I agree with donsig that I'm not that enthusiastic about the dual civ thing... I also agree with L.Parkin that an even number of teams has a better potential for balance.
Finally, I agree with DaveShack that 6 teams would be better thatn 4. Really, 8 teams would be better than 6, and 10 would be better than 8... but we don't currently even have 4 teams, let alone 5,6,8... whatever.
As far as the 4th team goes... I am pretty confident that Indiansmoke could form a 4th team... But we still have not conclusively decided on the closed team issue that was raised... Maybe some are waiting for that issue to be decided before putting up a team page?
As far as making more than 4 teams... It is starting to seem that maybe we wont be able to do that until we have a full sign up thread.
Maybe a sign up thread like before with Team 1, Team 2 etc., but also with Team Sirius etc., so that people signing up have a choice between joining a team with pre-defined rules/philosophy/captain etc., and joining a team where they have more of an opportunity to start from scratch.