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by **ben1212** on Thu Feb 07, 2013 9:09 pm

I have played the Germany map enough times on Standard,Escalating Spoils, Unliminted, to know one flaw with this map and settings(1v1). Whoever starts first will win. Everytime I played and went first, I won, regardless of the rank of my opponent. So this map is one to be avoided if you enjoy strategy and one to love if your a cook (because you'll soon get 50% wins). Feel free to try it out with me.

by **Jashur** on Thu Feb 07, 2013 10:41 pm

You've played the map seven times...

by **Jippd** on Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:01 am

ben1212 wrote:I have played the Germany map enough times on Standard,Escalating Spoils, Unliminted, to know one flaw with this map and settings(1v1). Whoever starts first will win. Everytime I played and went first, I won, regardless of the rank of my opponent. So this map is one to be avoided if you enjoy strategy and one to love if your a cook (because you'll soon get 50% wins). Feel free to try it out with me.

9 out of 10 maps that you play 1 v 1 with unlimited forts will go to whoever has first turn due to the first player to reinforce multiple territories allowing them to get a good foothold in certain positions that will be key to the game.

1 v 1 is the hardest game to have a balanced type of play in.

1st turn always has advantage in 1 v 1.
(especially on maps where you start with 12/15/18 territories where you can easily reduce your opponents territory count by 1 with 1 winning attack. or on very large maps where it is easy to gain a stronghold in a key area of the map and drop your opponents deploy)

by **skychaser** on Fri Feb 08, 2013 2:02 pm

Well. It's the same at ANY map. 1x1 is not balanced. 2x2 is not balance. I dare say it aint even Risk.

by **Dukasaur** on Fri Feb 08, 2013 4:52 pm

Yeah, allow me to join in the chorus. It's always an advantage to go first in any game. In 1v1 it's a much bigger advantage than in other modes, and Unlimited forts grossly increases the advantage. Never play 1v1 with Unlimited if you're worried about fairness. And no, it's not the map's fault.

Speaking of which, I suppose instead of farting around in the forums, I should be making some more Unlimited 1v1 games for HA and Grandilof.... :twisted: