HOF IV Update Discussion

Ozbenno · Jul 11, 2012, 07:49 AM

The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated. 94 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to tachywaxon for the highest score of the update with a Standard, Normal, Immortal, Diplomatic game for 303392 points.

vladinsky was the most active player during this update, submitting 13 games.

Only 1 player was brave enough to take on Deity this update:

Pious_Pete - 1730 AD, Tiny, Quick, Deity, Cultural game for 33869 points
Pious_Pete - 1770 AD, Tiny, Quick, Deity, Cultural game for 20742 points
Pious_Pete - 1775 AD, Tiny, Quick, Deity, Cultural game for 25528 points
Pious_Pete - 1750 AD, Tiny, Quick, Deity, Cultural game for 24801 points
Pious_Pete - 1884 AD, Tiny, Normal, Deity, Cultural game for 15542 points

A number of players gained number one positions:

Bugio with a 1730 AD, Large, Quick, Immortal, Conquest game for 37893 points.
Firmlife with a 300 AD, Small, Normal, Immortal, Conquest game for 161615 points.
Firmlife with a 35 BC, Small, Epic, Immortal, Domination game for 156690 points.
tachywaxon with a 1070 AD, Standard, Normal, Immortal, Diplomatic game for 303392 points.

kovacsflo with a 980 AD, Huge, Quick, Emperor, Religious game for 95029 points.

kovacsflo with a 1400 AD, Huge, Quick, Monarch, Religious game for 73105 points.
neilmeister with a 920 AD, Huge, Normal, Monarch, Religious game for 44663 points.

Firmlife with a 1812 AD, Huge, Normal, Prince, Space Colony game for 71639 points.
neilmeister with a 820 AD, Huge, Quick, Prince, Religious game for 33446 points.

neilmeister with a 740 AD, Huge, Normal, Noble, Religious game for 11870 points.
shulec with a 1120 BC, Standard, Normal, Noble, Religious game for 21712 points.
tachywaxon with a 1365 AD, Large, Epic, Noble, Space Colony game for 285848 points.

kovacsflo with a 1120 AD, Huge, Quick, Warlord, Conquest game for 63426 points.
vladinsky with a 650 BC, Standard, Normal, Warlord, Religious game for 12173 points.
WastinTime with a 730 AD, Standard, Epic, Warlord, Diplomatic game for 50121 points.

Karl_t_great with a 1460 AD, Tiny, Normal, Chieftain, Cultural game for 29629 points.

Pollina with a 1480 BC, Standard, Normal, Settler, Religious game for 13979 points.

A number of players gained a composite table High Score (i.e. Any Condition):

tachywaxon with a 1070 AD, Standard, Normal, Immortal, game for 303392 points.

tachywaxon with a 1365 AD, Large, Epic, Noble, game for 285848 points.

Firmlife with a 300 AD, Small, Normal, Immortal, game for 161615 points.

kovacsflo with a 980 AD, Huge, Quick, Emperor, game for 95029 points.

Gauntlet Results:
G-Major 105 - Conquest, Immortal, Standard, Quick, Renaissance
1^st Bugio 1730 AD
2^nd tachywaxon 1735 AD
3^rd Firmlife 1755AD

G-Minor 147 - Religious, Noble, Standard, Normal
1^st shulec 1120 BC
2^nd Firmlife 975 BC, 16,218 points
3^rd vladinsky 975 BC, 14,846

** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Major 106 - Score, Emporer, Standard, Marathon
G-Minor 147 - Score, Settler, Standard, Marathon

Tachywaxon · Jul 11, 2012, 10:08 AM

Woohoo! Finally! I got in the top 5 of quattromaster gauntlet (yes, only that part of quattromaster interests me). Take that, shulec!

shulec · Jul 11, 2012, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachywaxon

Woohoo! Finally! I got in the top 5 of quattromaster gauntlet (yes, only that part of quattromaster interests me). Take that, shulec!

The fact that I was ahead of you in the first place shows that the scoring is probably not an accurate reflection of strength of gauntlet performances. Anyway, you still have a few to go to get to #1.

(From above "... to go to get to..." I love the English language!)

Tachywaxon · Jul 11, 2012, 09:58 PM

Quote:

The fact that I was ahead of you in the first place shows that the scoring is probably not an accurate reflection of strength of gauntlet performances.

Double sense?

BTW, hi, long time no see.

shakabrade · Jul 13, 2012, 03:17 AM

Congrats to all, especially to Tachy.

Tachywaxon · Jul 18, 2012, 11:22 PM

Thanks.

sossos · Jul 24, 2012, 11:27 AM

What does "HOF荒神" mean?

Tachywaxon · Jul 24, 2012, 02:02 PM

It is read "Koujin" and means "powerful deity".
Not in the sense of a deity player, but in the sense I feel entirely accomplished in HoF now.
When you start beating people (as #1 place) without mapfinder, I know what I am doing and don't rely on luck. And expertise begins.
Already, I see I made a mistake as a particle should have been included between that and HOF.

sossos · Jul 24, 2012, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachywaxon

It is read "Koujin" and means "powerful deity".
Not in the sense of a deity player, but in the sense I feel entirely accomplished in HoF now.
When you start beating people (as #1 place) without mapfinder, I know what I am doing and don't rely on luck. And expertise begins.
Already, I see I made a mistake as a particle should have been included between that and HOF.

Which particle? God particle?

I was confused days ago because some HOF No.1 is played with future start. Now I understand. It means that very few people try that category. There are 24*9=216 awards at deity level. Even if they are all blank, it'll take thousands of hours to play all the categories. Not to mention the time-consuming Marathon/Time victory ones.

To my surprise, the fastest conquest of standard/normal/deity is AD1996. Can you believe that? Is it a game played 7~8 years?

shakabrade · Jul 24, 2012, 03:57 PM

I tried to set some more realistic date to that conquest but accidentally took fastest domination. Probably the only attempt after cabert's future start. Yeah, HoF ''slotting" is not played much, but there is some good competition on gauntlets and challengers.

Sun Tzu Wu · Jul 24, 2012, 04:51 PM

荒神 [こうじん]: God of the cooking stove! AKA a "powerful deity"! Interesting how the different english translations of the same japanese word can be so seemingly different.

HoFの荒神 ?

Sun Tzu Wu

Tachywaxon · Jul 24, 2012, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu Wu

荒神 [こうじん]: God of the cooking stove! AKA a "powerful deity"! Interesting how the different english translations of the same japanese word can be so seemingly different.

HoFの荒神 ?

Sun Tzu Wu

Food is my weak spot.

Japanese language is well-known for its ambiguity. For instance, quite often in sentences, the subject is not mentioned and the context makes it up.
In contrast, french is extremely precise and harder to play rhetorically.

Exactly! That is the missing particle. の= "no" , particle of possession or correlation.

@sossos

Sadly, when Higgs boson is hidden in the meander of quantum world, refusing to show itself. Will the standard model survive? It is a matter of time.

The deity game you pointed is one game called a low-hanged fruit in HoF slang. Somebody wanted that slot and got it without straining or rivalry. Quite often for completing the quattro thing, which is far too much for me. I love tense competitions, not completing a table for its sake (which is just a matter of time invested)...much alike "finds all the secrets in a game and you get 104% of the game completed".

Seraiel · Jul 24, 2012, 09:49 PM

Do I understand that right that you, Tachywaxon, have that signature to show that you're playing Deity HoF without cooking starts? Excuse me if this is wrong, I'm really confused atm...

Tachywaxon · Jul 24, 2012, 09:58 PM

I'm not particularly a deity HoF player nor a complete non-user of mapfinder of cooked starts. Far from it as it will certainly greatly penalize me over others, especially short-run games. Space games, Diplo games can be diminished by starts difference by good play and right strategy. But a fast conquest or domination demands good starts as everything must be settled fast. Unless the fast conquest is unrealistic and then we have time to develop an economy so a long term strategy is viable. For instance, one who plays without any commerce will certainly have immense difficulty over the other one with a minimalist commerce start. Exceptions exist though. As an example of an average start I won is the challenger-VIII-01 where cas had a three gold start while I had none. Different strategies and abilities made the cut. Good quechuas wins helped too.

Seraiel · Jul 24, 2012, 10:22 PM

I'm still confused.

Why did you choose chinese as part of your title, why is the other half in english, what do you want to say with "HoF God of the cooking stove" ? And is the no now missing or left away intentionally? What do you want to express with your title Tachywaxon? And why do you have a picture of <cannot be sure to call everyones hate target> as an avatar?

Sera

Tachywaxon · Jul 24, 2012, 10:34 PM

Mental breakdown.

Tachywaxon · Jul 24, 2012, 11:07 PM

Oh, btw, no one wants to play challenger-VIII series? It has been static for a while...

And serious lack of opposition. Don't let me get 100 points plus the 10 points for completing the serie (

Iggymnrr with with sport spirit thingy)...!

Ozbenno · Jul 25, 2012, 12:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachywaxon

Oh, btw, no one wants to play challenger-VIII series? It has been static for a while...

Well I plan to complete all games (3 and 9 might be too hard for me though), certainly won't compete with you on any game though

vranasm · Jul 25, 2012, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tachywaxon

Oh, btw, no one wants to play challenger-VIII series? It has been static for a while...

well i definitely planned to participate, not exactly compete, but at least participate, since participation should be fun for everyone and this time the mixture looked like a bit more to my tastes...

but ... crusader kings II.... too much fun. was playing yesterday as Scottland count going up the ranks...if I didn't have to get up 6 a.m. to work I would certainly play longer then "just" up to midnight...

Bugio · Jul 25, 2012, 12:47 AM

Same here, but if you're looking for someone to beat your times, better look somewhere else, i certainly lack the experience on most of the conditions there.

Jul 13, 2012, 03:17 AM	#5
shakabrade Praise Vivec! Join Date: May 2011 Location: Croatia Posts: 1,172	Congrats to all, especially to Tachy. __________________ May you walk on warm sands.

Jul 24, 2012, 03:57 PM	#10
shakabrade Praise Vivec! Join Date: May 2011 Location: Croatia Posts: 1,172	I tried to set some more realistic date to that conquest but accidentally took fastest domination. Probably the only attempt after cabert's future start. Yeah, HoF ''slotting" is not played much, but there is some good competition on gauntlets and challengers. __________________ May you walk on warm sands.

Jul 24, 2012, 09:49 PM	#13
Seraiel Hill Archers are OP! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 1,566	Do I understand that right that you, Tachywaxon, have that signature to show that you're playing Deity HoF without cooking starts? Excuse me if this is wrong, I'm really confused atm... __________________ Wanna read some Writeups of Deity Games that made it into HoF? Replay #1 Huge Domination by 640 AD - Replay #2 Huge Domination with 1.4M Points - Replay #3 Coming closer Wastin - Replay #4 Slow and steady wins the race - Replay #5 A history of heroes - Replay #6 Short Story

Jul 24, 2012, 10:22 PM	#15
Seraiel Hill Archers are OP! Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Munich Posts: 1,566	I'm still confused. Why did you choose chinese as part of your title, why is the other half in english, what do you want to say with "HoF God of the cooking stove" ? And is the no now missing or left away intentionally? What do you want to express with your title Tachywaxon? And why do you have a picture of <cannot be sure to call everyones hate target> as an avatar? Sera __________________ Wanna read some Writeups of Deity Games that made it into HoF? Replay #1 Huge Domination by 640 AD - Replay #2 Huge Domination with 1.4M Points - Replay #3 Coming closer Wastin - Replay #4 Slow and steady wins the race - Replay #5 A history of heroes - Replay #6 Short Story

Jul 11, 2012, 07:49 AM	#1
Ozbenno Fly Fly Away Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 10,569	HOF IV Update Discussion The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated. 94 games were accepted since the previous update. Congratulations to tachywaxon for the highest score of the update with a Standard, Normal, Immortal, Diplomatic game for 303392 points. vladinsky was the most active player during this update, submitting 13 games. Only 1 player was brave enough to take on Deity this update: Pious_Pete - 1730 AD, Tiny, Quick, Deity, Cultural game for 33869 points Pious_Pete - 1770 AD, Tiny, Quick, Deity, Cultural game for 20742 points Pious_Pete - 1775 AD, Tiny, Quick, Deity, Cultural game for 25528 points Pious_Pete - 1750 AD, Tiny, Quick, Deity, Cultural game for 24801 points Pious_Pete - 1884 AD, Tiny, Normal, Deity, Cultural game for 15542 points A number of players gained number one positions: Bugio with a 1730 AD, Large, Quick, Immortal, Conquest game for 37893 points. Firmlife with a 300 AD, Small, Normal, Immortal, Conquest game for 161615 points. Firmlife with a 35 BC, Small, Epic, Immortal, Domination game for 156690 points. tachywaxon with a 1070 AD, Standard, Normal, Immortal, Diplomatic game for 303392 points. kovacsflo with a 980 AD, Huge, Quick, Emperor, Religious game for 95029 points. kovacsflo with a 1400 AD, Huge, Quick, Monarch, Religious game for 73105 points. neilmeister with a 920 AD, Huge, Normal, Monarch, Religious game for 44663 points. Firmlife with a 1812 AD, Huge, Normal, Prince, Space Colony game for 71639 points. neilmeister with a 820 AD, Huge, Quick, Prince, Religious game for 33446 points. neilmeister with a 740 AD, Huge, Normal, Noble, Religious game for 11870 points. shulec with a 1120 BC, Standard, Normal, Noble, Religious game for 21712 points. tachywaxon with a 1365 AD, Large, Epic, Noble, Space Colony game for 285848 points. kovacsflo with a 1120 AD, Huge, Quick, Warlord, Conquest game for 63426 points. vladinsky with a 650 BC, Standard, Normal, Warlord, Religious game for 12173 points. WastinTime with a 730 AD, Standard, Epic, Warlord, Diplomatic game for 50121 points. Karl_t_great with a 1460 AD, Tiny, Normal, Chieftain, Cultural game for 29629 points. Pollina with a 1480 BC, Standard, Normal, Settler, Religious game for 13979 points. A number of players gained a composite table High Score (i.e. Any Condition): tachywaxon with a 1070 AD, Standard, Normal, Immortal, game for 303392 points. tachywaxon with a 1365 AD, Large, Epic, Noble, game for 285848 points. Firmlife with a 300 AD, Small, Normal, Immortal, game for 161615 points. kovacsflo with a 980 AD, Huge, Quick, Emperor, game for 95029 points. Gauntlet Results: G-Major 105 - Conquest, Immortal, Standard, Quick, Renaissance 1^st Bugio 1730 AD 2^nd tachywaxon 1735 AD 3^rd Firmlife 1755AD G-Minor 147 - Religious, Noble, Standard, Normal 1^st shulec 1120 BC 2^nd Firmlife 975 BC, 16,218 points 3^rd vladinsky 975 BC, 14,846 New Gauntlets Starting G-Major 106 - Score, Emporer, Standard, Marathon G-Minor 147 - Score, Settler, Standard, Marathon __________________ Civ III Hall of Fame Civ IV Hall of Fame Civ V Hall of Fame Last edited by Ozbenno; Jul 12, 2012 at 03:33 AM.

Jul 11, 2012, 10:08 AM	#2
Tachywaxon 404 User. True form on. Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,357	Woohoo! Finally! I got in the top 5 of quattromaster gauntlet (yes, only that part of quattromaster interests me). Take that, shulec!

Jul 18, 2012, 11:22 PM	#6
Tachywaxon 404 User. True form on. Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,357	Thanks.

Jul 24, 2012, 11:27 AM	#7
sossos King Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: New Jersey Posts: 622	What does "HOF荒神" mean?

Jul 24, 2012, 02:02 PM	#8
Tachywaxon 404 User. True form on. Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,357	It is read "Koujin" and means "powerful deity". Not in the sense of a deity player, but in the sense I feel entirely accomplished in HoF now. When you start beating people (as #1 place) without mapfinder, I know what I am doing and don't rely on luck. And expertise begins. Already, I see I made a mistake as a particle should have been included between that and HOF.

Jul 24, 2012, 04:51 PM	#11
Sun Tzu Wu Deity Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 5,313	荒神 [こうじん]: God of the cooking stove! AKA a "powerful deity"! Interesting how the different english translations of the same japanese word can be so seemingly different. HoFの荒神 ? Sun Tzu Wu

Jul 24, 2012, 09:58 PM	#14
Tachywaxon 404 User. True form on. Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,357	I'm not particularly a deity HoF player nor a complete non-user of mapfinder of cooked starts. Far from it as it will certainly greatly penalize me over others, especially short-run games. Space games, Diplo games can be diminished by starts difference by good play and right strategy. But a fast conquest or domination demands good starts as everything must be settled fast. Unless the fast conquest is unrealistic and then we have time to develop an economy so a long term strategy is viable. For instance, one who plays without any commerce will certainly have immense difficulty over the other one with a minimalist commerce start. Exceptions exist though. As an example of an average start I won is the challenger-VIII-01 where cas had a three gold start while I had none. Different strategies and abilities made the cut. Good quechuas wins helped too.

Jul 24, 2012, 10:34 PM	#16
Tachywaxon 404 User. True form on. Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,357	Mental breakdown.

Jul 24, 2012, 11:07 PM	#17
Tachywaxon 404 User. True form on. Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 5,357	Oh, btw, no one wants to play challenger-VIII series? It has been static for a while... And serious lack of opposition. Don't let me get 100 points plus the 10 points for completing the serie ( Iggymnrr with with sport spirit thingy)...!

Jul 25, 2012, 12:47 AM	#20
Bugio Warlord Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 177	Same here, but if you're looking for someone to beat your times, better look somewhere else, i certainly lack the experience on most of the conditions there.

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