throwaway2498365 In reply to tom171771 [2023-11-01 23:51:08 +0000 UTC]

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throwaway2498365 In reply to throwaway2498365 [2023-11-01 23:59:03 +0000 UTC]

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Upvoteanthology In reply to LaplandAr [2017-05-03 11:51:57 +0000 UTC]

Yep, just upload your map to the thread titled "MotF 155"

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LaplandAr In reply to Upvoteanthology [2017-05-03 14:00:09 +0000 UTC]

The thread tells me "(You have insufficient privileges to reply here.)"

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Upvoteanthology In reply to LaplandAr [2017-05-03 22:20:01 +0000 UTC]

Well, are you a member of AH.com? You should create an account first.

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LaplandAr In reply to Upvoteanthology [2017-05-04 02:11:58 +0000 UTC]

I was a member but it didn't let my upload my map. It's already solved

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Upvoteanthology In reply to LaplandAr [2017-05-04 15:06:07 +0000 UTC]

Alright, phew.

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Upvoteanthology In reply to mdc01957 [2017-02-09 22:12:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making great maps!

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Keperry012 [2017-02-09 22:12:09 +0000 UTC]

It's mutual.

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Charles--H [2017-01-14 19:25:54 +0000 UTC]

I made one in February of last year, which you could find here: upvoteanthology.deviantart.com…

I'm considering making a new one soon, though!

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Warsie [2016-10-24 05:06:06 +0000 UTC]

I'm not a gamergate supporter! I'm extremely anti-gamergate, actually, though I don't like to make my DeviantArt account about politics.

Uhh, I support Ian's actions, and the fact that you're looking for someone to confirm your already decided belief kinda proves you're not really open to changing your opinions. If you already think he's still banning "dissenters", wouldn't you want to ask someone who doesn't automatically agree with you?

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Warsie In reply to Upvoteanthology [2016-10-24 05:29:35 +0000 UTC]

I was actually originally permab& before gamergate (GG wa...2014? I was b& in 2012 or so.). So I wasnt B& due to gamergate exactly, I remember when ah.com wasn't as...circlejerky then, but even when I first joined the mods were paranoid (my first thread, calbear was watching it as the thread was 'white nationalist revolution in Russia' in future history. Did stormfront raid AH in the past? why are they so paranoid? or was it reading the generalplan ost stuff which got them triggered? CalBear said he got physical sick at looking up the Nazi plans for the USSR and Poland...)

EDIT: lol, i have a wiki page. make that 2011 wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku…

Oh, my opinion on banning people? You can try to change it sure, but the admins and mods has a nasty habit of banning people for dissent, and this wayyy preceded gamergate. Like hardcore, theres cases of people I knew who posted for years who got permab& and they werent exacty troll-y people (compare spacebattles.com, which when it was popular as a forum, you had to do a LOT to get permab& there). 

Like one guy posted a Eugenics thread, talking about improving humanity and whatnot. It was just a joke and they swatted him quickly (he was really a transhumanist, but used 'eugenics' for the lulz). That sort of thimg makes us go OwO

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Warsie [2016-10-24 05:55:26 +0000 UTC]

Uhh, okay? Well, I respect Ian, it's his site regardless so he can ban whohe sees fit. Plus, it looks like it was pretty justified from the things you posted. I'm sorry if I sound like an asshole, but it seems like I need to make my beliefs clear if people are going to think I support gamergate. Who's the "we" you're talking about at the end of your comment?

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Warsie In reply to Upvoteanthology [2016-10-24 05:56:54 +0000 UTC]

I saw you were trying to be neutral on a thread a year ago (it was posted on kotakuinaction) so I was all 'hi'.

You have the right to your opinion.

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Warsie [2016-10-24 18:30:34 +0000 UTC]

Ah, fair enough. Sorry to get a bit defensive, I just don't want to be marked down by everyone as a gamergate supporter when I'm not.

As do you!

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Ouroboros-491 [2016-09-27 22:07:44 +0000 UTC]

Okay! Sorry for taking so long to reply to this (three weeks, geez!), but I'm in a place where I can hopefully give you some constructive criticism now. Firstly, I'd just like to say that the MCU is really cool, and it's a pretty interesting idea to try to make a WorldA map of the Marvel world. I thought about doing something similar, but after hearing about all the weird micro-nations they put in Ethiopia I had to stop. Anyway, about the map itself:

1) Never save things as a JPEG, ever. It devolves the picture, blends pixels together, increases contrast, makes good maps look blah. Most people use PNGs when saving their maps, as it tends to not change the quality of the photo. This can also happen when you try to shrink or increase the size of your map. If you're using a WorldA, like what you used, changing the size of the picture will only stretch out the small pixels you drew on, causing a bunch more quality problems.

2) Borders! When using a WorldA (I'm sure you know what that is already, but when I say WorldA I mean the basemap you're using), you're going to want to keep everything 1 pixel thick. imgur.com/F7ew5PS When you draw borders, you'd rather have them look like the second picture in the teeny diagram I just linked. I don't know how to explain this any better, but I'd be happy to clarify if need be.

3) Colors? I mean, to be honest, the colors you chose were pretty good. Check out the TACOS color scheme if you want (I could tell you more about it if you want), but ultimately it's up to the mapmaker to decide the colors they want to use.

4) Key! You actually did a really good job on this, but it's good to mark out the colors of everything you used a separate color for on the key. It may seem kind of intuitive, but a lot of people color basically every country and only mark the more important ones on the key. This could get annoying for people who are excited to find the name of an obscure colored country, only to find out you listed two countries in total. You did a good job of avoiding this, but yeah. I tend to color the less important countries grey. It's good to color in rebel groups or puppet states, and clarify those in the key as well.

But yeah, amazing first attempt, far better than anything I made in my first few months at mapmaking (let alone my first few days XD).

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Ouroboros-491 In reply to Upvoteanthology [2016-09-27 22:30:05 +0000 UTC]

Hey, thanks for getting back to me!

I've been getting a lot of contradicting advice on the file type. Thanks for clearing that up.

I only became aware of TACOS and all the other keys after I finished the map, but it's good stuff for future work! Even though I'm having trouble with my next map in that regard.

I've noticed that with keys. Glad I avoided it.

Thanks a lot for your feedback.

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Ouroboros-491 [2016-09-27 22:31:32 +0000 UTC]

Alright! I can't wait to see what you make next. If you need help with coloring or anything else, let me know! I'm by no means the best mapmaker out there, but I'd be happy to help with whatever you need.

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Ouroboros-491 In reply to Upvoteanthology [2016-09-27 22:33:35 +0000 UTC]

Um, one question. I've never submitted anything to deviant art before. On the display thing, should I make the image as large as possible or on the size it automatically went to? 1600 pixels and 1024 pixels respectively.
 

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Ouroboros-491 [2016-09-27 22:36:44 +0000 UTC]

Oh, make sure you press the large as possible thing. Basically, it's giving you the option to show a preview of your image. If you press the 1024 pixels button, you're just saying "When people click on my deviant, they're going to see a 1024 pixel preview of the actual sized map". If you do that, it's still possible for people to see the full thing by clicking "Download", but it's just a major inconvenience.

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Ouroboros-491 In reply to Upvoteanthology [2016-09-27 22:37:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank u!

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Ouroboros-491 [2016-09-27 22:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Sure thing!

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Banzchan [2016-05-06 16:55:16 +0000 UTC]

Oh, anytime! You're one of my favorite DeviantArt creators! ^_^

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Bensaret [2016-02-26 20:54:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I think I needed to make more dystopias, anyway.

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Upvoteanthology In reply to bruiser128 [2016-02-14 21:36:23 +0000 UTC]

I dunno, I saw your comments and thought you were a nice person.

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bruiser128 In reply to Upvoteanthology [2016-02-14 21:46:28 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I try to inspire optimism in others while I struggle to find it.

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Upvoteanthology In reply to bruiser128 [2016-02-15 01:52:48 +0000 UTC]

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that.

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bruiser128 In reply to Upvoteanthology [2016-02-15 02:23:51 +0000 UTC]

Yeah Game of Thrones completely ruined my ability to expect optimistic outcomes.

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Upvoteanthology In reply to Carlos-the-G [2016-01-22 22:17:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for making amazing content!

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