[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#4468) long term questions

["Per I. Mathisen" <per@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, ue80@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> A fair map generator gives every player a nearly same good starting
> position. Can be counted in current rules roughly in number of whales
> + 1/2 number of 3 food squares + 0.2 * grass + 0.2 * pheasant. (divided
> by distance or something like that)

What about distance between the continents? Is it thought unfair if two
players start very close, while another starts all by himself with lots of
ocean in between to closest neighbour?

  - Per