The real problem with the small maps is that if they spawn with some stupid big lake or a silly peninsula the chance you will be fucked with no hope if you lose any roll in the first round is stupidly high.

The biggest problem with the maps are always choke points, peninsulas, stupid big lakes or simple stagnation if they never change. Variation in size of good maps is fine, great games can be had on solid 27-31 land maps. I like bigger maps 35+ just for the increased likelihood of some awesome connect but size isn't a limiting factor in if a map is good or not.

Monte wtf are you on about old man. The reason I don't like 23-land maps is because I can't connect-em-all in the first round. There is a shit ton of risk available in big maps. Small maps is shit. You start with a 3 and a 2 half the time. Zomg, what are ya gonna 3v3?

meh, maybe its because i prefer faster games, and the smaller the map the lower the average play-time.

ryan still needs to change this most every map that is played for more that one or two games becomes a 23land.I have noticed that most of the 23 land maps are bottlenecks and take a long time for final two people to finish battling

I'm not an idiot. Small maps are bad because you can be almost eliminated before your turn starts. Also theres a lot more luck based on winning 3v2, 2v2 and 3v3 in the first turn or two when you play 23 land maps. Bigger maps make you think more and let you play longer and playing and having fun is what its all about.

hate small maps!