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Originally posted by primitive:
Okay, this is going to be fun

I think what you are failing to take into account is that the BSY-M is free to colonize low-quality worlds and build shipyards there just like you are doing in the MSY-M. So anything you can do with MSY-M, you can also accomplish with the BSY-M, albeit 1-2 turns later, which, I argue, is insignificant.

Given that you don't even take HI, I'd wager that my empire will likely be double the size of yours by the midgame, and that the majority of your population would be taking anti-depressants to cope with the knowledge that they will soon be ingested by the ravenous Worms of Woe.