30 Points On Chieftain

Spoonwood

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4 days ago I submitted a Standard Chieftain Histographic game, which scored 30 points. It took about 18 minutes (and I wasn't trying to break the keys on my keyboard). It was also a loss. I challenge you, dear reader, to consider submitting a game with the same settings. For the game to get accepted see the rules section of the civ III Hall of Fame. For about the past decade I have stood as the number 1 quartermaster on the HoF tables. So, if you submit a game with a higher score you would be able to say that you bested me in a civ III contest (unless I play this type of map and submit a game later with a higher score).

I have not been working on this table to see how high of a score is possible. I also have tinnitus these days which can and does make it difficult for me to concentrate.

Additionally, I played as Rome, even though it seems beyond doubt that the Maya have more scoring potential. I don't recall the map type also, and it didn't matter since I only founded one city at a time and moved it around. Analysis a while back indicated that 60% archipelago maps have more scoring potential than other map types, but without 10 entries on any table that is irrelevant for having a game chart on the table. So, if you prefer another map type, I suggest you give that map type a go.
 
I will begin the "Quest for 31" today!



In case the "contest winner" gets a little too uppity
If you don't know, once you create an account, and log in with it, there's a 4000 BC tab where you can check to see if your 4000 BC save has the correct settings for the HoF.
 
You're going down @Spoonwood ! I already have 34 points and it's only 1500 BC. Hope you like how fifth place tastes because you will soon be tasting a historic historiographic upset!1
 
In a monumental Hall of Fame victory, I scored 3170 points on Historiographic Chieftain Standard, earning me 3rd place on the scoring table, thus proving mathematically that I'm over 1000x better than the legendary @Spoonwood !

For real though, it took me 190 hours and almost 7 months. I was Maya because I like agricultural/industrious. I played pangea and didn't really fuss about the start. Probably should have looked for something more optimal. Eliminated all the other civs except for Russia, who I left on the tip of a tundra island. Then followed the @SirPleb milkery guide. For a while I was confident that I would get 1st place, since I was earning 11 pts per turn, but then this number started to dwindle. I had some hope that maybe I could make it back with "future tech". It's funny that I couldn't find any documentation on how much each of these were worth. The guide says "very little" and one forum poster said five apiece. The truth seems to be ~0.1 per tech, as I had completed Future Tech 25 on the last turn. Anyway, it was fun, and it will be nice to see my name on the HOF list for the first time.
 

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Hmm... so, 1000 times Spoonwood's score, but it took roughly 600 times as long to play. Still more efficient in terms of points-per-minute though!
 
Even if it is a joke (and yes, a funny one ;)), it is still...

Spoiler :
...only 100x better.
Because 30 x 1000 = ...?
:D


t_x
 
Hmm... so, 1000 times Spoonwood's score, but it took roughly 600 times as long to play. Still more efficient in terms of points-per-minute though!
Mrs. Quintuillus: I'm leaving you for Ruin, he's 1000x better than you.

You: B...but, the sheer inefficiency! it takes him roughly 600 times as long!!
 
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