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      beelee @Cernel
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      @Cernel said in Power of Politics 1914 : A WWI scenario:

      @Hepps
      I think "Politics of Power" would be better than "Power of Politics".

      Fwiw I agree. Maybe something really dynamic will still pop up : )

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        Hepps Moderators @Cernel
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        @Cernel said in Power of Politics 1914 : A WWI scenario:

        @Hepps Maybe you want to consult a period atlas for the cities population, to decide what is getting the urban terrain? Like Tsaritsyn was really a minor city, while Kiev was a very big one, if I recall correctly.

        Not all of the selections are done based on historical significance or accuracy. Sometimes game-play will take the front seat to an adherence to accuracy. Tsaritsyn is better positioned to help out the Tsarist Russian cause by being better positioned as a fall back place to combat Central aggression rather than increasing Kiev's significance in the game. I chose to lump the more significant production capacity in with Odessa as the region contained the naval production for Russia along with the city of Mykolaiv.

        Also, I cannot recall the "Tcherniov" name, if it is not a different way to spell "Chernigov" (I guess not, since they are both there).

        No idea... I put it out to the community and this is what I got back.

        I think "Politics of Power" would be better than "Power of Politics".

        I like both!

        "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
        Hepster

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          Cernel Moderators @Hepps
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          @Hepps Ok, but I can easily see a number of people asking themselves "Why is Kiev not a city?".

          Anyways, in case it may be helpful, here are all the cities with 100,000 people or more in the Russian Empire (according to a 1920 atlas of mine) for 1913, except 1915 for Petrograd, 1916 for Moscow, and 1914 or 1910 of some other cities, in thousands:

          Europe:
          Petrograd: 2,319
          Moscow: 1,817
          Warsaw: 789
          Odessa: 631
          Kiev: 626
          Riga: 569
          Lodz: 416
          Kharkov: 258
          Saratov: 236
          Yekaterinoslav: 220
          Rostov: 205
          Vilnius: 204
          Kazan: 195
          Ivanovo-Suessensk: 168
          Astrakhan: 164
          Orenburg: 147
          Samara: 144
          Tula: 141
          Reval: 138
          Kishinev: 129
          Yaroslavl: 120
          Minsk: 118
          N.Novgorod: 112
          Dvinsk: 111
          Vitebsk: 109
          Nikolayev: 106
          Ufa: 106
          Perm: 105
          Goumel: 105
          Tsaritsyn: 101
          Asia:
          Tiflis: 328
          Tashkent: 272
          Baku: 237
          Omsk: 136
          Irkutsk: 130
          Saliany: 121
          Kokand: 119
          Tomsk: 117
          Yekaterinodar: 107

          (I don't recognize Saliany)

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            Hepps Moderators @Cernel
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            @Cernel I'm just not sure that population data alone is a measure of a cities signifinance... unless you are utilizing a separate resource such as manpower.

            While I get your complaint regarding Kiev... I am less worried about how many people will have a decidedly unfavorable reaction versus my decision to make Odessa the powerful territory in the region to support naval production as a counter measure to swift Ottoman dominance. While also forcing the territory to do double duty vs the German and Austro pressure.

            Perhaps if Kievians? Kievinites? Kievisarians? start spamming the thread en-mass... I will reconsider my position.

            "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
            Hepster

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              Cernel Moderators @Hepps
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              @Hepps Ah, also, not sure if the ownerships definitions are waiting for the release, but for that portion all is good except Lviv, or rather Leopolis or Lemberg, that should be part of Austria-Hungary. Also this way the borders would look more like the historical shape, since Russian Poland was bulgy like that, and Lviv seems to clearly capture the Galician border with Russia. This would require changing the name of Galicia to something else, tho.

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                Schulz
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                Did you value Ottoman territories if yes can I see a screenshot?

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                  Hepps Moderators @Schulz
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                  @Schulz Yes all territory valuations are complete.

                  However I think we shall save the remaining screen shots for the release. Between the starting financial and military distribution as well as the seasonal effects... I want you to have something to be excited about. 😃

                  "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                  Hepster

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                    Hepps Moderators
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                    But here is a screenshot from a less significant area of the globe...

                    Gulf example.png

                    "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                    Hepster

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                      Hepps Moderators
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                      Just a little update... with all the basic stuff done this map is now moving into the final phases of development...

                      Get ready to get your Diplomacy on... it's gett'n hot in here!

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                      "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                      Hepster

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                        Hepps Moderators
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                        Teaser...

                        Central Africa unit example.png

                        "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                        Hepster

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                          Hepps Moderators
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                          A blessed day off... so I work on something other than work...

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                          "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                          Hepster

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                            ubernaut Moderators @Hepps
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                            @Hepps this is looking very interesting 🙂

                            "You should never have told me horses sleep standing up, it gave me a mental block." - Mister Ed

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                              Hepps Moderators @ubernaut
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                              @ubernaut Glad to see we've got your attention. 😃

                              "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                              Hepster

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                                Hepps Moderators
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                                Even the neutral Italians are ready for the inevitable war to come...

                                Even the Italians are ready.png

                                "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                                Hepster

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                                  Hepps Moderators
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                                  Austro Hungarians on the move...

                                  Austrian readiness.png

                                  "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                                  Hepster

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                                    alkexr @Hepps
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                                    @Hepps "Northern Hungarian Plains" is very much to the east of Budapest, as is the rest of the Hungarian Plains. To the west, the Transdanubia region is mostly covered in little hills and valleys (not big enough for a territory effect). A better but still mildly strange name would be "Nortern Carpathian Basin" (?) or even just "Northern Hungary", although Budapest touching Transylvania is upsettingly weird regardless of naming. They're nearly two hundred miles apart. c7b19396-36c9-4ebe-a471-9c0c525f5349-image.png
                                    But a rare and biased phenomenon called a "Hungarian eye" might percieve what makes an interesting game as disturbing...

                                    "For the world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air."

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                                      Hepps Moderators @alkexr
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                                      @alkexr I agree that the placement is a bit wonky...

                                      AustroHungarian Domain.png

                                      When you really look at it the issue is how I had to "persuade" Budapest to being in Southern Hungary based on how the original map was created. (Bear in mind I simply altered this map to the best of my abilities without starting from scratch). I was trying to stop the Austrians from having 2 high PU value territories (with established production facilities) directly connected.

                                      "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                                      Hepster

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                                        RogerCooper @Hepps
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                                        @Hepps Budapest is closer to Vienna than Transylvania. However, Budapest should not start with a factory. The Hungarian government opposed the war and had not prepared for war. Why does this thinly populated Carpathian mountains receive the same income as industrialized Bohemia, the heart of the Austrian arms industry.

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                                          Hepps Moderators @RogerCooper
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                                          @RogerCooper said in Power of Politics 1914 : A WWI scenario:

                                          @Hepps Budapest is closer to Vienna than Transylvania. However, Budapest should not start with a factory. The Hungarian government opposed the war and had not prepared for war. Why does this thinly populated Carpathian mountains receive the same income as industrialized Bohemia, the heart of the Austrian arms industry.

                                          Yes as stated, trying to fit Budapest into the existing map was a challenge given that I was trying not to have it adjacent to Vienna.

                                          Bohemia should have likely been valued at 4. Will likely swap the value with Transylvania which is currently valued at 4.

                                          I am all but certain there will be lots of changes once this is ready for play.

                                          "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                                          Hepster

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                                            Hepps Moderators
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                                            I think this is the only missing one @redrum

                                            If you add this to the TWW folder we should be all good.

                                            Desert.png

                                            "A joyous heart sours with the burden of expectation"
                                            Hepster

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