Metal Heck
Metal Heck is a Total Annihilation map on Metal, 4,192 × 4,192 pixels, with 10 start positions.
8 X 8 Fight in the metal cross region.
22 geothermal vents
Each start position's territory: the part of the map nearer to it than to any other start in use.
Start Position Fairness
Even with 2 players. The map has no metal deposits: every cell holds 255 metal, so an extractor makes the same wherever it stands. The most cramped start has 1.2% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 8 to 13 a start.
| Start | Vents | Area | Flat Land | Water | Nearest Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 49.1% | 40.8% | 0% | 3,944 pixels |
| 2 | 13 | 50.9% | 40.3% | 0% | 3,944 pixels |
Uneven with 3 players. The map has no metal deposits: every cell holds 255 metal, so an extractor makes the same wherever it stands. The most cramped start has 30% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 5 to 10 a start.
| Start | Vents | Area | Flat Land | Water | Nearest Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 38% | 31% | 0% | 2,713 pixels |
| 2 | 10 | 35% | 28.3% | 0% | 2,665 pixels |
| 3 | 5 | 27% | 21.7% | 0% | 2,665 pixels |
Fairly even with 4 players. The map has no metal deposits: every cell holds 255 metal, so an extractor makes the same wherever it stands. The most cramped start has 18% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 5 to 6 a start.
| Start | Vents | Area | Flat Land | Water | Nearest Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 23.9% | 19.6% | 0% | 2,713 pixels |
| 2 | 5 | 22.9% | 18% | 0% | 2,481 pixels |
| 3 | 5 | 26.9% | 21.7% | 0% | 2,665 pixels |
| 4 | 6 | 26.3% | 21.8% | 0% | 2,481 pixels |
Lopsided with 5 players. The map has no metal deposits: every cell holds 255 metal, so an extractor makes the same wherever it stands. The most cramped start has 50% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 1 to 5 a start.
| Start | Vents | Area | Flat Land | Water | Nearest Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 19.7% | 15.8% | 0% | 1,813 pixels |
| 2 | 5 | 22.9% | 18% | 0% | 2,481 pixels |
| 3 | 5 | 26.9% | 21.7% | 0% | 2,665 pixels |
| 4 | 5 | 17% | 14.7% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 5 | 1 | 13.6% | 10.8% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
Uneven with 6 players. The map has no metal deposits: every cell holds 255 metal, so an extractor makes the same wherever it stands. The most cramped start has 45% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 1 to 5 a start.
| Start | Vents | Area | Flat Land | Water | Nearest Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 19.7% | 15.8% | 0% | 1,813 pixels |
| 2 | 5 | 19.5% | 15.2% | 0% | 1,776 pixels |
| 3 | 2 | 18.6% | 15.7% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
| 4 | 5 | 17% | 14.7% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 5 | 1 | 13.6% | 10.8% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 6 | 3 | 11.6% | 8.8% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
Uneven with 7 players. The map has no metal deposits: every cell holds 255 metal, so an extractor makes the same wherever it stands. The most cramped start has 42% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 1 to 5 a start.
| Start | Vents | Area | Flat Land | Water | Nearest Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 13.4% | 10.8% | 0% | 1,562 pixels |
| 2 | 5 | 19.5% | 15.2% | 0% | 1,776 pixels |
| 3 | 1 | 12.9% | 10.7% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
| 4 | 5 | 17% | 14.7% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 5 | 1 | 13.6% | 10.8% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 6 | 3 | 11.6% | 8.8% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
| 7 | 3 | 12.1% | 10% | 0% | 1,369 pixels |
Fairly even with 8 players. The map has no metal deposits: every cell holds 255 metal, so an extractor makes the same wherever it stands. The most cramped start has 19% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 1 to 4 a start.
| Start | Vents | Area | Flat Land | Water | Nearest Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 13.4% | 10.8% | 0% | 1,562 pixels |
| 2 | 3 | 12.1% | 9.2% | 0% | 1,200 pixels |
| 3 | 1 | 12.9% | 10.7% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
| 4 | 3 | 12.5% | 10.9% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 5 | 1 | 13.6% | 10.8% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 6 | 3 | 11.6% | 8.8% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
| 7 | 3 | 12.1% | 10% | 0% | 1,369 pixels |
| 8 | 4 | 11.9% | 9.9% | 0% | 1,200 pixels |
Uneven with 9 players. The map has no metal deposits: every cell holds 255 metal, so an extractor makes the same wherever it stands. The most cramped start has 49% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 1 to 4 a start.
| Start | Vents | Area | Flat Land | Water | Nearest Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 10.4% | 8.1% | 0% | 1,562 pixels |
| 2 | 3 | 11% | 8.1% | 0% | 1,200 pixels |
| 3 | 1 | 9.8% | 7.9% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
| 4 | 3 | 10% | 8.7% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 5 | 1 | 11.3% | 9% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 6 | 2 | 10.9% | 8% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
| 7 | 1 | 9.1% | 7.6% | 0% | 1,369 pixels |
| 8 | 3 | 10.6% | 8.7% | 0% | 1,200 pixels |
| 9 | 4 | 17% | 15% | 0% | 1,591 pixels |
Uneven with 10 players. The map has no metal deposits: every cell holds 255 metal, so an extractor makes the same wherever it stands. The most cramped start has 35% less flat land than the roomiest. The geothermal vents are not shared evenly: from 1 to 3 a start.
| Start | Vents | Area | Flat Land | Water | Nearest Enemy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 10.4% | 8.1% | 0% | 1,562 pixels |
| 2 | 3 | 9.2% | 6.6% | 0% | 1,200 pixels |
| 3 | 1 | 9.8% | 7.9% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
| 4 | 3 | 9% | 7.8% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 5 | 1 | 11.3% | 9% | 0% | 1,349 pixels |
| 6 | 2 | 10.4% | 7.5% | 0% | 1,203 pixels |
| 7 | 1 | 9.1% | 7.6% | 0% | 1,369 pixels |
| 8 | 3 | 8.6% | 7% | 0% | 1,200 pixels |
| 9 | 2 | 11.7% | 10.2% | 0% | 928 pixels |
| 10 | 2 | 10.4% | 9.4% | 0% | 928 pixels |
Not counted, because no Geothermal Powerplant can be built over them: 1 of the map's vents.
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.