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Slynky said:
Reference the previous 2 posts and unlucky placement.
"Ahem. Cough, cough."
(please see my earlier posts on Balance mod and a comment on the sad number of times one is placed next to an opponent in a KotH game)
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I’ve never played with the balance mod, but I understand that it produces a more predictable map that is less interesting to play on.
A simple solution would be to request a gentlemen’s agreement that ether player can ask for a restart within the first 5 turns for extremely poor starting placement. Example of valid reasons for requesting a restart: Home worlds in adjacent systems, expansion is blocked by a black hole. Less valid reasons: all the colonizable worlds found so far suck.
Players would be on their own honor not to abuse the agreement. Players could request it after the 5th turn but their opponent would be required to accept it.
This way it wouldn’t place any additional burden on the KOTH admin, nor require special mods.