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Re: Map Scale, Realms, etc.
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Fri, 11 Feb 2000 04:19:17 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> It sounds like a lot of people are really confused by the whole 'realms'
> and map sections thing. I've got a suggestion, and I think that it will
> make stuff a lot easier - and I hope it will make people happy.
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> To do this I have to question a basic assumption or two that Pawel and
> Craig seem to have made.
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> 1) Do we really need a fixed size for realms?
> 2) Do we really need to limit people on the number of realms they have
> based on how many stories they've done?
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> I guess what I'm asking is "what *purpose* do these 'rules' serve?" If
> the rule has no purpose, I think it should be thrown out, because all it's
> going to do is restrict needlessly.
Hear, hear!
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> Castle World is infinitely large, so we don't need to conserve space.
> Why, then, is there a fixed realm size? What purpose does it serve? If
> Jeff Stembel wants to have a continent-spanning kingdom, why not let him?
Yes, Please! ;)
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> All the people in CW seem to be able to communicate and cooperate quite
> well, so here's my proposal:
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> Craig has (somewhere) a map of (part of) Castle World. When it gets
> posted, why don't we just talk it out and say, "Hey, I'd like to have
> stuff here and here" (maybe a latitude/longitude system would be a good
> idea!) We all seem to be mature enough to deal with this sort of thing.
> (And if someone takes the spot you wanted, we can always add another one
> similar to it on the edge of the map!)
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> That way King Auld Dragon can have his continent-spanning empire without
> worrying about someone coming along and taking parts of his continent away
> from him because he hasn't had time to do all the ballads he 'needs' to
> gather all that space. And he can focus on the current history - if
> that's what he wants to do - rather than the past. If that's not what
> interests him, why make him do it? It'll only discourage hima nd stifle
> his creativity.
That it will, as the history is just that - history. It is just there to give
people the backstory of my realm. I'd have to completely rebuild my castle,
create all the major historical figures, and spend a lot of time doing nothing
(I do have a couple hundred year gap of piece in there...). I really do not
feel like starting my kingdom from the very beginning. :)
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> And if I want one of my structures (the Red Fox's tower, perhaps) to be
> in Auld Dragon's lands, all I need to do is mail him and discuss it.
And, for the most part, I'd have no problems with that.
> We don't need to worry about people 'hogging' all the space - because
> there's an infinite amount of it! If someone else wants a
> continent-spanning empire, heck, we'll just drop it in!
And, if everyone has *some* access to the ocean, they'll never get boxed in,
because they can just go discover a new continent! :)
> And, that would allow me to, say, do a writeup of, say, the Norgolian
> Empire*, with notes on dress, society, architecture, etc - and then open
> it up and say, 'anybody can play here - if you want to have stories set
> here, you can, if you want to have buildings here, you can...it's free and
> clear.'
That'd be pretty cool, and useful for those who don't want to create their own
kingdoms.
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> (Personally, I wouldn't mind everyone working on their own map and then
> putting it all together - that way everybody gets exactly what they want -
> but I don't want to toss out all the work Craig has done so far, either.)
Well, considering that we are creating our own kingdoms, it only makes sense
that we creat our own maps, too. Then they can just be melded together with
"no mans lands".
I think this is the best plan set forth so far!
Jeff
"You can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed"
http://members.xoom.com/aulddragon/
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