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    This map turned out great! I was kinda sad you threw away your earlier version, but now I am happy once more

    Don't worry too much about the names. I am always trying to come up with original names and my hopes are always dashed once I Google them.
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    There is an ancient legend that tells of ten thousand monkeys banging away at ten thousand typewriters and, in a sufficient amount of time, producing the completed works of one William Shakespeare. That being the case, it's much easier, I think, for a few creative types to accidentally reproduce a few particularly euphonous sounds and words.

    So, while "eribor" might be similar to "erebor", most people won't notice it, I think. On the other hand, given that "Andor" is a fairly important and oft-visited, oft-mentioned and particularly important nation in Jordan's Wheel of Time series, those who are familiar with that series might find it slightly more annoying to see another "Andor" playing out in another fantasy. However still... Star Trek fans might be just as bothered (you know how they can get) to see their favorite blue-faced antenaed aliens gracing their names on any fantasy series. Still, they'd all have to contend first with the estate of one esteemed professor Tolkien, who gave the name "Andor" as an alternate name for the fabled isle of Numenor.

    So, at the end of the day, type on, fellow word-monkey, type on.
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    Also, I, too, am happy to see a full-on return of the beautiful style you started out with, despite the updated coasts. Much happiness and joy abounds.
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    not a lot of work has been done on this map for some time...

    but i have changed the names around a bit... and added a few more...

    a notable name change is the world used to be called Estea. Now it is tentatively called Tanaris.

    i am also in the process of making the central country of Istarnia less round in shape. it is the one the players start in, just above the Shadowlands.

    some coastlines have changed a bit... but nothing too extreme.

    i suppose next i will be doing more rivers and roads and settlements.

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    Why the name change, out of curiosity?

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    The players made fun of the name. They thought Estea was the continent, and thought it was a silly name for a world, since it had connotations of East in its sound.

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    Ah, fair enough reason
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    I liked the earlier name better, probably because Tanaris has such heavy World of Warcraft connections for me, even if it is a good name in itself.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zaramis View Post
    I liked the earlier name better, probably because Tanaris has such heavy World of Warcraft connections for me, even if it is a good name in itself.
    Is Tanaris already taken by WOW? is it a place or a character?

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    It's a place. A whole zone even, the same as The Blasted Lands, incidentally.

    I shouldn't worry about it.

    Your map's looking great btw, although I still liked your original land mass shape.
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