sully800 wrote:I think the idea is that the podium SHOULD be more important. It's more central to the map than other areas and in real life it commands more power. So the same is true for the map. You just have to treat someone with the podium as more of a threat than people with other continents.
Yes, I know that in real life the Podium is more important. But this isn't real life and if all maps did follow real life, Chinese Checkers map would also allow people to attack territories 2 spaces away in a straight line to imitate the 'jumping' movements, but it doesn't, because it does not abide to the rules of real life chinese checkers. Likewise, why should this map abide to the superiority which is present in real life?
I wouldn't really consider the podium as the central area of the map...especially since the 2 parties seem to be as close to the center as the podium is. In fact, the rough center of the map is where S. Floor, Tom and Ron all meet, so they share the central area.
Also, if the podium was supposed to be a continent where the holder is threatening, the bonus would be even larger.