which is occasionally completely annoying.
random map variants, which guarentee 1212121212, or 1111122222, and/or symetric as far as planet types, player starting positions, resource rocks, and militia would end bogus matchs in which one team is totally gimped in starting position. At least with a symetric map, If a player on one team has a horrible starting position, its a given that another player on the enemy team also has the exact same starting position.