Well it finally happend

[Nyx]

Sorry. *Nyx looks ashamed* But people keep finding bugs with the scoring system.

If it were limited to killing the AI we'd've known 'em all from day one. But really, has anyone here ever noticed that a baseship with nothing but a master computer gives you a higher score than a dreadnaught filled up with weapons? Anyone? *sound of crickets chirping* I thought as much. Who the heck builds empty spaceships when the goal is to kill everyone in sight? Some guy made 50 million points in the 150-turn game, small map, by building and mothballing empty bases. Thankfully he knew it was a bug and reported it to us.

Be that as it may, I think we've caught all the important ones now. If there's anything else being exploited the player shouldn't be able to claim they didn't know they were cheating. It's sad that people would take advantage of bugs intentionally like that. I mean, just 'cause they're mean and ugly doesn't give you the right to pick on the poor Xi'chung... Oops, wrong sort of bug.

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