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Wow. Ivor, you've actually voiced ideas that are already in my head.
I'm currently in talks with Wizard on ICQ (with the caveat that we're both busy in real life) about potentially reworking h3dm1 into an M-sized map and reducing the number of zones. At least, we'll try to see what happens. And the goal is to speed things up.
Then, please share links to h8mm6, hexagonmirror, and seafarers.
I'm genuinely interested. I understand that I might eventually find them, but if you share them right away, it will be faster. :)
P.S. But you might see in me the easiest person to get on board with new ideas in terms of the Heroes community (who, admittedly, can't do anything with their own hands yet :D). It takes a long and tedious process to get the community used to new ideas through trial tournaments, phrases, and comments, but water wears away stone.