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Golfe du St-Laurent: Tisha Wins!

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 11:37 am
by Industrial Helix
Alright folks, here are the run off contestants. You've got one week.
Runoff Poll Choices:

Tisha
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Isaiah40
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Original Entries:
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Entry 1
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Entry 2
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Entry 3
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Entry 4
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Entry 5
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Original Rules:
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Bonjour foundry goers!

Some of you might be aware of a certain map that quite nearly made it but sank into confusion in the Final Forge last year. I'm talking about a promising map called Golfe du St-Laurent. It's a standard gameplay map, something we haven't seen a great amount of in the foundry lately, and will make a nice addition to the map choices. The challenge I put to you is to graphically overhaul the map in whatever manner your see fit, provided it meets the following criteria:

1) The bonuses values, regions, names and territory connections remain unchanged.
2) The map depicts the gulf of the St. Lawrence.

Here's a quick mock up of the gameplay situation that made it to the FF:
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http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/3/21/ ... uebeca.jpg

How to Play
Contestants must submit Final Forge quality images, jpg or png, for both the small and large size map. Please host your image on imageshack, photobucket or something comparable. If I cannot view the image by the deadline, the entry will be disqualified. The standard size limits on the maps apply to the entries, but otherwise exact dimensions are up to the mapmaker. By submitting, contestant agrees to make any requested graphics changes during the map's stay in the Final Forge.

All entries must be submitted by February 12th, 2011 CC Time: 2011-02-15 23:59:00

Entries will be shortlisted by the foundry staff and a vote of the best maps will commence within five days of deadline. All submissions will be anonymous until a clear winner has been determined. Please submit both large and small images via PM to, yours truly, Industrial Helix.

Orange-Idaho-Dog, the original XMLer for the stalled map, will be lending his hand to write the XML

Standard Conquer Club copyright principles apply: The author retains copyright on their work, and gives Conquer Club permission to use the imagery free of charge, for as long as Conquer Club sees fit on the Conquer Club website. Conquer Club cannot sell, lease, or lend the right to use the images to anyone else. The author swears that their map is their own work, or a legal derivative work and by submitting it, do hereby claim all responsibility for that being true.

Prizes The winner will receive one year of premium membership, as well as an achievement medal and a mapmaking medal. The final runners-up will receive achievement medals for competing.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:04 pm
by Victor Sullivan
The image isn't working for me, Helix :(

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:10 pm
by grifftron
Victor Sullivan wrote:The image isn't working for me, Helix :(
Not showing for me either.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:20 pm
by samuelc812
Works fine for me....

~Sam

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 9:49 pm
by isaiah40
I see the image, must your computers ;)

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 2011 10:52 pm
by thenobodies80
Sometimes it doesn't show....it could happen with hosting sites.
I've added a second small link under the map into the first post just in case it doesn't show again. ;)

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:33 am
by Victor Sullivan
Thanks. The pic is still not showing up, but the link works.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:35 am
by grifftron
Victor Sullivan wrote:Thanks. The pic is still not showing up, but the link works.

same here... I might give it a shot, sounds fun.

-griff

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 12:04 pm
by natty dread
Ooh, another contest...

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2011 6:39 pm
by keiths31
This was a nice looking map that I was looking forward to playing until it died in the water. Good luck to all who try getting this up and going again.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:05 am
by BrendanGillis
Woohoo! I thought I would never get to play CC on a map of my own backyard after the first attempt was a bust, but looks like there is hope yet! Sadly I am not a graphic artist and can't make a submission, but good luck to everyone who submits. I would like to point out to any potenial cartographers out there that the blob representing Cape Breton is quite misshapen, both on the rough mock-up above and the Golfe map that was sent to the recycle bin so many months ago. Hopefully the new map makers can address this in their entries.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:05 pm
by AndyDufresne
keiths31 wrote:This was a nice looking map that I was looking forward to playing until it died in the water. Good luck to all who try getting this up and going again.
My thoughts too. It looks like a map that I'd put into my rotation.


--Andy

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:27 pm
by natty dread
I would like to point out to any potenial cartographers out there that the blob representing Cape Breton is quite misshapen, both on the rough mock-up above and the Golfe map that was sent to the recycle bin so many months ago.
Hmm... I wonder if it's because Cape Breton is so phallic in shape... CC is a family friendly site after all ;)

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:52 pm
by BoyWonder
look simple i would give it a go

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 6:03 pm
by Orange-Idaho-Dog
Good luck to all who submit an entry. I really want to see this map on the site someday lol.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 11:00 pm
by isaiah40
Hmmm .... I just might let my fingers do some doodling! :D

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 12:09 am
by Pirlo
wow another sexy map =D> =D> =D>

thanks for all people who made it possible

- Andrea the Charmer :geek:

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:21 am
by ghirrindin
Truth be told, I'd play the sample map if you cleaned up the borders and connecting dots.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:52 am
by Industrial Helix
ghirrindin wrote:Truth be told, I'd play the sample map if you cleaned up the borders and connecting dots.

Yeah, but its pretty plain. Wait until you see the entries before you make a such a judgment ;) I got a feeling that they're going to be some good ones.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 9:55 am
by Bruceswar
Is there an image available without the names of the places listed? Just for the sake of getting the borders right.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:25 pm
by Industrial Helix
It's messy, but if it helps you:
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Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:13 pm
by ghirrindin
Industrial Helix wrote:
ghirrindin wrote:Truth be told, I'd play the sample map if you cleaned up the borders and connecting dots.

Yeah, but its pretty plain. Wait until you see the entries before you make a such a judgment ;) I got a feeling that they're going to be some good ones.
Heh, I was only poking gentle fun at the map's purgatorial status in the foundry. There is something to be said about a simple, clean, crisp map, but yes, I'm looking forward to the entries.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Tue Jan 18, 2011 10:46 pm
by Bruceswar
Thx.. That works.. just wanted to make sure I have the borders right.

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:22 pm
by isaiah40
I noticed a couple of spelling mistakes, can I use the correct spelling for those couple of territories?

Re: Golfe du St-Laurent [GFX Contest]

Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:24 pm
by keiths31
isaiah40 wrote:I noticed a couple of spelling mistakes, can I use the correct spelling for those couple of territories?
What spelling mistakes? Keep in mind that the terts used the French spelling.