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by **echohaus** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:28 am

Looking at the PDF of it, there are no explanations for the different shaded areas. Can someone fill me in on what the designations are?
Thanks.

by **capjbadger** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:38 am

Something got changed. The first day it was up have the color code key. But later downloads of it are missing it. Perhaps the doc is not as final as they thought...

by **theCryptofishist** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:51 am

No, we've all had the chip implanted psychically.

YOurs must be malfunctioning.

by **trilobyte** » Sun Jul 09, 2006 12:23 pm

To answer your original question, though...

Dark blue is for registered theme camps
Medium blue is for villages
Lighter blue with diagonal lines is "theme camp reserve"
Lightest blue is open to anyone, first come-first serve

It's my understanding that theme camp reserve is where the placement teams will go, should they need additional space for the registered theme camps beyond what's in dark blue.

My guess would be that they're not only showing the general city layout, but making more of an effort to keep space closer to the esplanade available to non-theme camps.

by **Wakawaka** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:43 pm

My 2 cents...

move the villages back a street or two.

by **HappyCJ** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 9:27 am

What is the definition of a "Village"? How does one get into a village, or find the right one to join?

I have searched for "village" on the ePlaya, but came up with a lot of bunk.

Any help?
- HappyCamp CJ

by **AntiM** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:04 am

Villages, places such as Hushville, Kidsville, AEZ, Gigsville, and there's others ... they've always been listed as theme camps before. I'm in Hushville and it requires preregistraion. Got waaay too crowded when folks simply showed up. We fondly called it Burning Man Calcutta one year; tent guy wires were overlapping we were so close in together.

by **trilobyte** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:04 pm

Villages are theme camps over a certain size. According to the 2006 Theme Camp Questionnaire, Villages are camps of more than 150 people. You'd join them the same way that you'd join any other camp - getting in touch with the organizers of that camp and ask.

~Trilo~

by **Eric** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 8:19 pm

To me villages seem to be more a collection of smaller "theme" camps, as opposed to the entire camp being only one theme. Lots of smaller camps under one big umbrella.

I could, however, just be drunk.

by **HappyCJ** » Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:59 pm

[quote="Eric"]I could, however, just be drunk.[/quote]

...and if not now, then surely later!

by **Eric** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:10 am

HappyCJ wrote:
Eric wrote:I could, however, just be drunk.

...and if not now, then surely later!

one can only hope. (he says, having a before-bed scotch...)

by **trilobyte** » Wed Jul 19, 2006 1:31 pm

Yeah, most villages I've seen wind up being a collection/coalition of smaller camps.

~Trilo~

by **Dr. Pyro** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 1:04 pm

As an example, look at Wheeeee!Ville ["Having More Fun Than You Since 2004"]. Some of the camps located within the confines of the village include Donut Love, Barbie Death Camp & Wine Bistro, the somewhat loosely-aligned Loose Nutz, and Smite. We needed to have 150 to become a village two years ago and are still pretty exclusionary about whom we allow in. But on the plus side, BDC&WB is always situated on a corner, so we're really easy to find (especially necessary Thursday afternoon for the Annual Meet & Greet), which is exactly what we want. Your regular garden-variety theme camp has virtually no say-so on where they will be placed, so, as the old saying goes, membership does have it's privileges.

by **trilobyte** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 2:25 pm

I like the idea of villages, Doc. In my opinion it's a good way to keep the individual camp sizes small enough so each member has a voice, and minimizes what I call "big camp drama."

~Trilo~

by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 3:02 pm

I think you mean "Epic Drama"

by **MissNev** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 1:29 pm

Anyone know what Wheel of Fortune is? We are placed at Anxious and Wheel of Fortune.

by **trilobyte** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 2:59 pm

I believe that's the road that circles Center Camp. You'd be at that intersection (or close to it).

~Trilo~

by **MissNev** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 3:14 pm

Thank you! I think we may be busy this year!

by **spectabillis** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:32 pm

Dr. Pyro wrote:...so we're really easy to find (especially necessary Thursday afternoon for the Annual Meet & Greet), which is exactly what we want.

damnstraight and dontpassgodontcollect100dollarstraightojail.

by **czar** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:55 am

trilobyte wrote:
Medium blue is for villages

actually the original legend stated 'communities' -- my camp is in one of those regions, we are not part of a "village". i was curious too (since we were placed there!). minor point?

probably a mix of villages and other like minded camps. lots of space there. similar camps are grouped together in those areas to create communities. just keep in mind that a 'village' denotes a collective (number of camps) working together.

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