[AreaOfEffect]

*The list of player's has been updated.

*I've changed the game settings so that renaming in on.

*I've made a slight revision to the match-up (pairings) rules and explained how pairings for later rounds is handled.

*The reasoning section has been updated to reflect these changes.

Wraithlord, ideally I want to start rolling for nation picks real soon. The real question is, are we going to make the 64 player mark. In my opinion I don't think that's not going to happen. My goal will be to settle the map issue first. I'll put out a last call and see how many players we have after a map is found.

On the subject of making predictions, feel free to post whatever you think. Just be sure to note that its just your opinion. Truminator, as for being a bookie for bets, I'm sure your just joking. If your not, then start a new thread?

Meglobob, interesting comparison to the world cup. I just might use that for the game name.

Apsophos, I'm familiar with organizing "swiss" tourneys. I use to organize brackets for my college's speech and debate team when we hosted. It can be a lot of work, though not as much in this case since I wouldn't have the added complexity of assigning judges. Still, I'm not interested in that sort of tournament just yet. This is for the fun of it.

Ink, I've decided to pair people up based on their order of readiness. The first to games to be complete will determine the first two match-ups. This will hopefully lead to the least amount of down time for players. I swear I wrote this down before Micah pointed it out so obviously. The original post has been updated to reflect this decision.

As for the Maps discussion, I'm taking in all your input. However, I want view the maps myself before I settle on which ones to use. Unfortunately my "new" computer has major lag issues when playing dominions, which is rather odd. I need to switch to the other PC before I can navigate the game at a reasonable rate.

Wrathlord again, for your "clarification question", yes. They would need to roll for the nation. In relation to this topic, it isn't actually possible to mod some nations due to some unique features that some nations have, LA Ry'leh comes to mind. So having same-nation matches is not entirely possible. Also, making mods is beyond the scope of my interest.

Welcome to the game zlefin, Kheldron, slMagnvox, Xanatos, shard, Sir_Dr_D, and Hadrian_II. I know your anxious to know if your playing or simply made it time to be alternates. Honestly, unless more interest is drummed up in the next day or two, you may not get the chance to play in this game.

Fantomen, sorry you can't play. Good luck.

I'm keeping track of any picks people send me, but I'm not actually looking at them until I'm done with the maps. AdmiralZhao, your pick is noted, though I'll leave you the option to submit again via PM.

Edit: Welcome to the list vfb.