Welcome to the great community map project. Here we aim to make the next best thing to sliced bread. A map made by the whole conquer club community, for the whole conquer club community. So the more you and your friends take part, the better it will be.
Here is how it will work. Over the next few weeks, we will run a series of polls. All you have to do is vote for your favoured choice or choices. See, it is that easy. The first poll is already up and running. Each poll will run for about a week. At the end, a competition will be held to see who can make the best map from the set of criteria we have all set. Be warned though, each choice you make will effect the next polls options.
[spoiler=the story so far]Poll one.
Map based on fantasy 97 votes 55% Map based on real place 79 votes 45%
Poll two.
Small map - Less than 35 regions 93 votes 13% Medium map - 35-65 region count 323 votes 45% Large map - 66-99 region maps 307 votes 42%
Poll 3.
Classic Game Play 69 votes 63% Conquest Game Play 40 votes 37%
Poll 4.
Map of a WORLD 36 votes 34% Map of a CONTINENT 18 votes 17% Map of a COUNTRY 16 votes 15% Map of a BATTLE 37 votes 35%
Poll 5.
High Fantasy / Epic Fantasy 28 votes 32% Low Fantasy 3 votes 3% Historical Fantasy 24 votes 28% Dark Fantasy 9 votes 10% Contemporary Fantasy5 votes 6% Science Fantasy 18 votes 21%
Winning Condition 27 17% Losing Condition 9 6% Auto Deploys 35 22% Decaying regions 10 6% Killer Neutrals 9 6% One way attacks 10 6% Bombardments 21 13% Long ranged attacks 17 11% Conditional Borders 20 13%
[/spoiler] Lets have some fun. To make this fun for all, we are going to be giving a few medals away each week and months. So you do not just come vote and run, each week, a player at the end of the month will receive a GC medal and 500 conquer credits. This medal will be called The Patrons Medal. To win this, all you need to do is say why you voted the way you did over the course of the month and generally participate within the thread. (2 months = 2 medals & credits) You can read more about the Patrons Medal below in the information spoiler.
Some of you would of played the competitions I have been running in the dispatch over the last few months. Well, they have now been brought here. Each week, a simple fun competition or competitions will be run. Just look out for the post that has the competitions banner in it.
A series of fast and furious tournaments will be run. You can enter these in the tournament thread. But a GA medal will also be awarded to a player in these tournaments. You need to play in the tournament and be part of this thread to have a chance of winning though. [spoiler=Information]Patrons medal
This medal is a General achievement medal only handed out twice. These are the ones most prized.
500 conquer credits will also be awarded.
The Patrons medal is awarded to the person who has made the biggest positive contribution to this project within the thread.
Competitions Medals
The competitions that have been run in the foundry dispatch, will for the duration of this, be part of this. Normal dispatch rules will apply and will be posted every time a competition takes place.
No answers posted in the thread.
All answers sent by PM to [player]koontz1973[/player]
Some competitions will have special rules. These will be posted at the beginning of that competition.
Tournaments
Tournaments will be held the normal way and to Conquer Club rules. A general achievement medal might be handed out for these as well as the tournament winners medal. More information will be in the tournaments themselves. Look out for the tournament banner.
Map specifics
Whilst this project will endeavour to include all of the communities ideas, two will not be allowed from the start. Battle Royale and 1 Vs 1.
[/spoiler] [spoiler=showing your support]You can show your support for this project in more ways than just showing up. We have an avatar and signature for you to use as well. Randomly as I travel through the forums, if I come across someone using either one, a medal will be thrown at them. Think of it like the spread the love competition. Just without the partner. Avatar
Medal awarded to [player]iamkoolerthanu[/player] (week 1) Medal awarded to [player]anamainiacks[/player] (week 2) Medal awarded to [player]bragsie[/player] (week 3) Medal awarded to [player]rjhankey[/player] (Week 4) Medal awarded to [player]macbone[/player] (Week 5) Medal awarded to [player]iAmCaffeine[/player] (Week 6) Medal awarded to [player]gilligan[/player] (Week 7)[/spoiler] [spoiler=FAQ][/spoiler]
Re: Something's Coming. Only one more day. Exciting stuff th
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 10:33 am
by koontz1973
Welcome to the last weekly competition held in the foundry in conjunction with The Great Community Map Project. We have a good one this week.
.................................................Last One
Competitions are all over now. But more will be coming to the foundry soon.
[spoiler=Competition 1 Closed winner swifte] To mark the start of the project, we have a very simple competition to start with. I like to call this one:
..........................................................Persuasion Here is how it works. You all need to get out there into the conquer club forums and persuade people to come and post here. No mass PMs allowed. Sounds simple doesn't it. Well, I never make it easy on you. The people you get to come here have to do some things to get you points.
If the person posts in this forum saying who asked them to come here = 1 point.
If the person posts in this forum saying who asked them to come here, votes and posts what he voted for = 2 points.
If the person posts in this forum saying who asked them to come here, votes and posts what he voted for and posts some constructive feedback into any drafting room thread = 5 points. Something constructive will be determined by foundry guidelines.
Example AnswersEl_Jefe asked me to post here. ................................1 point. El_Jefe asked me to post here and I voted ____________ ................................2 points. El_Jefe asked me to post here, I voted ____________ whilst leaving constructive feedback in ___________________. ................................5 points.
0 points given for answers with no names of the player who asked them to come. Examples of constructive feedback raise 3 things. 1. State what your concerns are. 2. State why you find these points concerns. 3. Most importantly, state what you believe is a good or possible solution to your concerns. The closer you get to these three points the better. Here are some rules for you.A player cannot vote for another player but can for themselves. (An easy 5 points ) A voter can change his or her vote at any time. A voter can become a player. No mass PMs allowed. You will have until this time so you better get moving. At the end of the competition, I will tally up all points. The player with the most points will win a courtesy of the foundry team. The voters for the winning player will be entered into random.org to see who wins the second .
In case of a tie, both players will be awarded the medal. Both sets of voters will be entered into one draw for the voters medal.
........................................................................................................................................................................#GCCM[/spoiler] [spoiler=Competition 2 Winner Armandolas] For our second competition, we are going to look into the future.
...............................What Can I Say? Every map that gets made, a small description needs to be written. This is what was written for Rorke's Drift.
Map Description wrote:January 1879, around 4500 Zulu warriors attacked the tiny outpost of Rorke's Drift. Under the command of Chard and Bromhead, around 130 British and 20 Natal regulars defended the outpost for 2 whole days before relief.
Below, you will find 4 descriptions for 4 different maps at different stages of map making. You will find the maps in thedrafting room, main foundryand beta mapforums. All you need to do is go hunting for which map is being described. Then when you have the four maps, send the names of them to me ([player]koontz1973[/player]) via PM.
Map 1 Battle for HIGH GROUND! Auto-deploy bonuses which increase as players conquer higher ground; higher levels bombard lower levels. The summit is the only territory that can kill starting spots. Map 2 Set of on your travels, exploring the furthest regions. Explore unknown lands with famous explorers. But watch out for monsters swim in the waters. Map 3 This is a simple map, in some ways similar to route 66, where the win objective is to hold the route. Its based on real life, but I have added a few stations and connections that would/could be built in the future. Map 4 This map incorporates resource collection (4 weapons), build-a-bonus (Capitals), auto-deploy territories, gameplay from standard CC maps, and continues the series style including two "free-for-all" regions.
[spoiler=rules]Please read through all rules.
No posting answers into the thread.
Send all answers to me [player]koontz1973[/player] via PM.
At the end of the competition, all correct answers will be entered into a random draw (Random.org) to determine the winner of the GA medal.
Disclaimer: Maps can be moved by the foundry personal at any time. So a map can go from the drafting room to the main foundry or from beta maps to the recycle bin. This will only be done per normal foundry rules and not to mess with your heads. [/size]
Good luck and have fun. [/spoiler] [spoiler= competition 3 multiple winners] For our third competition, you are going to look into the future.
...............................What Can You Say? Last week, I asked you all to look in the foundry for maps that I had posted a description of. Some of you faired better than others. But every map needs this small description written. This is what was written for Rorke's Drift.
Map Description wrote:January 1879, around 4500 Zulu warriors attacked the tiny outpost of Rorke's Drift. Under the command of Chard and Bromhead, around 130 British and 20 Natal regulars defended the outpost for 2 whole days before relief.
Now it is your turn to write one for us. Below is a list of maps at various stages of development. Click on any of the names to take you to the thread. There you will find the maps image. Write out a short description and send it to me ([player]koontz1973[/player]) with the maps image using the form below.
Get the entries submitted to me ([player]koontz1973[/player]) by 20th April for judging by the Mod-Team. For every entry that gets a majority of thumbs up, will receive a general achievement medal. One entry per player.
All entries will be judged by a crack squad of troops who recently broke out of a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by El_Jefe they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....maybe you can hire The Mod-Team.
Good luck and have fun. [/spoiler] [spoiler=competition 4 5 winners] Welcome to the forth weekly competition held in the foundry in conjunction with The Great Community Map Project.
On my travels, I stopped of at many interesting places. Can you guess where I went?
Look at the image below. In this image you will see strips of many maps. How many, I will not tell you. The strips have not been resized or altered in any way.But it is up to you to decipher the image and list all of the maps.
List all of the maps you can find. The player with the most maps found will be declared the winner. If multiple entries find all maps, multiple medals (Max of 5) will be awarded.
Get the entries to me ([player]koontz1973[/player]) bythis time.
Good luck and happy hunting.
Winners: Iron Maid dakky21 Dukasaur moler29 CJ Lues[/spoiler] [spoiler=week 5 competition multiple winners] Welcome to the fifth weekly competition held in the foundry in conjunction with The Great Community Map Project. We have a great one for you this week.
.................................................Carnival Games
Take a close look at the image below. It is from a simple childhood game of guess how many jellybean's are in the jar. Only this time, it is maps in a jar. But like jellybean's, more than one of the same colour can be in the jar.Do not send the maps names, just the number of different maps. Example 1 Midgard map = 1 map found. 2 Midgard maps = 1 map found.
The player with the closest number will be declared the winner. If multiple entries answer correctly, multiple medals (Max of 5) will be awarded.
Layer two. 10 D-Day Tank Battle USA2.1 Vancouver Mags Vertex Halloween hollows Middle East Solar System Egypt: Valley Of The Kings
Layer three. 7 maps Knights Hive Conquer 500 Feudal War Rail USA Homeworlds First Nations America
Layer four. 8 maps Cow Mystical islands Conquer 4 Mexico Hong kong Philidelphia Gilgamesh San Francisco
Layer five. 11 maps New Zealand Alamo Conquer 500 (duplicated from layer 3) Pearl Harbor Texas war CSFR Iceland Peugeot Sound Trafalgar Greater China San Marino Orient Express 1883
Layer six. 7 maps Lunar War WW2 Poland Portland Moscow Madrid Austrum Conquer Man
Layer seven. 8 maps classic (duplicated from layer 1) Africa 2 1982 Age of Merchhants Africa AOR 1 AOR2 13 colnies 8 thoughts
Layer eight. 9 maps Atlantis Bamboo Jack AOR3 Brazil Berlin Baseball Coral coast British isles Alexander's Empire
Layer nine. 6 maps Ireland Poker club Poison rome Sydney cairns metro Forbidden City
[spoiler=Week seven multiple winners]winners in order of receiving them. Bolded ones get a position medal medal. dakky21 betiko thunderhue mint-murray rjhankey Gilligan andyf23 Iron Maid
Winners of the 5 random medals andyf23 thunderhue betiko Iron Maid rjhankey
Welcome to the sixth weekly competition held in the foundry in conjunction with The Great Community Map Project. We have a great one for you this week.
A nice easy one for you this week. Last week was hard and a way to wind down is always good.
All you need to do for this one is tell me what the maps are from the anagrams below. Most are in live play, but some come from the foundry forums as well.
A Back Job Om
Arcs Mucus I Mix
Canon Trend Kit
A Land As End
Ran By Hilt
Acme Aid On
Armchair Tone
A Ed Fee Thong Kirk Rooms
Candor Tent Ink
Mod Howlers
Lash Em Gig
A Trained Group Row
Stirred Fork
Yoga Visual
Ants Cold
Need My Story
A Ocean Dim
Race Conquers Her
As we head into the busiest week for us here at #GCCM, I am feeling overly generous. 5 medals handed out randomly to 5 correct winners. A medal handed out to the 1st, 4th, 8th and 10th person to send me a correct answers. This is on top of the normal medal if they win one. Answers to me by this time.
Good luck and happy hunting.[/spoiler]
[spoiler=the last one multiple winners] Welcome to the last weekly competition held in the foundry in conjunction with The Great Community Map Project. We have a good one this week.
.................................................Last One
It seems fitting that for our last competition here at The Great Community Map Project, we celebratethe foundry and all thing within. The foundry is the place where maps are made and binned. Maps can be found in either The Atlas, Beta Maps, Main Foundry, Drafting Room or Recycle Bin.
Below, you will find an image. On that image are 13 pieces of puzzles. Can you find the right maps for each piece?
List all of the maps you can find. The player with the most maps found will be declared the winner. If multiple entries find all maps, multiple medals will be awarded. But as this is the last one, extra will be handed out. The first and last entrants will get a special medal.
Get the entries to me ([player]koontz1973[/player]) bythis time.
Good luck and happy hunting.[/spoiler]
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:07 am
by Swifte
So many maps based on real places/events already... come on Fantasy! (vote submitted)
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:11 am
by KingRat
KingRat asked me to post here and I voted for 'Real Place' Most of the maps I enjoy are based on real places I find the fantasy maps put to much emphasis on the fantasy aspect
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:12 am
by koontz1973
First tournament is posted. Follow the banner link.
Filled and started.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:16 am
by betiko
i voted a fantasy map because i think that most real places have been "mapped". why not just a map with lots of people from the CC forums community? there is one made with the clans, could be one with the forums. I don't know, some territories could have the name of certain players, and depending on the players, some could be able to bombard, some players could be autodeploys, some people that always share the same point of view could gve bonuses, some that are "enemies" could give negative bonuses if you hold both... and those maps could be updated once in a while. it could be like a running joke to see that X or Y player has been attributed this or that spot on the CC forum map this month. would be a very interactive map based on the community, with a layout that would remain the same but with names changing once a month.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:20 am
by koontz1973
@Swifte, glad to see a friendly face for the first post. Keep on coming. @betiko, the gameplay elements you talk about, autodeploys and bombardments, will be decided in the future. @KingRat, go and leave your feedback in the correct place.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:23 am
by betiko
koontz1973 wrote:@Swifte, glad to see a friendly face for the first post. Keep on coming. @betiko, the gameplay elements you talk about, autodeploys and bombardments, will be decided in the future. @KingRat, go and leave your feedback in the correct place.
well i already came up with my whole concept! so you can guess in advance what i will vote for for all your future questions!!
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:26 am
by koontz1973
betiko wrote:
koontz1973 wrote:@Swifte, glad to see a friendly face for the first post. Keep on coming. @betiko, the gameplay elements you talk about, autodeploys and bombardments, will be decided in the future. @KingRat, go and leave your feedback in the correct place.
well i already came up with my whole concept! so you can guess in advance what i will vote for for all your future questions!!
But can you persuade the others to go along with you? Not everyone likes bombards or auto deploys, so why should they be included? As for players names, I can see that, mine is already on one map. But how many RL places have thenobodies80 as a place name.
#Just For Fun. What map has my name (koontz) on it?
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:38 am
by Gilligan
koontz1973 wrote:
betiko wrote:
koontz1973 wrote:@Swifte, glad to see a friendly face for the first post. Keep on coming. @betiko, the gameplay elements you talk about, autodeploys and bombardments, will be decided in the future. @KingRat, go and leave your feedback in the correct place.
well i already came up with my whole concept! so you can guess in advance what i will vote for for all your future questions!!
But can you persuade the others to go along with you? Not everyone likes bombards or auto deploys, so why should they be included? As for players names, I can see that, mine is already on one map. But how many RL places have thenobodies80 as a place name.
#Just For Fun. What map has my name (koontz) on it?
Rorke's Drift
I guess it would depend, for me, what the place *would* be if it were a real place. I'd life to see a new Asia map (you know...not Far East). I'll have to think on my vote some more.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:49 am
by ben1212
ben1212 told me to vote. I voted for real places mostly because I dont like fake stuff and I usually incorporte fantasy with dungeons and magical things, which i dont like.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 10:55 am
by P4Ssoa
I voted for fantasy. We already have so many existing places. With the a fictional map, you can be so much more creative! I think creativity is the way to go here!
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:08 am
by chapcrap
I voted for the fantasy because we have plenty of real places. I want to see some new ideas!!
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:09 am
by Gilligan
ben1212 wrote:ben1212 told me to vote. I voted for real places mostly because I dont like fake stuff and I usually incorporte fantasy with dungeons and magical things, which i dont like.
Guys...These kinds of posts will obviously get us nowhere. OBVIOUSLY, koontz will check to the username of the poster and if it's the same as the guy that referred him, he won't be getting any points for the GA medal.
You should be posting here for the good of the foundry, not for the *chance* of a GA medal.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:15 am
by koontz1973
Gilligan wrote:
ben1212 wrote:ben1212 told me to vote. I voted for real places mostly because I dont like fake stuff and I usually incorporte fantasy with dungeons and magical things, which i dont like.
Guys...These kinds of posts will obviously get us nowhere. OBVIOUSLY, koontz will check to the username of the poster and if it's the same as the guy that referred him, he won't be getting any points for the GA medal.
You should be posting here for the good of the foundry, not for the *chance* of a GA medal.
So true, the benefit of the foundry is what we are here for.
Gilligan, the rules state you can vote for yourself for an easy 5 points. It is the others you persuade to come is what counts. The ones that would not normally come here. Just a shame noone read the rules though. You need to post feedback in any thread here.
These things always hit teething problems the first few days.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:18 am
by marpesia
Swifte wrote:So many maps based on real places/events already... come on Fantasy! (vote submitted)
Definitely voted for "fantasy"..... Thanks Swifte for directing me here!!!! I think the fantasy maps would be so cool...........and Kudo's to Swifte for promoting this project............ Marp
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:18 am
by Dukasaur
I like real places, and I like fantasy places too. This decision is tougher than I thought it would be. I might need a few days to decide.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:18 am
by Gilligan
Well, that's embarrassing. I must have missed that spoiler. I can assure you I read the whole thing.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:26 am
by dakky21
Swifte asked me to post in here. Voted for Fantasy.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:28 am
by koontz1973
Gilligan wrote:Well, that's embarrassing. I must have missed that spoiler. I can assure you I read the whole thing.
Not to worry, we all miss things now and again. Been working on this for over a month now and know every single comma, colon and syntax. But I see you did not miss the advert spoiler for the medal though.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:31 am
by Gilligan
koontz1973 wrote:
Gilligan wrote:Well, that's embarrassing. I must have missed that spoiler. I can assure you I read the whole thing.
Not to worry, we all miss things now and again. Been working on this for over a month now and know every single comma, colon and syntax. But I see you did not miss the advert spoiler for the medal though.
I would have changed my clothes here even without a random medal being thrown at my head. Could be dangerous.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:32 am
by koontz1973
Who wants to see a video of Gilligan changing his clothes?
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:35 am
by Gilligan
I don't quite have a video, but there's me building my bathtub, which would inevitably mean I change my clothes at some point:
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 11:47 am
by koontz1973
And you in it.
Re: The Great Community Map Project.
Posted: Mon Apr 01, 2013 12:14 pm
by AndyDufresne
I'd choose Kittens if I could in this poll I think. Whether it is "real" or "madeup" doesn't dramatically affect my interest in a map. As long as it is visually appealing, and appeals to my love standard or straightforward gameplay mostly, I like I like I like.
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courtesy of the foundry team. The voters for the winning player will be entered into random.org to see who wins the second 
[/spoiler]
I think the fantasy maps would be so cool...........and Kudo's to Swifte for promoting this project............