Map Contest Two: Discussion
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Diamond
Banned
I dunno. I think the line effect is distracting, at least in black. The choice of colors works well by itself IMO.
Yes, but it appeared too clean to me. Maybe if the lines were in the background rather than the foreground and were a bright blue.. or maybe if I just sharpened it...
I think I ran out of blues for the US allies. There might be a few repeats in there... Also know that I think about it the Soviet Union's color should either have been darkened, or faded to fit in more with the map.
TheLoneAmigo
Donor
I dunno about that... it's a map competition, not a timeline competition - I mean, the scenario conveyed /by the map/ should be assessed, yes, but I don't think the chunk of text above it is necessarily relevant.
Of course, I might be thinking this just because I'm lazy and don't want to write a two-page TL for every map I draw.
Diamond
Banned
I think you're right. That's how I tended to judge things in the first contest, anyway.
I'd like to think a map tells a story, so I'd like to see them look how close the scenario matches the map.
Well, I personaly will judge the maps based on three things
Originality, Plausability, and nice-ness.
And let us all recall the famous quote:
'A picture tells a thousand words.'
Susano
Banned
Okay, map takes longer than I thought it would. Maybe it is my utter inability to focus on anyth... oh! A butterfly! *chases butterfly*
Ehem. Where was I? Ah yes. I do not think the written timeline should hve much weight, if any weight at all, but I do think that the timeline as presented in the map should play a role. Also the level of detail should play a role, IMO. That is the relative level of detail - it is clear that an Europe map will have much more detail, in absolute terms, than a world map.
Ehem. Where was I? Ah yes. I do not think the written timeline should hve much weight, if any weight at all, but I do think that the timeline as presented in the map should play a role. Also the level of detail should play a role, IMO. That is the relative level of detail - it is clear that an Europe map will have much more detail, in absolute terms, than a world map.
Thande
Donor
Hmm, I wonder where you got that idea fromWell, I personaly will judge the maps based on three things
Originality, Plausability, and nice-ness.
Glen
Moderator
Thanks, Diamond. I wanted something that would show allegiances without losing the various national colors, and that would be doable in the time I had.
I'm particularly proud of the little fasces I made for Pact of Steel.
BTW, I was originally thinking of offing Mussolini, but someone else beat me to the punch....
Thande
Donor
Diamond, what's with Ireland? (Hey, that nearly rhymed )
How can there be 'an uprising in Ireland' when it was already the separate Irish Free State at that point? I mean, if you meant Northern Ireland, then okay, but why is southern Ireland apparently part of the UK again in 1950?
Otherwise I like the style and the scenario...a WW2-scale WW1 is pretty horrifying...
(Hey, that nearly rhymed )How can there be 'an uprising in Ireland' when it was already the separate Irish Free State at that point?
I mean, if you meant Northern Ireland, then okay, but why is southern Ireland apparently part of the UK again in 1950? Otherwise I like the style and the scenario...a WW2-scale WW1 is pretty horrifying...
Diamond
Banned
Yes, I meant Northern Ireland. My thinking was that Free State sympathizers, along with German provocateurs, managed to rouse enough of Ireland into a state of near-war with Britain in support of the North that it eventually did turn into a full-scale war.Diamond, what's with Ireland?
How can there be 'an uprising in Ireland' when it was already the separate Irish Free State at that point?
Otherwise I like the style and the scenario...a WW2-scale WW1 is pretty horrifying...
Thande
Donor
Susano: Interesting scenario and quite a good map IMO, but your location for Sheffield is way off - that looks like it's more like Leicester. Leaving aside the question of why the Germans choose to nuke three admittedly industrial but hard to reach towns rather than just attacking London... Or are Allied air defences over London heavy enough to stop their bomber getting through?
Or are Allied air defences over London heavy enough to stop their bomber getting through?Susano
Banned
Problem was I first wrote "Great Britain" and then thought "Oh shi... I still wanted to note the nuke sites"So I had to put them inbetween the text Well. The reason why not London (or, the other way round, Berlin for that matter!) was attacked was because neither side wanted full escalation. So they started with cities where a nuke would hurt, but not too much. Had the nuclear exchange gone on, the next batch of cities would have been Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh (if it can be reached...), Cologne, Frankfurt, Essen... and eventually Berlin and London.
Well. The reason why not London (or, the other way round, Berlin for that matter!) was attacked was because neither side wanted full escalation. So they started with cities where a nuke would hurt, but not too much. Had the nuclear exchange gone on, the next batch of cities would have been Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh (if it can be reached...), Cologne, Frankfurt, Essen... and eventually Berlin and London.