Official Game Poll

Instructions: Anyone can and should start a thread in their team forum with this discussion so they can discuss among themselves. Please discuss what kind of map you want from the following options:
A Sirian made map. Only option we choose is map size.
A randomly made map. We determine the settings, and then generate a map.
A hybrid. We determine some settings, (ie; maybe a pangea, tropical climate, etc.), and have Sirian balance it.
Other (please write in)
Please discuss the pros/cons of each style, and then decide which method will work best for the Civ4 MTDG. This discussion will end no sooner than Wednesday. At that time, if your team has decided on a UN representative, they can come to this thread and cast their vote for their team - just write "Team X votes for Y". Majority wins.
I think that we have already come to a consensus on this but Just wanted to check.

I voted for: Sirian map with size determined by the teams. For mapsize, since there's only 5 teams, I would like a small one I think.

small?? I would think atleast standard

I thought the default # of civ's per map size for small was 5, right? For a Standard map it's 7, so there would be a lot of space out there with only 5 teams. Maybe too much, but it depends on the land/water ratio.

As the space between the Civs is not just related to map size but also to the amount of land/water, perhaps when we specify map size we mean relative map size eg: spacious with a large amount of land for each civ or cramped with only a little land between us rather than specific map size eg: tiny, small, standard etc.