I'll be up to make a map, if you can't find anyone else. I've signed up on team RB, but haven't contributed much and they definately have big enough roster without me.
Here is few words about the philosophy I would be using. I would try to find a balance between equal chances and still random looking map. These are competing goals and it is impossible to fulfill both needs simultaneously, but I'll do my best. This basically means that e.g. starting positions had to be very close to each other in value, everyone should have close to equal access to strategic resources, similar amount and quality of food and luxury resources etc.
All in all I would do this balancing, but avoid total mirroring outside of the capital BFC and the further away from capital the more random the map will be and the more it relays on map script used.
I recognize that not all this is in accordance with the current votes, but I won't start map making process from premise that starting positions will be random or close to it. The amount of whining will be monumental and having 0 chance right from the beginning is far from fun. e.g. In MTDG 1. Team Saturn had lost the game even before it started. I know that good games can come out of totally random maps, but I don't think this the game for that approach. I think in MTDG map should try give everyone equal chances.
So if you're alright with this I'm available. Especially, if I could get lurking rights also to some other sites . I'm not intrested being an Admin though. I'm totally ok, if you find someone else or if you think this is not the way to do it.
Here is few words about the philosophy I would be using. I would try to find a balance between equal chances and still random looking map. These are competing goals and it is impossible to fulfill both needs simultaneously, but I'll do my best. This basically means that e.g. starting positions had to be very close to each other in value, everyone should have close to equal access to strategic resources, similar amount and quality of food and luxury resources etc.
All in all I would do this balancing, but avoid total mirroring outside of the capital BFC and the further away from capital the more random the map will be and the more it relays on map script used.
I recognize that not all this is in accordance with the current votes, but I won't start map making process from premise that starting positions will be random or close to it. The amount of whining will be monumental and having 0 chance right from the beginning is far from fun. e.g. In MTDG 1. Team Saturn had lost the game even before it started. I know that good games can come out of totally random maps, but I don't think this the game for that approach. I think in MTDG map should try give everyone equal chances.
So if you're alright with this I'm available. Especially, if I could get lurking rights also to some other sites . I'm not intrested being an Admin though. I'm totally ok, if you find someone else or if you think this is not the way to do it.