[Vanilla] Three great scientists in one turn

[Carassius]

In the current game I got three great scientists in one turn. James Young, Charles Darwin, and then Dmitri Mendeleev. How is this even possible?

I was playing on a tiny, fractal map with religion, science, and culture victories disabled. This happened in 1640.

Not sure if this is relevant: in 1635 Monte got Hildegard von Bingen - I had passed on her. Is it possible that I had accumulated enough GS points while I was waiting for someone to claim Hilda? Enough for three great scientists?!?

Any insight is appreciated.

 

[Architect]

Yes this is likely what happened. When you pass on a scientist your points keep building up until the next scientist is claimed. If the AI is not building them fast it can take a long time for them to get enough to claim.

 

[Beaver79]

Yeah. If you pass you keep getting points but you can't claim one until someone else takes the guy you passed on afaik.

I did this in my Kongo game with a great artist hoping to get one with a sculpture. That was dumb though because no one was making more than 2 great artist points a turn and it took like 2 eras for anyone to claim that guy. Meanwhile I had 8 million great artist points banked up and earned 3 or 4 of them in 1 turn.

 

[Carassius]

Yeah. If you pass you keep getting points but you can't claim one until someone else takes the guy you passed on afaik.

I did this in my Kongo game with a great artist hoping to get one with a sculpture. That was dumb though because no one was making more than 2 great artist points a turn and it took like 2 eras for anyone to claim that guy. Meanwhile I had 8 million great artist points banked up and earned 3 or 4 of them in 1 turn.

Thanks! it was really weird - felt like the game was broken.