Captain's Choice - Team Picking
Currently there are two team modes, random teams and pre-picked teams. I propose a third, "Captain's Choice".
At the beginning of the game, two random players (or perhaps the two highest rated players, or the first two to join the game, idk, could have variants on the idea) are picked as team captains.
Instead of going straight into picking territories or playing the game, instead the captains would rank the players they'd want on their team 1 through the number of players. As with territories, the game would distribute the players according to the pick order with unpicked players being assigned randomly. Play would then resume as normal.
I think this could add a lot to some team play beyond the "random" teams that are available if you don't want to play with preset teams.
Thanks for the consideration.