COTM 12 Results & Congratulations

[namliaM]

WOW, lots of room to improve that I knew allready.

230 domination victory WOW Conquest in 70 ??!!! That has to be imposible CHEATORS !!!

I am just glad I won at all, my first COTM and first time difficulty over Regent. Maybe sometime I will be able to put up some sort of a challenge?!?

 

[Paul#42]

I wonder if we shall see them going head to head for the cow in 13?

It would be great to watch the spoilers if that is so!

What's so great about a cow-spoiler?!?
Guess I never saw one because going for the cow does not leave any time to take notes...

However it could make a real nice competition and the runner-up could be in serious suicide danger...

Dynamic (14:30), DaveMcW (12:01) and killercane (4:00)

How can these guys be SO fast (and be so good)?!? I spent four hours staring at the starting position

Edit: Spelling

 

[killercane]

I just left the governors on. That helps speed a lot. Once you get your towns optimized you just go get em. I made several mistakes doing so, but I just wanted to see how fast I could go through it.

 

[Megalou]

Dynamic (14:30), DaveMcW (12:01) and killercane (4:00)

How can these guys be SO fast (and be so good)?!? I spent four hours staring at the starting position

I have a feeling that they know what they are doing. Doesn't that answer it for you? The ability to focus on the RIGHT details.

 

[solenoozerec]

How can these guys be SO fast (and be so good)?!?

Playing till 70AD or 50BC (still under impression of that Bradleyfeanor's game) takes less time than playing till 1000AD, so 14 hours is not that fast.

As for Killercane, yest it is indeed an impressive speed.

 

[Paul#42]

I have a feeling that they know what they are doing. Doesn't that answer it for you? The ability to focus on the RIGHT details.

Yes, I guess that's where I got plenty of room for improvement...
I will have to work on that. Thanks. FOCUS is the name of the game.

 

[bradleyfeanor]

Congratulations all players! I love seeing all those broken records in this game. I don't much care for looking at the RL play times though. Let’s see...if I subtract the hours in which I was actually working while the game was running, that means I played prolly a MERE 60 hours. So it took me over 30 hours to finish a few turns before MiniMe, and killercane finished around the time I was halfway through the QSC. 4 hours?!? 4???? Good lord.

Methinks I must learn to focus on the right details as well, if only to preserve my sanity. I am beginning to think micromanagement has the same addictive qualities of Black-Tar Heroin. Recalling a quote from back in COTM10 by PaperBeetle:

224 hours for me...Until about 1500ad, I micromanaged every tile in every city on every turn...MM is an addiction...

So I shall dub the increasing need to micromanage as PaperBeetleosis. And I am definitely exhibiting symptoms. Must be vaccinated soon. Not ’til after COTM13 though.

 

[killercane]

Brad, if i had your tremendous skill at this game I would probably be able to MM a lot more and generally do the things required to win a medal but I think my inattention to detail and poor midgame play will keep me from ever finishing at the very top. Maybe one of these days...

 

[THEMike]

I'm a little confused.

I've been away from Civfanatics for a little while, but I played in COTM12, and even submitted my humiliating defeat, but I'm not on the results page (as far as I can see).

Is it a case of:
1) My failing memory, I played another game or didn't submit or something?
or
2) Disqualified for some reason (what?)
or
3) Something else?

Cheers,

 

[AlanH]

Sorry. The only submission I have in the database from you is GOTM 44.

 

[THEMike]

ah yeah, I thought it was most likely me being stupid. I didn't submit COTM12 as I was reading ahead in the spoilers. I was sure it was that one I had submitted yesterday though, completely forgot GOTM44. Sorry.