Doodle Earth [Quenched]

by **PimpCaneYoAss** on Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:02 pm

Right now your at 18 countries

3 player game - 6 each 0 neutrals
4 player game - 4 each 2 neutrals
5 player game - 3 each 3 neutrals
6 player game - 3 each 0 neutrals

Seems ok if you add a territory it becomes 19 and

3 player game - 6 each 1 neutrals
4 player game - 4 each 3 neutrals
5 player game - 3 each 4 neutrals
6 player game - 3 each 1 neutrals

That is bad and then if you remove one it becomes 17 and

3 player game - 5 each 2 neutrals
4 player game - 4 each 1 neutrals
5 player game - 3 each 2 neutrals
6 player game - 2 each 5 neutrals

You need atleast 18 because in the 6 player games, people would be screwed with only 2 territories

I say stick to 18 or maybe go to 20

EDIT: also the lowercase "a" in along on the left side seems really light...maybe darken it a little

by **vakEirn79** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:53 am

Nice penguins. I'm voting for Doodle Earth now

Seems kind of unbalanced though, with "Doodle" getting two pictures, and "Earth" getting none. Maybe the 'a' in "Earth" could be a tadpole or something? Not sure if a 7-year-old would care to draw a tadpole though.

If you're looking for reasonable ways to misspell something, you could use "Dessert" instead of "Desert", since that's one of those commonly confused word pairs. (Has this been suggested before? It seems so obvious...) However, I'm just giving this as a possibility. Two "mistakes" in the same name is probably overdoing it, and I think "Sarah Desert" is the more cute/clever variation.

by **boberz** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:54 am

iraqistan im assuming the idea came from have i got news for you and it is hillarious

by **wcaclimbing** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:19 pm

you need to change the title of the thread. it still says draft 12

by **Evil DIMwit** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:26 pm

wcaclimbing wrote:you need to change the title of the thread. it still says draft 12

Oh, thanks. I missed that.

by **fireedud** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:39 pm

Yiu should make the compass a little sloppier.

by **DiM** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:42 pm

fireedud wrote:Yiu should make the compass a little sloppier.

i agree. maybe something like this.

by **pancakemix** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:43 pm

I personally like World 0.5 better because it works better with the current conquer club maps. And it sounds better.

by **risker17** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 6:53 pm

I love this map

by **Will_Liam** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:05 pm

PimpCaneYoAss is right. I prefer it if you change it to 20 though.

Nice map, I like Doodle Earth (possibly Doodle World) better.

by **Contrickster** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:16 pm

What's wrong with "It's a small world" as the title? It's fun.

"World 5.0" takes it a bit too seriously. Since we already have a World 2.1 I'd choose an original title.

by **Evil DIMwit** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:42 pm

So, I'm going to put up a poll as to the number of territories this map should have. So far for options I'm thinking:

Fewer than 18
18
19/20
21
22-24
25
more than 25

Any other brilliant ideas?

by **Will_Liam** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:44 pm

I vote 19/20 ( 18 is just not enough!)

by **vakEirn79** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:11 pm

Evil DIMwit wrote:So, I'm going to put up a poll as to the number of territories this map should have. So far for options I'm thinking:

Fewer than 18
18
19/20
21
22-24
25
more than 25

Any other brilliant ideas?

I don't think some of those values are worth considering, due to the amount of neutral armies it would generate. I'd take out 19, 22, and 23, and have the options be
<18
18
20/21
24/25
>25

by **Evil DIMwit** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:20 pm

vakEirn79 wrote:
Evil DIMwit wrote:So, I'm going to put up a poll as to the number of territories this map should have. So far for options I'm thinking:

Fewer than 18
18
19/20
21
22-24
25
more than 25

Any other brilliant ideas?

I don't think some of those values are worth considering, due to the amount of neutral armies it would generate. I'd take out 19, 22, and 23, and have the options be
<18
18
20/21
24/25
>25

On the other hand, 24 can yield four neutral territories for a five-player game, while 25 gives at most one for three, four, and six players, so I think they should be separate answers.

by **vakEirn79** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:48 pm

Evil DIMwit wrote:On the other hand, 24 can yield four neutral territories for a five-player game, while 25 gives at most one for three, four, and six players, so I think they should be separate answers.

Ah, I didn't realize you were separating options that way. I grouped them together because there's a gap on both sides (18-20 and 21-24). I was thinking that if people are happy with 24, then they'd probably be ok with 25, since it seems to be the approximate number that's up for debate currently.

Separating options isn't an issue for me though. I just wanted 19, 22, and 23 removed, because the previous list had options of "19/20" and "22-24", but for both of those, only one of the values in the range is actually viable.

by **Iliad** on Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:01 pm

I think 18 is good. One thing you're forgetting is if you have 7 or whatever extra territories, you need 7 extra names.

I think 18 is good as it certainly has the "small" feeling.

by **Spritzking** on Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:11 am

2oteritories
3 players 6teritories 2 neutral
4 players 5teritories 0 neutral
5 players 4teritories 0 neutral
6 players 3teritories 2 neutral

21teritories
3 players 7teritories 0 neutral
4 players 5teritories 1 neutral
5 players 4teritories 1 neutral
6 players 3teritories 3 neutral

since this map is not playable with 6 anyway. (especcialy an assasin game would be finsihed in 3 turns...) i think 21 or 20 is the best option

by **sully800** on Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:55 am

18 I think is the least you can go. I think the number of countries should be divisible by 3 because that will most likely be the most common number of players on this map.

21 is a good number because it is 1/2 the standard 42 country map. So for 1/2 the number of players (3) everyone still starts with 7 countries and things remain balanced.

24 is the best number as far as minimizing neutrals is concerned. In this case only 5 player games would yield neutral territories, and you can't avoid that until you get all the way up to 60 total countries.

But between 18, 21, and 24 I'm not sure which is best. I think I like the concept of 21 better than the others but it yeilds neutrals on everything except 3 players.

by **freezie** on Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:05 pm

21 seems the best.

by **RobinJ** on Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:29 pm

Well, as sully says, 24 would be best in terms of numbers - only 5 player games give neutrals but that might spoil the effect of it being a "small world". If so, I would be inclined to either leave it at 18 or raise it to 20.