Marky Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 is not on the maps in sicily at least not in SC-I will it be included in SC2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retributar Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 If Malta can be in SC2...then i don't see why Sicily shouldn't be there as well...go figure!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka of Carthage Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 Because Malta was strategically important, while Messina was just another port. Thats not to say it shouldn't be represented, but it has nowhere the strategic significance of Malta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 malta was very strategically important but so was messina without holding messina, the allies couldnt have taken or controlled sicily and without sicily, they couldnt have invaded italy messina was the reason for invading sicily and italy was the reason for invading sicily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuniworth Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 you gay? This is a strategic game with just the largest cities. If Palermo is there it's enough. Messina is simulated anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J P Wagner Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 Originally posted by Kuniworth: you gay? This is a strategic game with just the largest cities. If Palermo is there it's enough. Messina is simulated anyway. "you gay?" It must be frustrating when you need to cull through the BF forum members for a Friday night date, huh Kuni? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 lol JP i think Messina needs to be there Messina is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, Italy and the capital of the province which bears its name. Messina has a population of 260,000. ~ wikipedia encylopedia 260,000 people huh? that seems pretty big to me thats already 4.3 times bigger than my city.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 There were also Allied plans for invading Corsica and / or Sardinia as an alternative to Sicily; naturally Sicily was a better stepping stone from Tunisia, but either of the other two major islands had their own advantages, mainly in terms of providing air bases for strikes against central and northern Italy. Yet neither or them has a port, and neither does Crete, Cyprus, or the Baleric Islands. All of which, in addition to Lisbon, have as much strategic significance, on this scale, as Messina. Probably they are much more deserving as Sicily already has a port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwin P. Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 If you put in every historical port in the game every third or fourth coastal hex will have a port. I would only include those that are strategically important, much as HC has already done. (and he has already added extra ports). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 im not saying EVERY historical port edwin i just mean ports for - France - Le Havre- NE of cherbourg i believe Cherbourg- west of the normandy landing beaches maybe Calais Sicily - Messina maybe Syracuse Sardinia - at least 1 port, ill have to do research corsica - at l;east 1 port crete - at l;east 1 port cyprus -at least 1 port azores maybe? so ya, theres a few ports i think that sardinia WAS invaded if i remember right ill have to do sum research it was sumtime before or after the sicily invasion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaMonkey Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 How about Iceland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 iceland too i completelyt forgot about iceland lol iceland had a crucial role in ww2, as a weather predictor and as a base for allied aircraft and warships patrolling the atlantic for uboats iceland needs a port as well definitely ReykjavÃk id say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 as for the baleirac islands, however theyre spelled i cant rmember - Palma (old Spanish name Palma de Mallorca) is the major city and port in the island of Majorca (in Catalan: Mallorca) and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. It is situated on the south coast of the island on the Bay of Palma. As of the 2003 census, the population of the city of Palma proper was 367,277, and the population of the entire urban area was estimated to be 462,010, ranking as the 12th-largest urban area of Spain. Almost half of the total population of Majorca live in Palma. Historically, the city and island have been regularly invaded. The city prospered most greatly when it was the capital of the Kingdom of Majorca, a part of the Aragonese Crown, in the 13th and 14th centuries. Many of the most noted historic buildings in the city date from this period and show the characteristic Gothic style, notably the cathedral (built from 1230 to 1600) and the mixed Moorish-Spanish style of the Palau de l'Almudaina. The archipelago of Cabrera, though widely separated from Palma proper, is administratively considered part of the municipality. so perhaps majorca should have a port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky Posted December 10, 2004 Author Share Posted December 10, 2004 and dont forget Dover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerseyJohn Posted December 10, 2004 Share Posted December 10, 2004 GeneralMark What you'd really like is the beautiful map that was used for HiCom @40 miles per hex instead of fifty and with lots of detail. I'd like that too. It doesn't seem to be compatible with Hubert's system. Mussolini thought Italy would get at least one of the Balerics for sending so much to Franco during his Civil War. He was wrong. Hitler thought he'd get at least one of the Canary Islands from Franco for the same reason, and he was wrong too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
it's Les Posted December 11, 2004 Share Posted December 11, 2004 No Messina can be explained like this. In placing cities/ports, its like a race, and there is only first place. Sorry no second place options allowed at this scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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