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[img=right]http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/170/hofgauntlet.jpg[/img]While the general Hall of Fame is an ongoing competition, we like to run time-definite competitions between updates that we call Gauntlets. Standard Hall of Fame rules (*) still apply, but any games meeting the settings will be counted towards the Gauntlet.

(*) Please read the >> HOF rules << BEFORE playing!​

Settings:
  • Expansion: Brave New World
  • Victory Condition: Science (though all victory conditions must be enabled)
  • Difficulty: King
  • Map Size: Standard
  • Map Type: Shuffle
  • Speed: Quick
  • Leader: Any
  • Opponents: Any
  • Version: SV8
  • Date: 17th February to 1st March 2014
The earliest finish date wins, with score as a tiebreaker.
 
Well, if it's obvious, then I guess we'll just see which leader ends up winning this one, won't we? ;)
 
I don't think leader pick is obvious at all, though i think there can be no more than like 5 candidates for the best leader
 
im not used to playing on quick speed, i think this science is pretty good for quick? at least it feels like a good game so far. so much micro in science games :S, keep HOF to domination haha

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klaskeren said:
im not used to playing on quick speed, i think this science is pretty good for quick? at least it feels like a good game so far. so much micro in science games :S, keep HOF to domination haha

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Oy. Thanks for posting about this. I was totally playing on Standard speed. :facepalm:

Since that game is dead now anyway, I had to share: On a lark (and because I have no HOF games with them) I decided to play Aztecs. I got the most stupid ridiculously legendary start.

Stupid because: no mountains, all coastal with no sea luxes, no lakes, no rivers... all bad for an aztec science game.

Legendary because: hill marble with 4 salt, 2 deer & 2 stone, and mt kailash 5 tiles away with more salt, wheat, banana and gems. NP I thought, I'll put the observatory in my expo, run cargo ships, and that'll make up for it.

I wander up the coast and there's a 3 wheat, 2 salt, 1 deer spot the perfect distance away. Ok, fine, I'll plop one down there too.. And then I run into Venice. I steal 4 workers from him by t30 while I build GL. My scout gets vision + 2 and then I find Attila. Attila has the mother of all sea starts, and he chose God of the Sea. His capital has 6 fishing boats and the rest is all hills... with Silver. Hahaha. By now I've determined that I'm on a very squiggly continent with only the two of them. So, clearly not Pangaea... and definitely not ideal. But, I have GL, HG, ToA, and a horde of Composite bows. I own Venice, and beat down Attila, and I've got 5 cities (my 3 + Venice and Attila's Court), I've got all the religious beliefs I want, and I hit Education on t100. Not super-early, but damn good considering I was in the middle of a war.

And then, I read this post. Quick. QUICK. Sigh. Not that t100 Education w/ Aztecs was going to win anything, but I was having so much fun! Oh well hehe.
 
The VVV is a leaderboard.
Every game you play gets points and who has the most points is the Nr 1 player.
There are 6 categories.
Difficulty, victory type, map size, speed, map type and leader.
They each have also a leaderboard on their own.
Combined they give you a VVV score.
For more information check out: http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=493663
 
Cromagnus said:
Oy. Thanks for posting about this. I was totally playing on Standard speed. :facepalm:

Since that game is dead now anyway, I had to share: On a lark (and because I have no HOF games with them) I decided to play Aztecs. I got the most stupid ridiculously legendary start.

Stupid because: no mountains, all coastal with no sea luxes, no lakes, no rivers... all bad for an aztec science game.

Legendary because: hill marble with 4 salt, 2 deer & 2 stone, and mt kailash 5 tiles away with more salt, wheat, banana and gems. NP I thought, I'll put the observatory in my expo, run cargo ships, and that'll make up for it.

I wander up the coast and there's a 3 wheat, 2 salt, 1 deer spot the perfect distance away. Ok, fine, I'll plop one down there too.. And then I run into Venice. I steal 4 workers from him by t30 while I build GL. My scout gets vision + 2 and then I find Attila. Attila has the mother of all sea starts, and he chose God of the Sea. His capital has 6 fishing boats and the rest is all hills... with Silver. Hahaha. By now I've determined that I'm on a very squiggly continent with only the two of them. So, clearly not Pangaea... and definitely not ideal. But, I have GL, HG, ToA, and a horde of Composite bows. I own Venice, and beat down Attila, and I've got 5 cities (my 3 + Venice and Attila's Court), I've got all the religious beliefs I want, and I hit Education on t100. Not super-early, but damn good considering I was in the middle of a war.

And then, I read this post. Quick. QUICK. Sigh. Not that t100 Education w/ Aztecs was going to win anything, but I was having so much fun! Oh well hehe.
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thats a shame! seems like an interresting game
 
klaskeren said:
thats a shame! seems like an interresting game
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It was. That's why I kept playing after I rolled a start with no lakes or rivers. I specifically chose the Aztecs for their floating gardens. I want to see if they're as uber as they look, and I've never tried SV with them. Unfortunately with shuffle I get a lot of weird starts. Aiming for mountains AND lakes AND good early hammers/food/luxes makes for quite a lot of re-rolling though. Maybe I'll just go back to Babylon. :P

Which reminds me... It's tempting to play as a civ with a good start bias, because you can immediately tell if it's a crappy map type if you don't get the bias. (Some map types throw out bias I think)

Obviously I have bias turned off for Aztecs because... jungle? No thanks! And I don't even think lakes are part of their bias. :P
 
Peets said:
finish it for the VVV :)
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I always think I'm going to do that but I almost never go back and finish games. :P

Sometimes I plan on it but I forgot to backup my autosaves this time. I also forgot to do that with a Denmark game I had meant to finish. Sigh. I usually just save, go back to main menu and roll up a new game. It's so hard to remember to tab out and copy the autosaves... for me anyway.
 
long turn times -_-, but playing thoroughly! (spelling?) turn 129, got plastics, soon bulb time!

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Shuffle ftw! Best start ever:

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EDIT: Yes, yes, I know, 3 deer, 2 crab, 1 furs, 1 sheep, I could have made it work... but... yeah right. :lol:
 
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long turn times -_-, but playing thoroughly! (spelling?) turn 129, got plastics, soon bulb time!

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WOW!:goodjob: It's a totally different world at the top of the Civ 5 food chain. That is totally amazing. I feel like I've had a phenomenal game if I just reach Modern by 200. Plastics?!?!?! @129?:confused:

Edit: Oh wait, it's quick, I forgot, too. That still sounds pretty amazing. About what turn does that compare with on standard?
 
pvtjava said:
WOW!:goodjob: It's a totally different world at the top of the Civ 5 food chain. That is totally amazing. I feel like I've had a phenomenal game if I just reach Modern by 200. Plastics?!?!?! @129?:confused:

Edit: Oh wait, it's quick, I forgot, too. That still sounds pretty amazing. About what turn does that compare with on standard?
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194 or so
 
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