[Lord Felix]

geoschmo, I was using not-all-warps-connected for two reasons. First, I just think it makes for a more interesting game. Second, I kept making maps till I had one with many small and large sector Groups, continuing to play only when I was myself restricted to a tiny sector group, to hinder my own typically rabid expansion. Thus, I started in a 3-sector-group, with another race in the sector, while the Sergettis (how I hate them) started in an 11-sector-group, with another race in the sector. I think that's an advantage to the AI, not to me.