[Ansil849]

> For the arrow hint to work at all, countries need to be a single point.

First of all; no, not at all. The arrow hint can work if countries are considered a mass, not a point, it simply means that there can be times when there are any number of correct arrow designations.

Second of all, even if countries are considered as single points for the arrow hint, that is not the issue being presently discussed: that of the distance hint, which is a separate hint from the arrow hint. Countries can be considered as single points for the arrow hint, and as masses for the distance hint.

[bspammer]

I don’t know what you mean by “considered a mass” unless you mean “centre of mass”, which is a point. If there are times where there are a lot of correct arrow designations, how is that not more confusing?

In my opinion, using a different measure for the distance and direction would have been even more confusing. It’s also a lot harder to program for a silly web game.