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Battle Royale Tournament - KRYNN WIN!

Battle Royale Tournament - KRYNN WIN!

Calling all metaverse generals

Battle Royale Tournament

For the rest of May I'm running an unofficial tournament. All players who own Dread Lords or Dark Avatar are welcome and encouraged to participate.

The Scene

Conflict dominates the universe. More than a dozen unique races strive to conquer galaxy after galaxy; through war, diplomacy, culture and technology. In any given arena, one race might dominate and claim a system. But there are trillions of star systems.

What race could actually win it all and claim the universe? Since the early days of Galictic Civilizations 2 there have been strong opinions about which races are the strongest and which are the weakest. Well, its time to put your money where your mouth is. Submit games for your favorite race in the month of May, and stop back to see how the races are stacking up against each other.

The Rules

Who Wins: The Race which scores the highest when the raw scores of all the submissions are added up at the end of the tournament will win. All custom races are being combined into one race entry.

Tournament Length: This Tournament runs from May 1st to May 31st. On June 1st I will post the results of the tournament.

Submissions: Every skirmish matters! To submit your score to the tournament, simply post to this message with a screenshot from your metaverse profile.


Only games with a date in the lower right hand corner that were submitted between May 1st and May 31st will be accepted. No cheat flagged games will be accepted. If there is a question about the validity of any score, it will be resolved by referring to that players official metaverse profile by me. For this tournament, games played by all races will be counted. Players are free to submit as many games as they choose as long as they are legal metaverse submissions within the appropriate date range.

If you have problems taking a screenshot, please post the date, score, race and character profile where the metaverse game you wish to submit can be found.


So who will win? Which race is really the best? Will the Yor and Torians fight to the finish? Will the Iconians even manage to score? Your games will decide the answers!

Good luck to all!

Current Standings
1. Krynn: 298,090
2. Korath: 289,650
3. Thalan: 257,625
4. Torian: 231,825
5. Korx: 187,060
6. Custom: 170,980
7. Terran: 149,605
8. Yor: 126,950
9. Drath: 70,130
10. Iconian: 52,700
11. Drengin: 33,350
12. Altarian: 24,595
13. Arcean: 18,200





Want more from the metaverse? Check out the improvements Kryo and the Metaverse Council have put together at the AltMeta and the Galactic Core.

Special thanks to Stardock for this great game! These tournaments are only possible because of the excellent product you have produced. Your hard work is appreciated.

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Reply #51 Top
Character: Bastard
Race: Drath
Years: 5
Diff: Maso
Victory: Cultural
Size: Small
Alignment: Neutral
Score: 10400
5/7/2007
v1.50x3 DA
Reply #52 Top
Another one (and my second ever suicidal win, though this one is a bit cheap):

Character: JustinSane4
Race: Korath
Years: 0
Difficulty: Suicidal
Size: Tiny
Alignment: Very Evil
Score: 17,500
5/7/2007
v.1.50x3 DA

I don't know that I could win above Masochistic with any other race. I love Spore Ships.
Reply #54 Top
Reply #56 Top
Updated.

New top three:
#1 Krynn
#2 Torian
#3 Korath

Apparantly the Korath are upset they lost the first tournament to the Krynn, and are out to make their presence felt. Can they make up for their first loss by beating the Krynn here?

And a new bottom race:
Altarians

Huh? I love the altarians. I would have thought they would fare better. Maybe I'll be able to find time to start a game with them.

Thanks to everyone for your submissions. Hope you are having fun out there.

Reply #57 Top
One more of these, trying to optimize the tactic. This one finished on June 1 2226, but had a lower score for some reason.

Character: JustinSane4
Race: Korath
Years: 0
Difficulty: Suicidal
Size: Tiny
Alignment: Very Evil
Score: 16,450
5/8/2007
v.1.50x3 DA
Reply #60 Top
One more of these, trying to optimize the tactic. This one finished on June 1 2226, but had a lower score for some reason.

Ending the game earlier in the year your population (hence economy) would be lower plus your social development and research.
Reply #61 Top
Huh? I love the altarians. I would have thought they would fare better. Maybe I'll be able to find time to start a game with them.


While I'm certainly no heavy-hitter, I plan on playing the Altarians for this tourney.

That is... when exams get polished off.
Reply #62 Top
I was pleasantly surprised at how well the Drengin performed. They're typically among the first to fall as an AI in my games.


Reply #66 Top
I know you're out of pocket for a while, but I figured you might update the tourney when you return. I hope everything goes well.

{edit} Two submissions. {/edit}

Reply #67 Top
Updated.

No change in the top three or the bottom race still, but there is still a lot of time to go.

Sorry I'm updating this a little slower. But don't let that stop you! The tournament is still in full swing. Keep those fires burning throughout the galaxy.

Good luck.
Reply #68 Top
Here's one from me, not a very successful game as you can see from the score.

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I hope to post another Thalan game before the tournament's end, hopefully I will get a much higher score back down at Normal .


Reply #69 Top
Here's one from me, not a very successful game as you can see from the score.



Congrats on having the guts to go all the way to the end on a defeat. You can learn a lot that way, I've found, but it can be very frustrating as well.
Reply #70 Top
Posting a defeat, well done!! Hoped you learned what hindered your victory, as CornhuskerMac said, a defeat can be the first step in taking a huge victory on a harder level. Helps if it pisses you off a bit too
Reply #71 Top
The Iconians will not go down easily.



Character: Bastard
Race: Iconians
Years: 4
Diff: Maso
Victory: Military
Size: Small
Alignment: Neutral
Score: 18900
v1.50x3 DA
5/15/2007



Neilo, it's almost creepy how our medals are almost exactly the same!

Reply #72 Top
Wow, except for the fact i'm still stuck on challenging/tough. I can do gig/abundant all/9civs on painful, but on average it takes me nearly 20 years hehe...

I did do one in 9 once....but it was not a MV game

I think a Top 25 medal each would look rather nice.
Reply #73 Top
I can do gig/abundant all/9civs on painful, but on average it takes me nearly 20 years hehe...


I only wish I could. Computer issues, unfortunately. This last game I actually had a bit of slow-down in a Small galaxy near the end.

Reply #74 Top
Hoped you learned what hindered your victory, as CornhuskerMac said, a defeat can be the first step in taking a huge victory on a harder level.


It certainly did, I've learned not to neglect military early on in the game .



Reply #75 Top
I forgot to turn in my previous game and I have another.
Character: Kaleb Kronic III
Game 1
Race: Yor
Years: 2
Diff: Maso
Victory: Mil.
Size: Large
Align.: Evil
Score: 36750
Ver.: DL1.5
5/10/07
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Game 2
Race: Thalan
Years: 3
Diff.: Maso
Victory: Mil.
Size: Large
Align: Evil
Score: 43000
Ver.: DL1.5
5/15/07