Random Map

[squishyg]

A very cool idea, looking forward to partaking!

[n00blet]

Wait...What happened? I tried to give this a go and it's just selecting Peloponnesian War (because it's at the bottom of the map list I presume)....

Was this taken offline already

[Bruceswar]

I've disabled Random Map until we solve the bug with maps that have restrictions on the # of players...

Poof gone like the wind...

[watsonshawn]

Big thumbs up.

[DaJuice]

Beautiful thank you

[zeractal]

Don't have it so you can chose specific maps to disable or the people who "really" must have points will disable all bar the one they play.
or someone like Kind Herpes might use it instead of setting up city mogul freestyle because lets face it nobody would be as foolish as to join those games (he hasn't already foed).

it would make nobody want to play random and defy the point

[Witt13]

Don't have it so you can chose specific maps to disable or the people who "really" must have points will disable all bar the one they play.
or someone like Kind Herpes might use it instead of setting up city mogul freestyle because lets face it nobody would be as foolish as to join those games (he hasn't already foed).

it would make nobody want to play random and defy the point

No, its disabled as in you can't use random maps... There was some bugs, and some games got really screwed up. Like an 8 player game on fuedal, or this Game 5015199

[MyTurnToWin]

In my game Game 5017093 there isn't a map, but the game started. And one player has been eliminated by a neutral player. At least it doesn't show that they lost any points!

I wonder what rank the neutral player is?

[Assassin07]

looks like nutral was messing them up
-Assassin07

[Aesop Jones]

So if the game's already initialized in a map that doesn't exist, what's going to happen if I hit Begin Turn?

[barterer2002]

Essentially I think we're SOL Aesop

[lackattack]

Random Map is back online!

It will no longer select maps when there are more players than what the map allows.

If you have a game that got screwed up from that bug please contact Tech Support via the Help page.

Cheers!

[Assassin07]

Random Map is back online!

It will no longer select maps when there are more players than what the map allows.

If you have a game that got screwed up from that bug please contact Tech Support via the Help page.

Cheers!

Go lack
Thx,
-Assassin07

[PLAYER57832]

Random Map is back online!

It will no longer select maps when there are more players than what the map allows.

If you have a game that got screwed up from that bug please contact Tech Support via the Help page.

Cheers!

While fixing issues, can new people select random maps? I know they cannot join some, but might they end up with them if they pick random? (just checking)

[scipioafricanus1]

How about a Random settings selection also? That way you won't know if you get fog or spoils etc.

[WidowMakers]

How about a Random settings selection also? That way you won't know if you get fog or spoils etc.

I was just about to post this.

What needs to happen is that for all settings that are not selected, if a player hits randomize, all those settings are not revealed until the game starts.

If a player does not want speed games, then they pick CASUAL and the game is randomized for all other settings but Speed.

[LED ZEPPELINER]

How about a Random settings selection also? That way you won't know if you get fog or spoils etc.

I was just about to post this.

What needs to happen is that for all settings that are not selected, if a player hits randomize, all those settings are not revealed until the game starts.

If a player does not want speed games, then they pick CASUAL and the game is randomized for all other settings but Speed.

so, everything you leave blank is randomized.

[PLAYER57832]

How about a Random settings selection also? That way you won't know if you get fog or spoils etc.

I was just about to post this.

What needs to happen is that for all settings that are not selected, if a player hits randomize, all those settings are not revealed until the game starts.

If a player does not want speed games, then they pick CASUAL and the game is randomized for all other settings but Speed.

so, everything you leave blank is randomized.

I would think speed games should be excluded from this. There is too much a chance of someone forgetting to click "casual" OR forgetting to see if "casual" had been checked and then winding up with a game that began and ended before they even realized.

I am similarly nervous about freestyle versus Sequential, mostly because it is really important to know exactly when a game is starting in freestyle. This would give the last person or so to join a real advantage. IF this is a random option, I would prefer that the default would be "sequential" and that "either" would be another option, one you would have to actively pick. (more like current start game settings and not blank like in Game Finder)

It might also be nice to specify teams or no teams. On this I am more ambivalent. I said before that I wanted to seen an option for randomized teams period. However, it is one thing to play a game that might be Assassin or Terminator and something else to find you are teamed up with someone who may or may not even like teams. I can see a lot of people not wanting cooks to play Random, etc because of this.

[pimphawks70]

How long will it be before people start claiming "Random Map isn't really random".

[WidowMakers]

It should randomize these variables

-Number of Players
-Game Type
-Map
-Play Order
-Spoils
-Reinforcements
-Fog of War

it would then be truly random and serve its purpose. By eliminating speed, there are no issues with people getting kicked out due to timing.

[Woodruff]

Don't have it so you can chose specific maps to disable or the people who "really" must have points will disable all bar the one they play.

No they won't. If they were going to do that, they simply wouldn't select "random". It's quite logical, really.

or someone like Kind Herpes might use it instead of setting up city mogul freestyle because lets face it nobody would be as foolish as to join those games (he hasn't already foed).

If King Herpes set up a sequential random game, I'd be the first one to join. In a heartbeat.

it would make nobody want to play random and defy the point

Not at all.

It should randomize these variables

-Number of Players
-Game Type
-Map
-Play Order
-Spoils
-Reinforcements
-Fog of War

I agree, as long as it's not ALL of those randomized by default. In other words, we should be able to selectively randomize those particular items we'd like to be randomized.

[Gamefreakguy]

Number of players random? That might be... awkward... and not really what I'd like to randomize in my games, but maybe some others do.

If we're randomizing game type, there should be an option for "Random Solo Setting" and "Random Team Setting." Mixing random teams with standard/term/assassin would be a bad choice in my opinion.

I agree though that Map, Spoils, Reinforcements, and Fog of War would be very fun when randomized.

[cramill]

How long will it be before people start claiming "Random Map isn't really random".

lol

[thetheo]

How do u join a random game????

[firsal901]

1. cool
2.what is the map selection based on???
3.random settings could be a cool feature