Twin Galaxies Championship Scores - Page 2

WarChild · #11 March 6th, 2001, 03:28 AM

will....
to give you a comparison, here's some stats from my game:

final score: 129.7M; resources: 16.4M; research: 450K (down from a high of 1.3M); tech levels: 315 (research tree completed on turn 104); systems: 30; planets: 329; population: 400.5B; units: 214069; ships: 7012 (90% or so are the largest hull size); bases: 1230

from what i was able to garner from the score table is that ships have the largest effect on your score. i built about 6000 ships in the final 34 turns of the game and it effectively doubled my score. my question to everyone is: has anyone figured out exactly how scoring is calculated? and what about experience points?

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raynor · #12 March 6th, 2001, 05:23 AM

I believe your minerals, research points and intel points are added straight to your score. You get 1 point for every 100 tons of ships. So, for example, in the TG tournament, you are limited to 2000 ships/bases. In order to maximize your score, your best bet is to build 2000 2500KT starbases to give you 2000 * 25,000 = 50 million points.

I'm not sure what you get for tech. I think someone said it is 300 pts per level?

Planets, systems and population contribute to production and don't seem to be part of the score? Units are not part of the score at all.

[This message has been edited by raynor (edited 06 March 2001).]

Drake · #13 March 6th, 2001, 06:30 AM

quote:
Originally posted by WarChild:
i built about 6000 ships in the final 34 turns of the game and it effectively doubled my score.

Well, I have good news and bad news.

The bad news is that there was a stated 2000 max for ships and bases combined. That the game let you build more was a bug, so either you'd have lost all the extra points from the ships over 2k, or you'd have been disqualified.

The good news is that it doesn't matter, because the contest was cancelled.

Seriously though, with the 2000 base limit, resources were king.

My final stats were:
278.7M points; 228.7M resources; 246 tech levels; 39 systems; 492 planets; 2.7 trillion population; 2000 starbases; zero research, intel, ships, units, etc.

It's really too bad they cancelled. I'm surprised they couldn't just end it on the 7th and verify the scores and be done with it. After all, if they're going to still publish their book, they need to verify the SEIV scores anyway, don't they? Ah well, it just seems so anticlimactic to have it end this way. C'est la vie!

Lupusman · #14 March 6th, 2001, 06:40 AM

I didn't enter myself, there just seemed to be too many ways in which to take advantage of the way the scores are calculated. And that's not even counting if people actually wanted to cheat by using 'gamehack' programs.

raynor · #15 March 6th, 2001, 07:28 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Drake:
It's really too bad they cancelled. I'm surprised they couldn't just end it on the 7th and verify the scores and be done with it. After all, if they're going to still publish their book, they need to verify the SEIV scores anyway, don't they? Ah well, it just seems so anticlimactic to have it end this way. C'est la vie!

Drake, I'm confused by this post on TG's board:
http://www.twingalaxies.com/cgi-bin/...0@.ee6c055/136

Drake · #16 March 6th, 2001, 03:44 PM

I just received the following from Walter Day:

quote:
Space Empires IV was not cancelled. We did go through a major reorganization in addition to moving, lay-offs, etc. But the contest is on, the prize monies secure and life is easier. Actually, replacement contests will be conducted over the course of the summer to make up for the cancellations.

Regards,

Walter Day
Chief Scorekeeper
Twin Galaxies

I'm not sure what they were referring to when they mentioned SE 2 being cancelled, but apparently the contest will be finished. Even given that it isn't cancelled, their website doesn't give the impression that there were going to be any more TG contests in the future, unless I completely missed something.

Maybe someone could clue ME in, I still don't understand exactly what's going on over there.

geoschmo · #17 March 6th, 2001, 07:25 PM

This really stinks. I guess I get to stay up all night tonight trying to finish my Last game not knowing whether or not it's going to be a waste of time.

Geo

Drake · #18 March 6th, 2001, 07:46 PM

Well, since Walter's specifically said the contest will continue, I'd definitely finish your game. I'm just confused over what the heck they meant on their cancellation page.

geoschmo · #19 March 6th, 2001, 07:49 PM

Ok, now this is getting ridiculous. I had sent a message to Walter Day as well, and it just came back that that user was unknown.

Drake · #20 March 6th, 2001, 09:01 PM

Geo, you used the walter@twingalaxies.com email address? They said they've had some email problems related to a recent move...

WarChild, you should probably scrap the extra ships and bases over 2000 and resubmit your Last turn in case they'll DQ you for going over the limit. I would also read the board over at TG to make sure there isn't anything else you need to worry about.