WOTM 06 Results & Congratulations

[ainwood]

Conquest victories were the order of the day in WOTM 6, with the top four winning by this method. In first place was Cactus Pete, who showed that you don't have to be the fastest to get the highest score. The honour of the fastest conquest victory went to Obormot, who also grabbed the silver medal. In third was slowrider, who grabbed his first-ever medal.

Summary of Medal Winners:

Cactus Pete: 1508 AD Conquest Victory, 146,014 points.

Obormot: 950 AD Conquest Victory, 134,096 points.

slowrider: 1706 AD Conquest Victory, 113,199 points.

 

[ainwood]

Other Award Winners:

Jovan Kukic: 1661 AD Domination Victory, 100,102 points.

redemption438: 1766 AD Diplomatic Victory, 51,142 points.

Erkon: 1850 AD Spaceship Victory, 25,546 points.

chunkymonkey: 1844 AD Cultural Victory, 12,412 points.

Chamnix: 2036 AD Diplomatic Victory, 11,711 points.

 

[ainwood]

Half Nelson: 1946 AD Domination Victory, 23,951 points.

Wicken: 1912 AD Conquest Victory, 21,287 points.

UB40: 2048 AD Diplomatic Victory, 9,143 points.

The Mad Swede: 1951 AD Spaceship Victory, 8,272 points.

Sec: 1968 AD Spaceship Loss, 5,818 points.

pious_pete: 1944 AD Cultural Victory, 4,678 points.

donsig: 2021 AD Conquest Loss, 968 points.


>> See the full results here.
>> See the updated global rankings here.
>> See the latest Pantheon of Heroes here.
>> Award symbols are listed here.

 

[Ronnie1]

Congrats to all of the Winners!

 

[The Mad Swede]

I wasn't very happy with my result this time around. But at least I got an award for crappiest space race victory or something.

Congrats to the real winners!!!

 

[Mutineer]

I do not undestand why this results are count at all. Challender were absolutly unfair and incomparatable. I believe all results should be excluded.

 

[DaviddesJ]

I believe all results should be excluded.

Are you also mad that Santa didn't bring you a pony?

I think this was the best challenger game yet. More please!

 

[Doc TK]

Congrats CactusPete - and you took over the top spot on global rankings too.

Obormot that's a really impressive conquest time.

I'm going to have to go read your write-ups.

One thing I just realized on Global Ranking is that the pairing thing is going to cause a lot of fluctuation for CactusPete. He basically has a better score than me in every game except that he didn't play one game that will get paired with a low score, so every other ranking will drop him down. Not that I'm complaining, but it seems weird that he beats me every time and I somehow rank ahead of him sometimes?

Oh shoot - I just realized CP bought Warlords. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

 

[Vynd]

I really enjoyed this game. Pity my victory was rather pedestrian. Anyway, thanks very much to the admins! And congrats to the victors!

 

[Cactus Pete]

No worries, Doc TK, fun's still available. I got Warlords because I was asked to play on a succession team. That game and one regular game of the month will be all I'll have time for most months.

I share your admiration for Obormot's game . . . no way my score should be better than his.

 

[Mutineer]

I do not undestand how you can congratulate each other when every player who choise Challenger were practically excluded from competition.

I would be ashamed congratulatiog myself of empty victory.

There was N pages tread about it is fair to include retirement results, it is mach less fair to prevent a group of people from compeating fairaly.

 

[Harbourboy]

Sorry, Mutineer, but can you please explain your comment. I don't understand it.

 

[Mutineer]

Read first spoiler.
Challenger game setting was set on level comparateble to deity.
(AI speed of research faster then deity, but lower production.)

That creating game more then +3 dificulty level then base game, making it absolutly incomparatable to mainstream game.

So, everyone who have choisen challenger setting had no any chance to compeat.

Challenger suppous to be harder, but still comparatable with main stream game.

 

[Airny]

I can understand your complain for this game.
But I don't understand why people who chose challenger want to be compared with the others. There is no bonus in points as there should be, so you don't play challenger for competition with non-challengers as it would be pointless, right?

 

[Mutineer]

No, not rigth. Bonus pointer is not a point, beating harder game with about the same speed is.

Result are compead in the same table, the only difference is challenger marked red.

Current dificulty is to low to be any fun to play, if there no any additional challenge. In addition I believe it is not fun not to give less expirience player some head start. Idea of challenger settings that it is harder, but still coparatable. Otherwize it should be a separate game with separate runking system.
I do play GOTM to compare my game wit others, even with some additional challenge.

 

[cabert]

congrats to Obormot
Seeing how I got low on production, I can't imagine how he did finish this fast .

Although I don't get it why people would deliberately play a harder game for no bonus, I can understand Mutineer's disgust : there are NO CHALLENGER VICTORIES in the results. Of course, it means that most people played contender, which is normal. But it also means that those few who tried challenger lost.

And a special congrats to my trash team mate Pigswill, for finishing top half in a game I didn't manage to win.

 

[RobertTheBruce]

congrats to Obormot
Seeing how I got low on production, I can't imagine how he did finish this fast .

Although I don't get it why people would deliberately play a harder game for no bonus, I can understand Mutineer's disgust : there are NO CHALLENGER VICTORIES in the results. Of course, it means that most people played contender, which is normal. But it also means that those few who tried challenger lost.

And a special congrats to my trash team mate Pigswill, for finishing top half in a game I didn't manage to win.

Yes, I think Obormot deserves special congratulations for finishing so far ahead of the pack.

 

[pigswill]

It seems generally acknowledged that Challenger was set very high this month and it took everyone by surprise. Mutineer has reason to be upset. However its a bit late to replay Challenger this month so I guess its one to mark down to experience.

 

[uberfish]

I did beat challenger, but my result is missing for some reason

 

[whb]

To Mutineer who tried Challenger and lost: well those are the risks -- if it was guaranteed that players would do just as well on Challenger as well as they would on Contender, then there'd be no point in having it. By playing Challenger you're making a statement of "I'm tough -- I'm going to start from a disadvantage and still whoop your arses". Following it up with moans of "not fair, not fair" when you fail to whoop arse just comes across as a bit childish.

Everyone knows what the disadvantage is before they download the save file; if you don't think you can hack it, don't. If you think you can hack it but you can't hack it, then bad luck but there's no use crying about it.

Well, so says someone who's never played Challenger!

(Obviously "hack it" here is Australian slang for "cope", as opposed to nefarious attempts at cheating)