[dogscoff]

Statements have been made that it is especially useful in a Proportions game.

The examples given apply to a standard game.

The mechanism is the same in both games, it's just that the numbers are different. In the normal game growth rates are high anyway so the exploit rarely applies. Furthermore, population is so cheap that it is of little importance when it does.

What I think is being said is "Growth of very small populations in both the standard game and the proportions game is in direct ratio to the number of races on the planet."

So, "Small (but equal) populations of two races will have double normal growth in the sense that each race will have a normal growth, but when taken together, the growth rate is doubled when compared to the growth rate of just one race."

What you've said there is true, but only for small populations.
If the "natural" (ie how it would be without the exploit) growth rate is greater than or equal to the "exploited" growth rate, then the natural rate applies.

[ March 25, 2003, 14:24: Message edited by: dogscoff ]