[Freeciv] Re: new ranking calculation

[Thomas Strub <ue80@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 08:05:46AM -0500, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 10:14:17AM +0000, Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> > 
> 
> A counting of civ population might be a better indicator. Something like
> MAX(population during game) - pop at end of game. lower is better.

It doesn't matter what we count to get the winner of the game. People
will look to be #1 in that stat to win. 
 
> Above all, with endyear a problem, ranking should definitely be changed
> so that a score cannot be easily [arbitrarily] raised in a single turn.

Games should be ended another way in close situations.
People should then say who is the winner (vote or something)

Thomas
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