So Who is the best at CTP??? - A contest, ENTER NOW!

[Gavrushka]

and Split the proceeds 50/50 ... I'll get some major corporate sponsors we'll clear ten thousand a peace easy...

[Solver]

Hehe .

Sign up you guys!

[filix]

Hi i'll Play and i guess that Paul will play too, so you better ask your Bank for a credit Gavrushka

[Gavrushka]

Excellent!! I've already made the cheque payable to Gavrushkano1... I solved my science problem now Filix.... So start digger yer grave....

[filix]

Originally posted by Gavrushka
Excellent!! I've already made the cheque payable to Gavrushkano1... I solved my science problem now Filix.... So start digger yer grave....

You must be very sure that you are the #1 now, ...
But im sure that Yoda and Paul will sign up too, you have no chance to win this tourney Or did you find out a new cheat??
Anyway i hope you learned a lot in the last 2 months. I played with the best players of the world and i lost some times but i also won, have you ever won against paul?
Greetings too all apolyton members
filix

[yoda]

The Best

Ok, I'm up for the challenge. Please add me (yoda) to your list. When do you want to start playing off to see who's the best at CTP? By the way, this is a great idea.

[Gavrushka]

- There will be no cheats!!! All games will be fully moderated, results declared after a turn by turn check.... Yeh I played Paul, took two of his cities, had 150 SOLS bearing down on him with Subs following, and he had to go, I know that it will probably be one of you guys that wins... But you won't find players like me as easy as we used to be...

We will all be using the same patches in the game, especially as money is involved... Patches 1.2 & 1.21 yeh. Welcome Yoda - I see u just posted...

Solver will set the rules, but it is agreed that this will not be a knockout tournament... everyone will play everyone else...

One more thing there is a multiplayer strategy guide somewhere on this thread, it would be great if you guys contributed... It helps everyone improve their game

[Gavrushka]

Re: The Best

Originally posted by yoda
Ok, I'm up for the challenge. Please add me (yoda) to your list. When do you want to start playing off to see who's the best at CTP? By the way, this is a great idea.

Dragon recommended you to be in on this, there is only Doom and Paul missing so far, welcome aboard!

The league of players will have to be formalised along with the rules. Solver will specify the rules, but essentially there will be no cheats or tricks allowed, probably a standardised map for all games, and no results will be declared for each game until all the saves have been examined. Please bare in mind that some Play By Email Players will join the competition, and they will play much slower than MP players, so be patient with them!

[filix]

Originally posted by Gavrushka
Solver will set the rules, but it is agreed that this will not be a knockout tournament... everyone will play everyone else...

Whats about exclusions: Wonders, nukes,....
Perhaps without pirating? Its almost impossible to play with labyrinth and Londons...
SO it would be good to exclude wonders

[yoda]

rules

It's your show Gav, but I would like to make a few recommendations. First, I wouldn't worry about the rush-buy problem. If everyone uses it, there is no advantage. You could simply make it 100 gold starting which would effectively eliminate the problem early. Second, wonders should really be excluded. Otherwise, if someone steps on a ruin early and gets a nice tech/wonder option, the game will end up being won by luck (between close players) rather than skill.

After all, aren't you looking for the "best" ctp player? I hope you will consider removing wonders to make things as even as possible so that skill rules the day.

[Gavrushka]

There will be no ruins yoda... the idea of the competition is to find out who is the best at CTP, not who is the best at CTP without Wonders. Apolyton as a site are the host for this competition, and this site has outlawed all trick use, so unfortunately, unless Solver rules differently, there will be no rush-buy switching. Solver will no doubt specify the rules in due course... But it is a great idea to discuss all the elements of the rules now and then work it from there.

[Gavrushka]

I must admit, I think Wonders can skew the game badly... I don't play online with wonders, or piracy... But you have to remember there is a second group playing who will be PBEM players, who would expect to see wonders.. I think these things have to be discussed.

[filix]

Originally posted by Gavrushka
There will be no ruins yoda... the idea of the competition is to find out who is the best at CTP, not who is the best at CTP without Wonders. Apolyton as a site are the host for this competition, and this site has outlawed all trick use, so unfortunately, unless Solver rules differently, there will be no rush-buy switching. Solver will no doubt specify the rules in due course... But it is a great idea to discuss all the elements of the rules now and then work it from there.

Question1
Hmm the host get the wonder because he built his capital 1 turn before the other player does? (Laby=> trade => nukes => win!!)
Question2
Is it allowed to rush-buy a market and switch it to a temple?

[yoda]

rule thoughts

I still don't really see this as a "cheat", but if that is the wish of the organizers, so be it. It will make for an incredible amount of work to review "all" saved games, turn by turn, player by player. The amount of time required is enormous.

About wonders, perhaps a vote by all players could set the rule for this. It has been a very long time since I have played with wonders in a game, especially the game tipping ones. Guess I'll have to brush up on these... LOL

Piracy: I don't have a problem with piracy, but for the non-host player, losing trade routes can cause serious greif as there are bugs that do not always set the correct number of caravans. Often, the game will have to be saved and reloaded to solve the problem.

Pillaging: Go for it...

Here is an interesting rule that we have been using of late: SOL's can't bombard cities. CTP has a bit of a unit imbalance with SOL's and this solves the problem. However, it's not a serious problem, just one that allows the game to extend further into modern age tech (or higher) instead of becoming a huge SOL battle.

[Gavrushka]

Maybe we should play everyone twice, home and away...

I see your point regarding Wonders, my PERSONAL preference is no wonders, but I am not setting the rules...

The second question.. there is nothing to stop you changing within the same category (units, structures, or wonders) as nothing is gained, so you can rush buy all the markets you want and switch to temples... Great tactics, I can see you will be a difficult opponent..