HOF Update-November 5th, 2005

[superslug]

Despite the release of IV, the III Hall of Fame doesn't seem to have noticed. 37 games were accepted since the previous update, which is close to the average activity of the last few months.

General Hall of Fame:
Congratulations to Khan_Asparuh for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Standard Deity Histographic game for 22000 points.

Tone was the most active player during this update, submitting 9 games.

Only 2 players were brave enough to take on Sid this update. archphoenix submitted a 1450 AD Small Sid Diplomatic game for 7479 points. Tone submitted a 1525 AD Small Sid Spaceship game for 6924 points.

A number of players gained number one positions:

archphoenix with a 1450 AD Small Sid Diplomatic game for 7479 points.
Tone with a 1525 AD Small Sid Spaceship game for 6924 points.

archphoenix with a 1826 AD Standard Deity Cultural 20k game for 4671 points.
archphoenix with a 1802 AD Large Deity Spaceship game for 5761 points.
Khan_Asparuh with a 2050 AD Standard Deity Histographic game for 22000 points.
Tone with a 1260 AD Standard Deity Spaceship game for 9158 points.

archphoenix with a 1778 AD Small Demigod Cultural 100k game for 3754 points.
Karl_t_great with a 1740 AD Large Demigod Cultural 20k game for 3317 points.

archphoenix with a 1758 AD Huge Emperor Cultural 20k game for 5025 points.
ConanConQ with a 2050 AD Standard Emperor Histographic game for 15915 points.
Marsden with a 1776 AD Large Emperor Conquest game for 5565 points.

Karl_t_great with a 1600 AD Huge Monarch Spaceship game for 6197 points.

Tone with a 830 AD Small Regent Spaceship game for 5352 points.
Tone with a 150 AD Large Regent Domination game for 6867 points.
Tone with a 690 AD Tiny Regent Diplomatic game for 5134 points.
Tone with a 500 AD Small Regent Diplomatic game for 5716 points.
Tone with a 1000 AD Standard Regent Spaceship game for 4767 points.

Karl_t_great with a 990 AD Tiny Warlord Cultural 100k game for 2997 points.
Rustwork with a 1495 AD Huge Warlord Cultural 20k game for 3359 points.
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Quartermaster's Challenge:
There are no new Quartermasters with this update.

Congratulations to archphoenix for rising from 11th to 8th, to Karl_t_great for rising from 12th to 9th, to Tone for rising from 14th to 12th, to Bartleby for rising from 15th to 14th and to killercane for rising from 16th to 15th in the Quartermasters competition.
Commiserations to Mad2rix for falling from 8th to 11th, to sanabas for falling from 9th to 10th, to zerksees for falling from 10th to 13th and to zex for falling from 13th to 16th in the Quartermasters competition.

A number of players are working towards the Quartermaster, gaining awards as follows:
Machiavelli : Marsden became a full Machiavellian. killercane rose from 7th to 6th, Karl_t_great rose from 10th to 7th, archphoenix rose from 15th to 9th, WillowBrook rose from 14th to 13th, BlackBetsy rose from 17th to 16th, Warelit rose from 20th to 19th, Bartleby rose from 26th to 25th, Baalzebul rose from 27th to 26th and Miraculix rose from 32nd to 27th.
Pentathlon : Tone rose from 5th to 4th, archphoenix rose from 9th to 6th, Karl_t_great rose from 12th to 7th, BlackBetsy rose from 21st to 19th, Mistfit rose from 22nd to 21st, Warelit rose from 26th to 24th and Xeroyne rose from 30th to 29th.
Octathlon : Karl_t_great rose from 7th to 6th, archphoenix rose from 9th to 7th, Mad2rix rose from 22nd to 20th and Miraculix rose from 31st to 30th.
Histographic : Khan_Asparuh rose from 26th to 23rd.

Gauntlet:
Congratulations to Marsden for winning the October Major Gauntlet, and to Tone for proving the most diplomatic in Minor Gauntlet Seven.

The November Major Gauntlet and Minor Gauntlet Eight are posted and stickied in the forum.

 

[zerksees]

Commiserations to zerksees for falling from 10th to 13th and to zex for falling from 13th to 16th in the Quartermasters competition.

As expected my move into the top 10 was short lived. No hard feelings, just a renewed determination to play more Civ! I am finding my way at Sid level now. I am hopeful my first attempt will be a win so it can be submitted.

 

[Marsden]

I'm one diety win (that qualifies) away! .

I can't seem to use the smiles any more, is that like what happened to the avatars, because of increased activity?

Now it's working, nevermind.

 

[superslug]

I'm one diety win (that qualifies) away! Big smile.

I can't seem to use the smiles any more, is that like what happened to the avatars, because of increased activity?

 

[Pentium]

Tone with a 830 AD Small Regent Spaceship game for 5352 points.
Tone with a 150 AD Large Regent Domination game for 6867 points.
Tone with a 690 AD Tiny Regent Diplomatic game for 5134 points.
Tone with a 500 AD Small Regent Diplomatic game for 5716 points.
Tone with a 1000 AD Standard Regent Spaceship game for 4767 points.

Wow

 

[Karl_t_great]

As expected my move into the top 10 was short lived. No hard feelings, just a renewed determination to play more Civ! I am finding my way at Sid level now. I am hopeful my first attempt will be a win so it can be submitted.

Good luck for Sid, I gave up my tini sid diplo attempts, maybe I need some new determination...

 

[zerksees]

Good luck for Sid, I gave up my tini sid diplo attempts, maybe I need some new determination...

Thanks. It has certainly been testing my determination. I am a full tech age behind a runaway AI in 1500 AD's. I don't like my chances right now but the game is not over yet. This one is close enough that if it doesn't work out, I'll try again. With a little more favorable conditions and maybe some better tactics I expect I will defeat it.

 

[Tone]

@Pentium: I guess I went a bit overboard with Regent submissions but I found my new 'toy' in playing the Sumerians. These guys are fantastic for fast research and you don't need a good roll with Mapfinder (although I did use it for a couple of games). One river cow and a couple of bgs is all you need for a settler factory.

@zerksees: what type of map are you playing? I can only seem to cope with 'pelago on Sid. If you're playing continents or pangea, how do you manage to compete?

 

[Pentium]

Can't you play with your new toy on Deity?

It is possible to keep the tech pace on Sid Pangaea. Of course only with GL, otherwise they get to IA before you get out of AA. After Education, I was able to keep up until late IA up a few times, but then I was usually attacked and killed.

Then I tried Tiny 20k with Byzantines and I found that one very interesting. I had a few very good attempts, but those were lost to Domination. Yes, Khan conquered Shaka and I had 1-3 cities.

Then came Civ4 and I still haven't beaten Sid.

 

[Tone]

Can't you play with your new toy on Deity?

I've been playing with the Persians on Deity. After all these peaceful games I wanted to try a domination game but I too have now got C-IV and so I find myself split between some thing that I know pretty well and another that is fresh and unknown.

edit: I forgot that I had one attempt with them.

Tone with a 1260 AD Standard Deity Spaceship game for 9158 points.

The AI didn't play ball with their fair share of the research and I had poor luck with free techs otherwise it might have been a bit quicker.

It is possible to keep the tech pace on Sid Pangaea. Of course only with GL, otherwise they get to IA before you get out of AA. After Education, I was able to keep up until late IA up a few times, but then I was usually attacked and killed.

Was that you playing no military?

I find the combination of tech pace and massive military difficult to deal with on Sid Pangea. It is just so much more difficult than Deity. Is the GLib really the only serious chance of survival?

 

[zerksees]

@zerksees: what type of map are you playing? I can only seem to cope with 'pelago on Sid. If you're playing continents or pangea, how do you manage to compete?

Archipelago. I need to beat the thing first. Then mabye I'll figure out how to handle it on continents. I am pretty sure my current strategies would be almost worthless on other map types.

 

[Pentium]

Is the GLib really the only serious chance of survival?

Yes, I think so. Around turn 150 (buy alpha, 2 min runs, and some turns of building it), when I build it, is usually just the time when AI gets Astronomy.

Archipelago is not only easier, but also completely different. The problem I find is that you can't be Agr and Sci at the same time. That MA free tech can save you, but so can quick expansion.

 

[Moonsinger]

Then came Civ4 and I still haven't beaten Sid.

May be you should consider trying out Egypt for the Sid level. It's really easy to beat Sid using Egypt. Btw, I have played Civ4, but I think I like Civ3 better. I think I'm going back to Civ3 now; will wait until I AMD or Intel to release a 5 GHz processor before I go back to Civ4. My P4 @3.4 GHz with 1 Gig of RAM system is way too slow for Civ4 at the moment.