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John's Pass

John's Pass is a Total Annihilation map on Lush, 4,640 × 7,296 pixels, with 10 start positions.

10 X 15 Follow the river up the middle, if you dare!

Map of John's Pass with its start positions — Start position, numbered by player · Map 4,640 × 7,296 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. Every start makes 28.22 metal a second from its deposits. The most cramped start has 2.4% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Vents	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	14	28.22	0	48.4%	7%	27.9%	4,903 pixels
2	14	28.22	0	51.6%	6.9%	30.1%	4,903 pixels

Lopsided with 3 players. The poorest start makes 14.11 metal a second from its deposits, 50% less than the richest, which makes 28.22. The most cramped start has 48% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	7	14.11	26.3%	3.9%	14.4%	1,488 pixels
2	14	28.22	48.9%	6.6%	28.5%	4,656 pixels
3	7	14.11	24.9%	3.5%	15.1%	1,488 pixels

Even with 4 players. Every start makes 14.11 metal a second from its deposits. The most cramped start has 1.2% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	7	14.11	23.8%	3.5%	13%	1,488 pixels
2	7	14.11	26.5%	3.5%	15%	1,584 pixels
3	7	14.11	24.9%	3.5%	15.1%	1,488 pixels
4	7	14.11	24.9%	3.5%	14.9%	1,584 pixels

Lopsided with 5 players. The poorest start makes 6.05 metal a second from its deposits, 57% less than the richest, which makes 14.11. The most cramped start has 100% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	4	8.06	19.7%	3.5%	8.9%	1,488 pixels
2	7	14.11	26.5%	3.5%	15%	1,584 pixels
3	7	14.11	24.9%	3.5%	15.1%	1,488 pixels
4	7	14.11	24.9%	3.5%	14.9%	1,584 pixels
5	3	6.05	4.1%	0%	4.1%	1,594 pixels

Lopsided with 6 players. The poorest start makes 6.05 metal a second from its deposits, 57% less than the richest, which makes 14.11. The most cramped start has 100% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	4	8.06	19.7%	3.5%	8.9%	1,488 pixels
2	7	14.11	26.5%	3.5%	15%	1,584 pixels
3	4	8.06	19.7%	3.5%	10%	1,457 pixels
4	7	14.11	24.9%	3.5%	14.9%	1,584 pixels
5	3	6.05	4.1%	0%	4.1%	1,594 pixels
6	3	6.05	5.2%	0%	5.1%	1,457 pixels

Lopsided with 7 players. The poorest start makes 6.05 metal a second from its deposits, 57% less than the richest, which makes 14.11. The most cramped start has 100% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	4	8.06	19.7%	3.5%	8.9%	1,488 pixels
2	4	8.06	20.6%	3.5%	9.3%	1,527 pixels
3	4	8.06	19.7%	3.5%	10%	1,457 pixels
4	7	14.11	24.9%	3.5%	14.9%	1,584 pixels
5	3	6.05	4.1%	0%	4.1%	1,594 pixels
6	3	6.05	5.2%	0%	5.1%	1,457 pixels
7	3	6.05	5.8%	0%	5.7%	1,527 pixels

Lopsided with 8 players. The poorest start makes 6.05 metal a second from its deposits, 25% less than the richest, which makes 8.06. The most cramped start has 100% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	4	8.06	19.7%	3.5%	8.9%	1,488 pixels
2	4	8.06	20.6%	3.5%	9.3%	1,527 pixels
3	4	8.06	19.7%	3.5%	10%	1,457 pixels
4	4	8.06	19.8%	3.5%	9.8%	1,443 pixels
5	3	6.05	4.1%	0%	4.1%	1,594 pixels
6	3	6.05	5.2%	0%	5.1%	1,457 pixels
7	3	6.05	5.8%	0%	5.7%	1,527 pixels
8	3	6.05	5.1%	0%	5.1%	1,443 pixels

Lopsided with 9 players. The poorest start has no deposits nearer to it than to another start, while the richest makes 8.06 metal a second from its own. The most cramped start has 100% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	4	8.06	14.7%	3%	7.8%	1,488 pixels
2	4	8.06	12.9%	2.5%	6.9%	1,527 pixels
3	4	8.06	14%	2.8%	7.5%	1,457 pixels
4	4	8.06	13.3%	2.5%	7.4%	1,443 pixels
5	3	6.05	4.1%	0%	4.1%	1,594 pixels
6	3	6.05	5.2%	0%	5.1%	1,457 pixels
7	3	6.05	5.8%	0%	5.7%	1,527 pixels
8	3	6.05	5.1%	0%	5.1%	1,443 pixels
9	0	0	24.9%	3.1%	8.3%	2,100 pixels

Lopsided with 10 players. The poorest start has no deposits nearer to it than to another start, while the richest makes 8.06 metal a second from its own. The most cramped start has 100% less flat land than the roomiest.

Start	Deposits	Metal a Second	Area	Flat Land	Water	Nearest Enemy
1	4	8.06	13.4%	2.8%	7.7%	1,488 pixels
2	4	8.06	12.9%	2.5%	6.9%	1,527 pixels
3	4	8.06	12.4%	2.7%	6.7%	1,457 pixels
4	4	8.06	13.3%	2.5%	7.4%	1,443 pixels
5	3	6.05	4.1%	0%	4.1%	1,594 pixels
6	3	6.05	5.2%	0%	5.1%	1,457 pixels
7	3	6.05	5.8%	0%	5.7%	1,527 pixels
8	3	6.05	5.1%	0%	5.1%	1,443 pixels
9	0	0	13.3%	1.7%	4.4%	544 pixels
10	0	0	14.5%	1.8%	4.8%	544 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.