[BTS] News: BOTM 275: Ramesses II, Monarch - Results & Congratulations

[kcd_swede]

Congratulations to all! I hope you enjoyed this one.


BtS BOTM 275 Results:

Summary of Medal Winners:

Bemep42: 1210 AD Domination Victory, 562,272 points.

ariosto: 1535 AD Domination Victory, 542,176 points.

antimony: 1170 AD Domination Victory, 364,551 points.

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Fastest Finish Award Winners:

smiregal: 1680 AD Spaceship Victory, 299,470 points.

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Other Award Winners:

sevnhuts: 1868 AD Domination Victory, 89,596 points.

Kime11: 1950 AD Spaceship Victory, 41,317 points.

greatbeyond: 1947 AD Cultural Loss, 4,435 points.

donsig: 1884 AD Conquest Loss, 1,212 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.

End of BtS BOTM 275 results.

 

[kcd_swede]

Here's where everyone settled.



The Small Print:
The numbers by each player's name indicate the turn settled on (starting turn is 0). Players are colour coded by game class (challenger=red, adventurer=blue). Symbols indicate victory condition, if there's no symbol then the player either retired or was defeated. The yellow border indicates the land that was visible at the start of the game.

 

[Jimmy Thunder]

Congratulations to the winners! You know there's phenomenal players out there when your 350k score doesn't even make the podium.

As always, thanks to staff.

 

[ariosto]

Congrats @Bemep42! You know there's strong competition when your 500k is not enough to secure victory.

I think, Astro push was probably the wrong plan on my side. Now, I want to check out, how my game would have changed if I decided to go straight to Guilds. I got Biology T176. Will see, how much of a delay later Astro would be.
Also, looks like top 3 participants are the ones who settled on the correct spot

Thanks for the map, @kcd_swede. This setup was interesting, especially the part, where you directly put research of your vassal from T1. Really made me think about the early game research plan.

 

[Frederiksberg]

Great game and a very close space race between me and @Smiregal (two turns separation). Surprising that there were no conquest wins.

Thanks to @kcd_swede for this interesting setup.

@ariosto: Nice observation, plains hill is probably the best spot, but this was not clear at T0 because the gems were hidden behind the hill and there were no way to find them without moving the settler.

 

[ariosto]

Nice observation, plains hill is probably the best spot, but this was not clear at T0 because the gems were hidden behind the hill and there were no way to find them without moving the settler.

That is certainly true. But I still would have settled PH even if gems and cows were just usual riverside grasslands and I knew that beforehand. I prefer extra hammer and floodplain over capital gold, and I knew that it is possible to settle second city to work gold and share pigs.
Well, capital gold probably was worth it in Oracle -> CS -> Academy play. I didn't consider that plan, though.
With that being said, extra gems changed the equation from "probably better suitable for my strategy and playstyle" to "objectively much better no matter how you play"