1/5/6 HOF Update

[superslug]

The Civilization III Hall of Fame has been updated. 26 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to Karl_t_great for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Huge Demigod Histographic game for 40754 points.

EMan and sanabas weres the most active players during this update, each submitting 7 games.

Only 1 player was brave enough to take on Sid this update. sanabas submitted a 1764 AD Standard Sid Cultural 20k game for 4357 points.

A number of players gained number one positions:

sanabas with a 1764 AD Standard Sid Cultural 20k game for 4357 points.
Karl_t_great with a 1200 AD Standard Deity Conquest game for 8122 points.
sanabas with a 1555 AD Small Demigod Cultural 20k game for 3753 points.
sanabas with a 1450 AD Small Emperor Cultural 20k game for 4624 points.
archphoenix with a 1475 AD Large Monarch Cultural 20k game for 4017 points.
sanabas with a 1470 AD Small Regent Cultural 20k game for 3641 points.
Rustwork with a 430 BC Standard Warlord Domination game for 5349 points.
sanabas with a 830 AD Tiny Warlord Cultural 100k game for 3317 points.
archphoenix with a 580 AD Small Chieftain Diplomatic game for 1685 points.
sanabas with a 1385 AD Small Chieftain Cultural 20k game for 1484 points.
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Quartermaster's Challenge:
Congratulations to Karl_t_great for rising from 10th to 3rd, to Dianthus for rising from 12th to 11th, to killercane for rising from 17th to 16th and to Marsden for rising from 24th to 20th in the Quartermasters competition.

Commiserations to a space oddity for falling from 3rd to 4th, to Denniz for falling from 4th to 5th, to EMan for falling from 5th to 6th, to Sandman2003 for falling from 6th to 7th, to archphoenix for falling from 7th to 8th, to Rustwork for falling from 8th to 9th, to sanabas for falling from 9th to 10th, to Mad2rix for falling from 11th to 12th, to theos for falling from 16th to 17th, to WillowBrook for falling from 20th to 22nd and to superslug for falling from 22nd to 24th in the Quartermasters competition.

A number of players are working towards the Quartermaster, gaining awards as follows:
Machiavelli : Chamnix rose from 3rd to 2nd, Tone rose from 4th to 3rd, Svar rose from 5th to 4th, Rustwork rose from 7th to 6th, Karl_t_great rose from 10th to 7th, Dianthus rose from 14th to 13th, zerksees rose from 17th to 15th, bluejay rose from 18th to 16th, Pentium rose from 23rd to 21st, Marsden rose from 32nd to 24th and Baalzebul rose from 34th to 33rd.
Pentathlon : a space oddity rose from 11th to 10th, Dianthus rose from 13th to 12th, SideshowBob rose from 15th to 14th, Mistfit rose from 21st to 20th, Jason8R rose from 22nd to 21st, eldar rose from 23rd to 22nd and Marsden rose from 33rd to 27th.
Octathlon : archphoenix rose from 6th to 5th, Dianthus rose from 20th to 19th, zerksees rose from 22nd to 21st, bluejay rose from 25th to 24th, Marsden rose from 34th to 25th and Bartleby rose from 32nd to 31st.
Histographic : Karl_t_great rose from 42nd to 9th and Marsden rose from 48th to 39th.

 

[Marsden]

I'm (temporarily at least) not in the basement!!!!!!!



Once again, I'd like to credit lack of participation of the others for my succes, (what there is of it).

 

[Karl_t_great]

The Civilization III Hall of Fame has been updated. 26 games were accepted since the previous update.

Only 6 players submitting to this update...everybody else must have gotten C IV from santa. This is becoming a private club, do we actually need updates twice a month ?

Anyway I have to announce, that I now hold the unofficial record of fastest histographic victory ever:
According to game clock my game lasted -(minus) 333 hours.

sanabas with a 830 AD Tiny Warlord Cultural 100k game for 3317 points.

@Sanabas, did You accidentally trigger the 100 K, there are still some (actually 20) 20K #1 slots not occupied by You
--- or did You finally get bored on the 20K stuff ?
Concrats for the fastest 100 victory ever.

 

[sanabas]

Only 6 players submitting to this update...everybody else must have gotten C IV from santa. This is becoming a private club, do we actually need updates twice a month ?

I need a new 'puter. I've played 1/2 a game of CIV on a friend's computer, I'm hanging to sit down for a while and actually play it properly.

@Sanabas, did You accidentally trigger the 100 K, there are still some (actually 20) 20K #1 slots not occupied by You
--- or did You finally get bored on the 20K stuff ?
Concrats for the fastest 100 victory ever.

Ta. It was going to be a 20k game, but it was a beast of a start for super quick expansion, and I didn't get a really early SGL, so I wasn't beating a 13something 20k date. Figured I'd play it out and go for 100k, and it finished up 1st overall. I might have to try and knock off a few of the other 100k dates now, there's hardly any easy 20k dates left.

 

[superslug]

This is becoming a private club, do we actually need updates twice a month ?

That thought had crossed my mind, but I was worried if I cut down the updates to monthly, the people might start getting scared I was abandoning III in favor of IV.

Anyone have objections to monthly updates? With the Gauntlet now running monthly, there's no real reason to have the 20th updates...

 

[Rustwork]

once a month is fine for me.

 

[Marsden]

Okay with me, too. You'll just have 14 games from sanabas per update instead of seven

 

[sanabas]

I can quit anytime I want, thank you so very much.

*edit*although since there's only one completely empty 20k table, I might have to fill it for the next update. Just one more turn...

I don't think any of the other VCs have all 40 tables with at least one entry. Have to check if 20k will be the first.*/edit*

 

[EMan]

...Anyone have objections to monthly updates?...

I think that IS a GOOD idea. You could even have the cut-off day being the LAST DAY of each month.......that would be easier for "older" players, like me, to remember!

One reason I'm gonna stick with the Civ THREE HOF (as opposed to Civ4) for a while is that Civ 4 has yet to become "stabilized". For example, if one feels like playing a leisurely 3-month Huge Histographic game, you can be sure that you will be able to submit it to the Civ 3 HOF, whereas with Civ 4, that game version may be obsolete by then!

Of course there are some other luxuries that I've kinda gotten used to like MapFinder, CRpMapStat, DateScore Calculator and TechCalc.....Kudos to Dianthus, Moonsinger, SirPleb (where is he?) and Grey Fox. In fact there are MANY fine, extensive utility programs for Civ 3 like CivAssist, etc.

Congrats to all the Players for their game submissions and 'slug's Team for conscientiously maintaining the Civ 3 HOF even with the introduction of the Civ 4 "New Kid On The Block" HOF.

 

[Tone]

Only 6 players submitting to this update...everybody else must have gotten C IV from santa. This is becoming a private club, do we actually need updates twice a month ?

I'd be happy with updates on a monthly basis so add me to the list.

BTW in my case it was not C-IV that stopped me participating (I got it as soon as it was released in the UK) but a combination of a holiday and the numerous Christmas visits that ate into my civ time. I have just submitted a couple of games for the next update though. Thanks for sticking with us, 'Slug!

 

[zerksees]

I have been playing C3C just nothing to submit yet. A have a Sid monster on the line and it has been taking quite some time to reel it in. Don't worry it won't be showing in the all time top 10, but it will make the HOF. To me any Sid game is a monster.

Obviously once a month is good for me too.

 

[archphoenix]

it's fair to update III once and IV once per month, I think.

 

[Tone]

it's fair to update III once and IV once per month, I think.

Not sure that I agree with limiting C-IV updates to the same frequency as civIII. When they are getting 200+ submission in a fortnight, they should benefit from more regular updates IMO. I think we have to accept that to many players, civIII is old hat now.

 

[archphoenix]

that's it, I don't think of the other side of a coin.

 

[zerksees]

I sure won't be insulted if Civ 4 HOF is updated more often than Civ 3 HOF. Tone's assessment of the situation is realistic.

As long as the Civ 3 HOF updates continue I won't complain.

 

[superslug]

As long as the Civ 3 HOF updates continue I won't complain.

Don't worry. I'll quit IV before I quit III.

 

[Marsden]

Will the one update a month take effect this month? meaning no update 01/20/06?

 

[sanabas]

I can still quit anytime I want, really I can. Moving house made for less games, but I think when the new update appears, there are no longer any empty #1's for 20k or Diplo wins.

 

[zerksees]

Patience is a virtue ....

that I apparently lack. When is the next update?

 

[Marsden]

I guess we went from 2 updates a month to none?????