[namad]

i think that in theory the map selection definitely effects the effectiveness of some individual nations... now people might be too lazy to change their preferences in light of this data but it seems to only be technically correct that the map be declared before the preferences of nations submitted?


certainly map selection is not dependent on untopimized's pick... so perhaps we can have the map selected by tonight/tomorrow so that when unoptimized is home and tells you his nation that will allow us all to submit our preferred list of nations?

if you currently have a list of preferred nations that is one nation longer than it needs to be all you will have to do when untopimized picks his nation is to remove it from your list that had an extra nation on it.... that step will require no extra deliberation