[CF-Devel] speculations about the floor (elevation)

Tue Jul 8 03:26:15 CDT 2003

 --- Mark Wedel <

     mwedel at sonic.net

     > wrote: 
>

        I was never really happy with the north and south poles being at the

     >

      corners.   IT just isn't that intuitive.  I can understand the reason 

     >

      (want the poles to be relative small areas).  but I also wonder if the

     map 
>

      as given should be seen as covering the entire world, or just some part

     of 
>

      it (eg, one of the continents in the northern hemisphere, for example, 

     >

      such that the equator is near the south edge of the map, and the north 

     >

      pole would effectively be a few hundred spaces still farther to the

     north)

Sounds good to me, as I said -

>

      > On the other hand, it would be good to make a decision, document it,

     >

      > and stick to it, so that we are all on the same page.

To keep things interesting, we should ensure that there is a portion of the
map that is ice bound at least part of the year.  And let people walk on
the ice, at least until it melts...

>

        Do I expect new continents to be added?  Not really.  However, when

     >

      putting down the towns/roads, I did put up signs which basically amounted

>

      to 1 space = 1 mile (eg, scorn, 764 miles north or something).  One could

>

      obviously make the case that a crossfire mile isn't the same as a human 

     >

      mile.

At least call them something different to avoid confusion.

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