Suggestion Idea: Include a drop down list where you can pick a round number and you can see exactly what the board looked like at that time.
Specifics: This would likely require the final implementation of
Game Log 2.0. Along with the new game log, there would be a list for starting locations for each player.
Example wrote:Player 1 - Afghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Argentina, Great Britain, Greenland, Iceland, India, New Guinea, North Africa, Northwest Territory, Ontario, Ural, Venezuela
Player 2 - Brazil, Central America, China, Congo, Indonesia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Peru, Quebec, S. Europe, Scandinavia, W. Europe, Western Austrailia
Neutral - East Africa, Eastern Austrailia, Eastern U.S, Egypt, Madagascar, Middle East, Mongolia, N. Europe, Siam, Siberia, South Africa, Ukraine, Western U.S., Yakutsk
Numbers for the territories would not be needed since 3 is deployed to all.
With starting positions listed, it would be possible to parse all the data from the game log. From there, the addition of a drop down list that allows you to view any section of the game. This could even be taken one step further to be interactive with the game log. You could click on:
2007-07-26 21:29:55 - Player 1 receives 4 armies for 14 territories
And it would take you to that exact moment in game play.
Why it is needed: While this change would be purely informational for the member base, it would give the mods extremely easy access for checking out potential secret alliances or just straight up shady play.
For the player side, I believe it's an enhancement to the site that would continue to make this the best online world domination game.