So, this was a Noble difficulty game, the easiest level we run for GOTM. Everyone who had time to finish the game posted a victory. Three of our players decided that Noble was so easy that they went with the Challenger save, which went all the way up the scale to Deity level. (And they still all won! What do I have to do to give our Deity players some trouble--start all the AI with their own Humbabas?)
As always, though, the real competition in a GOTM is not between humans and the AI, but in comparing the results of all of the human players. And in that respect, the competition in this game was outstanding!
At the top of our leader board was the battle of the conquerors. Jovan Kukic took home the Gold Medal. hhhawk took three centuries longer to win his conquest for the Silver Medal, but in so doing, he also took the award for Highest Base Score, the "Cow". (It has been my impression that anyone who plays the game to maximize their base score usually ends up much lower in the overall standings. How often have we awarded a Silver Cow?) Kaitzilla achieved his conquest faster than either of these two players, taking home the Fastest Conquest award, but in concentrating on that objective, he came up a little short in population, land, and science, and so had to settle for the Bronze Medal to go along with that. Oh, and one other little detail: Kaitzilla did that while playing at Deity level!
Just behind the conquerors, we had the race of the spaceships. Conquistador_63 came in fourth place, but in fifth place, nocho grabbed the Fastest Spaceship award by arriving at Alpha Centauri just one turn faster. One turn!
As for the rest of the field, we had at least two players (usually three) achieving each of the victory conditions (well, nobody ran out the clock for a time victory), so there was competition all around. None of the awards were handed out by default. MirrorGuard won the Fastest Domination, also while playing at Deity level.
Well done, everyone! Thanks for playing my game.
Summary of Medal Winners:
Jovan Kukic: 1320 AD Conquest Victory, 279,160 points.
hhhawk: 1630 AD Conquest Victory, 277,153 points.
Kaitzilla: 1190 AD Conquest Victory, 262,339 points.
Fastest Finish Award Winners:
nocho: 1520 AD Spaceship Victory, 220,965 points.
neilmeister: 1090 AD Diplomatic Victory, 201,699 points.
MirrorGuard: 1590 AD Domination Victory, 172,591 points.
Powerfaker: 1360 AD Cultural Victory, 108,597 points.
Other Award Winners:
ZPV: 1840 AD Conquest Victory, 111,743 points.
col_slade: 1812 AD Domination Victory, 80,162 points.
Noble Zarkon: 1814 AD Cultural Victory, 25,730 points.
donsig: 1969 AD Diplomatic Victory, 21,394 points.
greatbeyond: 1983 AD Spaceship Victory, 13,742 points.
>> See the full results here.
>> See the updated global rankings here.
>> See the latest Pantheon of Heroes here.
>> You can see and compare graphic replays of all the submissions here.
>> Award symbols are listed here.
As always, though, the real competition in a GOTM is not between humans and the AI, but in comparing the results of all of the human players. And in that respect, the competition in this game was outstanding!
At the top of our leader board was the battle of the conquerors. Jovan Kukic took home the Gold Medal. hhhawk took three centuries longer to win his conquest for the Silver Medal, but in so doing, he also took the award for Highest Base Score, the "Cow". (It has been my impression that anyone who plays the game to maximize their base score usually ends up much lower in the overall standings. How often have we awarded a Silver Cow?) Kaitzilla achieved his conquest faster than either of these two players, taking home the Fastest Conquest award, but in concentrating on that objective, he came up a little short in population, land, and science, and so had to settle for the Bronze Medal to go along with that. Oh, and one other little detail: Kaitzilla did that while playing at Deity level!
Just behind the conquerors, we had the race of the spaceships. Conquistador_63 came in fourth place, but in fifth place, nocho grabbed the Fastest Spaceship award by arriving at Alpha Centauri just one turn faster. One turn!
As for the rest of the field, we had at least two players (usually three) achieving each of the victory conditions (well, nobody ran out the clock for a time victory), so there was competition all around. None of the awards were handed out by default. MirrorGuard won the Fastest Domination, also while playing at Deity level.
Well done, everyone! Thanks for playing my game.
Summary of Medal Winners:
Jovan Kukic: 1320 AD Conquest Victory, 279,160 points.
hhhawk: 1630 AD Conquest Victory, 277,153 points.
Kaitzilla: 1190 AD Conquest Victory, 262,339 points.
Fastest Finish Award Winners:
nocho: 1520 AD Spaceship Victory, 220,965 points.
neilmeister: 1090 AD Diplomatic Victory, 201,699 points.
MirrorGuard: 1590 AD Domination Victory, 172,591 points.
Powerfaker: 1360 AD Cultural Victory, 108,597 points.
Other Award Winners:
ZPV: 1840 AD Conquest Victory, 111,743 points.
col_slade: 1812 AD Domination Victory, 80,162 points.
Noble Zarkon: 1814 AD Cultural Victory, 25,730 points.
donsig: 1969 AD Diplomatic Victory, 21,394 points.
greatbeyond: 1983 AD Spaceship Victory, 13,742 points.
>> See the full results here.
>> See the updated global rankings here.
>> See the latest Pantheon of Heroes here.
>> You can see and compare graphic replays of all the submissions here.
>> Award symbols are listed here.