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Old December 13th, 2007, 03:29 PM

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Sounds like an interesting game, count me in! I like this map, and the difficult research.

I'll have to think a bit on what nation to play.
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Old December 13th, 2007, 04:25 PM

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Btw LP, furthering our discussion in the Elli thread ; ), I would be happy to send you two updated .map files with 7 land/1 water and 10 land/2 water starting positions preselected. --I want to keep situations like random selection causing three players to be 3 provinces away from each other, while three others have 8 provinces to the nearest neighbour, or such like that. I would try to select starting positions that would be as fair as possible, and *which* position each player gets would still be random--which both allows still considerable uncertainty and randomness, and minimizes any potential bias on my part. I would take into consideration such things as corners, expansion directions, province attributes (such as wasteland clumps, large pop and multisite specials) and so forth when I did so.

What do the rest of you think?
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Old December 13th, 2007, 05:23 PM
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IndyPendant and the rest: presenting all the startlocs would be fair if any of the players have knowledge on those. This information adds few things into the "very early strategical phase" when one has to consider which are the priority objectives close to other nations. I'd like us to see the startlocs.

...still pondering the nation.
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Old December 13th, 2007, 05:27 PM

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IndyPendant, I think what you are describing is exactly how starting positions should be determined and allocated, I'm all for it.

A starting position for all players that is as neutral and unbiased as possible is essential for any good and fair game (or fight, if you will )
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Old December 13th, 2007, 05:35 PM
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Sounds good, LP.

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Ah yes parcelt, my poor eyes (=brain).
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RE: IndyPendant & Map

I have no objections to IndyPendant's offer. However, I would like to remind people I am administering the game, and _not_ playing in it.

So, I see three options.
1). Random start positions
2). Public non-random start positions by IndyPendant
3). Private non-random start positions by me. These can be nation-specific, or not.

I have no personal stake in the matter, so we'll go with whatever you guys decide unless an executive (read: nobody else makes up their mind) mandate is required.

I'm more concerned with how many players will join, and etcetera. Feedback on that is appreciated, but the default plan is:
Plan A). Wait a week. If no other sea nation joins or recruitment is slow, we'll go for the lower number of players. If another sea nation joins or we are close to our target, we'll go for the larger number.
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Old December 13th, 2007, 09:21 PM
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Hello I would like in. I would like to play Jotunheim please.
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