The map that gyathaar designed for COTM 23 is most-kindly described by euphemisms such as 'challenging' or 'unusual' - in his own words, it was 'your worst nightmare', and I think that's a fairly accurate description!

It did create a very unusual results table - there was not a single, solitary conquest victory! In addition, the top two places went to diplomatic wins, with a spaceship third. :eek:

In first place was the only predator-class entry - Chamnix, a long-time stalwart of the COTM/GOTMs (39 entries!) grabbed his first medal, and got the best colour. In second, diplo-specialist-apparent archphoenix also grabbed his first medal, but also got a shiny parchment award to go with his COTM 53 parchment. In third place, occasional player Lamprey returned from a long absence to also grab his first medal.

Summary of Medal Winners:

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/GoldMedal.gif Chamnix: 1500 AD Diplomatic Victory, 6,101 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/SilverMedal.gifhttp://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/parchment.gif archphoenix: 1455 AD Diplomatic Victory, 6,026 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/BronzeMedal.gifhttp://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/SpaceShip.gif Lamprey: 1550 AD Spaceship Victory, 5,691 points.

Other Award Winners:

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/world.gif Jovan Kukic: 1725 AD Domination Victory, 4,860 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/goldnote.gif klarius: 1878 AD Cultural 20k Victory, 4,784 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/MusicNote.gifhttp://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/cow.gifhttp://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/oliveshield.gif 7losses: 2045 AD Cultural 100k Victory, 4,324 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/greenshield.gif TheHaze: 1872 AD Spaceship Victory, 3,164 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/purpleshield.gif eldar: 1882 AD Diplomatic Victory, 2,167 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/blueshield.gif UB40: 1990 AD Domination Victory, 1,503 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/oliveshield.gif Redbad: 1996 AD Cultural 20k Victory, 1,032 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/greenambulance.gif Tabolt: 2034 AD Cultural 20k Loss, 952 points.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/redambulance.gif Nata: 2270 BC Conquest Loss, 29 points.


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:clap: Congratulation Chamnix! My game was a faliure because my first attempt to take Dehli failed...

Well I was going for the cow award and accidentally got 2 more awards!

Earlier on I challenged anyone to get a sub 1000 conquest victory and I would come around to your country and shake your hand.

As it turns out, it was a pretty safe bet with no-one getting a conquest victory!

Congrats to everyone who slugged their way through the desert.
Special congrats to archphoenix for only playing for 2 hours :)

Congrats. Especially
Chamnix: for getting a diplo gold
klarius: for beating my crappy date with over a century
7losses: for getting 3 awards
nata: the only conquest (though on the receiving end of the stick ;) )

It's a black day indeed when I sneak into the top ten.

nata: the only conquest (though on the receiving end of the stick ;) )

Redbad, you know how to sweeten the pill. :D

Congrats all winners. :)

I'd love to see some write-ups from the top-ten... :(

Not much to write up really

A slow slug across the desert. Railroaded from South to North of the desert for faster transportation later on.

Then slowly took out the other continent.

Congratulation to every body
Good very good Chamnix

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