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I am interested in taking you up on this offer. I'd like to be involved in the selection at some stage, though. Help, if I might, learn if I an.

Notes: Evilhomer is considering a mod nation, Mictlan may or may not be available for Ramz. If Evilhomer doesn't change nations, Ramz will have to take a mod nation. We're still accepting new players, but they need to lay claim to a mod nation. I'll make a post shortly discussing/listing mod nations, but feel free to suggest a mod nation as well.

Current Nation-Player list:
Abysia - Szumo
Agartha - Hadrian_II
Arcoscephale - Papatoss
Atlantis - Lazy_Perfectionist
Caelum - Velusion
Ctis - Baalz
Ermor - AdmiralZhao
Jomon - Jomon
Man - fungalreason
Marignon - MAJ_Disgrace
Mictlan - EvilHomer
Midgard - Aethyr
Pangaea - MrSparkle
Patala - calmon
R'lyeh - Jazzepi
T'ien Ch'i - Saarud
Ulm - Reverend Zombie
Ulm Reborn - Burnsaber
Vaettiheim - Janlm
Utgard - duke_commando

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I would like to keep the mod nations to a minimum myself. I played in some all mod games recently, and I did not feel that they were terribly well balanced for large scale multiplayer.

Jazzepi

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So be it. We'll get Ramz get a mod nation. We'll have the game limited to three mod nations, and stop accepting any new players. Three mod nations out of 21 shouldn't unbalance the overall gameplay too much.

If they are too strong, we should be able to manage a strategic alliance and offer the mod creators some feedback.

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LP -

Let me know approximately how many water/land provinces you would like, I'll work up a map and PM you with the link for your feed back.

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Hmm... In my single player games (1 on 1), I generally go with 15 provinces per player to prevent anyone being stuck too close together. But my experience with large games is non-existent. Recommendations would be nice. Otherwise, I'm shooting in the dark.

15x21 = 315 maybe too large?
10x21 = 210 maybe too crowded, especially with unfamiliar mod nations?

By magically pulling an arbitrary number out of my ***, lets go for 260 provinces. So thats about 17 players 15 provinces each, or 26 players 10 provinces each for the RMG.

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I like your original preference at 15 provinces per player if you're going for votes http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

All my games are big games and thats approximately what I use.

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They won't take to long to finish with 360 something provinces?

Well, I don't have any real opinion on the matter, so just go with your best judgement on the size.

I do have some particular opinions on water provinces and mountains, though. I might tweak some watery areas to contain fewer provinces and better sailing opportunities. I'll also make sure there are some real mountains for the sake of Agartha.

If you'd like, I'd crack open the GIMP and/or Photoshop to try and make a map wraparound.

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I'd say somewhere between 13-15 per player is a good sweet spot to hit.

I tried 10 per player in Ludus, and that was a pretty tight fit IMHO. We had a lot of rushers.

Jazzepi

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So, velusion, if you find several you want to run by me, try uploading them as a lower-quality jpeg first. That way, you won't spend all day uploading a rmg only to find out I'm not interested. Once we both think a particular map has potential, then we can go to less compressed, lossless formats, and tweak from there.

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Don't know much about the balance of mod nations but can i be sylvania, the nation of elves i believe.