Today in the wee hours of the morning I completed my most recent game, finally finishing it after quite a while playing. At the end my turns were taking 15-20 minutes each because of the sheer number of ships I had spread out attacking the few remaining civilizations.
Then, finally, the last empire surrenders to me in May of 2229, and I am victorious. My score for the game comes up; it's my highest ever by a very slim margin. My previous best game scored 56500; this one scored 56750, a mere 250 points higher, but it's still better. I had been ranked as high as #20 overall before, but had slipped to #24 because of other users submitting games. I eagerly looked forwards to raising my overall score and rank.
I submit my game. I go to the Metaverse web site, eagerly awaiting my new rank, whatever it ends up as...
... until I look and and see that my score has instead dropped by over 40,000 points.
What the hell? My score was over 140k before. I submit a game that scored higher than any of my other games. It's not cheat-flagged or anything. It ties for most difficult game so far. And now my score is just under 100k, putting me in 47th place. Which isn't horrible or anything, but I'd really like to know what kind of sense this makes. I could understand my score and rank dropping if I submitted a losing game, or a worse game than I had previously played which could very well lower my average, but neither of those applies.
Anyone?
