World war two (Pacific Shift)
Creator: Dr. Disco || First Published: 09/27/2006 || Players: 5 || Size: 40x40
Categories: None
Rating: 3.57 in 7 ratings
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Comments:
Dr. Disco (09/27/2006 07:16pm):
Alright, so I know there are tons of world maps already, but I couldn't find any were japan
and U.S. could really go straight at each other, so I shifted the map over and put america on
the right.
I'm not really finished with this map, I mean this is my first serious one, but I can't think of
anything else to do to it, so I'm publishing it to get some suggestions.
Anyway, I tried to angle russia and europe maybe 20-30 degrees counterclockwise( to fit
more in, I guess), so geographically, it's a little distorted in a number of places to make it play
better on the map size we're given.
The Red Fire fighters are supposed to be like the RAF, the yellow comet bombers and black
bombs are for to attack the b-ships and whatnot at pearl harbor, the three u.s. carriers are
supposed to be like those three american carriers the japanese guy keeps yelling about from
some war movie, and the blue moon infantry are because russia had a lot of infantry (I
think?).
sirfuxalot (09/27/2006 07:57pm):
This is really inaccurate.
Dr. Disco (09/27/2006 08:00pm):
Gee, you think?
Dr. Disco (09/27/2006 08:03pm | Edited: 09/27/2006 08:24pm):
I'm not going to deny that this map is inaccurate, because it is pretty inaccurate. Accuracy
wasn't my goal. I tried to get the general idea, which is harder based on the max size of
map. I tried to do as much as I could do with the concept I had in the space I was given
while still attempting to make it playable.
I published this map in the hopes that people could help me by telling me how to fix stuff,
rather than just that stuff is wrong (or if they think a pacific-centered world map is a decent
enough idea, just take my idea and make a good map out of it).
If you want to just tell me what sucks about this map, I guess you can go ahead, I mean I
can't stop you. Have fun yelling at me.
randomizer (09/28/2006 01:45am):
You can't make a map, and then hope someone else will come along and make it better. You
made the map, so something in you should want to go figure out what changes you can make
so that this would be more accurate. Right now, all you've told us is that you've got a
pile of mess right here with your name on it and you don't even care.
pokeman (09/28/2006 03:33am):
WHO CARES HOW INACCURATE THIS IS!!! I think this map looks really fun. 10/10
dboy (09/28/2006 04:34am):
have you played awbw before? Looking at your infantry placement in Russia I'm not so sure...
Dr. Disco (09/28/2006 10:46am | Edited: 09/28/2006 03:52pm):
Yeah, I don't know if the pre-deployed units are going to work out, I was just trying
something fun, and for Russia, the only thing I could think of was their tons of soldiers, and I
figured they might be useful to slow down the german forces, but I put them up on the
mountains, so it would take a while for most of them to get there.
And I'm not saying that I don't want to make this map myself, it's just that not many people
who review these maps try and help to make it better, so if I can't do it myself, then I don't
care if somebody else takes the idea away from me: I'd just like to be able to play on a
functional pacific-centered world map.
But yeah, sorry if it seems like I'm trying to force the job of fixing this map onto you guys.
sirfuxalot (09/28/2006 07:49pm):
I think there is just too much mountains, too much open sea, and the predeployeds are kind
of weird. You could try making an entirely new map that's a sort of "widescreen" map,
where you dont use the full size, just make it very wide and not very tall to make it seem
big.
Dr. Disco (09/29/2006 09:37am | Edited: 09/29/2006 09:41am):
Oh man, I just realized what you meant by widescreen, I thought you meant make the
continents wider, instead of just using a shorter map dimension height(that's what you
meant, right? Don't use 40x40, use 40x30 or whatever?). Anyway, heh, yeah, that is such a
good idea, I can't believe I didn't think of it before. Yeah, I'll try that, and see if it's not too
small.
The islands(to fill in open sea) and the mountains are definitely something I can and
(hopefully) will fix, so thanks for those suggestions.
Pyrranha (11/17/2006 12:31pm | Edited: 11/17/2006 12:32pm):
Two things. For starters, the US needs more ports on their mainland. Also, the whole map
could benefit from more shoals, especially the Chinese coast.

I would like to play on this map, but it does need some changes.



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