[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Patch: bye bye free city center

["R. Miller" <richere@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:58 01-01-02 -0600, Tony Stuckey wrote:
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>         That depends on map size.  Play on a 40x25 generator 2 map with 8
> players, and you get ~3 cities.  Embassies are also easy to come by under
> these conditions.
>         Are people just totally in love with 200x100 maps?
I am absolutely new to FreeCiv (Windows versions) but a veteran of Civ and 
Civ2 since the very beginning. I'm just trying to adjust to the FreeCiv 
environment and to resist the temptation of going under the hood (I'm a 
programmer). My plan is to play only against AI players until such time as 
I feel competent enough to hold my own in a game against humans on the 
Internet.
Your above comment concerning map size has opened the door for me to aks 
the following questions:
1. What size map and what number of AI players should I use  in order to 
for the game to be as close as possible to the type of game that is played 
between humans? I expect that will make the skills I learn in playing 
against the AI more easily transferred to games against/with humans.
2. Apart from diplomacy and intelligence level, what are the most important 
differences in the game when playing with humans.
Thanks for your help,

Robaire