Why doesnt anyone use the world map

SinSin · Mon 03/04/2006 23:58:40

Hey guys why dunt anyone use the map i think its interesting to see just how far this baby has flown

MarVelo · Tue 04/04/2006 00:01:09

I really don't know what you're talking about.

monkey0506 · Tue 04/04/2006 00:11:19

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/worldmap.php

And just quick zooming to Europe or North America you will find hundreds of members do use the map. For example, I'm on there. Try and find me.

Radiant · Tue 04/04/2006 00:17:00

Quote from: Sinsin on Mon 03/04/2006 23:58:40
Hey guys why dunt anyone use the map i think its interesting to see just how far this baby has flown

Because too many people here are Americans who have no idea where the rest of the world is.

g,d,rlh

Darth Mandarb · Tue 04/04/2006 00:38:00

Quote from: Radiant on Tue 04/04/2006 00:17:00Because too many people here are Americans who have no idea where the rest of the world is.

You mean there's more to world than just America? No frickin' way ... next you're going to be telling me that we have landed on the moon.

Las Naranjas · Tue 04/04/2006 01:03:12

Footage of the D-Day landings was actually filmed in Arizona, and the fall of the Berlin Wall was stock footage of a Newark school being demolished.

IM NOT TEH SPAM · Tue 04/04/2006 01:59:53

I dont see the point to use the map if I'm too young for any of that "get together" crap that goes on... and I'm sure fairly sure the older members don't nececarily need the map more than a few times.

Seleceus · Tue 04/04/2006 02:19:33

I don't see the map as merely a 'get together' thing, Nipper. Personally I like to have an idea of where the other people, that I interact with, are from. Gives you persepective. Leaping the cultural bounds, and all of that. Not everyone uses English as a first language either (that goes for a good lot of Americans too), and I think the map illustrates this rather well.

MarVelo · Tue 04/04/2006 02:47:56

Thats pretty awesome. I guess the reason I didnt use it was because I didnt know what it was.

scotch · Tue 04/04/2006 03:02:43

Yeah we had to leave it empty until you go to the fourth zoom level in because as you might be able to tell it's slow enough as it is, and displaying all the pins when fully zoomed out would mean they were indistinguishable from each other anyway.
There are about 245 people currently on there, too many more and I'll have to optimise it for speed a bit

AGA · Tue 04/04/2006 16:43:06

And I'll have to... uh... make you actually do it or something.

skw · Tue 04/04/2006 23:46:57

Hahah, I completely forgot about that.

Unfortunately, by zooming the map into the area where I live you can see only some little interesing fields.

Krysis · Wed 05/04/2006 11:09:41

I'm in there somewhere too... I never knew I lived in the middle of nowhere until i added my location. It's amasing you can find a street in some english village, but not a huge city in east europe - seems most of the world is blank.

Anghellic · Wed 05/04/2006 18:31:25

Quote from: Sinsin on Mon 03/04/2006 23:58:40
Hey guys why dunt anyone use the map i think its interesting to see just how far this baby has flown

Well actually:

there isn't that much to do there. You can put yourself on the map and see where others are. Ok with all respect but if I want to know where someone on the forum lives I'll just click that person's username, I'm not going to browse the whole worldmap to see where some member is. Oh well it's a nice idea anyway. Just to browse around in your country and see who's there... What ever, I'm on the worldmap somewhere now so get that sigaret out of your mounth and smile again

HillBilly · Wed 05/04/2006 20:48:47

Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Tue 04/04/2006 00:38:00next you're going to be telling me that we have landed on the moon.

No that was just filmed somewhere in New Jersey.

InCreator · Wed 05/04/2006 23:50:26

I find map... well, if not very useful, then atleast very interesting. Point is, the map is veeeery separated from true AGS community.

Take a look at your favourites or whereever is your most-used link. Where *does* it link?

Spoiler

http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/

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The forums. I personally end up on main AGS page only by some unexplained incident, even if I needed to redownload AGS, I'd check latest version form Tech forum. If I wanted some new games, well, Completed Games Announcements that is. And NOT the main page, where the link for map is located.

So - it stays away from everyday doings. Since I registered 3 years ago, I don't know much about registering, but if not - it would be a nice idea to link new members - after registering - to map too, so they could place their location.

Checking now, I notice that there's already 8 other members from my country... huh!

cpage · Thu 06/04/2006 11:32:28

klaboink i'm on.

Pet Terry · Thu 06/04/2006 14:53:01

Quote from: InCreator on Wed 05/04/2006 23:50:26
Take a look at your favourites or whereever is your most-used link. Where *does* it link?

Spoiler
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/
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The forums.

Wrong!

Because, ok.

Cino · Thu 06/04/2006 15:12:15

Putting myself on the map was one of the first things I did after registering. I dunno why, I kinda just accidentally ended on that page and decided to give it a go

m0ds · Thu 06/04/2006 16:21:50

That map is gey, it has all the villages around my town but not my town listed!

Edit - when you say don't use, are you including the thousand or so people that have used it?

Why doesnt anyone use the world map

m0ds