Rules Question - contest

[Nyx]

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I wonder if a new rules change is coming, or if they're finally fixed with what we have. If you really want to keep abuses to a minimum, I'd ban all diplomacy with the AI at all to prevent the domino surrender effect, which can get out of hand.

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You wouldn't get an objection from me on that one. It would certainly take longer if you had to mop up every single planet with troops and didn't receive all the tech/free planets that you do when they surrender. It wouldn't stop there eventual demise, but it would take longer.

I had thought about those, but decided that someone who could force the AI to surrender swiftly deserved that advantage. It left in the rivalry between economists and warmongers. Maybe you could enslave them with troops faster than I could build up my score, maybe you couldn't. But I am open to suggestions, after all, it is a contest for your benefit, we're just the hosts.

Another one I contemplated but didn't go with was the team option, all AIs vs all humans.

Geo in particular, how would you feel about those being ammended? It is getting late in the contest.

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(Don't tell Nyx though, I have a good game going and I don't want to start over again.)

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Sorry, I'm evil and darn near omnipresent.


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