[nakomus]

Gandalf,
I normally lurk on this forum, but I wanted to stick my head in to say I *really* appreciate your set of nation specific random opponents maps. Being able to download a map and jump right into an interesting game with whatever nation I wanted to play is great.

Poke in the Eye appeals less to me because it is so clearly different from MP games. The random opponent maps I can see as sort of practice in dealing with unexpected situations that might actually arise in a normal game. Poke in the Eye creates obviously impossible initial conditions.

That being said, I also enjoyed Orania Nasty Edition and think the semi-random map idea sounds wonderful; which I guess contradicts my complaint about impossible initial conditions in Poke in the Eye.

I have some experience programming in Python and made a brief attempt to code an automatic map modifier to play with, but I ran into trouble based on not really understanding the rules of map commands.

I’d be interested in contributing to an attempt at a semi random map generator if I were not so busy with school. As it stands now I don’t really have time to play Dominions in the first place.