OK. Own up! There was clearly a conspiracy! :rolleyes: How else did we end up with 11 out of 22 teams getting awards? That's 50% ! :eek:

In this game, the diplomats were dominant overall, winning all the laurels. The two Russian teams again showed how it should be done. CFR-V and CFR-W took the Gold Laurels with unmatched finish dates in both the Vanilla and Warlords divisions.

[Yeees, I know you all pretended to be Russians in this game, but the winners really were players from Russia :) ]

In the Vanilla division, the Silver Laurels were won by Murky Waters, beating a TWO-WAY TIE between Gypsy Kings and Memphis Blues for Bronze.

The Warlords competition produced a THREE-WAY TIE for the Silver Laurels between Short Straw, Peanut and Team One, with Fistful of Dynamite coming up behind for Bronze.

Chokonuts and Fifth Element were the gallant Wooden Spooners this time around, and they were among the six teams who saw spaceships take off, though not always from their own launch pads. There were three non-finishers.

I was seriously tempted to award one medal of each colour in each division, using score as a tie-breaker - particularly when I saw the cost of minting so many awards for this game :p However, I decided that finish date is far more important than score in SGOTMs, so it would be cruel to do that.

So, the next two posts show the Roll of Honour for the two divisions of this game. You can see many more details on the Results page ( http://gotm.civfanatics.net/submit/civ4sgotm_submission_list.php?game=50003&displayteams=displayteams), and of course you are free to visit all the team threads to see how it was done.

Please post your congratulations here for all who took part in this closely contested game and entertained us so well, and give your special plaudits to the teams listed in the next two posts.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/civgoldlaurel3.pngCFR-V, who won the Vanilla race in 1280 AD, over 400 years before their nearest competitors.
Dynamic
Balbes
Cat Behemoth
JCricket
kaiser
Unikum
Witan


http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/civsilverlaurel3.pngMurky Waters, Vanilla diplomatic victory in 1688 AD, 78 years ahead of the Vanilla Bronze date
Murky
Big Pig
cas
joahnpaulcain
LowtherCastle
Mîtiu Ioan
nfora

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/civbronzelaurel3.pngGypsy Kings, Vanilla diplomatic victory in 1766 AD.
Ronnie1
Confusion
Conquistador 63
da_Vinci
igelkott
Joemama
Scout214

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/civbronzelaurel3.pngMemphis Blues, Vanilla diplomatic victory in 1766 AD
ShannonCT
BSouder
Frederiksberg
KingdomBrunel
Mad Professor
radiopill


The Wooden Spoons are awarded for the lowest scoring finish.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/civwoodenspoon3.pngChokonuts, launched a Vanilla flavoured Spaceship in 1898 AD.
Lobsterboy
LongLife
McArine
ngraner42
Ozbenno
Terminator3k

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/wlgoldlaurel3.pngCFR-W, who won the Warlords diplomatic race in 1352 AD, over 200 years before their nearest competitors.
akots
Grey Cardinal
IL2T
lohar
Lexad
liar
Obormot
ProRock


http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/wlsilverlaurel3.pngShort Straw, Warlords diplomatic victory in 1568 AD
mushroomshirt
Danthor
Grogs
llib_rm
Lmtoops
RobertTheBruce
ungy

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/wlsilverlaurel3.pngPeanut, Warlords diplomatic victory in 1568 AD
civ_steve
ainwood
DaviddesJ
klarius
Mailman
malekithe
Phabuk

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/wlsilverlaurel3.pngTeam One, Warlords diplomatic victory in 1568 AD
mboza
amh52
Astrum
hamfist
mdy
TDK

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/wlbronzelaurel3.pngFistful of Dynamite, Warlords diplomatic victory in 1664 AD, 96 years behind the Warlords Silver date.
Kikinit
blid
pindicator
Ralph_Jackson
Rihiter
sooooo


The Wooden Spoons are awarded for the lowest scoring finish.

http://gotm.civfanatics.net/players/awards/wlwoodenspoon3.pngFifth Element, lost to a Warlords Spaceship launched by Egypt in 1909 AD.
BLubmuz
BrianS
Civicide
Doom Train
Merum
Sweetacshon

@AlanH: the results and congratulations thread is closed ... is that intentional? :confused: :crazyeye:

Good thing you did not invoke a tiebreaker, as then you would have had to answer to ... yourself! :eek:

From the reference thread:

"The Gold, Silver and Bronze Laurels are awarded to the members of the three teams that abide by the variant rules and achieve the prescribed victory condition in the fewest turns. In the event of a tie then the award will go to the members of all the teams involved in the tie."

And at least one of the "too many" awards you complain about is due to your own generosity ... normally a tie for silver would eliminate the awarding of a bronze. But in this case it is fitting for Fistful to have a bronze, as their date is earlier than the Vanilla silver date, which should get some recognition in this split competition. All in all, every team that won before 1800 got recognition, which I think is appropriate! :goodjob:

Now, how about adding a laurels page to the Civ 4 Pantheon of Heroes?

dV

PS if you open the R&C thread, feel free to move this there, where it belongs. ;)

@AlanH: the results and congratulations thread is closed ... is that intentional? :confused: :crazyeye:

Good thing you did not invoke a tiebreaker, as then you would have had to answer to ... yourself! :eek:

April Fool's Day

or

I wondered why there was so little response :)


Now, how about adding a laurels page to the Civ 4 Pantheon of Heroes?

dV

Well, that's for whoever looks after SGOTM and the Pantheon at CivJunction :(

PS if you open the R&C thread, feel free to move this there, where it belongs. ;)

Done

wow, wooden spoon... bah, my first prize ever, and for be the worst

but the team members list is wrong...

but the team members list is wrong...

Thx. That's what Copy'n'Paste will do to you if you forget that it's Copy'n'Paste'n'Edit

Congratulations to all the laurel winners, especially to those playing the Vanilla version. :goodjob:

Well, that's for whoever looks after SGOTM and the Pantheon at CivJunction :(


:( I'm starting to get the sinking feeling that the announcement is not an April Fool although I hope I'm wrong.

:( I'm starting to get the sinking feeling that the announcement is not an April Fool although I hope I'm wrong. Anyone remember "New Coke"? Brought out to replace original Coke to sweeten it up more like Pepsi. Backlash -> Coke Classic comes back with New Coke, and now New Coke is extinct.

Maybe this will end with a big "never mind" (excuse the off-topic).

dV

:( I'm starting to get the sinking feeling that the announcement is not an April Fool although I hope I'm wrong.

Are you also worried about the Tooth Fairy sneaking up on your in the night and pulling out your teeth?

Edit: Post deleted.

Congratulations, especially to the two CFR teams. Very nice work.

congrats to everyone! Especially the CFR teams!

I just hope Alanh is part of the April Fools joke...I don't want to see Apolyton and CFC merge...I went to Apolyton first...it is DEAD over there in terms of GOTM type stuff! I don't want that to happen over here OR for it to become pay to play

How come the Geezers didn't win anything? I thought I had joined a good team!

Well, that's for whoever looks after SGOTM and the Pantheon at CivJunction :( So the CPC link is gone from your posts ... time to play George Orwell and redact this reference as well?

And back to the original question ... how about a page for the laurels in the pantheon of heroes? (I can't believe you dreamed up this whole charade just to dodge my question! :nono: :lol: )

dV

So the CPC link is gone from your posts ... time to play George Orwell and redact this reference as well?

And back to the original question ... how about a page for the laurels in the pantheon of heroes?

dV

No point referencing a one-paragraph legal statement ... (with your favourite AlanH smiley - :p )

And back to the original question ... how about a page for the laurels in the pantheon of heroes?


Might do ... when I stop laughing :D

(I can't believe you dreamed up this whole charade just to dodge my question! :nono: :lol: )

dV

Dodge your question!!! Would I ????

mmm probably :p Although we both know how long Da vinci can go about something if he really wants too....so I'd just give up and do it :p

Although we both know how long Da vinci can go about something if he really wants too.... :rotfl:

You referring to the false positve discussion and the headbutting with DaviddesJ? I think that was my longest sustained rant :lol:

dV

I think that was my longest sustained rant

Surely not? :rolleyes:

Surely not? :rolleyes: Well, that is the one that comes to my mind (outside the Gypsy Kings SGOTM threads, where I can wax sedatively :lol: ). Longest sustained series of posts beating one dead horse to dust :deadhorse: I think. Not necessarily the longest single posts.

But my INNER PEDANT is happy to entertain a counterexample, if you have one. :D

dV

so you've been putting the Gypsy Kings to sleep with your waxing? is that why you're playing so slow? :p

so you've been putting the Gypsy Kings to sleep with your waxing? is that why you're playing so slow? :p

It is possible that some of us are a bit drowsy. I'm not at all sure that dV is the entire cause though. It is proving to be much more difficult than assumed, to lose gracefully to the skinny one.;)

how about a page for the laurels in the pantheon of heroes?

Might do ... when I stop laughing :D Still laughing? :rotfl:


C'mon, throw me a bone! :lol:

(what Thrallia said! :D )

dV

C'mon, throw me a bone!
CATCH !!! .... http://www.buzzle.com/pix/illustrations/bone.gif (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/pantheon/index.php?table=sgotm_awards_table.php) .... :shifty:

:lol: That's just :evil:

CATCH !!! .... http://www.buzzle.com/pix/illustrations/bone.gif (http://gotm.civfanatics.net/pantheon/index.php?table=sgotm_awards_table.php) .... :shifty: Well, now you have done it ! :eek: You've heard the expression "like a dog with a bone" I presume?

Well now this dog has a bone, so look out! :lol:

I'm still waaaaaaaiting ... my laurels page ? ... :mischief:

dV

Try grabbing that bone, da_Vinci. Or... clicking it.

Try grabbing that bone, da_Vinci. Or... clicking it. Too clever! :goodjob: Didn't think to click it, just thought AlanH was giving me grief! ;)

@AlanH: thanks! :goodjob: I'm happy as a dog with a bone ... if I were Big Pig, I'd be as happy as a pig in ****! :lol:

Inspecting the page, a few folks have had quite the propensity for wood. :eek:

And then there are the gold and wood combinations? :confused: :crazyeye:

Very entertaining to review overall.

dV

Hmm! Did you really think I'd be that callous?

I obviously have a poor image to live down after April 1.

Hmm! Did you really think I'd be that callous?

I obviously have a poor image to live down after April 1. Just April 1? :mischief:

JUST KIDDING! :lol: Payback for "Surely not?" :D

Bone would not have been callous even without the page ... its just a poke (of fun)

I figured that you were just replacing :p with http://www.buzzle.com/pix/illustrations/bone.gif

dV

I would also like to thank NeverMind :king: for his incredible work on SDK and XML which made our teams able to forecast more efficiently the diplomatic effects of our moves, formulate our strategies - and win. He is always a honorary member of any CFR team!

I've opened a Poll thread here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=225240) to get your feedback on the level of demand for the next vanilla SGOTM. Please let us know your preferences.