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    Post March Entry: Invasion of Norvallen

    Rivers, armies, and other experiments. C&C welcome.
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    Very cool and original take on the challenge.
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    A nice look, clean and polished with a certain grunge "feel" but there are some river abnormalities. They are easily fixed though. First, lakes only have one out-flowing river so a simple eraser will fix those. Second, rivers don't stay split except at deltas...they join up and since a delta hits the ocean they don't have a chance to rejoin. Here, again, a simple eraser will fix this. Lastly, rivers don't join two seas...they go to one. Again, eraser fixes it. You need a compass but I'm sure you just haven't gotten that far yet. Overall, it's a nice map to look at.
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    Thanks for the critique ascension. Very helpful.

    Also, changed the name of the region to Dorvallen. (not that it matters for the purpose of this challenge, but I ran a google search on the names, and apparently Norvallen was somehow already in use by another fantasy setting. Figures)
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    Very nice map and my only suggestion is to just add few river names.



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    Very cool concept and map overwatch. I really like the look and feel. Nice entry.

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    I think that winning this month's competition is going to be about the theme that entrants bring to the map....and that is a fantastic theme, and a great colour scheme too. Way out in front in my (humble) book.

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    Thanks for the compliments all,

    I wanted to make something that felt like it might have come out of a WWI or WWII period world. Old propaganda poster style. Also, I like the fact that it reminds you of KMFDM Ascension!
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    Hey, by the way, where is St. Charles, Il? I've always wondered cuz I live in St. Charles, Mo.
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    Thanks for the compliments all,

    I wanted to make something that felt like it might have come out of a WWI or WWII period world. Old propaganda poster style. Also, I like the fact that it reminds you of KMFDM Ascension!
    Yeah, it's a really cool map, but there's still one thing that jumps my eye. If you're going for a correctly spelled German at the top, it should definitely read "Operation: Zugzwang"

    I hope that helps.
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