iancanton wrote:adding the third umpire, who replaces the media centre region (there remain 3 commentators), increases the umpires' influence to perhaps a +3.
u replaced richie benaud instead of media centre? not what i intended, but it has a similar effect.
iancanton wrote:i'd like the game to focus more on the pitch (the two teams and, to a lesser extent, the umpires), not so much on the periphery
iancanton wrote:remove the partial bar bonus completely (the all bars bonus looks similar to the tower bonus in forbidden city), letting us redeploy its associated neutrals elsewhere.
the bonus for 3 bars is a bit out of place here because it's a relatively easy bonus on the periphery.
zola and macey look better now. zola is a rarely-found name in england. was he part of another bonus previously?
u'll need to rename the 6s, since the initials no longer correspond to the neighbouring spectators. make each one worth +3 (as i recall someone mentioning before), since a 6 is the best that a batsman can do with one ball. this will also help to centre the action on the batters.
the negative batter-and-fielder bonuses are unclear, since it's not explained how they escalate if more than one is held.
ian.
Meanwhile England were damn sure South Africa wasnt going to beat them. I was celebrating like we had won the bloody game. 
