HOF Civ5 Update Discussion

[Denniz]

The Civilization V Hall of Fame has been updated. 53 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to sexten for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Settler, Culture, Marathon, Huge, Highlands, Shoshone (Pocatello) [BNW] game for 23069 points.

vadalaz was the most active player during this update, submitting 12 games.

Only 3 players were brave enough to take on Deity this update;
Dines - 750 BC, Turn 275, 3811 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Small, Pangaea, Iroquois (Hiawatha) [BNW]
Dines - 725 AD, Turn 445, 4403 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Huge, Pangaea, Assyria (Ashurbanipal) [BNW]
Dines - 2390 BC, Turn 111, 2600 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Tiny, Pangaea, Aztec (Montezuma) [BNW]
Dines - 290 AD, Turn 379, 6244 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Standard, Pangaea, China (Wu Zetain) [BNW]
Dines - 655 AD, Turn 431, 4357 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Huge, Pangaea, Greece (Alexander) [BNW]
Dines - 820 AD, Turn 464, 4186 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Huge, Pangaea, Iroquois (Hiawatha) [BNW]
johncparr - 1840 AD, Turn 290, 2296 points, Deity, Science, Standard, Standard, Inland Sea, Poland (Casimir III) [BNW]
MAGA - 3910 BC, Turn 6, 12400 points, Deity, Domination, Marathon, Duel, Great Plains, Huns (Attila) [BNW]

Gauntlet Results:
G-Major LXXXVII - Domination, Deity, Standard, Any Map Type, Standard, Any Leader
1st vadalaz - 1600 BC T-60

G-Minor CXLXIII - Domination, Warlord, Standard, Large Islands, Standard, Sweden (Gustavus Adolphus)
vadalaz 750 BC T-85
2nd zlither 425 AD T-132
3rd superman32870 1160 AD T-176

** New Gauntlets Starting **
G-Major LXXXVIII - Diplomacy, Emperor, Standard, Inland Sea, Quick, Ethiopia (Haile Selassie)
G-Minor CXLXIV - Science, Prince, Standard, Continents, Standard, Huns (Attila)

 

[Denniz]

A number of players earned Gold Medals this update:

Fastest Finish (Date):
vadalaz - 475 BC, Turn 96, 4157 points, Chieftain, Culture, Standard, Tiny, Pangaea, Greece (Alexander) [BNW]
zenmaster - 1540 AD, Turn 144, 4944 points, Chieftain, Science, Quick, Standard, Fractal, Shoshone (Pocatello) [BNW]
dinanipedro - 1700 AD, Turn 250, 3454 points, King, Science, Standard, Standard, Continents, Poland (Casimir III) [BNW]
MAGA - 50 BC, Turn 113, 2740 points, Prince, Culture, Standard, Standard, Rainforest, Iroquois (Hiawatha) [BNW]
vadalaz - 1560 AD, Turn 222, 4702 points, Prince, Science, Standard, Tiny, Continents, Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar II) [BNW]
vadalaz - 970 AD, Turn 494, 10209 points, Prince, Diplomacy, Marathon, Tiny, Great Plains, Spain (Isabella) [BNW]
vadalaz - 675 BC, Turn 88, 5094 points, Settler, Culture, Standard, Duel, Shuffle, Germany (Bismark) [BNW]
vadalaz - 1120 BC, Turn 48, 7335 points, Settler, Culture, Quick, Duel, Great Plains Plus, Netherlands (William) [BNW]
zenmaster - 1800 BC, Turn 88, 4109 points, Settler, Culture, Epic, Standard, Shuffle, Ethiopia (Haile Selassie) [BNW]
vadalaz - 960 BC, Turn 51, 2286 points, Warlord, Culture, Quick, Duel, Pangaea, Brazil (Pedro II) [BNW]
vadalaz - 1510 AD, Turn 141, 5185 points, Warlord, Science, Quick, Tiny, Frontier, Siam (Ramkhamhaeng) [BNW]
zenmaster - 1060 AD, Turn 166, 7466 points, Warlord, Diplomacy, Standard, Large, Great Plains Plus, Shoshone (Pocatello) [BNW]
zenmaster - 600 BC, Turn 60, 8527 points, Warlord, Culture, Quick, Duel, Great Plains, Ethiopia (Haile Selassie) [BNW]

Score:
zenmaster - 4944 points, 1540 AD, Turn 144, Chieftain, Science, Quick, Standard, Fractal, Shoshone (Pocatello) [BNW]
vadalaz - 10209 points, 970 AD, Turn 494, Prince, Diplomacy, Marathon, Tiny, Great Plains, Spain (Isabella) [BNW]
vadalaz - 3409 points, 25 BC, Turn 114, Prince, Culture, Standard, Standard, Rainforest, Iroquois (Hiawatha) [BNW]
vadalaz - 4702 points, 1560 AD, Turn 222, Prince, Science, Standard, Tiny, Continents, Babylon (Nebuchadnezzar II) [BNW]
vadalaz - 5185 points, 1510 AD, Turn 141, Warlord, Science, Quick, Tiny, Frontier, Siam (Ramkhamhaeng) [BNW]
zenmaster - 7466 points, 1060 AD, Turn 166, Warlord, Diplomacy, Standard, Large, Great Plains Plus, Shoshone (Pocatello) [BNW]

 

[zenmaster]

Happy New year all!

Congrats to vadalaz on taking BOTH gauntlets and putting up a bunch of great games last month. Incredible!

Congrats to MAGA and dinanipedro for getting in great gold medal games as well, in addition to some other solid victories.

Great to see Dines' games too. I seriously bow down before you who plays Deity, Domination, Marathon, Huge, Pangaea games. That takes resolve, as well as great skill to win so fast!
I found it interesting you played two Deity domination games with the Iroquois... The other civs you played all have a great hook for domination with special units. Did you use Mohawk Warriors to good effect? Or the movement through woods and jungle?

 

[zenmaster]

I have to say, I grew quite addicted to playing Shoshone games. I had forgotten how insane their "Great Expanse" ability is, not to mention their pathfinders. It was like withdrawal when I stopped playing them and used another civ-- "Wait, why don't I get all the good tiles around me when I settle?" "How come I can't choose what I find in the ancient ruins?"

Another observation: I don't know about others, but attempts at fast finishes for Diplomacy games take me about 4 times as long as any other type of game to play. I can roll through Domination, Culture, and even Science games usually at a fairly decent clip, but if I try that with Diplomacy, I screw up something every single time. I blew some great starts, with El Dorado once even, because I screwed up something- Getting sniped for wonders; not conquering everything in time; falling just short of science; messing up Great People timing. There was always something. I started forcing myself to just stop every 40-50 turns and recalibrate exactly what I needed to do.

 

[dinanipedro]

thanks zenmaster

played some pocatelo games earlier this year, know what you mean
congrats on the chieiftan t144 quick science victory impressive,
also the siam warlord quick times from both vadalaz t141 and yourself

some great games this update nice to see

 

[Dines]

Happy new year...

The main reason for playing the iroquois, was that there was a record to beat.

So now i am the master of Deity, Domination, tiny and larger, landmap

But the tiny game was over so fast, i wanted to do a huge one also.
My first attempt was with lots of forest and jungle, but it makes it to slow to move around your armies.
So i rerolled and got a good desert start instead. Saving iron on my melee units did help, but i never built any longhouses...