A wonderful new world, Pandora's Box.

Thank you for the link. The report you mentioned accurately reflects the perception of newcomers about this wonderful new world as just another standard map. This statement is absolutely incorrect. If you play a few times, and even more attentively, even against the AI, you will notice that the initial position doesn't determine the winner. Only in THIS map do completely different rules apply, not the ones mentioned in the report, for example. And, as you rightly noted, the map is "unbalanced." The point is to be able to play at an expert level on a specific map, to use any opportunities the terrain offers, and to exploit your own advantages and the weaknesses of your opponent. (You have no idea how much the map differs tactically and strategically from your standard random maps, where two opponents with equal starting conditions simply butt heads like rams. Although, I personally have nothing against "your rules" - there's no accounting for taste.) (Also, the report doesn't mention what level the AI is playing at. Here, they are playing at 200%.) Meanwhile, there are those who want to play under the conditions mentioned in this thread. If random people like you kept quiet, there would be more participants. As Oscar Wilde said: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt."