Ok, so we are waiting for Unoptimized to post his official choice so both teams can scratch it off their team list. We know what he will probably take so this will happen very shortly.
Then I need the vet team to PM me their ranked team list. I'll post both lists and the results for all too see, so that you all can see I'm not being partial and that it was done correctly. It should be fairly straightforward though, but if someone feels as though they'd prefer an independent party do the team assignments, let me know.
If you'd like to wait until map selection is finalized that is fine, just remember if you say nothing, you have no say! I will assume you don't care eitherway. Here's the link again with the top candidates so far:
http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showp...&postcount=187
I do want to move this along as speedily as possible though, so we can get going.
While I'm inclined to toward planet Roarscach #4 (terrible speller) because it has a large cental landmass and both teams can be placed so that they can have a common front, I also like AOM Ogre. True AOM Ogre is rather large, however the actual land prov/player ratio is a bit less, about 23. That water in the middle does introduce some interesting strategic attack options, and would force most battles to take place in the sea. So think about it.
Hopefully, we can begin the pretender creation/placement phase by this weekend.
Thanks.