last updated on July 27, 2003 - by cracker

Differential Naval Movement

For all classes of play the naval movement has been differentiated for different types of water terrain as listed below:

NOTE: You may discuss more specifics about this naval Movement rate feature as first introduced in the Gotm21 Predator class game by using the special discussion thread established for that purpose.

Conquest Class Game Details for Gotm22 and Tourney Game 5-3

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 have participated in the Conscript of Regular divisions of the Civ3 Tournament or players who do not yet feel comfortable playing on the Monarch and Emperor difficulty levels.

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.

For the purposes of scoring and ranking this same game to be used as Tournament Game 5-3, (note that there is no game 5-2) the primary focus will be on fastest victory date for building 20k culture in a single city and the actual score weighting has little or no impact.

Very Important: For Conquest Class players who wish to participate in the Medal Play Series, the target victory condition will be the 20K single city victory, but to lower the bar slightly and make sure that more players can be recognized for their achievement, the scoring process will accept and recognize any Conquest Class game that achieves more that 15,000 culture points in a single city and those games will be recognized as victories. Scoring for medal play series will be based on a combined percentage of the fastest 20k date and the 20k single city culture total. The five fastest players to submit valid 20k Single City Culture victories in the Conquest Class game will be permanently recorded in the Tournament records database.

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

NOTE: Conquest Players may be running a negative treasury growth rate for the first 8 to 15 turns but your beginning game bonuses are designed with that consideration well understood in the game plan.

Open Class Game Details for Gotm22 and Tourney Game 5-3

Players who choose to play in the Open Class game receive no additional bonuses or penalties compared to a game that would be a game with factors located half way in between Emperor and Diety level.

Players who might be interested in playing the Open Class game would most regular GOTM Players and all players who would have considered themselves in the Veteran or Elite divisions of the Civ3 Tournament.

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.

For the purposes of scoring and ranking this same game to be used as Tournament Game 5-3, the primary focus will be on fastest victory by 20k Cultural Victory in a Single City and the actual score weighting has little or no impact.

The five fastest players to submit valid 20k Cultural Single City Victories in the Open Class game will be permanently recorded in the Tournament records database.

Open Class Starting Bonuses:

Predator Class Game Details for Gotm22 and Tourney Game 5-3

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 with altering the strategic play progress from that which you would see in a very difficult Emperor Level game.

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 Civ3 Tournament 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.

For the purposes of scoring and ranking this same game to be used as Tournament Game 5-3, the primary focus will be on fastest victory by 20k Cultural Victory in a Single City and the actual score weighting has little or no impact.

The five fastest players to submit valid 20k Cultural Single City Victories in the Open Class game will be permanently recorded in the Tournament records database.

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

NOTE: You may discuss more specifics about this naval Movement rate feature as first introduced in the Gotm21 Predator class game by using the special discussion thread established for that purpose.