Originally posted by se5a: I think that is an ai to fill the slots. if somone wants to jump in and take over type of thing
Bang on target.
It was an empty slot as one player never uploaded an empire file and didn't respond to mails.
So I kicked her so that the game could start and put in a AI Replacement instead, and kicked that one immediatly.
So now there's an open slot with a grand empire, it's based on my usual 0 points empire so I hope it goes well for it (sentimental).