[Aku]

Panther...I asked Boron the same question. He told me that him and Thufir in another game killed off each others hoarders with the flames spells and including their scouts died. So it is tested and confirmed.

CUnknown the map is a good size because we do have 12 people so its 6 teams and this map lets it easily be divided with the start locations. About diplomacy I believe it is being enforced by only the host knowing what players are playing what nation. So if nobody knows what players are on the other nations besides your teammate it is a bit harder to do diplomacy. The in game messages do work but comon that is so slow and usually too hard to organize anything at all and too much a pain to even bother.