Next competition (start end of 2015- beginning 2016) Proposal Island-Archipelago map

It is a nice idea. But in that case the island should be larger to give more variety for cities and the water has to be neutral colored. Nevertheless an island is not appropriate imho for big cities or industrial hubs with transportation systems. For a contest we maybe should consider the intentions of players for such cities too. Hence i would suggest a (mounty?) peninsula instead of an island, imho it offers more possibilities for cities due to its connection to the edge. So we would be able to create small touristic towns up to an coastal metropolis. Just my thought...

 

I think, in the spirit of a "city building" competition, that cities should be finished. We already have the media section, the media of the month competitions, city photos section, all the 'show us your .....' threads, and even CJs for those "creative shots".
Of course, who is the one to define "finished city" or how can one even prove that their city is complete? That's where the "spirit" of competition comes into play.
....just my humble opinion...

 

I see your point and I agree. But in this case, as admin of the competition, I suppose that would be for you to decide.

 

I strongly disagree with islands map idea. Since I don't participate in these contests, my words worth nothing here, but anyway, if I participated, I wouldn't want to build cities on islands in the middle of ocean. I prefer land-massed maps with some river flowing or maps with coasts.

 

I tend to agree with @pauliaxz - stick to a land based map so everyone has same advantage, islands create some extra difficulty layers.

One map I seen recently was by the master @The Funky Monk - he released a 4 map pack- contains a nice Gulf Map

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Either way up to you guys who want to compete / build, therefore I suggest you guys start suggesting a fair fun map to build on

 

So let's have some random selection process, like members # 495, 6032, and 21709 pick from a list of map options. Just not another vote.

 

Not knowing what map will be used next is a good part of the challenge/fun. By whatever means were used to decide, the choice of maps have been good ones so far. If it ain't broke....don't fix it.

 

Well, I do not mind most maps, and yeah, pleasing every was hard to achieve.

My personal opinion regarding Gonaives was that I did not know what to do with the
small rivers every, I really hate decorating it all with esplanades, or simply
with grassy area. I would prefer hence a map with only one medium/large river.

Decorating the shore appropriately can be a nice task in the city center,
but it can painfully annoying in the suburbs.
And then having a small river with many little curves, that was like an overkill for me.

I also agree with @pauliaxz and @nicko2u regarding a map that did not show
an island, also due to the fact that you will need to establish shoreline decorations
everywhere.

Also, I have to say that island maps do mostly not offer enough space
for a highway networks or airports. The only map I have seen which offered
enough space for both was Hammer Island, e.g. look at the city by @veija2 .

Additionally, it would be nice to have a map without too many little elevations
regarding the terrain. Your maps are great, @The Funky Monk , but sometimes
you put in too much detail, at least in my opinion.

Then you have those little elevations, and players either need to find ways to deal with
it, or need to carefully elevate them back to zero, which can be a time consuming task,
as you nee to pay attention not to accidentally change the terrain which you did not want to
terraform.

This shall not be a general critique, I just think that for such contests, that only last some months,
maps that have less detail regarding the elevation would be better.

Now Funky will send me some nice snakes and spiders via Airmail

 

Yeah! Snow maps, that is unusual and quite a challenge! I am for that one with snowy mountains

 

Why not use one of Funkys recent map pack?
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I like the gulf! or broad pastures if you guys want to build with a river?