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Washington, D.C. Map

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:36 am
by atr1989
I was wondering what you guys think about a D.C. map (for those who don't know, the Capital of the United States).

I have an image I can use, but if you could find a better one that would be great.

The image is at


http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/washington-dc/map.php


I took out all of the names. Now I'm going to have to find some territory names.

So what do you think?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:39 am
by fireedud
I think it's a good idea, but it might be better if u made it that virginia didn't take back the land and Washington is a complete diamond.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:40 am
by mibi
sure, have at it.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:02 pm
by atr1989
I'm having trouble figuring out how to make a layout for the map and put it on here. Any help?

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:57 pm
by atr1989
Here is just a basic idea of what the layout would look like. I would have Northwest (red), Northeast (purple), Southwest (green), Southeast (brown), and the Capitol District (blue). I know I need to make the picture sharper and create better colors, but what do you think?

Image

D.C. Layout

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 2:59 pm
by atr1989
Image

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:00 pm
by atr1989
I also plan on adding harbors along the rivers connecting a few of the territories just to make it a little bit more interesting.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:11 pm
by Dmunster
fireedud wrote:I think it's a good idea, but it might be better if u made it that virginia didn't take back the land and Washington is a complete diamond.


I agree. It would be cool if you had arlington in there. It could be its own continent. Then you could have fun with all the bridges. =)

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:16 pm
by ParadiceCity9
You gotta change up the colors, I think.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:17 pm
by Dmunster
Or you could break it up into three or four continents (Mt.Vernon, Old Town Alexandria, Roslyn and Shirlington).

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:19 pm
by Dmunster
atr1989 wrote:Here is just a basic idea of what the layout would look like. I would have Northwest (red), Northeast (purple), Southwest (green), Southeast (brown), and the Capitol District (blue). I know I need to make the picture sharper and create better colors, but what do you think?

Image


Funny that you would make southeast brown. :lol: Thats where we used to get our pot when we were in a bind.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:26 pm
by atr1989
If I make it so that there are 9 total continents I'm guessing I should take out about half the countries in each continent? Because I think there are too many right now if I were to do that

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:26 pm
by Kem Rixen
I really think this is a neat idea, though, it's a little bland at the moment...Here are some ideas I had.
  • Subway stations in some of the countries.
  • Being able to attack countries on the rivers, but only downstream. Maybe just some of the countries.
  • Smaller continents, or at least make some of them smaller, in my opinion it would be really hard to hold even one.
  • Images of landmarks around D.C. so it would feel more like Washington D.C.

You don't need to use any of those, but I think it would be excellent if you used at least one.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:27 pm
by ParadiceCity9
Dmunster wrote:
atr1989 wrote:Here is just a basic idea of what the layout would look like. I would have Northwest (red), Northeast (purple), Southwest (green), Southeast (brown), and the Capitol District (blue). I know I need to make the picture sharper and create better colors, but what do you think?

Image


Funny that you would make southeast brown. :lol: Thats where we used to get our pot when we were in a bind.



lmfao

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:48 pm
by fireedud
atr, keep ur posts regarding the same map in the same topic.

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 3:49 pm
by PimpCaneYoAss
good idea keep working on it

New Map Layout

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 10:49 pm
by atr1989
This is the revised map. I have not included any territory or continent names, but I included Arlington and Olde Town Alexandria due to the requests of some.

The continents:

Northwest (orange) - 6 territories

Northeast (yellow) - 5 territories

Southeast (brown) - 4 territories

Southwest (green) - 3 territories

The Mall (blue) - 4 territories

North Arlington (grey) - 3 territories

South Arlington (light green) - 5 territories

Olde Town Alexandria (purple) - 3 territories


I think the continents need a few more territories. What do you think?

I still plan to add bridges and harbors to make it better. I will probably redo this map in an actual program like Fireworks or something like that (I did this in Paint). Any suggestions on what to use?


Image

PostPosted: Fri Apr 06, 2007 11:12 pm
by Unit_2
that looks better

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 12:33 am
by plysprtz
why don't you have it were the white house could be an additional army and the Washington monument and Lincoln monuments could be the same. and if you have them all they could be worth 5 extra armies or have them attack each other. i don't know but it needs to feel more like Washington d.c not like all other maps with anchors harbors and subways

New Borders

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:12 am
by atr1989
I know this isn't a priority right now, but I accidentally clicked on my border when I was filling something with color and the borders turned white. I think the white and gray both look better than the black border. What do you think?

(Territory names be put up later today)

Gray borders

Image


White borders

Image

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:34 am
by ParadiceCity9
I like the black best

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:03 am
by fireedud
I like black the best, it goes with the "feel" of the map.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 9:21 am
by PimpCaneYoAss
I think gray strains the eyes a bit...still to black or white which adds to the whole DC feel

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:57 am
by ParadiceCity9
ya you've got too many continents with only 3 or 4 territories in them.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 10:58 am
by PimpCaneYoAss
I agree the continents are simply not big enough to support more than 3 or 4 countries which really kills some playability...keep working