I'm a newbie to 7D2D and just getting into seeds, etc. I struggled a little at first to understand how to use the seeds to generate a map and play it. A couple bits of it aren't that intuitive. I noticed also another poster earlier talking to @JoeDaFrogman had some issues and Joe replied with similar content to yourself. So this seems recurring.
Perhaps some of us can put together a wiki article or something similar describing this? (I assume there isn't one yet - I've searched but with no luck). Then the OP @SylenThunder could even edit a link into the first post? It might be useful? I'd be happy to help out - I am used to wikis although new to 7D2D.