Civ IV Hall of Fame Update Discussion

[Noble Zarkon]

The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated - 33 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to @iggymnrr for the highest score of the update with a Small, Marathon, Warlord, Space Colony game for 372,324 points.

@Lcpl Jack Jones was the most active player during this update, submitting 15 games.​

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

@fizbankovi - 1874 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Domination game for 136,669 points.​

@The_J and @Blake00 - please share this update with the world .

 

[Noble Zarkon]

New Number One Entries:

A number of players gained number one positions:

@Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Standard, Epic, Emperor, Time game for 15,988 points.
@Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Large, Epic, Emperor, Time game for 16,796 points.
@Lcpl Jack Jones with a 2050 AD, Large, Normal, Emperor, Time game for 13,623 points.

@Conquistador 63 with a 1530 AD, Large, Normal, Monarch, Espionage game for 50,360 points.
@Noble Zarkon with a 1893 AD, Duel, Marathon, Monarch, Espionage game for 108,979 points.
@nocho with a 1360 AD, Large, Normal, Monarch, Cultural game for 97,294 points.

@Conquistador 63 with a 1100 AD, Huge, Quick, Warlord, Religious game for 27,441 points.
@iggymnrr with a 910 AD, Small, Marathon, Warlord, Space Colony game for 372,324 points.

@Lcpl Jack Jones with a 1605 AD, Standard, Epic, Chieftain, Espionage game for 29,830 points.
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[Noble Zarkon]

Gauntlet Updates

Congratulations to @Conquistador 63 for winning G-Minor 279 with a date of 1100 AD, @Lcpl Jack Jones was 2nd in 1260 AD.

Congratulations to @nocho for winning G-Major 191 with a date of 1360 AD, @Conquistador 63 was 2nd in 1400 AD and @antimony was 3rd also in 1400 AD. What an incredibly tight contest - well done to all!

** New Gauntlets Starting **

G-Major 192 - Score, Prince, Any Era, Small, Normal, Archipelago, - High Score Wins! (check options)

G-Minor 280 - Space Colony, Emperor, Ancient, Tiny, Marathon, Terra, (check options)


These are what I hope will be two interesting and contrasting challenges, I look forward to your feedback on them.

 

[Noble Zarkon]

New QM/EQMs

There were no new QM/EQMs this month.

 

[valergrad]

Sorry, what is QM or EQM?

 

[Noble Zarkon]

Sorry, what is QM or EQM?

CivFanatics - Civilization IV Hall of Fame

CivFanatics - Civilization IV Hall of Fame

These are rankings we run on an ongoing basis, basically you need to win with every leader, every map, every victory condition etc.

A single game can meet multiple criteria etc - for example your entry 31561 will count towards QM for Religious victory, Lakes Map, Chieftain, Quick and Germany; it won't count for EQM as this is harder and Duel maps are excluded.

 

[iggymnrr]

Interesting minor gauntlet. HOF finish dates across emperor marathon ... I didn't know dates like that were possible. Even more interesting is that I am working on a different bcool date to beat. No doubt the Anysense game a level higher could be a good reference. Not sure I can juggle two games at once.

 

[Noble Zarkon]

Interesting minor gauntlet. HOF finish dates across emperor marathon ... I didn't know dates like that were possible.

The Emperor date sticks out like a sore thumb compared to the other difficulties, it's also very very old and the holder hasn't submitted for 15 years so a good slot to target

 

[valergrad]

But how Joao can beat mighty Inca?

 

[Noble Zarkon]

But how Joao can beat mighty Inca?

That's the challenge but it's Terra map and Joao's Carracks can carry Settlers to the New World long before Astronomy....

 

[iggymnrr]

I just started a game for this. I will finish it but maybe not in time. Oh well. Joao's traits were less than exciting. 930 BC: 21 workers-only 7 that I built; 17 cities-only 5 that I built. The start was 2 gems with 3 gold and a silver nearby. (1st screen) I went nuts. Like Bill Murray once said, "We came, we saw, we kicked it's a##!" City 18 will be a 1-tile isle by Mansa. (2nd screen) Our 1st courthouse just went up. While conquering we built the mids and GLH and captured stonehenge. Whew! One more thing: we oracle'd currency.

 

[iggymnrr]

Played through the night and finished at 1418 AD. Couldn't quite make it before the update. 49ish cities.

 

[iggymnrr]

I did a comparison of two cites from the recent game. Both were pop 19 cities and coastal. One was the Moai city with feitora and Oxford while the other was the capital with feitora and bureaucracy. Building wealth at 100% science they were essentially comparable. Joao can probably have the Moai/feitora/Oxford capital without mass cottages. A couple of gems/gold will do.