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Colonization In memory of your deeds, the Citizens of New
Player Rating England/France/Holland/Spain give your name
to...
Jordan Wyatt 7716 points at Viceroy Level
[MAY10] 357%
citizens: at least 2741 pts (yes I have more than 650 specialists)
gold: exactly 835 pts
founding fathers: exactly 125 pts
rebel sentiment: exactly 97 pts
early revolution (autumn 1694): at least 180 pts
liberty bells: at least 30pts
destroyed indian settlements: at MOST 30 for -150 pts
3858 plus independence achieved 1st (before other European powers) so +100%
A NEW WORLD RECORD!!!! Yay for me.
Joshua Scamman 5560 points at Viceroy Level
[DEC05] 257% Sir Josh of the Free Spanish
Oh Yeah!! Took me 2 straight days of playing but I just Topped my Best score! Hope nobody can top it." Good Luck.
Dan Rohde 5144 points (by 1690) at Viceroy Level
[DEC05] Viceroy Dan von der Rohde of the Free Dutch
Played as the Dutch, no cheats. Score would have been a lot higher except for that highly annoying unit
limit. I didn't want to hassle with disbanding military units so I could establish new colonies so I
declared independence earlier than I wanted to.
Many apologies to the Tupi... I did try to get along.
hi_score.zip (155Kbytes)
Joel Fry 4040 points (by 1748) at Viceroy level
[JAN05] 202% Viceroy Jacques Cousteau of the Free French
"My best score was achieved only three months ago, and I have not heard of anyone topping it."
"I have played the game on both a Mac and a PC."
Dave Gousmett 3624 points (by 1672) at Viceroy level
[JAN06] Viceroy Abel Janszoon Tasman of the Free Dutch
No reloads, No cheats. I had good luck with the Lost City Rumours getting six 'Fountain of Youth'
and nine 'Cibola'. Towards the end I had a long running battle with the Spanish to prevent them
declaring Independence first. I finally had to declare earlier than I wanted too while I was still
missing four of the Founding Fathers.
Michael K. Altschuler 2360 points at Viceroy level
[NOV99] 155% Sir Sam Altschuler of the Free English
was 131% President of the United States, NO CHEATING
"YAY NUMBER 1 once again I have taken back the throne and be ready I'm
working on this one save game I have 50 colonies already! Of course
it's like 1788."
Barbaros Demirci 3010 points (by 1612) at Viceroy level
[NOV99] 150% President Barbaros Hazretleri of the Free Dutch
Republic of Surinam
Sam L. from Pittsburg 3714 points (by 1811) at Governor level
[NOV05] 148% President Sam L.of the Free Dutch
"Loved this game for a long time."
Ben Zitterkopf 4910 points (by 1787) at Conquistador level
[JUN99] 147% President beefcake of the Free English
United States of America,
Named after a continent.
Michael C 128% 6400 points (by 1692) at Discoverer level
John D Dilley 5156 points at Explorer Level
[APR00] 128% President, Republic of Surinam to A.D. 1711.
LandGrabber of the Free Dutch
Cathy Wakes 123% 4130 points
[FEB05] Conquistador Jacques Cartier of the Free French
President, Republic of Quebec to A.D. 1667
P.S. I usually like to play as the English - I like having lots of colonists about.
hallfame.zip just extract the hallfame.dat file and save to the c:/mps/colonize,
then view Hall of Fame from Colonization Main Menu.
Jorge Pérez 121% 2434 points (by Spring 1787) at Viceroy level
[APR05] Viceroy Aragonum of the Free Spanish
colony00.zip just extract the colony00.sav file and save to the c:/mps/colonize directory.
Bad Brett 119% 2386 points at Viceroy level
[FEB05] President, Republic of Surinam to A.D. 1717
From the CivFanatics Colonization Forum
Dalgo 116% 2337 points at Viceroy level
[FEB05] Michiel De Ruyter of the Free Dutch, General of the Continental Army to A.D. 1667
colony02.zip just extract the colony02.sav file and save to the c:/mps/colonize directory.
From the CivFanatics Colonization Forum
Luke 2142 points at Viceroy Level, NO CHEATING
[MAY00] 107% Independence achieved: Spring 1662
Named after a continent.
win.zip (11Kbytes) Game file submitted as proof.
Achinz 106% 2662 points at Governor level
[FEB05] Free Dutch
From the CivFanatics Colonization Forum
Noyan Ali Biyiktay
[JUL99] 96% 3956 points
President of Free English
Named after Republic of Biyitay
Tim Vlk
[MAR06] 83% 4174 points at Discoverer level
"I had 31 colonies and about 320 people."
Peter Spooner
[JUL00] 82% 2066 points
Named after a Captial
Colonization Score screen shot was provided as proof
Boril Ninov
[OCT08] 58% 1950 points at Conquistador level
President, Republic of United States of America to A.D. 1840
Camille LeBlanc
[AUG99] 57% 2876 points at Discoverer level
"Had 18 colonies, and whooped up on the Dutch expeditionary force ;-)"
Civnik 49% 1248 points (by 1701) at Governor level
[JUN03] Named after a University
Agathocles 36% 1467 points at Explorer level
(Leopold de Vijlder)
Veselin Ninov
[OCT08] 34% 865 points at Governor level
President, Republic of Mexico to A.D. 1775
Kenny Titus 19% 968 points at Discoverer level
How your Colonization Score is Calculated
+1 for each Petty Criminal / Indentured Servant
+2 for each Free Colonist
+4 for each Skilled Colonist
+5 for each Founding Father
+1 for every 1000 gold in your treasury (although the manual states 250 gold)
+1 for every liberty bell produced after foreign intervention (sounds like an excuse to drag out the war?)
+1 for each percentage point of rebel sentiment (maximum 100)
-(difficulty + 1) for each native settlement you destroy
The native penalty reflects morality, the greater difficulty of finding good sites where villages AREN'T and not getting the loot when you plunder them. You can capture treasure trains from another power while they're taking them back to port anyway. And if you wait long enough the Spanish will destroy all the villages anyway, they're very efficient even when you arm the natives.
You get a bonus for an early revolution. Independence before other powers:
First: +100%
Second: +50%
Third: +25%
Also the higher the difficulty level the greater your precentage. Score in points is constant regardless of the about factors, the percentage score is a modifcation to allow you to compare games played at different levels + how soon you become independent.
The following things DO effect your Colonization Score:
Colonies destroyed by Indians or captured by Europeans. Because you loss Colonists.
Training of colonists in a colony. Skilled Colonists are worth more points.
Capturing enemy colonies. Because of the extra colonists and sons of liberty you get (or more likely loss).
Disbanding Colonists.
The following things DON'T effect your Colonization score:
Disbanding one of your colonies.
Accepting / Turning down tax hikes. Your reward is being able to continue trading in those goods, or not as the case may be. This doesn't effect SOL either although you would expect it too considering how much fuss is made about the Boston Tea Party. Incidentally the British Taxed tea was cheaper than the already available American stuff, a bunch of American Businessmen just made up a political excuse for what was an economic action - them losing trade! America has the motto of land of the free, I think a more appropriate one would be land of the not so expensive.