Gotm 29

[Duke of Marlbrough]

This GOTM you can ONLY win by spaceship. Any other type of submission will not count.

Emperor Level
Random Small world
Flat World
6 civs
Raging Hordes
Restarts are On
You are Mohandas Gandhi of the Indians

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

Games are Due July 8th to allow some extra time for those of you who celebrate July 4th.

Because the upload server is down, here's the starting location:

 

[geofelt]

I can never remember. Can you post at the head of the gotm rules, the submission requirements(saves, formats, stc.) and where they are to be sent? thanx.

 

[DJscooter]

I think I will have a go at this! It looks fun!

But I was looking through the past games and there aren't any results for the last 2 Games of the Month? I was wondering how long it takes for the results to be poster after the closing date?

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

Normally, the preliminary results are done a couple days after the submission deadlne. Then certain games are reviewed in more detail. This is the area that takes the most time since it depends on multiple people responding and that information being compiled.

So, except for times where I get busy in real life, the results are done once the games are done being reviewed.

 

[Old n Slow]

Just a short note to offer a commendation for the duke -- he really does a quality job checking through all the submissions.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

Thanks, but it is certainly a team effort. I'm not doing all the detailed checks by myself.

 

[LordValuna]

I'm a little curious. What sort of things are looked for in a detailed check? (omit anything thats a state secret )

Originally posted by Duke of Marlbrough
Thanks, but it is certainly a team effort. I'm not doing all the detailed checks by myself.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

It varies by game. It can be things like the expansion path, the interaction with Barbs, the contact with the AI, gold/science progress, powergraph analysis, stuff like that.

 

[Elsaak]

Booooh !
This month, I'm so sad : I cannot play, because I never win by SS : I don't know how to built it (how many of each component ...?), and I have to wait for the next GOTM.....

see you

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

Then you must learn where to find the information. It's all out there somewhere.

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ2scrolls.shtml#Spaceship

 

[ferenginar]

Flat world ? I have never played this before, does this mean that the Grenwich meridian behaves like the polar regions.

 

[TimTheEnchanter]

Originally posted by ferenginar
Flat world ? I have never played this before, does this mean that the Grenwich meridian behaves like the polar regions.

Yes, in that you can't sail directly from one "side" of the map to the other by crossing the meridian. However, I believe one difference is that the sides and the poles are not necessarily considered land, so triremes can sink if you run them along the map border.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

Tim is correct. The map borders are not considered land tiles.

 

[ElephantU]

Anybody planning to play OCC?

I have not decided yet; time may be an issue too. Won't know till next week.

 

[TimTheEnchanter]

Originally posted by ElephantU
Anybody planning to play OCC?

Yep - It's about the only way I can finish a SS-manditory game in less than a month.

 

[ferenginar]

So I won't be able to use my favourite stategy of sending a unit from my capital backwards across the international date line and gaining extra turns.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

Submissions received thus far:

Ace
anarchywrksbest
Capt M L
donsig
ElephantU
golem
Grga
Jayne
KingWilly
lafayette
LordValuna
marlos
mercurios
OldnSlow
Peewee
TheViking
TimeTheEnchanter
Xanana Gusmao

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

The GOTM 29 results will be sent to TF tonight, so they should be uploaded shortly after that.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

GOTM 29 Results have been just been uploaded.

http://www.civfanatics.com/civ2gotmstats29.shtml