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    After a fun mapping weekend, here is my entry:

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    A fun AND busy mapping weekend by the looks of it!

    I love the first and the last maps.

    The second and third look very well executed but I'm unsure of the mountain range of the second and the strange square divides in the third. These elements maybe technically correct for the style of the map (and I wouldn't know either) but I'm not a fan.

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    I really love the story this tells Tear. I think you did a good job capturing the flavor of old-to-modern and then post apocalyptic mapping styles. The only think that I see right off that is probably unrealistic is that the rivers are dead-on accurate from the first to the last. Accuracy tends to be a function of tech, and before the science was developed (or after it was forgotten), the ability to accurately establish the location of anything was lacking.

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    Great job Tear! Cool idea, very echanting maps. I can think of nothing I would change myself.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Immolate View Post
    Accuracy tends to be a function of tech, and before the science was developed (or after it was forgotten), the ability to accurately establish the location of anything was lacking.
    You are right, of course.
    To be honest, I just did this for for the fun of it and didn't think up a whole lot of detail for the world's background.
    On the other hand, since this is a completely fictional world, why not add some low-level magic into the equation?
    I know, the old "a wizard did it" thing is kind of a lame excuse, but maybe some location-divination-thingy could have helped?
    Just adding some food for thought here.

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    Fantastic idea! Great work so far.

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    Damn, those are very good looking maps!

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    Damn they're good.. I was going to try something similar on a smaller scale.. but I can't compete with that!

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    Those are fantastic! I love that you went post-apocalyptic instead of stopping at modern.

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