by Boonec
Everything in Tzolkin is so dependent on (in the following order)1) the starting monuments
2) the starting tiles and
3) the starting buildings
that it is very difficult to make generalizations without the above as context.
For example I would usually agree that focus on tech and buildings is a difficult strategy. But with the 33 VP for max tech and 4/green building monuments a tech/building strategy becomes pretty viable.
I think the reason corn to temple and Chichen to temple strategies are favoured in the forums is that they are the least dependent on the above so the easiest to pre-plan for. But they can be beaten by optimizing strategies to the starting monuments/tiles/buildings.