Question about the Quartermasters Challenge

[Elear]

I'm thinking of trying the Quartermasters challenge but I have a question:

Say I complete a Huge, Sid, Histographic game (just an example)

Would this count for all the categories that are included in the game, or just one?

Thanks,
Elear

 

[AutomatedTeller]

Histographic games are a little different, so I am not sure whether it would count for huge and Sid or not - but I think it would.

Certainly, a huge, Sid SS game would count for huge, sid and SS.

Last month's Gauntlet, for instance, would count for huge, monarch and Diplomatic.

 

[Elear]

That's it? o.O Where's the challenging part then? In your quartermaster rank?

 

[superslug]

Histographic games are a little different, so I am not sure whether it would count for huge and Sid or not - but I think it would.

Histographic is heavily weighted as it's own event, but Histo submissions do also count towards Pentathlon, Machiavelli, etc., so yes.

That's it? o.O Where's the challenging part then? In your quartermaster rank?

Winning every victory condition? Beating every mapsize? Taming most of the difficulty levels?

I think the "speed bump" is the Histo even itself. There's some damn big numbers up on that list.

 

[Elear]

True true...

Looks fun though

 

[AutomatedTeller]

Being a QM is not that hard, though beating demigod in any game is not easy, and winning on a huge map takes time for any game.

(you only need 6 of the 8 levels to be a QM, since demigod and Sid were added in CSC)

But 20K games are radically different from conquest games and both are different than SpaceShip. Those things are very different on tiny chieftain than they are on emperor standard and Deity huge.

 

[Tone]

Once you have QM status you can start to make your own challenges.

Start working your way up the table.

Try to get as many #1 slots as possible.

Try to get an average rank as close as possible to 1 in each of the sections (Machiavelli et al).

Try to get all the #1 slots in a particular catagory.

Try to get a game registered with every civ.​

In my own case, I felt a bit of a fraud when I first got QM status as my Histo attempt was hardly worth the title as I played out a low level OCC getting just a few hundred points. One of my challenges was therefore to complete a serious Histo attempt, which I eventually managed to complete with the encouragement of people from this forum. Well worth the effort in the end.

 

[AutomatedTeller]

Getting a game in every level is a nice challenge, too. Sid seems scary, though it's not really that bad. well, it is, but it's quite beatable, as long as you bear in mind that you have to throw out some starts as being terrible.

 

[Elear]

Thanks for the input everyone Perhaps you will see something from me soon.

 

[Scratcher]

I have a question regarding the HOF 100k submissions. I thought with Conquests the game victory was changed to 20k for tiny map increasing upto 160k for huge maps (I am sure that is the explanation in the civlopedia).

Is this the case...or have I gone insane?

 

[Tone]

60K for tiny
160K for huge

They all count as '100K' victories.

 

[Moonsinger]

I think the "speed bump" is the Histo even itself. There's some damn big numbers up on that list.

Oh come on! Those numbers is not that big. The only reason they are that big is because no one has tried to beat them. I'm pretty sure that those number can be beaten. It's just a matter of time...before someone knock my number off the list.

 

[AutomatedTeller]

what is the maximum score in Civ III possible? is a 100,000 points possible, does anyone think?

 

[Elear]

I think you can get up to 100k on Sid level fairly.

If you play unhonorably and 'dastardly' and use glitches then of course 100k is no problem...

 

[superslug]

Oh come on! Those numbers is not that big. The only reason they are that big is because no one has tried to beat them. I'm pretty sure that those number can be beaten. It's just a matter of time...before someone knock my number off the list.

I'm not sure which is more impressive: your scores or your modesty.

 

[AutomatedTeller]

100,000 points might be harder than we think. 100,000 points on Sid corresponds to about 12,500 points on chieftain. That's not easy to get too...

 

[Elear]

Still possible. But quite difficult I agree

90k is a more reasonable goal for Sid players for now.

 

[AutomatedTeller]

problem is, it's a massive undertaking. Somewhere along the lines of an hour a day for 6 months or so. 6 months on 1 game!! Just insane...

 

[Marsden]

I'd be beside myself with happiness to break 25k or 30k for a histographic. I don't think I've got any more than that in me.

 

[AutomatedTeller]

well, if you can beat emperor, you can get 40 or 50K if you have patience. That's my problem - I don't know that I can spend that much time on such a long game...