Now that Empires is the the third best mod of 2007, I expect there will be several players who will download the mod and the first patch and not know that the third one is out, leading to some frustration. P.S Congrats :p
It's not required, but: http://forums.empiresmod.com/showthread.php?t=4691 At least, I haven't ever used it (even when it came out).
agreed. empires should be #1 but... the award should still go on the front page. it would prabably help with people wanting to dl it.