Classic GOTM 201
Zululand, Regent
Civ 3 Conquests COTM 08 (Sumeria, Demigod level)
Game started: 1 Jan 2005, finished: 1 Feb 2005
This game has finished. Click here to see the results.
You can no longer submit a competition entry, but you can download the starting save below (click on an icon) to play for fun.
Sorry, starting saves are not currently available for this game. We're probably working on the problem.
version 0.0.0 last updated on December 31, 2004
This is a C3C Game Of The Month. It MUST be played in Conquests Patch version 1.22f.
Conquest 08: Sumeria
Another of the Mespotamian tribes to be included in C3C, the Sumerians pre-dated the Babylonians. Calling there lands Ki-en-gi, or "place of the civilized lords", the SUmerians were quite an advanced race; some believe that it was the sumarians that invented the wheel and the potters' wheel.
Will your civilization be remembered for such greatness?
Scope of the Game:
- Civilization: Sumeria
- Difficulty: DemiGod
- World size: Standard
- Landmass: Continents, 60% Water
- Geology: 4 billion years old
- Environment: Warm, Wet
- Barbarians: Raging
- Rivals: 7 Preset
- Respawn: OFF
- Scientific Great Leaders: OFF
- Mobilisation: ON
- Submissions due by February 1st, 2005. PLEASE NOTE THE DATE.
QSC Is up-and running!: Please note that we have caught-up on the Quick-Start Challenge backlog, so remember to complete your timelines and submit your 1000BC QSC saves!
A 'fix' for the Barbarians!: As many of you know, the barbarians in C3C are 'broken'. This can be fixed by going to your \Conquest\ folder, and opening your Conquests.ini file, and adding a line noaipatrol=0 to the file. Whilst we cannot force people to do this, it will make the game a bit more interesting if you do. If you are not comfortable editing your .ini file, you can download a utility here to do it automatically.
ALL SPOILERS PROHIBITED: Do not post any messages or questions about this game in any forum until after about January 5, 2005. Please do not discuss any aspect of this game prior to that date.
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 08 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 08
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: 100 units of gold
- Extra Units: A worker and two Enkidu Warriors.
- Extra Units: A solitary scout.
- Barbarian Attack Bonus: Increased to 100%.
Click on the image below to download the start Conquest-class save file. Open Class Game Details for Conquest 08 Players who choose
to play in the Open Class game receive no bonuses compared to a game that
would be normally be played on this level. Open Class Starting Bonuses: Click on the image below to download the Open-Class start save file. Predator Class Game Details for Conquest 08 Predator Class Equalizing Obstacles: Click on the image below to download the Predator-Class start save file.
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.
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.
The game features for Predator Class Games have been raised to provide the following obstacles:
