Earth in Multiplayer?

[LyricalChicken]

Me and two of my friends started playing civ 5 online together recently, and we wanted to play on the Earth map, that is available to all of us in single player. Is there some reason why the Earth map is not listed as one of the options when creating a game? All the rest seem to be there (such as Pangaea, continents, etc). Is this a bug or by design?

Thanks for the help

 

[Truthy]

Multiplayer is very faulty.

 

[LyricalChicken]

Thanks, not really an answer though. Anyone have an explanation for my troubles?

 

[LyricalChicken]

bump...anyone have an answer?

 

[LyricalChicken]

230 views, 1 response...nice community you have here.

 

[The_J]

If no one knows it .

I think premade maps are only available in SP + hot seat, but not in "normal" MP.

Edit:
Moderator Action: Moved to the MP area.

 

[CanuckSoldier]

Custom maps are mods from a code perspective and mods are not allowed in MP yet, due most likely to the fragile state the MP code still is, adding the data from mods would just add to the stress and break MP even more. We can only hope they will someday fix MP and add mods to it, we at CP have some great plans for MP mods, and have not been able to put anything into place either.

CS