Gotm19-Ottomans Results and Congratulations

[Moonsinger]

Congratulation to all the winners! Wow, over 200 games ended with victory! That is a very good record considering that this was an Emperor game.

Special congratulation to SirPleb for an amazing conquest. Can't wait to see what you are going to do next...Predator OCC?

Since I had no plan and no specific goal in my game (other than some old feeling for my dairy cows), I'm very happy with 6th place. I was planning for the 2050 AD celebration, but my Sipahies were running out of breath and were forced to retire around 1040 AD.

 

[hotrod0823]

Do I get the award for the greatest plummet from QSC 11th (10th) down to 62nd.

And to think I was happy with my game. Need to set my sights higher I guess. This was the primary reason for my choosing to play predator. Conquest/Domination continually get the best results for score maybe a Predator game is exactly what I need to kick start my game.

 

[Hergrom]

Originally posted by hotrod0823
Do I get the award for the greatest plummet from QSC 11th (10th) down to 62nd.

Actually, I think I might have that, uh, honor. A few games ago I was a 9th place finisher. In GOTM 19? Try 93rd. Of course, I dropped several places from the new curve's effects on cultural victories...

Hergrom

 

[Txurce]

Originally posted by hotrod0823
Do I get the award for the greatest plummet from QSC 11th (10th) down to 62nd.

And to think I was happy with my game. Need to set my sights higher I guess. This was the primary reason for my choosing to play predator. Conquest/Domination continually get the best results for score maybe a Predator game is exactly what I need to kick start my game.

Nice try, hotrod, but my drop from 16th to 73rd is significantly more impressive than yours. In achieving this, my Jason score only fell about 500 points, which I consider to be pretty minor. So my collapse in the rankings is yet another testimonial to the skyrocketing level of play in the GOTM.

In hindsight, I agree that the decision to go for space wasn't as promising. I ignored the UU's power because in almost all my domination games, the game is basically decided by the time MT is researched. Combined with the fast research rate of Emperor, however, it allowed for a lot of players to bring the hammer down on the game in shockingly quick fashion.

And before I feel too self-pitying for my decision to launch -

Congratulations to Shillen for his 1315 AD launch! Your score may not be all that high, but you won the medal going away. How you've varied your game each month is very impressive.

 

[hotrod0823]

I was talking specifically about QSC19 rank to GOTM19 rank but now that you mention it the competition is improving emmensely. You really need to bring your A-Game every month. I improved from 74 in GOTM18 to 62nd in GOTM19. We shall see what the predator brings.

I echo Txurce comments on Shillens impressive launch I was happy to get the UN built at around the same time he hit the stars. :goodjob;

 

[Yndy]

16th. It was better than I expected. I can see very close scores all around the chart. That's very nice and I'm looking forward for new challenges.

 

[z0dd]

Whee! I received the lowest Conquest score.
I suppose I should be proud that almost all of my conquesring was done within a span of about 100 years. Losing 2 F.Palaces (due to sloppy play) set me back a good 200 turns.

247:06:31 time! Wow! I thought my 47 hours was extreme. I sure hope he left it running solo for most of that time.

 

[jack merchant]

Originally posted by Hergrom


Actually, I think I might have that, uh, honor. A few games ago I was a 9th place finisher. In GOTM 19? Try 93rd. Of course, I dropped several places from the new curve's effects on cultural victories...

Hergrom

Try dropping from 21st to 218th, and then we'll talk

 

[Zwingli]

Congratulations to everyone who submitted the game .
Condolences to everyone who lost or dropped down in rank .
I improved from 155th to 26th gaining around 9000 Jason Points .

 

[Wolp]

Well, 114 on my first GOTM submission. Not real pleased by my point totals though.

It should have been much higher but the victory snuck up on me. I was going to milk it a bit by moving my Palace to the east continent when I got dogpiled by my so-called Polite friends. By the time I was done punishing them for their mistake I had a Domination victory. Took me a lot longer after I moved the Palace because my production core was now corrupt! Bad move!!! Oh well, still alive in GOTM 20 but I don't know if I will have a victory or not.

Just a quick question for other Mac players out there... are any of you getting Type2 crashes? I seem to get 1-2 of them per day. Makes me reload last auto save which I don't like considering we are submitting games. I need to post in the trouble-shoot forum I guess.

Well, congrats to all...

 

[DaveMcW]

Congrats to Aeson, Kemal, and Ronald for "beating the curve" with diplomatic and cultural wins! I've never been able to do that.

And congrats to all 32 people who got a 9000+ Jason score! It's certainly getting crowded with so many skilled players up there.

 

[alamo]

219 out of 244 - can't win for loosing. Looks like several people around me spent 10+ more hours on it - sorry guys. I took a dive as well, but not as far as some percentagewise.

Somewhat suprised to see a victory at 212, with 7 losses above it. I guess the Jason system is at work.

SirPleb takes the prize with earliest victory as well!


We're not worthy!

I guess it's more required reading time.

 

[Smirk]

Originally posted by ltcoljt
I am not competitive about the GOTM, not at all, but when I look at the guy just ahead of me in the rankings and see a smirk I just, well,

I'm not sure I get your meaning.

 

[Borealis]

Maybe I should put more time into my GOTMs... I generally don't leave it running when I'm not playing, and I was surprised to see that my 8-9 hours spent on the game ended up being very low... This month's 'time spent' will be much higher with the Deity Paranoia Factor in play.

Congratulations to SirPleb for such an early conquest victory, and to all the participants in this GOTM!

 

[Bamspeedy]

Originally posted by Smirk


I'm not sure I get your meaning.

He's referring to what 'smirk' really means in the english dictionary (=to smile in a conceited or complacent way).

 

[JonathanValjean]

Originally posted by Smirk
I'm not sure I get your meaning.

It's just a little double entendre. Ltcoljt was #23 in the rankings, and you, Smirk, were #22. So, when he looks up directly above him and sees a smirk (your name, plus the literal English meaning that Bamspeedy gave), he jokingly said that it got to him.

 

[SirPleb]

Thanks all! What an awesome set of results this month - so many games, and so many strong games!

Special congratulations to Qitai, Snaga, DaviddesJ, and Sirp, each making an awesome GOTM entrance.

It is funny to not see 2050 dates in the results. I guess that might swing back the other way now with the coveted (by some - I still want to get them ) cows looking like a less hotly contested target.

I'm embarassed to read my pregame GOTM19 post and see "with very aggressive research we could become the tech leader and get to Military Tradition somewhere between 300AD and 600AD". I sure underestimated that one, beat it by 18 turns. It turned out to be an ideal map for conquest. And it was lucky for me that the new Jason curve came in this game. The way this game felt to me was best said by Qitai in spoiler2: "Had 57 Sipahi by this time. Reason for the incredible speed of attack. Surprise myself as well."

Something interesting that GOTM19 has shown: It is possible to get an early conquest or domination win without rushing to war at the start. Some of the top games (including mine and Qitai's) did not involve any war until well after the QSC cutoff.

 

[Smirk]

Yeah I figured something along those lines, I seldom get too involved in these threads because I am not that competative and play this only for entertainment and enjoyment, and also enlightenment .

And to potentially bring this back in line with what a proper post should be I'll congratulate SirPleb on what appears to be a fantastic game. I was waiting and hoping SirPleb would finally oust the great milking god.

 

[Bamspeedy]

What is the criteria for the 'cow award'? I thought it was just the highest Firaxis score, but now it looks like it is the highest base score before the Firaxis early win bonus is added on.

 

[Aeson]

Yes, it's for the highest base score. The tables are about as wide as they can get at this point, otherwise we might include the base score and turn numbers.