Snatching defeat from the jaws of (Alliance) victory?

WTH? What the actual?

So, long game, Ludicrous map size, victory conditions Conquest, Influence, and...Alliance. Playing as Iconians, forging alliances with the other Benevolent races as the game went on, defeating the Malevolent and Pragmatic races. Finally, the United Earth surrender to me, and on the same turn I manage to get the snooty Altarians to re-enter our Alliance. I am now in Alliance with all the remaining major races - Torians, Drath, Altarians - there's no-one else left - so that's an Alliance victory, right? Click that turn button and take the win.

Except, I clicked that Turn button and, the DEFEAT video played. ? Huh? And it's a loss on my metaverse record.

My legal team will be contacting Stardock shortly. I want explanations AND compensation.

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lets hope you can prove it, that this happens.

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Taslios

Join Date 11/2002

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Were you the most powerful civ in the Alliance? If not you just lost to that race.

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I was number one by some distance, the only category I wasn't top in was military, and maybe approval. One the last civ surrendered to me I would have had about 50% of the map via influence, the next best was maybe 25%/

I wondered if maybe I hadn't checked Alliance victory in the game settings, which would be weird because I always play with it on. And when I went on to the Quick Start from the main menu, Alliance, Conquest and Influence were all checked.

My therapist tells me I'm making good progress at moving past this, but it's a long, slow process.

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Alliance victories are a bit wonked. If another civ has alliances with all but you, or all but one faction that you defeat in battle, it takes their alliance victory into account before yours.

The game has been this way for a long time.

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Quoting AdamMG,

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Alliance victories are a bit wonked. If another civ has alliances with all but you, or all but one faction that you defeat in battle, it takes their alliance victory into account before yours.

Thank you, that must be it. Guess I have been lucky in not encountering that before now. I'll be watching out for that next time!

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