California [Quenched]

[ender516]

Yes, you have to remember when you play 1v1, the drop is essentially a 1v1v1 drop, with one player being neutral. (Starting positions will alter the math here a bit since they are divided between the two real players, but I don't think this map has any.)

[thenobodies80]

Maybe there's a solution to fix the "too" big number of neutrals....let me do some math

[thenobodies80]

I really dislike the amount of nuetrals in a one on one setting, makes the drop LITERALLY decide the game. No dice even effect it.

Perhaps I code the cities as starting positions? This would solve the issue. Thoughts, TBK?

-Sully

Starting Positions will help to have less neutral on the map but doing that, in all 4p games each player will start with 12 territories.
What do you prefer?
Usually I'm not so happy to have those type of starting numbers on a map, but we should consider that probably the weakest players will attack the stronger.

[Victor Sullivan]

There are 52 territories with 9 coded neutral cities. If the cities switch to starting positions and code them so that each player starts with one, it would solve the problem, but, of course, it doesn't do as much for 1v1s. I would certainly set the max at 2, no higher, to avoid dropped city bonuses. I'm fine with either solution.

-Sully

[thenobodies80]

So? TBK what's your thoughts on this?

[The Bison King]

So? TBK what's your thoughts on this?

hmm... I don't think they are necessary because:

Yes, you have to remember when you play 1v1, the drop is essentially a 1v1v1 drop, with one player being neutral. (Starting positions will alter the math here a bit since they are divided between the two real players, but I don't think this map has any.)

and:

There are 52 territories with 9 coded neutral cities. If the cities switch to starting positions and code them so that each player starts with one, it would solve the problem, but, of course, it doesn't do as much for 1v1s. I would certainly set the max at 2, no higher, to avoid dropped city bonuses. I'm fine with either solution.

-Sully

I guess my point is that many neutrals are annoying (and ever present in 1V1s) but they don't affect the final outcome of the match. We could add in the start positions but I don't think it would serve much of a point.

[koontz1973]

Started an 8 player game. Much better.

[MrBenn]

.... just saying....

[Victor Sullivan]

Uhhhh... What?

-Sully

[ender516]

Google Doodle honouring the discoverer of vitamin C; all that fruit looks very Californian; I see where MrBenn is coming from.

[The Bison King]

Google Doodle honouring the discoverer of vitamin C; all that fruit looks very Californian; I see where MrBenn is coming from.

It's Cool Mrbenn is from a frozen rainy wasteland, he can actually only speculate on what a warm Mediterranean clime is like.


hmm... that seemed like maybe a needless burn on England... especially considering the fact that I'm from Ohio, the capital of temperate seasonal changes...

...

Why am I talking about climates?

[MrBenn]

Google Doodle honouring the discoverer of vitamin C; all that fruit looks very Californian; I see where MrBenn is coming from.

It's Cool Mrbenn is from a frozen rainy wasteland, he can actually only speculate on what a warm Mediterranean clime is

I've never been to Siberia.

[Victor Sullivan]

Google Doodle honouring the discoverer of vitamin C; all that fruit looks very Californian; I see where MrBenn is coming from.

It's Cool Mrbenn is from a frozen rainy wasteland, he can actually only speculate on what a warm Mediterranean clime is

I've never been to Siberia.

-Sully

[ender516]

The U.K. may be rainy, but frozen it ain't, and sitting at the end of the Gulf Stream, it's a lot more moderate than most locales at its latitude.

[The Bison King]

The U.K. may be rainy, but frozen it ain't, and sitting at the end of the Gulf Stream, it's a lot more moderate than most locales at its latitude.

Yes but every year this happens:

[thenobodies80]

That was 7 January (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8447758.stm), it's called winter. All europe is in that way...(http://www.socialdust.com/images/neve-italia-2010.jpg)
Anyways, we can go back on topic before this thread becomes a weather forecast topic?

[The Bison King]

That was 7 January (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8447758.stm), it's called winter. All europe is in that way...(http://www.socialdust.com/images/neve-italia-2010.jpg)
Anyways, we can go back on topic before this thread becomes a weather forecast topic?

Wait Wait! one more!



That's me frozen somewhere in that heart shaped block of ice.

[Victor Sullivan]

Lol, don't you have territory names to fix, TBK?

-Sully

[The Bison King]

Right right, I guess thats enough about the weather:

Click image to enlarge.

Here's the changes I'm proposing

Richmond=>Napa Valley
Napa Valley=>Santa Rosa
Morro Bay=>Pismo Beach
Elderado=>Jackson(really not sure about that one if people have any suggestions for a better name there)

[Vlasov]

The name changes look good to me.

I have a somewhat radical suggestion: How about switching the colors of the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada regions? The Central San Joaquin Valley is fertile and rich in agriculture, and might look better in Green.

[Victor Sullivan]

TBK, could you post the small version (once you've figured out all the new territory names)? I may need to make coordinate adjustments.

-Sully

[lostatlimbo]

The name changes look good to me.

I have a somewhat radical suggestion: How about switching the colors of the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada regions? The Central San Joaquin Valley is fertile and rich in agriculture, and might look better in Green.

Are you joking? You've never been to California, have you?

The San Joaquin Valley looks like this:



The mountains of Sierra Nevada look like this:



I've driven through both sections countless times and can say that, if the color of the regions are meant to represent the land at all, BK got it spot on.

[lostatlimbo]

.... just saying....

WORD

Never understood why there was so much resistance to this.

[lostatlimbo]

Right right, I guess thats enough about the weather:

Click image to enlarge.

Here's the changes I'm proposing

Richmond=>Napa Valley
Napa Valley=>Santa Rosa
Morro Bay=>Pismo Beach
Elderado=>Jackson(really not sure about that one if people have any suggestions for a better name there)

FYI, the blue territory in the Bay Area legend still says Napa Valley instead of Santa Rosa.

Re: Jackson - what about San Andreas?
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=San+Andre ... =6&t=m&z=9

Stanislaus would be another option, as would Camanche. Both are prominent names in that area.

[forestwalker]

Good looking map and represents my state well. I'd only suggest that Zzyzx is an EXTREMELY tiny and obscure place. How about Mojave, Joshua Tree, or Fort Irwin as the name for that region? (most of that area IS Fort Irwin, which is why it's a big blank on maps)