Civ4 Earth map SP challenge - Page 13

IanDC · 12-10-2008, 10:54

Khmer - Space Race - 1910AD - 29271

Matrix · 27-10-2008, 00:05

New player: Nitro.
He e-mailed me his result of his game as the Native Americans:
Domination victory in 1941 AD, 23450 points.

Decent yet not impressive result, one would say. Sadly, for those taking this contest seriously (who?

), his only reference for the scoring list is me, and I merely scored 7303 points. His (square rooted) score is 1.79 times better than mine, so even though I'm almost at the bottom of the list, he's still way above akots,

until I finish my game with Russia (~40000 points) or someone else will also play as Native America and make the nation not appear as tough as I did.

Now I stop speaking belittling about Nitro's score. He's the only yet with a domination victory with an American civ. And I would still judge the Aztecs and Incas to be easier.

By the way, this scoring system, compared to what I used previously, is more valid, but less reliable in scientific terms. In other words, it's calculated properly now, but with wider margins of error.

Edit: Shit, I completely missed that one, IanDC! I'll process it now...
Edit2: Done. Didn't do a lot to the scores.

BCLG100 · 27-10-2008, 20:13

Matrix, i havent read the whole thread, did you make any headway with a smaller map?

Matrix · 28-10-2008, 01:08

Eh, yes, I have. But I don't really fancy starting a whole new competition, now that we've got so many results on this one already.

Nevertheless, here it is. (It might have a bit too many resources.)

nitro1974 · 01-11-2008, 22:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matrix

New player: Nitro.
He's the only yet with a domination victory with an American civ.

Domination other than.... what? Yes, conquest. I always try for conquest, but I just can't seem to get that.

Other one... also domination. Now with the Mali. 1903 AD, 43634 points.

Matrix · 02-11-2008, 21:37

Interesting! That adds ProPain in the system, since no one played Mali yet and he didn't play anthing else. That also makes it all rather dodgy: ProPain is second and akots first, but that comparison goes via Nitro, myself and IanDC. (PP and Nitro played Mali, Nitro and I played as Natives, I and IanDC played a lot and IanDC and akots played Russia.)

nitro1974 · 03-11-2008, 00:10

Well, I am now playing Russia. I will probably not get a score like 100k+, so that will balance the ranking a bit better.

Darkness · 03-11-2008, 10:10

I may give this another try soon, since I've shelved Col2 for now. Russians sounds like a nice idea, for comparisons.

Matrix · 03-11-2008, 13:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by nitro1974

Well, I am now playing Russia.

Bad choice. Based on your and Russia's ranking, you're expected to get a score of 228998.

I've played with the scores a bit last night and made this funny web page:
http://www.straland.com/cdzearth.html

The second table is the interesting part: the black scores are what you really got, the gray scores are what you are expected to get when you play that civ, based on your score and that of the civilization. Below your real scores is possibly a percentage: that shows your real score as a percentage of your expected score. Many are 100% for of lack of reference. By definition, the product of all percentages equals 100%.

Quote:

Originally Posted by BCLG100

You have far too much time on your hands.

akots · 03-11-2008, 17:57

Sure, one can certainly get more than 58K playing for China, probably more close to 150K.

27-10-2008, 00:05	#122
Matrix Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 4,828	New player: Nitro. He e-mailed me his result of his game as the Native Americans: Domination victory in 1941 AD, 23450 points. Decent yet not impressive result, one would say. Sadly, for those taking this contest seriously (who? ), his only reference for the scoring list is me, and I merely scored 7303 points. His (square rooted) score is 1.79 times better than mine, so even though I'm almost at the bottom of the list, he's still way above akots, until I finish my game with Russia (~40000 points) or someone else will also play as Native America and make the nation not appear as tough as I did. Now I stop speaking belittling about Nitro's score. He's the only yet with a domination victory with an American civ. And I would still judge the Aztecs and Incas to be easier. By the way, this scoring system, compared to what I used previously, is more valid, but less reliable in scientific terms. In other words, it's calculated properly now, but with wider margins of error. Edit: Shit, I completely missed that one, IanDC! I'll process it now... Edit2: Done. Didn't do a lot to the scores. __________________ Last edited by Matrix; 27-10-2008 at 00:38.

27-10-2008, 20:13	#123
BCLG100 Deity Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Lahndan Posts: 6,220	Matrix, i havent read the whole thread, did you make any headway with a smaller map? __________________ the sooner you fall behind, the more time you\'ll have to catch up! CDZ Cup Champion!!!

02-11-2008, 21:37	#126
Matrix Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Tampere, Finland Posts: 4,828	Interesting! That adds ProPain in the system, since no one played Mali yet and he didn't play anthing else. That also makes it all rather dodgy: ProPain is second and akots first, but that comparison goes via Nitro, myself and IanDC. (PP and Nitro played Mali, Nitro and I played as Natives, I and IanDC played a lot and IanDC and akots played Russia.) __________________

03-11-2008, 00:10	#127
nitro1974 Chieftain Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Schagen/Nederland Posts: 111	Well, I am now playing Russia. I will probably not get a score like 100k+, so that will balance the ranking a bit better. __________________ ...but I'm innocent...

03-11-2008, 10:10	#128
Darkness Moderator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Netherlands. Posts: 4,169	I may give this another try soon, since I've shelved Col2 for now. Russians sounds like a nice idea, for comparisons. __________________ "Death is lighter than a feather, but duty is heavier than a mountain..." - The Eye of the World

03-11-2008, 17:57	#130
akots Nebuchadnezzar II Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Glover Park Posts: 4,459	Sure, one can certainly get more than 58K playing for China, probably more close to 150K. __________________ Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare Ciceron (Marcus Tullius)