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Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:05 am
by squishyg
Fruitcake wrote:Squishy...you're such a girl...


tee hee!

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:57 am
by Streaker
Feudal War, ofcourse.

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:08 am
by Falkomagno
Woodruff wrote:For my money, Conquer Man is a pretty map.


haha...i know you are joking. is easily the worst map, together with the hive.


The best , most beautiful maps that I recall right now:

Eastern hemisphere
Macedonia
charleston
france 17 something
midgard, even if is a little too small
third Crusade
triple alliance
Ottoman empire

and Balkan Peninsula...thats the kind of maps that i like the most. Neat, good colors, nice legends, well distributed and historically enlightening

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:58 am
by AndyDufresne
I've always appreciated thematic maps, in the sense that the gameboard takes on a persona of sorts---like High Seas, Indian Empire, Battle For Iraq!, Gilgamesh, etc.


--Andy

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:02 am
by stahrgazer
I like the blues in AoR2, the teal in Treasures of Galapagos, and the soothing aesthetics in First Nations North America.

Which I'd pick for a screensaver depends on my mood, and whether I'd be willing to remove my (now deceased) pups from my screen.

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:06 am
by owenshooter
i was always partial to the "vomit" map that cooper put up in the foundry... but that was when the foundry had ZERO sense of humor and they just trashed the idea... who can trash impassable corn chunk borders?!!! anyway, now we have an entire genre of "vomit" maps like doodle earth and all the age of realm maps and people think they are cool... the original, the best and the prettiest, vace coopers vomit map... period...-the black jesus

p.s.-his hand drawn space map with astronauts and aliens was really cool too, but the foundry ran him off because it looked childish and "hand drawn"... he was so ahead of his time... and again, shows how the foundry crushed a young budding genius before he could ever flourish, because they didn't "get" it...

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:07 am
by Victor Sullivan
[bigimg]http://i1025.photobucket.com/albums/y311/Victor_Sullivan/Pachisi2lg840x611.jpg[/bigimg]
:mrgreen: :-$

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:34 pm
by natty dread
Shame on you Victor, self-advertising like that.

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Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:36 pm
by Victor Sullivan
:lol: Nice, natty...

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 2:45 pm
by Pirlo
natty_dread wrote:Shame on you Victor, self-advertising like that.

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wow natty. this map is really amazing =D>

- Andrea the Charmer :geek:

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:10 pm
by natty dread
Thanks, it should be up for beta soon.

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 3:32 pm
by InsomniaRed
I went to start a game to look at all of the maps to make sure I didn't miss one I never played, but turns out I've played all the prettiest ones. Maybe I play them because I like to look at them? (hint hint mapmakers: looks do matter)

Japan, Midgard, First Nations,Thyseneal, Brazil, Iceland, Germany, Halloween Hallows, and Age of Realms 2(maybe I like it so much because I look at it all the time...I still think it's pretty)

Honorable mentions to: Classic, Age of Merchants, British Isles, Celtic Nations, Charleston, Chicago, Dawn of Ages, Eastern Hemisphere, Flanders 1302, Indian Empire, Wales, WWII Poland, and beta map Balkan Peninsula

Maps still in Foundry that already look better than most of the maps in use: Antarctica, California, and Pachisi

-Insom

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:16 pm
by Aradhus
WWII Poland

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:25 pm
by Woodruff
Falkomagno wrote:
Woodruff wrote:For my money, Conquer Man is a pretty map.


haha...i know you are joking. is easily the worst map, together with the hive.


I'm not joking at all. Why would you say it's the worst map? Hive I can understand, due to the color monstrosity. But the colors on Conquer Man work very well together.

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 4:49 pm
by AndyDufresne
Woodruff wrote:
Falkomagno wrote:
Woodruff wrote:For my money, Conquer Man is a pretty map.


haha...i know you are joking. is easily the worst map, together with the hive.


I'm not joking at all. Why would you say it's the worst map? Hive I can understand, due to the color monstrosity. But the colors on Conquer Man work very well together.

I don't know if I would call Conquer Man pretty, but I think it is certainly fitting and cool based on its theme.


--Andy

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:08 am
by Drakneth
Japan, Midgard and Germany are perhaps my favourite looking maps. I hate the maps that are too cluttered and are too bright. Neutral colours are a vote winner.

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Wed Feb 23, 2011 3:58 pm
by targetman377
your all wrong!!! its route 66 and then duck and cover!!!!

but the jumbo Indian map is the best one i saw ever and can't wait to play it i love big maps that map looks great!!!!

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:48 pm
by oaktown
targetman377 wrote:your all wrong!!! its route 66 and then duck and cover!!!!

I couldn't agree more. 8-)

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:07 pm
by squishyg
oaktown wrote:
targetman377 wrote:your all wrong!!! its route 66 and then duck and cover!!!!

I couldn't agree more. 8-)


this thread was a bait for oaktown to come and post so i could shower him with accolades for making some of my favorite maps on CC!

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:11 pm
by Victor Sullivan
squishyg wrote:
oaktown wrote:
targetman377 wrote:your all wrong!!! its route 66 and then duck and cover!!!!

I couldn't agree more. 8-)


this thread was a bait for oaktown to come and post so i could shower him with accolades for making some of my favorite maps on CC!

I kinda thought oaktown died or something :?

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 11:51 pm
by Dukasaur
I think the perspective view of San Francisco is pretty stunning.

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:02 am
by Commander9
Poker club - maybe some people even would not recognize that I'm playing risky.

As far as beautiful maps go, it's between Nap Empire and Atlantis.

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:13 am
by AndyDufresne
Of our oldest maps (I.E. those developed in 2006, see this post for reference dates) that haven't gone through a REVAMP, I think Hong Kong has stood the test of increased Foundry Standards pretty well, compared to many of the other early maps.


--Andy

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:39 am
by natty dread
AndyDufresne wrote:Of our oldest maps (I.E. those developed in 2006, see this post for reference dates) that haven't gone through a REVAMP, I think Hong Kong has stood the test of increased Foundry Standards pretty well, compared to many of the other early maps.


Yeah, about that... can I revamp it? :mrgreen:

Re: Which map is the prettiest?

Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:41 am
by InsomniaRed
natty_dread wrote:
AndyDufresne wrote:Of our oldest maps (I.E. those developed in 2006, see this post for reference dates) that haven't gone through a REVAMP, I think Hong Kong has stood the test of increased Foundry Standards pretty well, compared to many of the other early maps.


Yeah, about that... can I revamp it? :mrgreen:

Oh for the love of all that is holy, yes please.