For the proposed new rules do we turn off allow gifts, tributes and also turn off Allow Technology Gifts, tributes, trades? And is Surrender not allowed? I just started a game like that. It looks like a very slow starting game expecially if you don't have a good coloniziable planet nearby. It takes a while just to research troops and probably will take many to take over an intact homeworld. It may even favor peaceful treaties with the AI but unfortunately my Empire will not allow me that option
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On another note I speed finished my old game and submitted the score. If you change the rules don't worry about it being so high just make it an unoffical score. But why did you limit the high score so low. It won't accept any scores over 6M I got that much in 80 turns or so. I just did high level strategy in the Last 50 or 60 turns and just kept the building queue's full and some technology being researched. I wanted to turn all the asteroids into planets and make 15 or 16 Sphereworlds but I will do that next time.
[This message has been edited by Tomgs (edited 26 January 2001).]