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[TheGreatErenan]

Every time you add a team you increase the number of matchups by a lot more than the last time you added a team. What you really have to worry about is balancing matchups (including with respect to maps), not just the special units in a non-map-specific hypothetical void.

When there were 3 teams and 6 maps, we had 54 matchups (3 mirror matches * 6 maps + 3 non-mirror matches * 6 maps * 2 for turn order). Already, 54 is pretty hard to balance, but somehow it works pretty well.

Now add Veggies and two maps and suddenly you have quite a lot more! 144 actually (4 mirror matches * 8 maps + 6 non-mirror matches * 8 maps * 2 for turn order).

Now add three new maps for 2nd gen map pack and you're up to 176 (4 * 11 + 6 * 11 * 2).

Add three more teams and what have you got? 539 matchups! (7 mirrors * 11 maps + 21 non-mirrors * 11 maps * 2)

Note that this is without adding two new maps per team. If you add the six new maps to go with the new teams, then you're up to 833 matchups (7 * 17 + 21 * 17 * 2). This is really too much.

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P.S. I forgot 2v2 because I don't play 2v2, but it should suffice to say that the number of matchups with seven teams would be staggering.