Purple99 - How should the lines be drawn?

[Samoht]

As we learned on SZ live, good/evil split makes everybody pick evil. But will this server have the population to support more than two factions? Red population now is a big indicator that it cannot.

I picked the four faction race split, anyway, though. I assume the ugglies get dark elfs so that they can have C2 and porters, but still don't get Paladins, Druids, or bards? Who really gets the short end of the stick, tho, considering both elves and short races won't get SKs or shamans. (Shorts also won't get bards).

How about making players draft their race alliances? Have players from red nominate and then vote for not necessarily leaders but founders for their side, vote on two (or even three) progenitors, or even select them from a BotB tournament. From there, they take turns selecting races for their side. There is an odd number of races, though, so maybe the least optimal or least played races (i assume erudite and maybe half-elf?) should be combined into one vote (and still probably picked last, lol.)