Map of the Fortnight: All Stars Invitational | Interest Thread
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4 is probably the most practical, although it may be a bit too advantageous to people who have won many rounds over those who won a single one, so maybe it’d be a good idea to allow those who only won a single round to make an updated version of a map they submitted but didn’t win.
1 isn’t bad but would fit a normal MOTF round better
Not sure what’s the relation between the subject and 2; 3 and 5 are good, although i’d prefer 3 personally
Quite a valid point, this. I also am not gunna lie and say I've largely forgotten which and how many of these I've won, on what prompts...
Since it seems like folks are leaning more towards 4, you can check your previous wins here: https://www.alternatehistory.com/wiki/doku.php?id=alternate_history:map_of_the_fortnight_rounds
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How closely does the map need to be based on the previous one? Can it feature another region and/or a different time period as long as it is set in the same world and timeline?
It doesn't have to be exactly the same, make adjustments as you see fit, as long as it's generally an update or continuation of the map you won with.
That's a good point, I included which contest it won but not actually a link to the original map. I'll edit that into the writeup.
Can the voting be done via a star mechanism, where everyone can give each map up to 3 stars, similar to the Pattern of the Year voting on conwaylife.com? The votes would be tallied via a script. This would allow for people to choose more than one map, and give a better representation for maps after the first.
Alas sadly I haven't really found the time to finish up mine. Shall give this a miss
Right here
Map of the Fortnight: All Stars Invitational
This Is My Legacy The Challenge Make an updated map of a Map of the Fortnight contest that you won. The Restrictions There are no restrictions on when your PoD or map may be set. Fantasy, sci-fi, and future maps are allowed, but blatantly implausible (ASB) maps are not. If you're not sure...
www.alternatehistory.com
I can’t imagine Eastern Europe having no illegal production hotspots.
Frankly in Yugoslavia such laws would lead to a revolt, practically every Christian household in the countryside produced its own rakija or wine, at least (this is an estimate off experience) 1 in 5, and it’s seen as an essential part of the culture by many. Serbs in particular would go ballistics “we didn’t keep our lifestyle through centuries of Turkish oppression just for our own rulers to take away our booze now” would be an unironic sentiment.
Oh, for sure. I didn't make it too realistic, mainly focused in making a pretty poster (for which there's a lot of room for improvement). I'm going to be honest, that idea was a last resort because I *really* wanted to submit something for that fortnight's edition.
I haven't decided much on Eastern European lore, but I'd go with the KGB cracking down on a lot of illegal breweries in USSR-aligned countries during the 50s and 60s, with a reeducation campaign for the younger generation, making people *want* less alcohol than usual. Yugoslavia can't really be justified, I wanted to do something with it (being a not-pro-USSR socialist nation was very unique) but never came down to figuring it out.