[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#12668) Changes in how to win the game...

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12668 >

Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=12668 >
> 
> ...so read carefully.
> 
> CHANGES:
>  1) Allied victory removed.
>  2) /endgame only ends the game, it no longer allows you to specify
>     winners.
>  3) endyear gives victory to whoever has the higher score.
> 
> The reason for 1) is that this concept was a bad one. It encourages
> ganging up the best player. Instead, there should only be one winner, and
> he should be punished for the number of alliances and tech exchanges he
> has been involved in.

I don't think the idea is funamentally flawed.  This should be a server 
setting at least.  Perhaps on pubserver it should default to off.

> The /endgame command can now be used to select winners, who gain an allied
> victory. Due to 1) above, this is no longer possible. Also, being able to
> simply vote a winner by majority seems... a bit much. Hence 2).

Again, I don't see this idea as flawed (and remember you can specify a 
single winner through the command).  The flaw is in the voting system 
that allows cheating through use of the command.

> The reason for 3) is obvious, but this was actually not how it was
> implemented. Right now, if you do "set endyear" to end the game, it will
> end in a draw!

Whoa.

-jason