I believe that if we had the enter game system we have now, eg. go to lobby and enter game, could also work beside the connected maps, so you could walk or go straight to lobby, im sure some people would choose to walk if they have some time to kill and want the game to SEEM more freeroam(ish).

@Beermon: If your iPod's losing it's battery life quickly try reducing the brightness to lowest quality, as soon as you do it it will seem extremely dark, but your eyes will get used to it.