United Planets--Does "A" Always Win?

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Every time I go to the UP, whatever race is in slot "A" always wins.  I think I've only seen "B" once through all play throughs...anyone else observed this?  Possible bug or do they put the expected winner in "A" on purpose?

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I would guess that the list is actually sorted most-pop to least-pop. So unless you get allies voting for each other, everyone just votes for themselves and the most-pop empire will always win.

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Wish multiple choice tests in school was that easy...

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Reply #3 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Oh FFS another shallow development in the list of shallow developments in GCIII.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I take you're talking about when the UP chairsapient is elected. The position when voting is determined by your influence, so if everybody votes only for themselves they would naturally win, that's why having good relations with other civilizations is important, even minors could tip the balance. In my last game the Krynn who were E won, so no A is not always the victor.

Reply #5 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting leiavoia, reply 1

I would guess that the list is actually sorted most-pop to least-pop. So unless you get allies voting for each other, everyone just votes for themselves and the most-pop empire will always win.
End of leiavoia's quote

This, only the top 6 most populous empires are listed and are sorted A-F in descending order. With most of A-F voting for themselves you can see A usually have the lead and it comes down to the remaining factions that aren't included to tip the balance. Of course I've seen some odd behaviour where some AI don't actually vote for themselves but in most cases they do.

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Thanks for all the replies, didn't realize it was sorted by Pop.  That helps explain it better.