[quote=@The Nexerus]
So we're in the far southern hemisphere, then. That seems a needless cause of confusion. Almost all of the players are from the Northern Hemisphere, for one, but we're also all inhabitants of Earth, and there isn't any landmass on this planet that becomes cold as you move south. Couldn't we just flip the current map upside down? 
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South America? Chile, specifically.