BOTM 09: Russians
[img=right]http://gotm.civfanatics.net/civ4games/images/botm09civ.jpg[/img]Game Details:
Game settings:
Civilization: Russian (Leader: Stalin; Traits: Industrious, Aggressive)
Rivals: 6 AIs
Difficulty: Immortal
Map: Inland Sea
Mapsize: Standard
Climate: Cold
Starting Era: Ancient
Speed: Epic (And yes, I've made sure there are 750 turns...
) Options: No goody huts, no vassal states.
Victory Conditions: all enabled
Stalin:
Stalin is Industrious and Aggressive, and the Russians start with the hunting and mining. Industrious gives +50% hammers when building wonders, as well as double speed production of forges. Aggressive gives a free combat I promotion to all melee and gunpowder units, and allows double production speed of barracks and drydock.
Unique unit: Cossack (replaces cavalry)
The benefit of the Cossack compared to the cavalry is that it receives +50% against mounted units. This is in addition to the usual cavalry abilities of: A powerful 15 strength, 30% withdrawal chance, and +50% AND flank attack against cannon, trebuchets, and catapults. However, neither cossack nor cavalry get defensive bonuses.
Unique building: Research Institute(replaces laboratory)
Like the laboratory, the Research Institute gives an additional 25% science in a city, gives +50% spaceship part production, and allows one citizen to become a scientist. The additional benefit of the research institute is that it also gives two free scientists to the city.
Starting screenshot
This is the start of the game (click for a bigger image):
Adventurer Class bonuses:
- Quick farms: You start with the knowledge of agriculture.
- Worker: Just so you don't have to wait before building a farm, you have a worker (sharing a tile with the settler)
Challenger Class Equalisers:
- No scout: Yep. Disappeared.
- No techs: Guess what. Yep. Your people know nothing at all.
To Enter the Competition:
You just need to get the starting saves here and start playing. Use the same URL to submit your completed entry, which you must do by 15 September 2008.
Civ version
This game MUST be played in Beyond the Sword (NOT Warlords or vanilla Civ), patched to version 3.17, and using the HOF mod version 3.17.001. Note that this is a newer patch and version of the HOF mod than previous BOTMs.
While playing...
Remember - for your entry to be accepted, it MUST be your first attempt to play this game, and you MUST NOT replay any turns. If you make a mistake while playing, you have to live with it, learn from it, and carry on the game without replaying.
We will open 'spoiler' threads during the month for players to discuss what happens in their games. Do not discuss any details of your game outside those threads.
Please use this Saves Available thread for any technical queries, eg. if you have trouble opening the game, NOT for discussions about what happens in your game.
DS 
But I understand your point, it's not a situation we like, but there from a technical perspective, there doesn't seem to be any other option. The HOF mod is in a rather different situation from most software since some of its code is specifically designed to detect and report instances of in-competition cheating. Clearly, for people who want to cheat, that means it has to deliberately work against what the person who installed it is trying to do, which is what leads to the technical difficulties and ultimately to the requirement for higher privileges.
wanna play BOTM09 
