I'm not sure if this has been done. A thread to list those who have broken a million points in a GalCiv2 game. This isn't meant to be a top 10 or whatever, just a list of millionaires. In alphabetical order (by first name, if applicable).
I'll update the op as people post their games.
I'll start the list from memory. Even if you're already on the list, please post a screenie of a 1mil+ game.
Clan Lindsey
jacklv
KzintiPatriarch
Livonya
Magnumaniac
Mottikhan
Mumblefratz
Random70
Robert Hentschke
Snarkotamus
How did you get to have "Journeyman(4)" on your membership status, Mumble? If you know some of the details, of course.
Cuz, Neilo & i were having a discussion the other day on how to introduce some kind of banner-types (such as what StarDock staff has) but for Members.
Anyway it used to be that the GalCiv2 site had an independent forum ranking system along with forum stats associated with the metaverse. Other sites, most notably WinCustomize, also had a forum ranking system in place although I don't believe that they had a similar forum stats function. On WinCustomize the forum rank was used to determine whether folks could directly submit skins or whether they needed to have them "approved" before they could be downloaded by others. I'm not totally sure of the exact details but at least on WC the individual forum ranks had a functional meaning and use.
On the GalCiv2 site they used to have ranks that were quasi game related. There really wasn't all that much that forum ranks allowed you to do other than at the rank of Diplomat and above you had access to a special area. This area is still in existence today although it hasn't been used in a long time. You can actually see remnants of it yourself by going to https://www.galciv2.com/Council/Forums.aspx.
Anyway the GalCiv2 forum ranks used to be Citizen, Veteran, Diplomat, Ambassador, Governor, Avatar although there may be another rank or two between Governor and Avatar. These ranks may also have to do with the early system of users being moderators. Kryo came up through this system until he simply became a SD employee and he could certainly add more detail to all of this. I used to be an Ambassador which correlates to the Journeyman (4) rank.
As far as how one received rank I think it was essentially assigned from above, possibly from folks like Brad and Cari or more likely from Kryo with perhaps Brad/Cari/Zoomba's approval. I got most of my rank from the days of the Metaverse Council, however these days a new unified system is in place that is common to all sites although interestingly enough your forum rank (like karma) does not translate from one site to the next. Basically they still use forum rank for it's original purpose on WC but elsewhere it hardly makes any sense. They only difference that I can tell is that when I give karma it defaults to giving 4 points although I can change that from 1 point up to my forum rank of 4. Prior to the forum upgrades Neilo had been promoted to veteran which translates to Apprentice (2) and he can give 2 points of karma.
Other than giving karma there seems to be no funtional use for forum ranks anymore.
Good info mate. The uselessness of the ranks, and the banners that the Stardockians have got, got us thinking that perhaps there could be something for all members across all sites that could show ones "rank" for lack of a better term.
Since rank is basically useless now, it's not constant across all the sites as you mention, and nor is karma, it is very difficult to know about the persons you are conversing with in various threads.
The SD banners are about the only constant form throughout the entire SD web and if there were something similar, be it tied to ranks or not, that all members could have it would make identifying others and their levels of and interests in, their various native sites and areas of expertise, far easier for all.
Even if the banners were as generic as what site a member may consider their "default" site (SINS GC2 WC JU and accompanying icons), or perhaps as informative as "Modder", "Blogger", or "Skinner".Maybe a combonation of the two?
It would make discussions easier i think if we are able to easily identify what a persons interest in SD lies in and what site they are posting from.
Though i am way off topic from this thread so I'll make another thread pertaining to this for discussion.
I created another thread in Ot for this discussion to migrate to so as not to take over this thread.
Member rank and Stardockian banners.
I just found this thread...sorry for my late arrival! I don't know how to post a screenie of my million plus scores. I think I have three of them now. If someone would like to do it for me?
I keep ranting, and I'm sure some people are sick of hearing me say it, lol, but I think TA has as much or more scoring potential as DA. All of my million plus games were TA v2.02 and I didn't build a starbase array or use an upgrade strategy in any of these games. I may have to break down and actually build a starbase array in my next game just to see what the score potential is using one. BTW, I wish to thank Mumble for his help several months back when I had a bunch of questions related to scoring. I could never had broken that million point barrier without his insights.
Something VERY interesting happened to me last night on my last million point game. At year seven it scored 1,050,350. I played out another year because I wanted a last plot point...I expected to add another 5k points with that year. However, at the end of year 8 the score had regressed to 1,048,000....I had actually slipped backwards. Has anyone else seen retrograde point progression if you go out far enough?
Hmm ... slipping backwards should be impossible at least as far as I understand scoring.
I could see it happening if the victory condition is different in each case so that the score multiplier is different but as far as I know the two games should have identical scores up to the point where one ended and the other didn't. For the score to actually decline it would require that the additional time was actually worth negative points which would require that one or all of the 4 components of score (income, pop, military and tech spending) would have to go below zero and that's not possible unless there is some kind of overflow condition where a sufficiently positive value is somehow taken as a negative.
So to answer your question I've never experienced this nor have I ever heard of it occuring, perhaps this is unique to the version of the game that you're playing? With such a small difference in scores perhaps it's just that you're at the point where you get very few points for that extra year and you ended the longer game just a little bit differently (in what way I'm not sure) that resulted in fewer points on the turn that you actually won. This would result in the score apparently declining.
Thank you for the very interesting insights i never shared for being somehow late in the "game".
It should be, but that doesn't necessarily mean it is. There is at least one explanation of scoring that would account for it, but it's still odd.
I'll have a look at it-if you don't beat me to it.
I could email you guys the two game saves if you are interested.
How about a 1MZYW?
Sorry, but this is for games actually played. Playing a game and then hex editing the score isn't really playing the game. Such efforts will not be recognized as a valid game.
Btw, What IS the current "maximum" reached by anyone within a year?
I'll risk a wild guess - Neilo owns it.
Actually, my 198450 game posted in the ZYW thread has yet to be beat.
Please be very judicious on who you send saved games to. I'd say the two you were offering it to would be ok, but understand that your saved metaverse game contains some of your login information such as your login name, character being played and most importantly, your game's serial number.
Good advice Mottikhan. If I can't trust SS and Mumble though then I don't want to play anymore. BTW, huge congratulations on that 198,450 score for a ZYW....that passed without much fanfare but trumpets should have been blown, confetti should have been thrown and we all should have known that you would crash through the ceiling on those just like you did on the long games. When are you going to take your rightful place as the top predator in the MV? I feel like a fraud sitting on your number one spot....I've been keeping it warm for you though.
Wow..thanks for the consideration. I actually have the #3 spot for ZYW's.
Now you know how i felt when i took #1 from Mag.
LAMO...
Multiplied by your currently owned 103 Karma Points, that puts it in a precious "Mini-Doubled-Millionaire" list of its own.
It's not the quantity, it's the quality. Right?
A loud alarming bell rings off a StarDock desk somewhere - i'm sure.
Here's one of mine; 25454-sdfgfer-454845e5-bhdy-48845487-sghtev-242354r37-jmndghfr5d8cujujr-543vs-ndgfge-41487441996 (I"ll bet it's that pesky caps lock, once again!)...
Copy/Paste (if you dare!) and you'll still be verified extensively - for Piracy.
I will be trying to get at least 1mil points on my game tonight.
+1 and Good luck Seth! I'm looking forward to putting your name up there.
Go get 'em Seth!! Geckodons may be green and scaly, and not taste so good, but you are fearsome warriors!
Well I finished my game and well, EPIC FAIL!!!! I think that I'm going to look at Livonya's thread for some help, if I can find it, anyone got a link?
Hmmm....shall I be the first to say that getting 1M in just 2 yrs. is impossible, or would someone else like to mention it first?
On a more serious note, don't worry 'bout it Seth. You'll snag a million pts. one of these days. You've stayed dedicated to the MV and your empire, so it's in the cards. I'll take a look around for Liv's thread, but he was before my time, so anyone else is free to drop a link for Seth before I get it.
I don't believe in impossible. But it's highly improbable, yes.
There's been discussion about scoring in at least one other thread in which Livonya was involved, but I believe this is what you're looking for, Seth.
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