Adv 27 - Darrell's Blunder

[darrelljs]

Well, I really messed this one up. Despite playing a test game, I still misjudged when the stupid spaceship would land and only one a space race victory. Which stinks, because I was going to get everything else but religious on the next turn :mad:. The map was interesting, I haven't read sponsor's comments yet but I'm guessing the intent was to slow the player down and add a bit of suspense. It worked for me...the last AW epic on the ring showed I have the mental ability to work on one front at a time only, and this was no different. I hemmed in Genghis and then got a bunch of Settlers in place for the last turn. I was on full Farm/Artist mode and had enough not only to bomb the cultural victory, but to bomb five other cities to claim more land. I seem to have deleted my screenshots, but my score on the penultimate turn when I won (:mad: :mad: :mad: ) was somewhere between 4000 and 5000. Sorry I can't be more precise, but I doubt I won anyway, since I landed one turn too early (:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: ). I guess just pencil me in for 4000, it was at least that. Thanks Ruff for an interesting challenge that I wasn't up to (:mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: ).

Darrell

[Ruff_Hi]

Oh no! Hey - we will need some more accurate data because someone asked about '1 turn off' issues and I posted the following adjustment to the scoring ...

hmmn - ok, I accept that some people will be a little 'off'. We'll adjust the multiplier such that victory conditions that occur on the same period as the first victory condition (as defined above) receive full weight (ie w=1) while victory conditions that occur 't' turns later (min 1, max 10) receive weight = 1/t.

Thus ...

• n victory conditions (VCs) all on the same, mult = 2^n
  
• n same turn VCs plus m 1 turns later, mult = 2^(n+m/2)
  
• n same turn VCs plus m 1 turns later plus p 2 turns later, mult = 2^(n+m/2+p/3)
  
• etc.
  

Re the UN - I suggest you research the timing of the UN votes as they are (meant to be) quite regular.

... which is a complicated way of saying that you will get some credit.

[darrelljs]

Oh no! Hey - we will need some more accurate data because someone asked about '1 turn off' issues and I posted the following adjustment to the scoring which is a complicated way of saying that you will get some credit.

You are assuming that I played that last turn, rather than heading out for a beer or six . So, I am now up to four blunders:

1. Mis-timed launch
2. Going for in game score rather than Firaxis score.
3. Missing the cheese connection.
4. Not paying enough attention to the game thread.

I am totally sure there is another in here somewhere, we should try and make it a nice round five.

Darrell

[Zeviz]

Don't be so disappointed. At least you've actually achieved all victory conditions.