[BTS] Civ V Hall of Fame Update Discussion

[Noble Zarkon]

The Civilization V Hall of Fame has been updated. 81 games were accepted since the previous update.
Congratulations to fiddlesticks for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Deity, Domination, Marathon, Duel, Great Plains, Germany (Bismark) [BNW] game for 7100 points.
Nizef was the most active player during this update, submitting 50 games.
Only 4 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update
cocls - 1380 AD, Turn 198, 5176 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Lakes, Aztec (Montezuma) [BNW]
fiddlesticks - 1524 AD, Turn 657, 5048 points, Deity, Science, Marathon, Large, Pangaea, Shoshone (Pocatello) [BNW]
fiddlesticks - 1730 AD, Turn 256, 2719 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Pangaea, China (Wu Zetain) [BNW]
fiddlesticks - 1690 AD, Turn 248, 3481 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Pangaea, Ottomans (Suleiman) [BNW]
fiddlesticks - 1420 AD, Turn 202, 2782 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Pangaea, Poland (Casimir III) [BNW]
fiddlesticks - 1430 AD, Turn 203, 3545 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Pangaea, Poland (Casimir III) [BNW]
fiddlesticks - 3445 BC, Turn 37, 7100 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Duel, Great Plains, Germany (Bismark) [BNW]
Nizef - 1856 AD, Turn 298, 2101 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Large Islands, Polynesia (Kamehameha) [BNW]
Nizef - 1874 AD, Turn 207, 2877 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Small, Tilted Axis, France (Napoleon) [BNW]
Nizef - 1886 AD, Turn 213, 2506 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Standard, Arborea, Celts (Boudicca) [BNW]
Nizef - 1868 AD, Turn 204, 2886 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Small, Pangaea, Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar II) [BNW]
Nizef - 1852 AD, Turn 296, 2511 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Large, Fractal, Russia (Catherine) [BNW]
Nizef - 1790 AD, Turn 183, 2800 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Small, Tilted Axis, Sweden (Gustavus Adolphus) [BNW]
Nizef - 1894 AD, Turn 217, 2264 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Small, Tilted Axis, Songhai (Askia) [BNW]
Nizef - 1914 AD, Turn 227, 2592 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Small, Pangaea, Rome (Augustus Caesar) [BNW]
Nizef - 1825 AD, Turn 190, 3517 points, Deity, Culture, Quick, Small, Pangaea, Egypt (Ramesses II) [BNW]
Nizef - 1844 AD, Turn 292, 1927 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Large, Pangaea, Germany (Bismark) [BNW]
zenmaster - 2420 BC, Turn 108, 3128 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Tiny, Pangaea, Aztec (Montezuma) [BNW]

 

[Noble Zarkon]

A number of players earned Gold Medals this update:

Fastest Finish (Date):
fiddlesticks - 1420 AD, Turn 202, 2782 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Pangaea, Poland (Casimir III) [BNW]
zenmaster - 1650 AD, Turn 155, 5395 points, Emperor, Science, Quick, Small, Lakes, Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar II) [BNW]
fiddlesticks - 1575 AD, Turn 225, 2717 points, Immortal, Science, Standard, Large, Pangaea, Siam (Ramkhamhaeng) [BNW]
fiddlesticks - 1570 AD, Turn 224, 3225 points, Immortal, Science, Standard, Standard, Pangaea, Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar II) [BNW]
zenmaster - 1690 AD, Turn 248, 3077 points, King, Science, Standard, Small, Large Islands, Korea (Sejong) [BNW]
zenmaster - 3040 BC, Turn 16, 4475 points, Settler, Domination, Quick, Duel, Ice Age, Germany (Bismark) [BNW]
zenmaster - 900 BC, Turn 79, 2100 points, Warlord, Culture, Standard, Small, Frontier, Morocco (Ahmad al-Mansur) [BNW]

Score:
zenmaster - 5395 points, 1650 AD, Turn 155, Emperor, Science, Quick, Small, Lakes, Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar II) [BNW]
zenmaster - 3077 points, 1690 AD, Turn 248, King, Science, Standard, Small, Large Islands, Korea (Sejong) [BNW]
zenmaster - 4475 points, 3040 BC, Turn 16, Settler, Domination, Quick, Duel, Ice Age, Germany (Bismark) [BNW]

 

[zenmaster]

Thanks for the update!

Much appreciated! One quick question re: the Gauntlets though. In the past, the updates seemed to deal with the gauntlet tabs as well, unlocking them and posting results in the gauntlet results tabs and such. Right now, all the gauntlets still seem unresolved. Not sure if that is a separate script or not. Just wanted to note it. Thanks again for the update!

 

[Noble Zarkon]

Thanks, @aafritz17 deals with the gauntlets but as I did these at an unusual time I may have caught him out. Alternatively something might have gone wrong but I'll wait till I hear from him.

 

[aafritz17]

Alright, boys and girls, gather 'round, a couple of things have happened.

First, this has been the busiest summer I've had in years and years and... well, let's just call it decades. Yesterday morning I finally hit the last major milestone of a huge project. Still have a bunch of punch-list stuff, but nothing so overwhelmingly time-consuming. Please rejoice with me! Woo-hoo! (And I do apologize for my distracted and sometimes tardy processing. I can - and will - do better.)

Second, @Noble Zarkon has worked it out so that I am now able to process the entire update. (It is processed in more-or-less two halves, and I've only been doing the first half.) This means we won't have wrinkles in coordinating between multiple individuals to get an update accomplished. Thanks, Noble, for your help to this point (and for your ongoing hand-holding in the future). We couldn't have kept the HOF going without your help.

This last point brings opportunity for another change. Actually, it would be better to say "eliminate" a change. I propose that we return to updates being at month-end. I have already take the liberty of extending the just-expired gauntlets to 9/30/21. Barring any discussion/dissent here, future gauntlets will then default to concluding the last day of the month. Whadaya'll think?