posted July 05, 2001 06:47 PM
Hi Shadowdale :razz:
Absolutely crushed starlifter....good thing I slapped down 1 more city
Congratulations Smash! A worthy opponent indeed and a worthy finish! It is amazing how close the top 3 (even 5) finished in the GOTM score formula, given the ending times were quite different!
It is apparent that you found the "sweet spot" of balancing a mongo population (like mine was) vs. a fast finish (like Shadowdale's fine effort). All that OCC experience must help?!
Wow, so many did so well, compared to what I saw in GOTM 4. Everything was a lot closer, and it really looks like there are going to be about 10 people with a decent shot at the top spots, so your days of running wild are over, Shadowdale
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It would be cool to figure some way to adjust an OCC score if someone wanted to play the game in that style. Smash did a great job in GOTM 4 playing OCC, but got hammered in the score department.
Matrix, you did a great job with GOTM formula IMHO, and it seems to work well in practice, too.
Well, actually it is still unfair (by about 5%) to everyone who does not launch a SS before 1850, but we've cussed and discussed that in another thread
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BTW, that's due to the inaccurate computation of the actual ending turn (e.g., my "true" landing turn was 272, not 267, which would have lowered my score; similar story for Smash, who probably also actually landed 5 turns later; but it does not hurt our scores, only those of most everyone else
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hehe... As for the Global Ranking, if we could only drag Matrix (kicking and screaming) into the world of modern post-event statistical analysis and ranking procedures to compute realistic GRs...
Hey, thanks for all your work on the GOTM, Matrix and Thunderfall.
BC BASHING? OK, I'm impressed with the ability of so many to smite their enemies so early. To adapt a phrase from Winston Churchill, "Never before, in the field of Civ II combat, have so many conquered so many, so early, in so many games!"
Maybe I'm going to have to rethink what must obviously be a pacifist philosophy by comparison to some, like Shadowdale (conquest in 620 AD!!) and Inquisitor (1070 AD!) and the phenomenal Cactus Pete (80 AD... my eyes must be blurring!!). If I only had starts that good! Maybe I should have you guys play my early years, and I'll take over when some heads are bashed. GOTM score = 452, LOL!
LOL, hope you experts and BC warmongering can help us non-violent types out!
Hey Edge, what happened in 2003 AD? Did the AI really get you? You seemed so close to 2020!
