Balkan Peninsula

@Noxon, with Kosovo is Serbian I referred to the name

and many thanks Vex.

New update:

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6899/balkan5.jpg

personally i think the text is much better this way. but I don't really like the title. keep trying.

The text is much better, but the mini map still feels cramped. I also am not too fond of the title, and I don't like how similar the color is to the outside of the map.

I like the text.
Im not sure if you changed anything, but the territories dont look too bright anymore (did I miss last update maybe?), so thats very good.

I dont really like the colour yellow-greenish colour of Bosna i herz., it looks a bit slimy

I like the title, but its not very good visible, so you might want to change the colour again.

And your minimap needs work.
For one you have really long names, which makes the minimap feels stuffed full.
Also some regions have territory borders, and some have not, which is kinda weird.

I can see why you did that, because one region has a real life split up - I guess thats also why they have such long names.

Doesnt work really, maybe find another name for the regions, one that covers everything. Its also no problem if the names arent perfectly accurate - the map is ment to play risk on, not to teach us geography

Let's see what you think about this new update:

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3555/balkan6.jpg

With the lines on the mini map and looking at the map ..why did you not just make the three their own region?

Sure they might have two and one with three territories on them but why not have their bonus at 2? I do not like it but sometime things just work out that way...

It might help with the full mini-map. Still not liking the border around it.

Now as for the Title...try mixing the font...Use just the B & P and the rest in a font that is close but readable...not sure if there is two "L", with one that looks like a "B & L" blended together or is that a "B"?

Sorry, but I don't understand that. Do you want me to split the three regions, so we have the real countries, just for emptying the minimap? Don't you think that a bunch of 1s and 2s will crowd it even more.

Also, for the title... I chose it for the "n", not for the caps, and if the only thing you didn't like is the illegible "k", you will be happy with this one:

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4788/balkan7.jpg

 Looks nice and clean, can you use on land some textures that u have used on ocean?

Nice update.

The title is better visible, but looks a bit weird, both the colour and the K, because of the horizontal stripe in the center
Its better though

Minimap is alot less stuffed, congratulations.
The border is better as well.

Hmm, it looks like the territory labels will still need some work. remember that the site creates a 'small' version of the map that is 75% of the size. At that size the labels are completely unreadable. You may have to make the text slightly larger or you can try adjusting the spacing between letters.

http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/5820/balkan8.jpg

That shall fix the problem... but...

I have to ask, does anyone except the map maker like the style of this map?

Pysmon has made several improvements to the map but has not changed the style much. If it were my map, I would keep the outline, the text and the texture and change everything else. i would completely change the color scheme and have a paper background instead of an ocean. i am so tired of deep blue ocean backgrounds.

I usually let the artist keep their style even if I don't like it but usually it's the case that several other people do like the style. But if no one but the map maker likes the style then we have a problem. We don't want a bunch of maps that no one will play on because they don't like the style. We only want the best maps that many people like.

I haven't gone back through and checked this thread but I don't recall anyone saying that they liked this style.

So if you like the style of this map please say so. You must not keep quiet.

Style is a problem with me...as said before.

I don't have something against the style of the map. The only thing is the ocean colour. The problem with changing the ocean is that you probably also have to change almost all of the other stuff.