Civ 3 Conquests COTM 03 (Byzantines, Demigod level)

Game started: 1 Aug 2004, finished: 1 Sep 2004

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version 0.0.0 last updated on December 19, 2003

This is a C3C Game Of The Month. It MUST be played in Conquests Patch version 1.22f.

Conquest 03: Byzantines

The Byzantine empire was founded when the Roman Emperor Constantine I moved his Roman Capital east to the site of the old Greek colony of Byzantium, naming it "Constantinople".

When the western Roman empire was sacked by "barbarians", the Byzantines began to be recognised as a empire of their own; fighting the persians to the east, the barbarian kingdoms that had arisen in the old Roamn empire, and expanding through the region. Although surviving conquest by the crusaders in the 1200's, the Byzantine empire was finally destroyed by the Ottoman Turks.

Playing as the Byzantines, can you establish your empire, and prevent it being overrun by the barbarians?

Scope of the Game:

Conquest 03 starting position - Click for a wider view of the start position

Civilization: Byzantines
Difficulty: Demigod
World size: Standard
Landmass: Archipelago
Geology: 4 billion years old
Environment: Temperate
Barbarians: Raging
Rivals: 7 Preset
Submissions due by August 31, 2004. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks

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As always, have fun playing the COTM and we hope you join us in the postgame discussions!

You will have your choice of Playing COTM 03 in one of three skill levels that most closely matches your current abilities - Conquest Class, Open Class, or Predator Class.

Conquest-Class Game Details for Conquest 03

Players who choose to play in the Conquest class game will receive a set of bonuses designed to help them focus on key early strategic decisions that may help them to get more enjoyment out of the specific conditions of this game. The bonuses ARE NOT designed to guarantee you a win without requiring some good early decisions to be made and without asking you to manage your Civilization properly.

Players who might be interested in playing the conquest class game could be those players who might only feel comfortable playing at Warlord or Regent difficulty.

For the purposes of global ranking and comparison to all other GOTM scores, the Conquest class games scores in the QSC and GOTM results will be weighted downward with an 85% multilpier to factor out the value of the additional starting bonuses.

Conquest Class Starting Bonuses:
Conquest class players will begin the game with following unit and game feature bonuses:

Total Starting Cash in Treasury: 50 units of gold
Extra Units: An extra settler to expand your empire.
Extra Units: A worker to tend your fields.

Conquest-Class Save-File for C3C 1.22f

Open Class Game Details for Conquest 03

Players who choose to play in the Open Class game receive no bonuses compared to a game that would be normally be played on Demigod level.

For the purposes of global ranking and comparison to all other GOTM scores, Open class game scores will be ranked according to the Jason score which balances speed and scoring skills for a combined "Best Overall game" rating.

Open Class Starting Bonuses:

None

Open Save-File for C3C 1.22f

Predator Class Game Details for Conquest 02

Players who choose to play in the Predator class game must overcome an extra set of obstacles built into their game to provide an extra level of challenge. The intent of these changes is to raise the difficulty without altering strategic play progress from that which you would see for comparison in the conquest class and open class games.

Players who might be interested in playing the Predator class game could be those players who have participated in the Elite or Leader divisions of the Medal Play Series or players who just want an extra level of excitement or challenge.

For the purposes of global ranking and comparison to all other GOTM scores, the Predator class game scores in the QSC and GOTM results do not receive any compensating scoring bonus for the added elements of challenge.

Predator Class Equalizing Obstacles:
The game features for Predator Class Games have been raised to provide the following obstacles:

AI Starting Units: Increased to Deity level.
Barb attack bonus: Lowered from 25% to 0%.

Predator-Class Save-File for C3C v1.22f