Should we force all, or just certain categories, to start at the ancient era? I believe Science should have to start at the ancient era, but I am open to allowing era choosing for all victory.

I've added ancient start to the rules of : Science, Diplomatic, Cultural, and Domination.

The big question is: Should we allow players to start at the Information Era for All victory runs?

I would like runner input to make the best decision on this matter.

I think domination is harder at later stages any ways as the current record is just using the first basic troop.

If you pick a later stage the game gives you civs more starting troops so I think it balances its self out however it may just be good to set it at the ancient era just to send the message that the game is being completed "the way it is meant to be played" rather than getting any advantage.

For me it's not a problem to start at the information era for "all victory" runs. It can bring more diversity in the speedrun of civilization 5.

But it's the information era when you play with DLC. Without DLC it's the "futur era", and so you have more technology. I think we have to precise that.

Alright I've added the "any era start" to the all victory rules. The 4 main categories will remain ancient era start, and time victory is irrelevant for this. Although I am thinking of reinstating the "time starts on begin journey" ends on victory screen appearing. I will make another forum post about that though. I appreciate all the input.

By the way time victory takes much longer using the current method as you need to choose a social policy (which can only be done after building first city) or else you will lose every time as the AI chooses one and you do not so it scores higher thus win.