C'tis isn't a factor? Ouch, but sadly true
starting position with only 2 borders and one of them was very ugly. Did take out Tein Chi's army 2x on a lark. So it seems that this game is now on a path similar to many games that Cohen is in. He is in the early lead, we can all cooperate to take him down a notch, at which point he will cry foul and go computer controlled.
Will await other responses to see if we can have some fun, or just go computer controlled soon and save the time.