GOTM 05 Results & Congratulations

[jar2574]

Not to be a noob... which I am... But what is the GSR?

global speed rating.

Fastest finishers for each type of victory condition are awarded 100. Other finishers are awarded a speed rating below 100 based on the number of turns they finished behind the fastest finisher in their victory type.

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Thanks for the list obormot!

 

[EEO]

A first post for a first Medal.

Civ addict from the beginning (Civ1, 15 years ago), I discovered GOTM with Civ4 last November. Today, my only Civ4 completed games -but one- are the GOTMs !

I want to say thank you for this great site : I spent (too) many hours reading strategy articles, discussions, spoilers, comments and I was impressed by the overall quality of them. I will express my special thanks in the GOTM5 final spoiler (the first too ...)

For this game, as pnp_dredd (congratulations , by the way) pointed out, few people went for a milked victory. I guessed it and decided to have a try all the more since military aspects were not a concern at this level.

Special congratulations to Yurian for this uncredible fastest finish. You were not unkown for me since you have won Diplomacy award in GOTM1 (I remember well as I had second diplomacy fastest finish ...).

This leads me to a question about scoring. It is obvious that current formula gives a huge advantage to domination/conquest with milking. The DaveMcW's Game Speed Rating and Combined Rating offer interesting alternatives, but what are their official status ?

 

[The-Hawk]

global speed rating.

Fastest finishers for each type of victory condition are awarded 100. Other finishers are awarded a speed rating below 100 based on the number of turns they finished behind the fastest finisher in their victory type.

Hmmmmm??

For GOTM5, Redbad and I both finished culture victories faster than Xavier's Crown? Am I missing something on how this is calculated?

 

[DaveMcW]

Hmmmmm??

For GOTM5, Redbad and I both finished culture victories faster than Xavier's Crown? Am I missing something on how this is calculated?

Thanks for catching that bug. I'll update my post.

 

[Daked Derb]

I'd like to second what EEO said. Been playing Civ since Civ1, years ago, but didn't discover this site until Civ4. Before Civ-Fanatics, I struggled on Noble, but right now I'm just finishing up my very first Monarch game (and winning). Thanks to everyone her at CivFanatics, especially the GOTM here.