A game with 8 players.

I also created map generation for Soda before 2008, allowing for maps larger than 144, but unfortunately, the area wasn't always filled to the full size. There was an unfilled plain of land with no objects or terrain around the edges.
I'm saying this because if I could figure out how to theoretically generate a map larger than XL back then, without any knowledge, it's more than possible to do it now, even in Soda.

Is the discussion here only about 8-player HOTA multiplayer?