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#723
August 18th, 2012, 01:38 AM
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I keep coming back to this thread, and have been meaning to read more (I've only read the first dozen or so updates) but it can be difficult to find my place again. Do you think you can start an updates-only thread in the writer's forum?
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#724
August 18th, 2012, 11:32 AM
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Long ago I promised a map, and now it is ready.
It is too big to post as a picture directly, it would be necessary to shrink it to 30 percent for the size demands to be fulfilled. So here comes a link http://www.filedropper.com/kon4 I hope you like it! Dannil
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#725
August 18th, 2012, 11:39 AM
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#729
August 19th, 2012, 12:20 PM
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I like www.box.net myself. You need an account to upload, and the storage space freely available without paying isn't *that* great, but it's sufficient for things like this, I think. That's what I use for stuff too big to be hosted on imgur without quality loss, at least.
Of course, the best alternative is probably deviantART or a different site similar to it. Nice map by the way! 
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#731
August 19th, 2012, 03:08 PM
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Imgur allows big files, but in the case of maps with a filesize as large as this one, the image quality will be significantly reduced.
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#732
August 19th, 2012, 04:29 PM
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Imageshack.us is what I use for big map files.
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#733
September 18th, 2012, 07:33 AM
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Redbeard, would it be rude to request another one of your brilliant updates?
Det ville have være meget sjovt(danish?)
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#734
September 18th, 2012, 06:45 PM
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I'm working on it, but I've been terribly busy at work since coming home from Alaska. I got a fine 9+ foot Brownbear  but it takes time to catch up after being away for two weeks in the "high season"  I hope to have something next week (I'm away from the net until monday). BTW your Danish is perfect Regards Steffen Redbeard
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#735
September 24th, 2012, 01:22 PM
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Nice to hear that the hunting went well. Looking forward to the next update, but take your time.
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#736
October 12th, 2012, 02:30 PM
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Redbeard?
Reeedbeeeaaard? I hate to nag but I do miss your spectacular updates on this TL!
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#738
February 20th, 2013, 01:37 PM
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Hi guys!
Sorry for having been away for so long time, but it has been a frightfully busy autumn at work and most of my spare time (after family had taken their part) has been spent hunting. I’ve had a very good hunting season, but now I need to exercise my head too. So here I, and the entire KoN and all its friends and foes are back! Summary 1640: The KoN and HRE are still at war with the Empires of France-Spain and Russia, but on all fronts things are not moving much. KoN and the HRE control most of the Balkans, but Russia still is in command of Constantinople and thus has potential access to the Mediterranean and the world seas. Keeping Russia away from the oceans clearly was the main objective for the KoN and King Wilhjalm now is faced by the difficult decision of whether to continue the war, and indebt his Kingdom for decades to come, or stop now and brag as much as possible about what had been achieved. King Wilhjalm spent quite a lot of time studying his Advisory Board’s estimates of how much a continued effort to take Constantinople would cost – it was staggering. Keeping a man fighting across the Black sea not only cost four or five times more than a man fighting in Northern Europe, but besides that keeping a large number of men fighting for years far away from home in itself put a tremendous strain on the Kingdom’s military and social system. No doubt an incredible number of well trained and well equipped men could be fielded in very short time, but a large number of those men had jobs and families. For a season or two families, employers and colleagues would gladly take an extra burden, but everything had its limit, and according to reports from back home, people increasingly talked about “the King draining our family/business”. What ordinary people talked about largely should be ignored, but many Town Councils had complained about the prices of labour rising sharply and much of the harvest of 1639 rotted on the fields as sufficient hands were not present to harvest. Wilhjalm seriously had considered ending the war completely and withdrawing all troops, but not at least his mother Queen Sofia, had warned him against that. “Quitting now will waste everything spent so far. The Jews and the Kaiser will not stand up alone, and even if they did, they would only do it on their own behalf and not yours. And what about the King of France-Spain? Do you think he will just sit idle behind his border fortresses when you withdraw? No, he will fall upon you as soon as he spots a point of weakness. I agree that Constantinople simply is outside our direct reach, but if we can’t strike at Constantinople, we will have to strike somewhere else!” Wilhjalm, and everybody else instinctly knew she was right, but where should that strike be? Krumvæld and his army was in fine shape on the border to France-Spain, but remembering past experiences having an extra go at the French-Spanish heartland really didn’t appear like how to wage war with low costs! Some proposed landing an army from England in combination with an offensive from Krumvæld, but it was soon agreed that would only piss off the English town councils as well on top of the Baltic which so far had taken most of the burden. Lennart of Elvsborg however had done superbly against the Russians and now was in winter quarters near Smolensk. He could reach Moscow by summer and then turn south to establish control over the waterways connecting the capital of the upstart Czar and his new Black Sea Possessions. It was agreed that such an operation was best performed with a limited force like the 35.000 men under Lennart’s command now. They had to rely mainly on living off the land, as supplying them was too costly and probably insurmountable anyway. 35.000 men also was considered the largest force that could live off the land without being dispersed too much. Anyway, without further offensive operations in France or in the Black Sea only a small number of replacements needed to be sent outside their home areas. Monetary costs also were reduced drastically, even if considerable sum were put into naval operations (incl. Jewish privateers in the Med.) and support of the Kaiser in Vienna. “So be it!” King Wilhjalm concluded: “The dices are rolling!” To be continued... Regards Steffen Redbeard
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