Are you Frigid, Temperate or Torrid? (Completed)
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 11:05 am
Are you Frigid, Temperate or Torrid?
Congratulations to redspyder
A very tight finish, with shoop76 and Loose Canon in second and third places respectively.
I'm Temperate here on the SW coast of England.
There are five main latitude regions of the Earth's surface comprising geographical zones, divided by the major circles of latitude. The differences between them relate to climate. They are as follows:
[spoiler=Torrid Zone]In the Torrid or tropical Zone, also known as the Tropic, the Sun is directly overhead at least once during the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the overhead Sun moves north from the Equator until it reaches 23.5 degrees North (Tropic of Cancer) at the June solstice, after which it moves back south to the Equator. In the Southern Hemisphere, the overhead Sun moves south from the Equator until it reaches 23.5 degrees South (Tropic of Capricorn) at the December solstice, after which it moves back north to the Equator.[/spoiler][spoiler=Temperate Zones]In the two Temperate Zones, consisting of the tepid latitudes, the Sun is never directly overhead, and the climate is mild, generally ranging from warm to cool. The four annual seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, occur in these areas. The North Temperate Zone includes Great Britain, Europe, northern Asia, North America and northern Mexico. The South Temperate Zone includes southern Australia, New Zealand, southern South America and Southern Africa.[/spoiler][spoiler=Frigid Zones]The two Frigid Zones, or polar regions, experience the midnight sun and the polar night for part of the year - at the edge of the zone there is one day at the winter solstice when the Sun does not rise or set for 24 hours{one day}, while in the centre of the zone (the pole), the day is literally one year long, with six months of daylight and six months of night. The Frigid Zone is the coldest parts of the earth, and is generally covered with ice and snow.[/spoiler][spoiler=History]The idea of a geographical zone was first hypothesized by the ancient Greek scholar Aristotle. He said that the earth was divided into three types of climatic zones, based on their distance from the equator.
Thinking that the area near the equator was too hot for habitation, Aristotle dubbed the region around the equator (from 23.5° N to 23.5° S) the "Torrid Zone." He reasoned that from the Arctic Circle to the pole was permanently frozen. He called this uninhabitable zone the "Frigid Zone." The only area that Aristotle believed was liveable was the "Temperate Zone", lying between the "Frigid Zone" and the "Torrid Zone". However, humans have inhabited almost all climates on Earth, including inside the Arctic Circle.
As knowledge of the Earth's geography improved, a second "Temperate Zone" was discovered south of the equator, and a second "Frigid Zone" was discovered around the Antarctic. Aristotle's map was vastly oversimplistic, although the general idea was correct.[/spoiler]
25 Players playing in groups of 5.
You play everyone just once.
6 maps; 1 from each zone plus a world map.
[spoiler=Game Details]All games will be 5-player terminator played with CC's "default settings" (Automatic, Sequential, Escalating, Chained, No Trench, Casual) together with Fog.
Round 1: Arctic;
Round 2: Canada;
Round 3: Africa;
Round 4: South America;
Round 5: Antarctic;
Round 6: World 2.1.[/spoiler][spoiler=points]Points will be allocated as 2 points per termination plus either 1 to 4 for the position in which you are terminated or 5 points if you are the survivor.
In case of a dropout during a game, they will receive no points and those terminated will receive points from 2 to 4.
In the case of a tie, three deciding games will be played on Classic with the same settings as above.[/spoiler][spoiler=gameplay]I will send out the game invites by pm with an auto-join link. If you do not join within 48 hours I will send direct invites. Failure to respond after a second invite will result in either a replacement being found (Rounds 1 to 4) or continuing with the remaining players.[/spoiler]
Congratulations to redspyder
A very tight finish, with shoop76 and Loose Canon in second and third places respectively.I'm Temperate here on the SW coast of England.
There are five main latitude regions of the Earth's surface comprising geographical zones, divided by the major circles of latitude. The differences between them relate to climate. They are as follows:
- The North Frigid Zone, north of the Arctic Circle;
The North Temperate Zone, between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer;
The Torrid Zone, between the Tropical Circles;
The South Temperate Zone, between the Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic Circle;
The South Frigid Zone, south of the Antarctic Circle.
[spoiler=Torrid Zone]In the Torrid or tropical Zone, also known as the Tropic, the Sun is directly overhead at least once during the year. In the Northern Hemisphere, the overhead Sun moves north from the Equator until it reaches 23.5 degrees North (Tropic of Cancer) at the June solstice, after which it moves back south to the Equator. In the Southern Hemisphere, the overhead Sun moves south from the Equator until it reaches 23.5 degrees South (Tropic of Capricorn) at the December solstice, after which it moves back north to the Equator.[/spoiler][spoiler=Temperate Zones]In the two Temperate Zones, consisting of the tepid latitudes, the Sun is never directly overhead, and the climate is mild, generally ranging from warm to cool. The four annual seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, occur in these areas. The North Temperate Zone includes Great Britain, Europe, northern Asia, North America and northern Mexico. The South Temperate Zone includes southern Australia, New Zealand, southern South America and Southern Africa.[/spoiler][spoiler=Frigid Zones]The two Frigid Zones, or polar regions, experience the midnight sun and the polar night for part of the year - at the edge of the zone there is one day at the winter solstice when the Sun does not rise or set for 24 hours{one day}, while in the centre of the zone (the pole), the day is literally one year long, with six months of daylight and six months of night. The Frigid Zone is the coldest parts of the earth, and is generally covered with ice and snow.[/spoiler][spoiler=History]The idea of a geographical zone was first hypothesized by the ancient Greek scholar Aristotle. He said that the earth was divided into three types of climatic zones, based on their distance from the equator.
Thinking that the area near the equator was too hot for habitation, Aristotle dubbed the region around the equator (from 23.5° N to 23.5° S) the "Torrid Zone." He reasoned that from the Arctic Circle to the pole was permanently frozen. He called this uninhabitable zone the "Frigid Zone." The only area that Aristotle believed was liveable was the "Temperate Zone", lying between the "Frigid Zone" and the "Torrid Zone". However, humans have inhabited almost all climates on Earth, including inside the Arctic Circle.
As knowledge of the Earth's geography improved, a second "Temperate Zone" was discovered south of the equator, and a second "Frigid Zone" was discovered around the Antarctic. Aristotle's map was vastly oversimplistic, although the general idea was correct.[/spoiler]
25 Players playing in groups of 5.
You play everyone just once.
6 maps; 1 from each zone plus a world map.
[spoiler=Game Details]All games will be 5-player terminator played with CC's "default settings" (Automatic, Sequential, Escalating, Chained, No Trench, Casual) together with Fog.
Round 1: Arctic;
Round 2: Canada;
Round 3: Africa;
Round 4: South America;
Round 5: Antarctic;
Round 6: World 2.1.[/spoiler][spoiler=points]Points will be allocated as 2 points per termination plus either 1 to 4 for the position in which you are terminated or 5 points if you are the survivor.
In case of a dropout during a game, they will receive no points and those terminated will receive points from 2 to 4.
In the case of a tie, three deciding games will be played on Classic with the same settings as above.[/spoiler][spoiler=gameplay]I will send out the game invites by pm with an auto-join link. If you do not join within 48 hours I will send direct invites. Failure to respond after a second invite will result in either a replacement being found (Rounds 1 to 4) or continuing with the remaining players.[/spoiler]