petard_rusher and theferret, we already know that there will be an option to allow you to choose Random and get any of the 9 major gods, but that's not what I'm talking about.
Random God for a Culture would be especially useful if there is a game type for which one of the three cultures was unbalanced. You could specify in the game "no Greeks" for example, and people could still choose "Random, Egyptian" and "Random, Norse" so they still get the fun of picking Random without the worry of getting a Greek god. But even if it didn't have a practical purpose I can see myself feeling like I want to play a certain culture today but I don't feel like making the decision which of that culture's 3 gods to pick.
H, C, C, H, C, C, H, C, C, H, C, C[This message has been edited by Yamato (edited 05-22-2002 @ 01:00 PM).]