greenoaks wrote:i got the 9 terts thing from the first page, i couldn't find anywhere stating it had changed.
The 5 very square outlines are the Battalions. Except for 2nd, the big one, each will have 9 territories (2nd has 10), with 4 entrance points per Battalion.
Chyeah, that changed when I found out that sticking 9 territories in that small a space was ridiculous. Original post is heavily heavily out of date.
- i have always thought a beautiful lawn makes a world of difference and this map is no exception. love the grass.
Thank you much, the beauty of lower-noise grass.
- i have difficulty reading the legend, particularly the 4th battalion. does it need to have a grass background.
If you have any suggestions for what other background to give it, I'm all ears. I forgot to change the bonuses to the new font, and likely didn't make the glow around them more prominent. Small oversight...
- i don't understand the building names. now i realise they are probably the real names but LeTellier Hall conveys nothing to me. neither does Mark Clark Hall, Thompson Hall, Grimsley Hall, ROTC, Capers Hall, Byrd Hall, Ducket Hall & Bond Hall. what are the purposes of those buildings ? keeping those names is sure to impress those who have attended that academy while leaving the rest of us in the dark.
Each one is named after someone who has contributed a lot to the school, whether by being a president (Grimsley), a well-respected teacher (LeTellier), or a great donor (Daniel). Now in order, Mark Clark Hall is the "student life" building (as close as a military college gets to one), Thompson the Math building, Grimsley the Electrical Engineering and Physics building, ROTC really is where all the ROTC classes are taught on campus (The Citadel offers all 4 branches), Capers Hall houses nearly all Liberal Arts degrees on campus (Modern Languages, Political Science, Criminal Justice, aforementioned English, Psychology, etc.), Byrd Hall is Chemistry, Duckett hall is Biology, and Bond Hall is the administration building. Now that I've explicated all of that, see any similarities to a thing called CCU? Keeping the building names may mean that a non-attendee wouldn't be able to tell what building houses what at first, but if I change to generics, that line of difference I'm trying to cultivate between my map and CCU will get much thinner. Also if I change the names, I've lost the character that comprises the map. If I'm going to model a real-life campus, it's better to name it after its real-life things instead of generic phrases that have no theme to them at all than College.
- what is Disrepair & Papa about as their names don't seem to flow like the other battalions ?[/quote]
Disrepair is an injoke. That battalion has been condemned for a few years now, and a lot of it is in horrible shape, so much so that the administration is sinking $2 million into renovating it. The bizarre border is another nod to that. I'd like to leave a few easter eggs for my friends to find, and there's nothing better to name it as there are no other companies in that battalion. Papa is another company, see the military phonetic alphabet to confirm that. Battery itself is a shortening of Palmetto Battery, our company that handles all ceremonial artillery fire.
Thanks for the positive feedback guys, I put a LOT of work into Version 8, and I'm glad it paid off.