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natty dread wrote:I'm going to start my own site and name it General Command.





I've had it with this fucking site. Ooh, have I not kissed enough admin ass to be allowed to make their "very special" maps? Probably some useless f*ck who knows nothing about maps gets to make this map now, or whatever.Hello natty,
Unfortunately, after a bit of discussion, behind the scenes, with the site admins, it has been brought to my attention that the theme of a larger world map has been reserved for future use, for this reason "the site" can't give to you the approval for a map of that type.
If you have problem with this decision, feel free to send a PM directly to AndyDufresne.

i would be too if somebody told me:The Bison King wrote:Is he serious?
remember, in that size you also need to fit in the legend in a clear font and with extremely redundant explanation of each gameplay concept so that each sentence will be hella long. and also the continent bonusses and such.DiM wrote:general? pff, go for field marshal. it's higher ranked.
also you need to fit this in the soon to be new sizes of 500*500 for large and 350*350 for small.
maybe if you play nice you'll be allowed a supersize of 600*600.
Whatever happened to Map making is a privilege not a right?DiM wrote:i would be too if somebody told me:The Bison King wrote:Is he serious?
"hey nice map you have there bud. too bad you wasted your time with it cause we decided we're gonna get your idea and make a behind the stage map so yours is not allowed"
i'm also assuming i'm no longer allowed to pursue my world 3.0 map.
Does this just not apply to you Natty?Natty Dread wrote:Now guys, can we PLEASE stop doing this? This whole thing of "if I don't get my way I'll just quit working on this!"
so if lackattack came to you and told you to abandon your colonial africa because he's planning on letting somebody make a colonial africa map behind the scenes sometime in the future, would you simply say: "yes sir, your wish is my command" and then abandon your work?The Bison King wrote: Whatever happened to Map making is a privilege not a right?
Yeah, but is it that surprising that the site lay claim to the basic world map? I'm not saying that he doesn't have a right to being upset but pulling every map he had in production is as collateral over this one issue, is how you say, an over-reaction. I hope he reconsiders and at least allows the maps he had in the final forge to finish out.DiM wrote:so if lackattack came to you and told you to abandon your colonial africa because he's planning on letting somebody make a colonial africa map behind the scenes sometime in the future, would you simply say: "yes sir, your wish is my command" and then abandon your work?The Bison King wrote: Whatever happened to Map making is a privilege not a right?
It is, actually. It used to be that maps were made in the foundry (disregarding certain "special event seasonal surprise maps"). It used to be that if two mapmakers had the same idea, both had the right to pursue it, and whoever had the better execution and more commitment to the process would get his/her map done. When I made my nordic countries map, there was another nordic countries map (sans iceland) being developed at the same time, but I eventually got my map done, and the other map stalled. That's how it should be - the survival of the fittest.The Bison King wrote:Yeah, but is it that surprising that the site lay claim to the basic world map?
