Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24777288-20150112023427/@comment-26845310-20150821180821

Rene roo wrote: Snoozervine wrote: My islands are a Wubbox free zone, it's too loud and flashy and makes horrible sounds that clash with most island songs. I'm with you, Snooze. The first time I saw one of these things I thought Holy Odin WHT is that thing trashing the ambiance of everything else? Kind of grew on me a bit, here and there, but it gets obnoxious. Kind of like my nephews- really neat to see what they're up to but then glad I can leave ;)   I most enjoy people's islands who don't have them, I find, as they rely on the song and "stuff" for creativity where most wubbox driven types seem to think biggifying 3 of the screaming critters and jamming the island with trees and a few monsters who they don't mind makes something interesting. . But those are always the Top Island winners so maybe it's just us.  I almost thought about maybe possibly perhaps starting to think about getting one but with the Tribal Island now, I'm so low on coins it's worse than when I first started.  Odin's way of telling me I don't need a wubbox :)

Yeah I think there is space for a different 'aesthetic' than the biggified 'Busby Berkely' school of Island design that seems to dominate the Top winners at the moment. I prefer something a lot more natural looking and low key, I keep some rocks and trees (or even add more), I don't biggify monsters, I try to get a good mix of species rather than just going for the big earners (then you can play with songs within songs using selective mutes and fades), and prefer my islands to looks fairly 'organic' and less symmetrical and 'tidy'.