Technically this thread could be a spoiler if you have not already played the Gotm19 game up through at least the discovery of the map contents. So if you are still early in the Gotm19-Ottomans game you should not be here.

For all other participants, you may freely post comments about the game as they relate to posts that were made in the "Gotm19 wild speculation thread" but this thread should not be used as a substitute for reporting and discussing game results in the correct stage spoiler discussion thread.

In the speculation thread about what Gotm19-Ottomans might include, we had a number of players who made some detailed predictions of what the game would be. The Ottomans proved to be a hard lot to predict, although once again a number of people
got several aspects right.

Here is you chance to review these comments and compare them to what you actually found in the game once it was formally announced and you could begin play.

Who deserves the official Crystal Ball award for Gotm19-Ottomans for being the player who could make the best prediction of the features that would be included in the game?

Please remember when you read these comments that none of these players could possible have any foreknowledge of the actual Gotm19-Ottomans game conditions when these comments were originally made because none of the game information had been released at that time.

The nominees are (in order of appearance) :

mad-bax
Click here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=933418#post933418), here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=936548#post936548) or here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=936586#post936586) to view mad-bax' predictions of insane barbarians, special units, and geography.

Ronald
Click here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=937727#post937727) to view Ronald's prediction of game-level, map size, and civ-distribution.

Karasu
Click here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=938976#post938976) to view Karasu's out-of-body experience.

hotrod0823
Click here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=939588#post939588) to view hotrod0823's vision of a new civ appearance.

jack merchant
Click here (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=939750#post939750) to view jack merchant's oracle on cultural Rome and specific city names.

There were many others who provided their two or three cents. We want to acknowledge all the great contributions to the pregame speculation discussion for Gotm19-Ottomans. You can also have a go at receiving your own crystal ball in predicting Gotm20-Spanish (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=983935#post983935)
!

And the prize for the worst prediction goes to:

Originally posted by Ribannah
I expect a small map with our closest neighbours to be Babylon, Egypt and India, and cultural flips set to rampant. :) :D

And the prize for the worst prediction goes to:...

With Space as a strong second: see (http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?postid=933418#post933418) :lol:

I didn't dare vote for myself, although I was really rather pleased to encounter the city of Mohács when taking over the Celts :) Rome, too was culturally stronger than they usually are. But if I had played the game based on the wild predictions thread, I think playing on Ronald's predictions would have turned out best so I voted for him.

Don't know if an official anouncement is in the makes, but looks like you got yourself a crystal ball, Jack.
Enjoy ! :goodjob: :cool: