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Just a question. Who made the map? Was it hand drawn or computer generated? Whatever it is I think it is fantastic and just wanted to tell whomever made it that I thought that it is an excellent map. Sorry if it sounds like I am kissing @$$ here, but I have just never been very good at making map myself and I thought that they did an excellent job.

Well, the map has gone through a lot of hands, actually. I believe it all began with Bror, who, from my understanding, more or less put it together at random. Over the years it evolved as various GM's added and took away various things and as players began to build their own buildings through GM quests.

It came to a point where the map needed expanding and the staff chose to do so at the time of the big wipe. Martin used a handwritten program with the help of MS paint to expand the map several times and it was split into pieces and given to the newly founded map team, at that time Keikan Hiru, Lennier, and Josefine. This was then put together into one file and became roughly the map that you see today. Of course, each GM has placed new things and taken away things for quests.

The next version of the map is being worked on. I'm the lucky man in charge of the mainland and some major changes are going to happen with the map that I think you'll like. Meanwhile, the rest of the (expanded) map team (Keikan Hiru, Lennier, Josefine, Ceigan Ibatha, and Pendar Fayed) work on dungeons, static quests, and other such maps.

Well, long answer to a short question. =)

Psst.. i THINK he's referrign to the picture of the map....

Except they spelled the name wrong. They went through all the trouble of designing the map, and they spell the name of the island wrong .

Ooooh! My bad.. That was... that was... I forget his name. Evok?

Hadrain was right, but I did enjoy reading the lengthy post on the lay of the land. *is not being sarcastic or a brown noser*

The map was handdrawn.

Dónal Mason wrote:Except they spelled the name wrong. They went through all the trouble of designing the map, and they spell the name of the island wrong .

Well, it may be hand-drawn, but now that it's scanned in, it would not be that difficult to change those letters around. *hint hint*

Someone already did so and then they got shot down.

Yes, it looked kinda stupid. One could see what was done, and the letters have a tilt.

The map was drawn by Duath with aquarell pencils and fineliner feltpen, I think.

I agree with Vilarion.

On a sidenote, I have the A4 format map, incase anyone is interested. Obtained it about 3 weeks ago from Duath. (the link towards it is dead)

A never seen before map? Give me the URL and i'll link it from the fansite

It is the same map as on the frontpage hun. Just....A4 format