Map of the Fortnight: Main Discussion Thread

[water123]

I like The Mapmaker Lies Heavy

 

[Wendell]

@JoeyB2198 Why were the Tatars pushed west? Or do I misunderstand what Tartaria is on your map?

 

[JoeyB2198]

@JoeyB2198 Why were the Tatars pushed west? Or do I misunderstand what Tartaria is on your map?

Yeah, the Tartaria on that map is not where Tatarstan actually is - my basemap was this one: https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/186-europe-if-the-nazis-had-won.

I don't actually know if there was a deportation plan in place or what.

 

[Wendell]

I can't see the full map there.

 

[JoeyB2198]

Here's a reupload:

 

[Dr. No]

Abandon The Big Ben
Make a map of the spacious and permanent relocation of a national capital. Up to this point, the country shall not have had an own historic precedent for this endeavor and the abandoned capital shall have the status of an undisputed primate city in its country.

(TL;DR: Monocentric countries with big heads as capitals that don't create a New-World-style planned city but use a grown city in another part of the country to grow organically into a new capital city.)

 

[Kaiphranos]

New threads are up! Thank you to all the entrants in MotF 180 - I enjoyed seeing all the different ways people took the challenge.

MotF 180: About Face - Voting Thread
MotF 181: The Mapmaker Lies Heavy - Entries Thread

 

[AP246]

I'm kinda new to the contests at this place. My question is, can you post a map you've already made previously, or does it have to be made after the contest is announced?

 

[Kaiphranos]

I'm kinda new to the contests at this place. My question is, can you post a map you've already made previously, or does it have to be made after the contest is announced?

Hello and welcome! For Map of the Fortnight, your map can't have been posted anywhere online prior to the contest announcement. (So previously "unpublished" works are eligible if they fit the theme for the round.) Hope that answers your question!

 

[Zek Sora]

Hello and welcome! For Map of the Fortnight, your map can't have been posted anywhere online prior to the contest announcement. (So previously "unpublished" works are eligible if they fit the theme for the round.) Hope that answers your question!

Huh, weird. I always thought that the rule was that it had to be made in two weeks.

 

[Kaiphranos]

Huh, weird. I always thought that the rule was that it had to be made in two weeks.

I would guess that's the case 99% of the time, but if you've made something and never showed it to anyone before, how am I going to be able to tell?

 

[Scorpio Retindar]

Any advice on how to create alternate maps? I don't know how...

 

[Baconheimer]

There are so many possibilities...

 

[Baconheimer]

Any advice on how to create alternate maps? I don't know how...

Oh I’ll try to post something later on that. It’ll be a bit basic.

I assume you’re asking about what to use as a base, not for ideas, right?

 

[Zek Sora]

I would guess that's the case 99% of the time, but if you've made something and never showed it to anyone before, how am I going to be able to tell?

Fair point.

 

[Scorpio Retindar]

Oh I’ll try to post something later on that. It’ll be a bit basic.

I assume you’re asking about what to use as a base, not for ideas, right?

Yea, I already have my own idea. Probably isn't that good, but still...

 

[Reagent]

so if I'm understanding this contest prompt correctly, it is essentially asking us to map a DBWI?

 

[Kaiphranos]

so if I'm understanding this contest prompt correctly, it is essentially asking us to map a DBWI?

Yep, pretty much!

 

[Tsar of New Zealand]

Yep, pretty much!

So is it correct to interpret the challenge as being like The Grasshopper Lies Heavy in terms of being an ATL's idea of a world where the POD didn't happen, rather than simply the ATL's idea of a scenario like OTL?

 

[Scorpio Retindar]

So is it correct to interpret the challenge as being like The Grasshopper Lies Heavy in terms of being an ATL's idea of a world where the POD didn't happen, rather than simply the ATL's idea of a scenario like OTL?

Yes.