Which icon do you like better and why?

one on the right, because its sleeker.
You dont want to go from a great design to a less graphic one
in other words its more aesthetically & visually pleasing

I prefer the left one

one on the right, the blue lighting makes it look better and less dull

The one on the right, but a full map of the world would make it even better.

I'm with Frank. I like the one on the left. The style on the right has always made me think you're showing airline flights.

The one on the right, looks more professional and alive (sort of suggests movement or something) - but only if it's a full map like on the home page.

definitely the right one. The left one feels outdated. But make the right one less pacific, more eurasian.. but still i definitely prefer it chopped a bit, instead of showing the whole map.

The one on the Left. It's simple, and I like both, but the one on the left shows the relation of the game to its roots (RISK) while still showing it as an evolution, something new, not a copy. They grey background of the tiles also is what Warlight actually uses, which IMO makes it feel like it represents the game better.

In other words, the one of the right looks "Better" but it doesn't represent Warlight as well. It feels foreign to me, like it's made for a different game.

I think the one on the left looks more professional, and the one on the right looks more "fun".

To chance a wild guess, the one on the right would draw more users total, the one on the left would draw more paying users.

I would say the one on the right,because it looks sleeker and gives a more "modern" feel.

Left one looks dated, like some internal corporate accounting app :P The one on the right shows more detail (better contrast between countries and cities) and... it glows! Things that glow are always better, right?

The one on the right for me does a much better job of catching the eye.

the left one looks like facebook's front page's image

I like the styke of the right one more, except for the fading of the waters, mainly because it looks more like a line instead of fading(it s an icon, everything is smaller on it)
I prefer a map of the whole world though.(it also gives a more "open" character, for example, if the map was of japan and the area around it, i would expect the game to be about WW2 in the pacific ocean, instead of being about war in general.
I don't know of any north-south american wars(drugs?) as example though :P )

Left one. Why not a medium earth icon?

Dislike both. Left one, Americans arent the only one playing this game.

An icon I would like to see is a globe with red (attack) lines coming out and going between nations. Under that, "Warlight" could be written.

I prefer the right one's style, but I dont like how it doesn't show the whole world.

I like the right's design more. But since it doesn't show the full world, I'll go with left.