump!
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what happened to the DEATH ZONE!??!
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It... died.
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