The map that will never be

[lch]

Agrajag said:
Piqued by Ich's post I looked around my file system and according to filestamps the best I could come up with is that I first used asshat "definitely before 2006. probably around 2002.", so that doesn't tell me much :S

Your interest made me look a little further and it seems that asshats are popular since the 60s to 70s at least.

DigitalSin said:
I just assume almost all 40+ers are like my parents.. technologically incompetent.

Ah, so I am not alone. Phew.

[Edratman]

DigitalSin said:
Ah yes. Me being a youngun, I have no grasp of how varied the interweb is, I just assume almost all 40+ers are like my parents.. technologically incompetent.

But if you give it one moment of thought you will come to the realization that we (the 40+ers) invented the technology, the web and PC gaming. So not only are some of us technically capable, but also living proof that "once a true gamer, always a true gamer".

There are a couple of us on this forum who have been gaming since the first week, if not the first day, of the home computer. The first PC game I played came on a cassette, identical to the cassettes used for stereos. I will always remember the thrill I got when something I did triggered the cassette drive, because it always meant that I did something right. It was another year or two before the 5" floppy came out. And I was in my early 30's at this time.

[JimMorrison]

I love map!

<3

I really like dashed borders, but I'll throw in with the solid borders lot on this one, probably because of the nice translucent lines.

[HoneyBadger]

I'm going to vote for solid, translucent, and dashed borders, all in one map. Why? Because that way, it looks more like a real map, with crazy regional dividers, with a human behind it, crossing things out and modifying things behind the scenes.

For reasons of clarity, though, I'll go with translucent lines.

[Psientist]

Kris O - do you have the sea / land as separate layer files? I don't want to be presumptuous or anything, and I am sensitive to the tremendous amount of creative ownership you've put into this map... but I was interested in applying some of the shading/ texturing effects I experimented with for my Antilarium map. It's a major effort you have here, and I was moved to see if I could make a small art contribution.

[Kristoffer O]

The map has several layers.

Background, waterlayover, grass, stuff, forest, civilization, borders, dots. IIRC.

I intend to give you the layered gimp-file so you can cut and paste mountains and sites into your own maps.

[Ballbarian]

That would be very cool KO!

[Kristoffer O]

Testing attachments in the new forum.

I'm also testing the picture gallery.

Cave provinces added to map.

[Dedas]

I'm drooling all over this map (sorry).

[Ballbarian]

The detail is amazing KO!
Really looking forward to playing on this one.