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There isn't any cheat: there are formulas to be able to get 60K in few hours (or even less with the beta of AP).
And there are some things that allows to have a faster turn:
- play on rare settings (less planets mean less things to manage)
- turn off all eye and candy options (follow ships, show battles, follow AI ships ...)
- reduce the rate of the savegame
- don't move manually every ships each turn
- use the governors for building improvements on each planet (Ford is the default governor for every planet)
- use fast way to end a game: alliance victory (with bribe to move AI to close, and then ally with them), or destroy all AI systems at the same turn with Terrors stars
And a good computer helps to reduce the time spend per turn.
And for scoring purpose, any ended before january 2190 score 50% less than if it was ended after january 2190.
And don't forget that it is always possible to play games during a week an submit all games on the same day, if there is an endsavegame for each of these games.
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Dont worry Devean I thought the same until I cracked the code, which I believe you should be able to do after the first 50 odd games 
On top of Peace's tips playing the AP version enables people to get 60k on smaller maps.
    
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People that do not follow formulas, buy out the games they play are having more fun and have more challenge.
  
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One of the really great things about GalCiv is that it can be played at many levels. It is very hard to compare a game at one level with a game at a different level. Find the level you enjoy and play. Or play all the levels because of the variety and challanges each level brings. But don't feel bad about those that don't play like you like to play and don't compare your score that you get with someone else's score that was obtained playing a different way. They are just numbers that are only consistant when compared to same type of game. If the Metaverse were to fragment itself to reflect the major ways the game could be played, then you would only compare with those who play the same way. But there would still be some who don't play the way the Meta would have been fragemented. It is not cheating or cheesy or anything else. If you don't want to take advantage of certain things, don't. For example, some people eliminate any minor AIs from the game because it it too easy to trade techs with them and exploit them in that way. Other love it and that is part of the fun they have, seeing how many techs they can extract (extort) from the Minors.
As others have said, play to have fun. Complaining about how others play will not contribute to your fun.
   
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To each their own.
I would have given this game up a while ago if it wasn't for the metaverse scoring. At first is was a top 50 spot, then top 25, then top 10. Now I am after my Capt's hidden stash (sshh dont tell him).
I have experimented with lots of different ways of playing to achieve faster games (sort of like an arms race).
I also like experimenting with mod packs submitted from other players. This has helped maintain my interest.
The only other game that compares (for me) in replayability was the original civilisation (civilization for some). 
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Oh man the original civ complete with the invinceable phalanx cheat for the ai and the old park the battleship behind city walls trick for the humans. 3 battleships behind city walls in a coastal city can take out all the computor's tanks. HEHE.
With a good computor and all day to sit there and hit turn repeatedly, one could easily finish 15-20 games (huge maso alliance win) in a 24 hour timeframe if they didn't sleep. I'm sure someone has done it.
  
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Ok all this talk about easy win formulaes on huge maso. Where do people find them? Are they shared among empires or are they somewhere in the forums?
If they are the reson for the stupid idea of logistics that makes it impossible to grab more than a few resources even with the "park a constructor on it and wait" cheat, I'd suggest SD started adressing that in stead of ruining the game.
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What kind of people?
   
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| Ok all this talk about easy win formulaes on huge maso. Where do people find them? Are they shared among empires or are they somewhere in the forums? |
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There are tips in the strategy forum on this site , as well as here  Link in the Senate Halls.
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Frogboy, is this a quote from somewhere who is complaining, or is this a stated fact that you know about. I don't believe that anyone is doing this, nor according to my understanding, would the Meta accept a resubmitted game and count is as a new game.
Am I right in the last assumption?
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I could almost get away with doing that myself but I choose not too.
you can still easily finish a game in under an hour if you know what the trick is (looks at the diplomats site there are a fair few tips over there if you want to know how to do it).
