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Gasplant Pain

Gasplant Pain is a Total Annihilation map on Acid, 4,800 × 3,840 pixels, with 10 start positions.

10 X 8 Large plain for close encounters. Lots of geothermal.

Map of Gasplant Pain with its start positions — Start position, numbered by player · Map 4,800 × 3,840 pixels · Scroll or pinch on the map to zoom; drag to move. Hover over a feature or a resource for its details.

Start Position Fairness

Even with 2 players. The poorest start makes 29.75 metal a second from its deposits, 2.9% less than the richest, which makes 30.65. The most cramped start has 0.5% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	19	29.75	8	49.7%	48%	0%	5,070 pixels
2	20	30.65	8	50.3%	47.7%	0%	5,070 pixels

Uneven with 3 players. The poorest start makes 15.99 metal a second from its deposits, 38% less than the richest, which makes 25.98. The most cramped start has 37% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 4 to 8 a start.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	12	18.41	4	31.5%	30.4%	0%	2,946 pixels
2	17	25.98	8	41.9%	40%	0%	3,893 pixels
3	10	15.99	4	26.6%	25.4%	0%	2,946 pixels

Fairly even with 4 players. The poorest start makes 14.24 metal a second from its deposits, 11% less than the richest, which makes 15.99. The most cramped start has 11% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	9	14.24	4	23.4%	22.7%	0%	2,946 pixels
2	10	14.65	4	24.7%	23.4%	0%	3,232 pixels
3	10	15.99	4	26.6%	25.4%	0%	2,946 pixels
4	10	15.51	4	25.3%	24.3%	0%	3,232 pixels

Uneven with 5 players. The poorest start makes 8.35 metal a second from its deposits, 48% less than the richest, which makes 15.99. The most cramped start has 44% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 0 to 4 a start.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	6	10.06	4	13.9%	13.4%	0%	1,914 pixels
2	10	14.65	4	23.8%	22.5%	0%	3,232 pixels
3	10	15.99	4	24.9%	23.7%	0%	2,946 pixels
4	7	11.33	4	15.9%	15.2%	0%	2,050 pixels
5	6	8.35	0	21.5%	20.9%	0%	1,914 pixels

Lopsided with 6 players. The poorest start makes 5.03 metal a second from its deposits, 69% less than the richest, which makes 15.99. The most cramped start has 77% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 0 to 4 a start.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	5	7.94	4	12.1%	11.6%	0%	1,914 pixels
2	10	14.65	4	21.3%	19.9%	0%	3,232 pixels
3	10	15.99	4	21.7%	20.5%	0%	2,946 pixels
4	7	11.33	4	14.1%	13.4%	0%	2,050 pixels
5	4	5.45	0	6.3%	5.7%	0%	784 pixels
6	3	5.03	0	24.6%	24.6%	0%	784 pixels

Lopsided with 7 players. The poorest start makes 2.91 metal a second from its deposits, 79% less than the richest, which makes 13.87. The most cramped start has 75% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 0 to 4 a start.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	5	7.94	4	11.8%	11.3%	0%	1,914 pixels
2	9	13.87	4	18.3%	17%	0%	2,822 pixels
3	8	12.6	4	18%	16.9%	0%	2,445 pixels
4	7	11.33	4	13.9%	13.2%	0%	2,050 pixels
5	4	5.45	0	6.3%	5.7%	0%	784 pixels
6	2	2.91	0	8.6%	8.6%	0%	672 pixels
7	4	6.3	0	23.2%	23.2%	0%	672 pixels

Lopsided with 8 players. The poorest start makes 2.12 metal a second from its deposits, 82% less than the richest, which makes 11.75. The most cramped start has 70% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 0 to 4 a start.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	5	7.94	4	11.8%	11.3%	0%	1,914 pixels
2	8	11.75	4	15.3%	14.1%	0%	2,401 pixels
3	6	9.21	4	14.8%	13.8%	0%	2,070 pixels
4	7	11.33	4	13.9%	13.2%	0%	2,050 pixels
5	4	5.45	0	6.3%	5.7%	0%	784 pixels
6	2	2.91	0	8.6%	8.6%	0%	672 pixels
7	1	2.12	0	10.2%	10.2%	0%	672 pixels
8	6	9.69	0	19.2%	18.8%	0%	673 pixels

Lopsided with 9 players. The poorest start makes 2.12 metal a second from its deposits, 81% less than the richest, which makes 11.33. The most cramped start has 56% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 0 to 4 a start.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	5	7.94	4	11.8%	11.3%	0%	1,914 pixels
2	7	10.48	4	13.7%	12.7%	0%	2,042 pixels
3	6	9.21	4	13.8%	12.9%	0%	1,952 pixels
4	7	11.33	4	13.9%	13.2%	0%	2,050 pixels
5	4	5.45	0	6.3%	5.7%	0%	784 pixels
6	2	2.91	0	8.6%	8.6%	0%	672 pixels
7	1	2.12	0	10.2%	10.2%	0%	672 pixels
8	1	2.12	0	9.2%	9.2%	0%	665 pixels
9	6	8.84	0	12.7%	12%	0%	665 pixels

Lopsided with 10 players. The poorest start makes 2.12 metal a second from its deposits, 81% less than the richest, which makes 11.33. The most cramped start has 62% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 0 to 4 a start.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	5	7.94	4	11.8%	11.3%	0%	1,914 pixels
2	7	10.48	4	13.5%	12.6%	0%	2,017 pixels
3	6	9.21	4	13.4%	12.7%	0%	1,889 pixels
4	7	11.33	4	13.9%	13.2%	0%	2,050 pixels
5	4	5.45	0	6.3%	5.7%	0%	784 pixels
6	2	2.91	0	8.6%	8.6%	0%	672 pixels
7	1	2.12	0	10.2%	10.2%	0%	672 pixels
8	1	2.12	0	9.2%	9.2%	0%	665 pixels
9	3	4.18	0	7.3%	7.3%	0%	610 pixels
10	3	4.66	0	5.9%	5.1%	0%	610 pixels

Each part of the map, and each deposit and vent, counts for the start position nearest to it in a straight line; one exactly as near to two starts counts half to each. Metal is what the Metal Extractor makes on each deposit, or the Underwater Metal Extractor where the deposit lies in deep enough water: 0.001 times the total, over the cells under it, of each cell's metal plus one. The richest deposits are taken first, and no two extractors overlap. A vent counts where the Geothermal Powerplant can be built over it. Flat land is ground the Kbot Lab could be built on: inside the map, out of the water, with no more than 10 height units between its lowest and highest ground, and clear of features that can't be destroyed (trees and other features that can be destroyed count as cleared). Area, flat land and water are shares of the whole map, leaving out any void cells, and the nearest enemy is the distance in map pixels to the nearest other start. The verdict goes by the larger of two gaps between the best and the worst start, in metal and in flat land: under 10% is even, under 25% fairly even, under 50% uneven, and 50% or more lopsided.