OK, Ceil and lurkers, here is where things went wrong.
No one asked for a balanced map. We asked for balanced leader/civ combinations which were posted and are fine. All the map maker had to do then was role a map that looked interesting and then post the starts. No edits needed.
The next problem was Kyan. He didn't realise that the game had started the moment the starts were posted, and wanted to change the rules mid game, after Seven explicitly asked to not post the starts until the rules were finalised. The most basic answer to this is "Tough Shit" and he should pick conservatively.
The final mistake was unilaterally posting spoiler information after 4 players specifically said they didn't want that. Whatever happens, the safest thing to do in this case is literally to do nothing. Once you did that you invalidated 4/6 players wishes and the map as well. There is no way that this map will be played on now because of what if it were meant maliciously (I know it isn't, I know you think you did the right thing) would be cheating.
So, given that several players want a new map, this, or a variation of this, is what has to happen: someone roles a new map that looks interesting. Role for a new 1st pick, and role out 12 (not 11) balanced leader and civ combos. But only after every player has agreed on what is happening. Though I suppose you could do al that behind the scenes where the players can't see to speed things up.
No one asked for a balanced map. We asked for balanced leader/civ combinations which were posted and are fine. All the map maker had to do then was role a map that looked interesting and then post the starts. No edits needed.
The next problem was Kyan. He didn't realise that the game had started the moment the starts were posted, and wanted to change the rules mid game, after Seven explicitly asked to not post the starts until the rules were finalised. The most basic answer to this is "Tough Shit" and he should pick conservatively.
The final mistake was unilaterally posting spoiler information after 4 players specifically said they didn't want that. Whatever happens, the safest thing to do in this case is literally to do nothing. Once you did that you invalidated 4/6 players wishes and the map as well. There is no way that this map will be played on now because of what if it were meant maliciously (I know it isn't, I know you think you did the right thing) would be cheating.
So, given that several players want a new map, this, or a variation of this, is what has to happen: someone roles a new map that looks interesting. Role for a new 1st pick, and role out 12 (not 11) balanced leader and civ combos. But only after every player has agreed on what is happening. Though I suppose you could do al that behind the scenes where the players can't see to speed things up.