Who is working on HOF attempts w/o threads?

[Moonsinger]

I just want to mention that it's possible to go beyond 80K with a better map. My map was just an average, domination limit of 4411 with just 1 source of luxury on the starting island and only 1 cow at the starting location. Although I was blessed with a huge island, resource was extremly rare (exactly the reason why the AIs didn't want my land) and have to wait until Navigation trade for the third source of luxury. I had a lot of horsemen but no iron for knight upgrade. I didn't get my own iron until around 800AD (IIRC). Therefore, I would imagine my 81K won't stay at the first slot very long. Nevertheless, I'm quite please with my final score - it's a good score to retire with.

 

[superslug]

All done!

You, my friend, have a gift for understatement. News like this deserves better than to be casually mentioned in this thread:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=1849210#post1849210

 

[Svar]

This is the 1500 AD update for my warlord HOF attempt. The domination limit and all rivals except 2 cities were reached in 1150 AD and I have been repositioning cities ever since. There are still some areas yet to be abandoned as better areas are fully developed.

My score progress is as follows:

10 AD 519
500 AD 1147
1000 AD 2932
1500 AD 7813

What I find interesting is my score progress compared to Drazek's recent 18410 Warlord game. I don't expect to get close to his score because he was playing a Archipelago map and I'm playing a Pangea map so there is about a 650 tile difference in domination limit. However while my progress was slowly trailing his with a growing gap, the 1000 AD gap of 256 was trimed to 237 by 1500 AD. As encougaging as that sounds, I'm in the last 2 turns of a 7 turn anarchy period to switch from Monarchy to Democracy and my points per turn score has dropped from 64 to 58 during that period primarily because of many cities starving. The problem lies with Drazek's average score increase for the next 50 turns which averaged 59.5 points per turn and I'm already below that. When I switch to Democracy I'll have the advantage of Longevity so will recover quickly but probably wont reach Drazek' average.

I really like the reporting of the score progress as it allows players to compare their progress with the top scores. I'm still hopefull that I will break 16000 and it would be nice to break 17000 but don't think that will happen.

 

[Svar]

Turns are going slightly faster now as many of my cities have stopped growing and are only producing wealth. Most of the temporary cities have been abandoned but there are many left acting as worker factories to move population into the few cities left to reposition.

My score progress is as follows:

10 AD 519
500 AD 1147
1000 AD 2932
1500 AD 7813
1750 AD 10627

I was right about not being able to match Drazek's point per turn average for the last 50 turns. My average was 56.3 compared to his 59.5. I'm down to 51 points per turn. I now trail Drazek's pace by 398, his final points per turn average for the last 200 turns was 36.9. If I can maintain my point per turn deficit to Drazek of 3.2 my final score would be 17367 but I doubt I will break 17000. To break 16000 I will need 26.9 points per turn so that should be achievable.

 

[Svar]

As of 1950 AD the score progress is as follows:

10 AD 519
500 AD 1147
1000 AD 2932
1500 AD 7813
1750 AD 10627
1950 AD 14717

The points per turn is now down to 32 and had been falling at the rate of 1 point per turn every 5 turns until just recently. At that rate I would be at 31 so maybe it is starting to level off. If however it continues to decrease at the rate of 1 point per turn every 5 turns the final score would be 16,917. It wont take much to drive the score over 17,000 though since the 16,917 prediction reqiures the final point per turn to be 12.

 

[Svar]

The final score was 17310, the points per turn never really stabalized but also didn't go below 21 so my final score was closer to the 5/31 prediction than the 6/5 prediction.

 

[superslug]

The final score was 17310, the points per turn never really stabalized but also didn't go below 21 so my final score was closer to the 5/31 prediction than the 6/5 prediction.

Congratulations!

 

[superslug]

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm likely to win an OCC I tried. It's Chieftain level on a huge pangaea. Since there's no huge/20k wins listed for any level, I thought I'd try one just to put something on the page while I'm waiting on Mapfinder for my next milk run.

 

[denyd]

I've had to abandon by HOF attempt, with 3 SG's and now 2 GOTMs, I'll probably never have time to finish it. Score was about 2500 in 500 AD.

 

[zerksees]

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm likely to win an OCC I tried. It's Chieftain level on a huge pangaea. Since there's no huge/20k wins listed for any level, I thought I'd try one just to put something on the page while I'm waiting on Mapfinder for my next milk run.

Aye carumba! wish I had thought of that. I bet the game went pretty fast too.

 

[Bartleby]

Just thought I'd let everyone know that I'm likely to win an OCC I tried. It's Chieftain level on a huge pangaea. Since there's no huge/20k wins listed for any level, I thought I'd try one just to put something on the page while I'm waiting on Mapfinder for my next milk run.

D'OH!
I'm currently milking a chieftain game with five 20k cities and was hoping to get the first huge/20k. C'est la vie.
It won't be a particularly good score anyway.

 

[superslug]

Aye carumba! wish I had thought of that. I bet the game went pretty fast too.

Not that fast. I mean it's only taking a few days instead of weeks or months, but I still had to sit through the boring AI intraturn of a huge map...

 

[superslug]

D'OH!
I'm currently milking a chieftain game with five 20k cities and was hoping to get the first huge/20k. C'est la vie.
It won't be a particularly good score anyway.

Five 20K cities?
You might still be in luck. My diplomatic reputation ain't exactly angelic, and most of my military is out kicking Mongol teeth in. If anyone else gets pissy with me, my few musketmen might not hold my one city...

 

[superslug]

I've had to abandon by HOF attempt, with 3 SG's and now 2 GOTMs, I'll probably never have time to finish it. Score was about 2500 in 500 AD.

The bittersweet irony of dropping Civ for Civ. Good luck in your GOTM's and SG's!

 

[Bartleby]

I finished off my chieftain game, with five 20k cities and 60k culture from the rest of the empire, I called it a 20k victory.
Final score 6303, which is my best milk to date and my first real attempt at repositioning.

cultural advisor screen at 2050 AD:

 

[-0blivion-]

WoW

So that is 5 cities for the 20k and then the 160k needed for a huge map. That must have taken some calculating

And the cities are in a pretty pattern

 

[bradleyfeanor]

I am currently trying for a 20k HOF victory on Sid level. I ran a few experiments to test my major strategy points, and they look good so far. My current map is fine, but not ideal. The year is 1000 AD, and I am on pace to get 20K in 1950 at the latest. Hopefully, I can move that date up a bit. I still have a few major obstacles to overcome in the game though: I have a killer AI that is a threat for an earlier 20k victory than me, or a 100k win, or a domination victory. If I can't cut him down to size, I will have to refine my strategy and try some new maps. If I am successful, I will post a game/strategy summary in the forum.

 

[SirPleb]

I am currently trying for a 20k HOF victory on Sid level.

I hope you make it, good luck!

 

[fret]

The year is 1000 AD, and I am on pace to get 20K in 1950 at the latest. Hopefully, I can move that date up a bit.

Err, dont you mean move it down a bit

good luck anyway, I'm yet to achieve a victory at that level under any circumstance! Any win is an achievment at that level

 

[superslug]

I won't go into details, as that would be premature, but I thought I'd let everyone know I might have a milk map on Deity...