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Zealandian cities

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:44 pm
by Joe
Just a request that the city names in Zealandia get changed to yellow as the red isn't very visible.

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:46 pm
by Craitman
I suppose I could :P

I've noticed there's a lot of variety in monitor displays regarding colours, and a few different nations on the map have colours which look very similar on some monitors as well :?

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 2:48 pm
by Joe
Maybe you could put some colours in the key at the bottom that are available to use for new claims, so you don't accidentally use one that's too similar?

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:15 pm
by SaiKar
Most of the good colors were eaten up a long time ago though.

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:31 pm
by Oscar Direzione
There should be a pallet of colours to choose from, each distinguishable from one another.

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 3:50 pm
by Joe
Oscar Direzione wrote:There should be a pallet of colours to choose from, each distinguishable from one another.
That's exactly what I meant, but you used better words than me :D

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:04 pm
by Malliki Tosha
Or you could just put the different country names on the map itself. That way, the color doesn't matter much.

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:08 pm
by Joe
Obviously have colours on the map to make nations more distinguishable, but use maybe 6 or 7, like on normal world maps?

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:15 pm
by Guido Zambelis
The argument against names so far has been complexity (people struggle with even city names) and extra confusion. Maybe it's time to have a whole re-look at the colours we're using, see how many there are actually left, and then consider alternatives to unique colours.

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:19 pm
by Craitman
I think this is possibly the first time in about three years where we've had so many nations on the map with more and more joining, and I've not known a time before where we've been close to running-out of noticeably different colours! I mean, the idea of becoming more like world maps with only a handful of colours and more labels is quite attractive, but realistically (and with no offence intended to any nations) it's quite likely the number of nations on the map will reduce quite a bit on the run-up to Christmas after the school year begins again and what-not. If a decent colour system using limited colours can be found and agreed upon by the majority of MCS members, then that's fine and it'll be changed, but for now I say we stick with the current system as there's still a few major colours unused for now (bright pink's not taken yet :P) :)

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 9:22 pm
by Joe
Well we still have about 6 weeks before people go back to school, so that number will increase before then. If we are using different colours for each nations, we only need enough colours so that one nation doesn't border another marked with the same colour, which would be maybe 6.

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:05 pm
by Rook
Or, if you want to continue with unique colors, you can always add patterns. Red with black strikes, alternating stripes or parti-colored claims etc.

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:11 pm
by Joe
I wouldn't like that really, and they would be similar to the markings for dependencies and disputed regions etc.

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:56 pm
by Rook
Fair enough, that is where I got the idea.

Re: Zealandian cities

Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 10:16 am
by Oscar Direzione
The problem with putting the name of each nation over each bit of their territory is that it adds yet more text onto the map - and presumably the nation text would be bigger than city text size, which would have to cover the land itselfs, getting in the way of potential city names and regional boundaries etc.

Therefore I think changing colours is the best option. Hamland and Ashkenatza are virtually indistinguisable.