Map Question

[fe3333au]

Teams, please decide what you'd like the base map type to be:

Rik Made - Completely Random
Rik makes the map, and he decides everything (70% pangaea/80% continent/etc., size, temperature, climate, and age).

Rik Made - Parameters Team-Decided
Rik makes the map but the teams decide 70% pangaea/80% continent/etc., size, temperature, climate, and age.

Non-Rik Made - Completely Random
Ginger or myself start up a new PBEM and pick random for everything (70% pangaea/80% continent/etc., size, temperature, climate, and age).

Non-Rik Made - Parameters Team-Decided
Ginger or myself start up a new PBEM and pick everything (70% pangaea/80% continent/etc., size, temperature, climate, and age) according to the teams' will.

Abstain
Your team abstains from voting.

Barbarians, SGL, and SoZ terms will be decided in a different vote. Try to have the vote in by Sunday or Monday-ish.

 

[fe3333au]

I'm torn between 1 and 2 ... so will hold back prior to voting

I just want ...

Rare resources .
If Pangea or Continental, a couple of treasure islands scattered around.
A number of Easter Eggs (like the orcas spelling 'RM')
* But I'm sure Rik will do something splendid either way.

 

[peter grimes]

I say random for absolutely everything. If we don't know the rarity of resources, or whether to expect the existence of 'treasure islands', then the entire process will be something we can't anticipate. That will be more exciting and challenging than "knowing there's an island somewhere", or "knowing that this is the only luxury source in the area.

I say Let Rik use his judgement on everything. For that matter, he could drum up a meandering continent / archipelago spaghetti mess of a map, and we won't know until we start exploring.

Why would we want to lessen the excitement of exploration?!

 

[Niklas]

1. The less we know, the more exciting it gets.

 

[Aigburth]

Yes option 1, will make the early exploration a lot more exiting.

 

[AutomatedTeller]

I think it would be helpful to know arch vs. pangea, because two traits are pretty heavily map dependent. Of course, if we don't know the traits, no one will pick either of those, so maybe it doesn't matter.

besides that, I am fine with completely random, as long as it's fairly even. (like, if someone gets stuck on an island by themselves, they get some recompense for not being able to trade quickly)

 

[zyxy]

I vote option 1, with the caveat that to me "completely random" means that the mapmaker is in control. Not a random map from the editor. I like it balanced, and I'm certain Rik can come up with something that will make everyones traits useful.

 

[fe3333au]

I too went for Rik Random ... I'm sure that he has been following the discussion in the UN and probably in the team threads as well ... so he is sure to come up with something wonderful

 

[fe3333au]

Have voted Rik Random in UN