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[Devilman88]

We do you plan to have the game playable?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

It will take some time

[Devilman88]

It will take some time

Ok, no rush, I was just wondering.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Also, a map with city names.

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y29/pellaken/?action=view&current=map03.png

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Player List

U - Hash - Wales
U - Afleitch - Scotland*
U - Devilman - Greece
U - Nik - Normandy
A - rubyug - Prussia
A - Yelnoc - Occitania
U - PiT - Persia
U - Xahar - Hungary
U - Fydor - Denmark
A - Patukov - Troika**
A - AaronH - Barbary
A - Hello_Viafra - Poland
U - Vepres - Egypt

* I will be asking, but not requiring Afleitch to switch nations, offering him Austria-Bavaria, which is now a playable nation.

Also, I'm going to reduce the number of currently playable nations to 1, Finland. Any other applicants will be put on a "waiting list" as I fully expect to lose players between now and the time the game starts, so having the big nations have people waiting to take them will help, big time.

** Troika is no longer a playable nation. Patukov applied for Muscowy as #1, but it was not playable. I am willing to offer it to him, however, I want to note that Finland plays the role of 'Russia' in many ways, and I'd ask but not require Patukov to take Finland.

Both these people will get PMs shortly.

[rubyug]

When will you update the population stats for Germany?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

When will you update the population stats for Germany?

LOL, tonight

[rubyug]

KK. Cool. What else is left before the final game is up?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

each city needs a population
    cities have consumption, production
    factories, resoruces
    then I need to develop the entire military system
    political systems
    India

thats just for starters

[Hash]

I demand Celtic names for my cities.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I demand Celtic names for my cities.

No such language

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

You are free to rename your cities to anything within reason. You can name a city, for example, stalingrad (or Hashemgrad) but don't go around naming them things like pen*s. AMSTAR still has the final say, and I get to play AMSTAR

Historically and linguistically true name will always be accepted, but I ask that you use the latin alphabet.

[Хahar 🤔]

I demand Hungarian names for mine.

Rijeka→Fiume
Zagreb→Zágráb
Papa→Pápa
Pressburg→Pozsony
Budapest is correct
Szolnok is correct
Timisoara→Temesvár
Novi Sad→Újvidék
Kosice→Kassa
Cluj-Napoca→Kolozsvár
Brasov→Brassó

How ought I to feel that I didn't have to look many of these up?

Hashemite's Celtic names:

Derry→Doire
Belfast→Beál Feirste
Barregarrow→Bayr Garroo
Carlisle→Cathair Luail
Bangor is correct
Aberystwyth is correct
Swansea→Abertawe
Plymouth→Aberplymm
Penzance→Pensans
Brest is correct
Saint-Malo→Sant-Maloù
Rennes→Roazhon
Saint-Nazaire→Sant-Nazer

It would be very nice if someone could standardize the orthography, but I don't suppose anyone here has that knowledge.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

I will update the map. Eventually.

[Sewer]

what countries are left?

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Finland

[Sewer]

oK, I TAKE Finland

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

oK, I TAKE Finland

Done

[Хahar 🤔]

Finnish names, because, you know, why the hell not?

Reykjavik→Reykjavík
Neskaupstaour→Neskaupstaður
Staour→Staður
Alta→Alattio
Murmansk→Muurmanski
Pello is correct
Oulu is correct
Jomala is correct
Turku is correct
Helsinki is correct
Tallinn→Tallinna
Kuldiga→Kuldīga
Riga→Riika
Pskov→Pihkova
St. Petersburg→Pietari
Novgorod is correct
Pestovo is correct
Petrozavosk→Petroskoi
Arkhangelsk→Arkangeli
Kotlas is correct
Vologda is correct
Perm is correct
Ufa is correct

[Sewer]

I rename a city

Pello→Jello

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Each city will have a population, listed in hundreds of thousands.

Factories will not reflect population with regards to output, but will reflect themselves.

There is a distance range, within which, you can do things instantly. This just-in-time industry can be valuable. If, for example, you have an Iron Factory in the same city as a Weapons Factory, in the same city as an Airplane Manufacturing plant, you can use this to your advantage. If the source of the Iron is within range, then in a single turn you can turn not-yet-mined Ore into Fighter Planes. Railroads increase this distance greatly, and hence, are useful for industry.

Anything that is not processed within a turn is stored in your National Store. Using this National Store you can collect Iron on one end of your world-stretching empire, and use it the next turn on the other end.

"Materials" are the basics of life, things needed for peaceful economic development and consumption. This will be a single trade product.

You cannot use money directly in trade, rather, you can use "Trade Credits". You cannot voluntarily buy or sell these, however in the event of shortages, they can be converted in certain ways.

The population of cities includes the population of the land around it

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

All the above city change proposals are approved

[Sewer]

yay

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Still working on the game, just on a very slight break due to life sucking and me dealing with it.

[Teddy (IDS Legislator)]

Sorry for digging up an old thread but it is with good reason - This game is not dead. I am still working on it.

Here is the map at it's last update:

http://www.ridingbyriding.ca/AMSTAR/AMSTARbase.png

It's still a "work in progress". I really don't know if I'll ever finish it, but it's certainly not dead.