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Re: Craigo on board! (the benefits of overdoing it)
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Fri, 2 Mar 2001 18:27:31 GMT
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In lugnet.castle.org.cw, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Hey Y'all:
>
> Just got off the phone with Craigo. He tells me that I and some other CW
> folk will soon be receiving a care package of photocopied map materials that
> he has developed. Once in hand these images will be scanned and published
> online (by me) that EVERYONE involved in CW may look at them and provide
> input on some of the more practical and puzzling issues in unifying the CW
> map and overall conception. I shall take pains that the documents will be
> available for everyone to enjoy, perhaps even making a printable pdf file of
> the whole available online.
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> If all goes well, we shall have map concepts to discuss in a little under a
> fortnight. For now I can state unequivocally that the map conception at its
> core is truly brilliant. The map will be infinitely scalable, modular, and
> customizable (okay, that word is made up but there it is anyway). The soul
> of the conception is HARDCORE Lego-based as you balladeers shall see. The
> heart of the conception is pure TT (hah!). The ultimate goal is to create a
> graphic representation that one can (click) zoom in on and then (click
> again) zoom into a known realm (a hyperlink to a balladeers own web pages).
> And when I state that it shall be modular and *customizable*, I mean that
> you balladeers shall each have the trouble of creating your own unique
> realms comprised of modular structures (sound like anything you do now?).
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> And again, the existence of a known map is not intended to disparage the
> work of those wanting to develop a map of their own creation and in their
> own style in territories we might provisionally call "Terra Brickus
> Incognita." Such maverick balladeers can still link from CW should they wish
> to do so. Nothing is sacred, everything is permitted.
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> Hey, if nothing else -- it'll be fun!
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> Thanks go out to Craigo for his great map ideas. And, of course, thanks to
> "Big Daddy" Nazarewicz for the CW concept in the first place. To commemorate
> the work of these two lugnuts (sad Lego geeks that they are), I think we
> should revamp the whole look of CW. I have some long finished Craigo
> graphics that we could use for that purpose. We should probably use Pawel's
> Javascripted slideshow, also. Personally, I actually like the look of the
> pages at the temp site, I'd just like to see the logo look a little
> differently and maybe balanced with the slideshow of CW characters on the
> other side. Whaddaya think?
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> Your humble servant,
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> Hop-Frog
>
> P.S. Don't think CRAPP or BURP -- think flat...
One word.... "ROCK!" =)
~Nathan
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