Well, if you're going for a historical map I'd highly recommend not fudging history. Spain didn't have much by way of African colonies due to a focus on both Americas, so cut it out.

The other major player missing from the map is the Netherlands, whos colonial efforts in South Africa have had ...

what a load of crap, what happens now if u had a list of blocked enemies? they just disappeared????? dont want to play certain people and if this means they can end up in games i get in then i am against this change...