Ideally an ancient/classical era start would be good for science, else we lose the idea of science race.

Yes it was a bad idea to propose war with CS. Instead ranging barbarians seems fair, but will introduce a bit of randomness in the game.

I would love a pure Science victory. I agree with Hoagie:
a) no barbarians

b) allow just Science Victory

In the theme 12 i had lost to war, even if i was leading in tech.

War can be used in other themes, but it should be a pure science victory.
Also we should ban civs Babylon and Korea, or at least Babylon.

Maybe war with city states could be allowed, maybe you want to generate some Great Generals so you can use to get some land.

GMR seems to be down now. Can't upload the save file.

In industrial era start, they can build Forbidden Palace.

I confirm that the issue with the desktop client appears to have been fixed.

The points are also lost, I had over 1600 points and now i just have 365.

For update i have the same problem as Rilli.

I have the same problem. I thought it was my connection problem.