Knox 'Country'

[Unagi]

I think the developers have accidentally called this Knox "Country" in a lot of their art work and it's kinda driving me nuts. There is no such thing as "Knox Country" - they clearly mean "Knox County".

Fix it, please. Should be simple.

[Armagenesis]

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Knox_Country

[Lokaror]

Knox county is in a different area than the game takes place. I think thats why they call it knox country.

As in "We cant stop here. Its knox country"

[Unagi]

Originally posted by Armagenesis:

https://pzwiki.net/wiki/Knox_Country

Alas.

Thank you for this, as it shows that it's not in error - it's what they wanted.

...although, I'm not sure what is meant by : "Knox Country (formerly known as Knox County)" /shrug

I think it can make perfect sense for the story to have the Knox Infection be in an area called 'Knox Country". I can see that - - but when I own a map of the area, I think it makes little sense to say it's a map provided by 'the Knox Country Chamber of Commerce'

It just reads like a (fairly common) typo to me.

[Gasper Vladi]

If you paid attention to the map/game development, you would know that knox county will be the next major city added. They wont add it till a lot more story elements/etc have been set.

[Unagi]

Originally posted by Lokaror:

Knox county is in a different area than the game takes place. I think thats why they call it knox country.

As in "We cant stop here. Its knox country"

Yeah, I guess it's -not- Knox County and that's why they don't call it that. I think it was really that "Chamber of Commerce" tag on the map that made me think, "wait, who would be the Knox Country Chamber of Commerce exactly?"

[Unagi]

Originally posted by Gasper Vladi:

If you paid attention to the map/game development, you would know that knox county will be the next major city added. They wont add it till a lot more story elements/etc have been set.

yeah, guilty as charged.

While I've owned the game for over a decade and have over 900 hours of play - I have indeed not paid attention to the map/game development - cause - well, it's been a long time to just keep doing that. I'm sure you can understand.

[Fogg]

Just call it county anyway

[DarkM4773r]

Door-to-door plague went viral globally or something.

[maeharaprojekt]

Originally posted by Fogg:

Just call it county anyway

Knox *County* is in Tennesee. Louisville, Fort Knox, Muldraugh, etc are in *Jefferson* County.

The area is known as Knox Country due to a misunderstanding on TIS's part; the full map was called Knox County in the very earliest versions. As I loosely understand the matter, someone (or many people) explained to the developers, who started off as four nerds from the UK and Canada, that while Fort Knox is in the area, the county is not named for the US Army base or the gold reserve.

The Indie Stone decided to change the map to Knox Country, instead of Jefferson County, for a reason that I do not know BUT I suspect it was influenced by the presence of Fort Knox and that they wished to keep a emotional link to the original map name.

Now, IMO, it's not unreasonable to associate the map with presence of the Army base. The first fort, Fort Duffield, had been abandoned by the Union Army in order to send its troop complement to reinforce other forces. After the Civil War, a new military camp was established nearby and named for General Henry Knox, the Continental Army's chief red-leg during the American Revolutionary War.

"Country" does not simply refer to a political entity. It's routinely used to refer to a large area of land; for example, "coal country" for coal-mining regions or, generically, to rural areas.

I feel that it's fair to consider, especially in a fictional setting, the greater rural and metropolitan areas around Fort Knox as "Knox Country." The base is enormous due to it being a home, at first, to artillery regiments and then, later, armored cav - both need a really big backyard to conduct fire training and practice maneuvers. To my tiny and warped artilleryman mind, I can understand that anyone living near Fort Knox would associate the entire countryside with the fort even though the actual county is legally called Jefferson County.

[DrLamp]

Originally posted by maeharaprojekt:

Originally posted by Fogg:

Just call it county anyway

Knox *County* is in Tennesee. Louisville, Fort Knox, Muldraugh, etc are in *Jefferson* County.

The area is known as Knox Country due to a misunderstanding on TIS's part; the full map was called Knox County in the very earliest versions. Someone (or many people) explained to the developers, who started off as four nerds from the UK and Canada, that while Fort Knox is in the area, the county is not named for the US Army base or the gold reserve.

The Indie Stone decided to change the map to Knox Country, instead of Jefferson County, for a reason that I do not know BUT I suspect it was influenced by the presence of Fort Knox and that they wished to keep a emotional link to the original map name.

Now, IMO, it's not unreasonable to associate the map with presence of the Army base. The first fort, Fort Duffield, had been abandoned by the Union Army in order to send its troop complement to reinforce other forces. After the Civil War, a new military camp was established nearby and named for General Henry Knox, the Continental Army's chief red-leg during the American Revolutionary War.

"Country" does not simply refer to a political entity. It's routinely used to refer to a large area of land; for example, "coal country" for coal-mining regions or, generically, to rural areas.

I feel that it's fair to consider, especially in a fictional setting, the greater rural and metropolitan areas around Fort Knox as "Knox Country." The base is enormous due to it first being a home to first artillery regiments and then, later, armored cav - both need a really big backyard to conduct fire training and practice maneuvers. To my tiny and warped artilleryman mind, I can understand that anyone living near Fort Knox would associate the entire countryside with the fort even though the actual county is legally called Jefferson County.

You've clearly done your homework. It's refreshing to see, especially on steam forums. So, we're obviously in agreement. Knox County. :)

[maeharaprojekt]

Originally posted by DrLamp:

Originally posted by maeharaprojekt:

Knox *County* is in Tennesee. Louisville, Fort Knox, Muldraugh, etc are in *Jefferson* County.

The area is known as Knox Country due to a misunderstanding on TIS's part; the full map was called Knox County in the very earliest versions. Someone (or many people) explained to the developers, who start

*SNIP*

and practice maneuvers. To my tiny and warped artilleryman mind, I can understand that anyone living near Fort Knox would associate the entire countryside with the fort even though the actual county is legally called Jefferson County.

You've clearly done your homework. It's refreshing to see, especially on steam forums. So, we're obviously in agreement. Knox County. :)

I do not actually dislike you or am angry but that deserves a "RAWR" and obligatory table-flip.


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[DrLamp]

It doesn't really matter. Alot of the places in game are made up anyway.

[Unagi]

sigh

The point is not that I don't understand the concept of something like "Hey, this is Cheese Country up here in Wisconsin" (example) - and I get that it could be "Knox Country" for that.


But there wouldn't be a Chamber of Commerce that was set up with that colloquial meaning of "Knox Country".

So when the map comes from "Knox Country Chamber of Commerce" - - I'm thinking that sounds wrong.

Again, this is all just idle chat. No big deal- as DrLamp says - it's all made up land for a game - and just inspired by the area.