[Alneyan]

1) Yeah, I absolutely didn't get the Parabolize reference. My current excuse kind of works, actually: in my book, this word ought to be pronounced like "parabola", and that word cannot make me think of "pair". So, I'd like my intelligence level to be raised back up to "Dull as a stone".

2) My Xtreme skilz in English warn me of at least three different meanings for "to sign off". That would give "to withdraw", "to stop transmitting" and by extension "to become silent", and finally "to agree". So, I'm sensing a trap here. I'm *sure* Slynky tried to trick me in agreeing to my own defeat before the game even started.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. So, I'm fine with having Parabolize as our host. Besides, he *is* a KOTH Admin, so it should be easy to bribe him. Hey Parabolize, I sure hope Slynky will be stuck between a couple high-powered blackholes, or else.

3) I withdraw the suggestion about system types, since it'll be nastier than I thought. Basically, Balance 2.0 has created a swarm of Balanced systems, so a new quadrant type using all those systems plus the non-Balanced ones would be a pain in the neck to set up. Well, it probably wouldn't take more than a few minutes, but still.

So, I'm throwing that one back to Slynky: Balanced, with no nice system to play with, or vanilla, with random planets all over the place? I don't think it matters quite as much as in a standard game either way (full tech makes economy quite a bit different, and full tech makes for an interesting game no matter what, so my biggest objection to Balance does not apply here).