You are right that sea and ocean squares can contribute food. Whether this makes a big difference depends on the map.
Beating the MaxTurnScore is no problem, if only because of the averaging of food across the map. If you ensure that your territory emphasises the plumpest, juiciest tiles with minimum mountains, tundra, desert or ocean, you can beat the average. And the best milkers do exactly that.
MaxTurnScore only shows up as a normalisation multiplier in the score calculation, and is applied to all players' scores. So it really only provides a + or - 20% method for making comparisons between different games, and has no effect on position within a game. Look for other posts around here where the Jason scoring system has been discussed. I think you'll find that Aeson has said very much the same as you about milking to reduce the effect of a sub-optimal early game. I'm a mediocre player, but I'm also too busy or lazy to play 300 turns of MM to try to improve my score. My score would almost certainly deteriorate if I tried to milk.
Good luck in your quest to beat the curve.
Beating the MaxTurnScore is no problem, if only because of the averaging of food across the map. If you ensure that your territory emphasises the plumpest, juiciest tiles with minimum mountains, tundra, desert or ocean, you can beat the average. And the best milkers do exactly that.
MaxTurnScore only shows up as a normalisation multiplier in the score calculation, and is applied to all players' scores. So it really only provides a + or - 20% method for making comparisons between different games, and has no effect on position within a game. Look for other posts around here where the Jason scoring system has been discussed. I think you'll find that Aeson has said very much the same as you about milking to reduce the effect of a sub-optimal early game. I'm a mediocre player, but I'm also too busy or lazy to play 300 turns of MM to try to improve my score. My score would almost certainly deteriorate if I tried to milk.
Good luck in your quest to beat the curve.
