[geoschmo]

Ok, I just sent this out as an email to everyone:

Players,

Ok, looks like this game has got bit by the "cram half the empires in
one corner" bug. We have a request to restart the game. Personally I
don't like restarts, but I can understand the desire for everyone to have
a decent shot at survival in the game. What I am going to do is take a
poll. I want everyone to reply to this question:

"Should we restart the game using a randomly generated map modified
with approximatly evenly spaced non-specific starting positions?"

Everyone please vote "Yes please", "Please don't", "Don't care", or
"Definetly not, and if you restart I'll be forced to withdraw from the
game".

We have twelve players in the game. If we get at least nine votes of
"Yes please" or "Don't care", no more then three votes of "Please don't",
and no votes of "Definetly not" we will do the restart. I don't want to
lose anyone either way.

Geoschmo

I'll keep a tally. If you want your vote kept confidential I will do so.