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Re: how big is the Isle of Mist?
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Mon, 29 Oct 2001 19:21:47 GMT
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In lugnet.castle.org.cw, James Howse writes:
> ---here begins the discussion---
> The island isn't only 8,000,000 baseplates big. I made a mistake in
> calculating and underestimated by a factor of 512. The real size of the map
> shown on the website is 4.2 thousand million baseplates(1).
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> (1)If I was American I might use the word billion for this number.
Isn't that "billiard" in European languages? it is in hebrew...
> In comparison, the United States is some 74.9 thousand million baseplates in
> size. The Isle of mist is about 3 hundreths the size of America
> On the other hand, it's bigger than the United Kingdom (by a factor of 1.25)
> Big enough for individual fifedoms that never see each other?
Well maybe, but not in the current situation because people have limited
places to land on. To answer Lenny's question, that *is* part (only part
though) of the point of having the mist. We *have* to interact if we have
limited space.
> 1. The Map.
> It's a lovely map. It looks fantstic. However I look at the zoomed in view
> of a single realm and can't see it as 4096 baseplates across. Let alone some
> 16 million baseplates in area (wow, squares really make big numbers!). I
> think Shiri came from this angle. Don't take this as a reason to change
> anything about the map though.
I don't know. Hard to say. I don't think it's a reason to change any/much of
the map.
> 2. Real life.
> We know how big a baseplate is, we all own them. We'd probably be happy with
> say, a hundred of the things. The thought of 40,000 of them is difficult,
> and 2.4mill... well it's more difficult. I think Leonard was reacting to
> this when he suggested that it was a big area. He's right it's a lot of
> plates, but from a fig's point of view perhaps not. (Maybe it depends on the
> fig! :)
I think from a fig's POV it's not that big... Like you said - England sized?
Or so?
> 3. The scale.
> Scales are funny things. Especially in LEGO. A fig, according the scale is
> about 1.75m tall, quite reasonable. However he's also nearly a metre across
> and almost half a metre deep. Mearsure yourself to find out how odd this
> would be. Moreover, we don't often build to this scale. We make buildings
> smaller, skim details, abstract and sometimes assume more depth than shown.
> For example. <set:6349> one of my favourite town sets. It looks fine, but
> it's only 12x30 studs, or by scale 4.2 by 10.5 metres. Measure your house to
> find out how odd this would be(3). It's not just town though, Hagrid's hut
> is a cirle 12 studs across. Mark out a 4.2m diametre circle and imagine
> living in it. Because most of us don't have huge collections, we build in
> this abbreviated fashion (I like the style personally).
Ahhh, the minimal housing. Chris and I have greatly debated this and intend
to, someday, build a medieval town (a *small* town) to more realistic
scales. A normal-sized castle and its surrounding farms would be impossible
to put in your whole house. So maybe 2.4 mil baseplates isn't that big, guys...
> James (who's taken too much of this thread already.)
that's allowed!!
-Shiri
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