Poll on Greatest HOF Game Ever - Nominations

[jarred!]

@SirPleb and @Spoonwood got me into playing this game at a higher level. I've downloaded many of your games over the years, spoonwood.

 

[superslug]

I know it's a slightly different conversation, but as long as we're talking about the greatest HOF games ever, I have to salute the various staff members that have made it possible. @Dianthus helped me take over what was once a lonely thread and single table of 60 slots to come up with the monster HOF III became, complete with Quartermaster's Challenge. He was around when we started HOF IV. @a space oddity helped us a lot behind the scenes with her GOTM knowledge. @Mistfit did many of the graphics, including my avatar. @Denniz took over for a long time, and @Tone ran the place for a long time before I came back.

As much as we joke about me keeping the lights on, I mainly just clear games, do updates, and referee. @Noble Zarkon handles a lot of the behind the scenes engineering. He's okay, too.

Every game, great or just good, is an honor and compliment to the work everyone has put into this place. Thank you!

 

[BlackBetsy]

Just a note on something I saw that was interesting. @Aigburth was active in the HOF for 2 years from December 2006-November 2008. In that time, he submitted 20 games, all of which are still on the tables. It's the the highest number of games submitted where all of the games are still on their tables. Of those 20, 9 of them are still #1 games, and none are lower than a #6 rank.

9 #1's
4 #2's
3 #3's
2 #4's
1 #5 (also #4 on the same board)
1 #6 (also #1 on the same board)

6 of his #1's are in Diplo.

I think this *may* be the highest percentage of games submitted in the #1 spot as a % of all submitted games...assuming a minimum of 10 games submitted.

 

[Spoonwood]

400 AD Sid Conquest also sticks out for me

@lifetap who has had trouble logging in lately mentioned my Large Sid Conquest game. Moonsinger's game took 12 fewer turns. But, she had 8 opponents, the minimum for a huge map. My map had 11, the maximum for a large map. She gets to cavalry and railroads. In my game all AIs got crushed by riders and some trebuchets and cannons, and to my surprise no one even learned Military Tradition.

 

[BlackBetsy]

@lifetap who has had trouble logging in lately mentioned my Large Sid Conquest game. Moonsinger's game took 12 fewer turns. But, she had 8 opponents, the minimum for a huge map. My map had 11, the maximum for a large map. She gets to cavalry and railroads. In my game all AIs got crushed by riders and some trebuchets and cannons, and to my surprise no one even learned Military Tradition.

In general, the smaller a Sid map is the more impressive the victory is since the advantages of a Sid AI are greater, for sure. Fast conquest on a huge map always strikes me as impressive because of the sheer number of tiles that need to be traveled. (But that's why Riders are so critical - 3 moves is extraordinary).