after thinking a bit more here are some more additions :

* Lately I reinstalled old Rome , I have started playing Spoon's Sicily map.
after playing for some time I came to conclusion that this kind of map
is perfect for online games. like in any other RTS games today
you got maps that designed for 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ... players
this Sicily map is a good example for a map that can be played in less
time then a Civ 4 online game and yet to be fun due to the fact its pretty
small and has only 3 factions. its also could be some kind of a tournamement
map 3 player FFA :D. this kind of things yet to be seen on medieval 2
but if CA will give us multiplayer and a better map editor we will defiantly
more maps out there shared and a lot of players.
in fact the fact you don't need 17 players to each game will help improve
the MP far ahead.

* Here is a link my friends to an MP game started at the Spanish forum
this MP is played with the unfinished Hot-seat. and therefore suffers
from a lot of bugs. they can't have battles , only the first of a several
diplomatic offers will be shown in the players turn and so on...
on of the latest and most problematic one was that you can't destroy England
otherwise game won't continue in the next round.
though all this problems they still kept going and find solutions.
they are a good example and a good inspiration that we ought to follow.
its weird my friend because this guys have played with problems that made it
almost unplayable and they are playing for almost 2 months.
and they don't quit and keep playing in their dedicated times and if they can
i am sure that if my ideas will be made into the game it will be much simpler
to have a MP game and timing is only problem to those who wont want to
play. besides as i said with a smaller maps for online game to be created
there will be no timing problems.

here is the link to their game page :
http://www.devoticustodes.com/ergion...ltijugador.htm