Normally, I would not mind, but for getting to this score I have put in too much effort just to let this pass by silently.
... So I decided to organise my own publicity campaign...

Let it be known, the hall of fame is mine ...

PS: I'm already looking forward to the one who beats this (you have to be absolutely mad to do it, I realize that now).

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Scouse Git[1]

So, give us some details, what were the game settings? What version? How long did it take (game play hours)?

Big map, other settings standard, 7 civs. It took me several months, in game time I have absolutely no idea (far too long to do it again).

One of the main strategies that did the trick, was applying a high cash investement rate. I never build up cash, I invest it in building improvements and units. Off cource this is coupled to a high trade focus.

Second rule of thumb, no fighting but bribing. During the whole game I never had an army worth being called an army.

After that I have moved on to win various challenges: OCC, OCC bloodlust, 'wait for Jesus'-challenge (put settlers to sleep until 1AD) etc (at deity level of course) The fun thing is to win the challenge, the score isn't important.

How is it that those top scores at deity have a weird power graph. Both the top one on this site's HOF (at around 2200%) and the one on the HOF of the site mentioned by smash above(at 1400%) seem to have the winning civ totally come down to zero and then years later ressurect themselves. Is there something that I am missing? I also checked out the other details and there are other questions to be asked on authenticity in my opinion. Has anyone else checked them out. Maybe to totally verify authenticity the game should be saved every 100 years, not just at the end.

quote: Originally posted by Boney on 03-26-2001 03:41 AM Maybe to totally verify authenticity the game should be saved every 100 years, not just at the end.

It's very easy to turn the cheat option on, and then, to remove the red "Cheat Mode" text from the Civ Hall of Fame, Very very easy,...

This one, per example, was cheating, this is so clear!!!

If pay some attention to the graph, you'll see that until ~1500, it's progressing "classicaly", and suddenly, he goes to the maximum in a few turns !!! AI gift ??? Hutts ?? Naah

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Scouse Git[1]

Okay I also agree that sudden climbs of the power graph can be for authentic reasons, such as Leos or other wonders changing someones game focus. Sometimes in a game everything just clicks together at one time. But noone has answered my earlier question:

"Both the top one on this site's HOF (at around 2200%) and the one on the HOF of the site mentioned by smash above(at 1400%) seem to have the winning civ totally come down to zero and then years later ressurect themselves."

Just download (in the first case) or look at (in the second case) the power graphs for both of these. This is not a case of a sudden rise in power. These civs actually seem to disappear for a number of year and then reappear. Once again I ask the question how is this done?

Of course, it is child's play to save a game, cheat to get vital information, and then reload with no cheat notation. Or save a game, tap a hut, then reload to get a different random result. You can cheat by using the tedious free-food-caravan trick, or put airbases on hills to increase food supply. There's no way to verify anyone's solo play score. One just hopes that people won't get much satisfaction out of seeing their cheat score posted, and that real high scorers won't be overly put out by others' scores.