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[Tanooki]

Meh!!

[Gentlegamer]

The front and back jpgs appear to be identical.

[Tanooki]

Thanks, it has been corrected.

[Gameguy]

Thanks, saved the pics of the map. If I ever find a copy of the game I can make some use of them.

I tried to ask nicely to get a scan or a photocopy of said map and it didn't happen.

What are you talking about? I've read that thread and just re-read it now. You said you wished there was a high res scan of the map online(didn't even actually ask for one to be made), and literally the next post was of someone posting a scan of the map for you. Only one side but he offered to scan the other side too if there was interest. You even thanked him for the scan.

http://mobile.nintendoage.com/forum/...threadid=68547

Plenty of people liked the idea of scans being made available, some were against it completely but most were in favour of having either pictures of the map or scans of the map with watermarks on it, so it's clear enough to see and be useful but not clear enough for counterfeits to be made and sold for profit. Plenty of people offered to scan the map for others but didn't have the map themselves, and others had the map but either didn't have a scanner themselves or didn't know how to scan it as the poster was too large for them to handle. You were only called cheap because you kept insisting that someone else should make a high resolution scan of the map and post it publically because the existing scans and pictures others posted weren't good enough for you. Someone else said if you wanted it better just buy it yourself, scan it yourself, and sell it off again to get your money back instead of demanding others to scan it for you. You did end up doing this so thanks for that.

I'm not a big fan of that site, but I don't think it's fair to blame everyone there as being against you when most were more than willing to help post a scan or pictures of this in some way. I do appreciate the scans you've posted for everyone here.

[Tanooki]

Rather you not link that, it's why I kept the site name out of things not wanting to start some whiny site vs site battle as has happened with stuff before. There was more behind closed doors (PMs) not in the threads that were public. I think the article is fair, it's just that part of that story wasn't publicly shown and since I erased messages and I have no access to the account anyway even if I did, they're gone.

Yes one side was offered, and that was some help, no doubt. I'm into archiving stuff and have been for years, in good high quality format, like the cover project does with boxes and things. My plan and desire was to get a front and back of that thing in high quality as I ended up making myself done, and I just kept hitting a wall about wrecking the value, being cheap, ruining the hobby, and other weak arguments all geared around protecting an investment which I found aggravating so I made it a point to get the thing and follow through. You're right that many were willing, but either wanted it do as they didn't have it, or there was no good scanner around to do it and that's fair enough. It was the public and private stuff that went on with those who had the map and the scanner who played games and said stuff.

Also to set it straight, I hate watermarking. I put it on the level of tagging graffiti on someone else's work you have no right to claim as your own so I won't do it, not on one damn thing, and that's why the scans I have don't even have my name in teeny print in a corner.

[SparTonberry]

Thanks for sharing!

[old_skoolin_jim]

Awesome scan! thanks for sharing (especially as a PDF)!

Edit: Just read this thread, and can't believe someone there actually said this: "Trust me, we do not want a better scan of this floating around. Highly-desirable, highly-collectible paper shouldn't have digital copies readily available for the morally bankrupt to reproduce and sell. If that happened to the Faria map, it would destory the market for it forever."

I hope they realize how ridiculous, selfish and pretentious they sound.

[Tanooki]

They don't. That was one my biggest beef there was the collector arrogance that always won out. Fall in or f'off is basically how it is, and if you don't agree with that sentiment on anything with old gaming stuff, go away. Again I had my motives for finding and making that one out there for them all and that post was a huge motivator.