Civ IV Hall of Fame updated

By | December 31, 2019

The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 19 games were accepted since the previous update.

Congratulations to [b]@shulec[/b] for the highest Firaxis score of the update with a Huge, Marathon, Monarch, Space Colony game for 569,028 points.

[b]@Noble Zarkon[/b] was the most active player during this update, submitting 6 games.

Only one player was brave enough to take on Deity this update:

    [b]@Kaitzilla[/b] – 375 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Conquest game for 328,502 points.

A number of players gained number one positions on harder difficulty levels:

[b]@Kaitzilla[/b] with a 375 AD, Standard, Normal, Deity, Conquest game for 328,502 points.

A number of players gained a composite table High Score [i](i.e. Any Condition)[/i]:

>> [url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/index.php]Civ IV HOF[/url]
>> [url=http://hof.civfanatics.net/civ4/stats_player.php?show=updates]Full Update Details[/url]
>> [url=http://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/civ-iv-hof-update-discussion.653309]Discussion Thread[/url]

PolyCast 350: Adding It All Together

By | December 17, 2019

The three hundred-and-fiftieth episode of PolyCast, “Adding It All Together“, features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Philip “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” Grade and discusses the following:

News
– 00h01m46s |  Civilization VI Released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
– 00h10m14s |  Catherine de Medici Named as One of the 70 Beds Video Game Characters of the Decade

Forum Talk
– 00h16m06s |  A CivFanatics Guest Airs Complaints about Civilization VI
– 00h28m59s |  An Issue with the Scored Competitions Coding

Senate
– 00h33m06s |  The Diplomatic Victory Elimination Thread

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding. 

The next live recording is scheduled for January 4, 2020.

PolyCast Episode 349: Unfashionably Late

By | November 29, 2019

The three hundred-and-forty-ninth episode of PolyCast, “Unfashionably Late“, features regular co-hosts Stephanie “Makahlua”, Philip “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” Grade and discusses the following:

Forum Talk
00h01m28s |  Which AI Civilizations do the CivFanatics Readership Think Appear Too Frequently?
00h08m52s |  Questions about the Continued Discussion of Civilization V vs Civilization VI

Senate
00h32m19s |  Getting the Most Out of Your Unique Units
00h45m04s |  Thermonuclear Weapon Damage, Examined

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding. 

The next live recording is scheduled for November 30, 2019.

PolyCast Episode 348: Skeleton Crew Edition

By | November 10, 2019

The three hundred-and-forty-eighth episode of PolyCast, “Skeleton Crew Edition“, features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus and Jason “MegaBearsFan” Grade with guest co-host TheChrisD and discusses the following:

News
00h01m18s |  Sogno di Volare Featured on a BBC Radio 3 Programme about Video Game Music

Forum Talk
00h05m17s |  Which American Civilization does the CivFanatics Readership Want Added to the Franchise Next?
00h19m19s |  A Similar CivFanatics Poll Suggesting Alternate Leaders for Existing Civs.

Senate
00h42m36s |  Does Civilization VI need Number of Cities Science and Culture Penalties like Civilization VI?

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding, TurnCast on Civ multiplayer.  

The next live recording is scheduled for November 16, 2019.

Civilization Players League Q&A Show

By | November 7, 2019

Every Saturday 1200 noon ET, 1800 CET, OnSpotTV hosts a Q&A show about Civilization VI.We invite veteran players to come share their experience and answer the viewers questions about a variety of in-game topics.You can find the last two editions : 1st https://youtu.be/PiDLfPOORPU // 2nd https://youtu.be/wvYU3EOzESY .

Civilizations Players League is an online multiplayer competitive community of almost 5000 members.
Discord server : https://discord.gg/tWBbD2M

Quick link to the twitch channel : https://www.twitch.tv/onspottv

See you there !

PolyCast Episode 347: When Consoles Attack

By | October 25, 2019

The three hundred-and-forty-seventh episode of PolyCast, “Civilization VI – Fortnite Edition“, features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Philip “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan” Grade and discusses the following:

News
00h01m53s |  Sid Meier’s Civilization VI Announced for Playstation 4 and Xbox One
– 00h08m49s |  Sid Meier Interviewed by Ars Technica about the Development of Civilization.

Forum Talk
00h13m38s |  Investigating Claims of AI Competence since the Latest Patch
00h20m24s |  Which African Civilization does the CivFanatics Readership Want Added to the Franchise Next?

Senate
00h31m09s |  Unique Infrastructure Elimination Thread

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice; sibling show ModCast focuses on Civ modding.  

The next live recording is scheduled for November 2, 2019.

One More Turn Series Commentary

By | October 16, 2019

Representatives from the cast and crew of [u]One More Turn[/u] gather to look back on the highs, lows and in-betweens of the series. The show’s twentieth bonus feature production, Series Commentary, [url=http://onemoreturn.net/#scommentary]is now available[/url]. It has a runtime of 01h56m49s. [u]OMT[/u] featured the voice talents of [i]Civilization[/i] strategy-centric podcast [url=http://thepolycast.net]PolyCast[/url] founder [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=2]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url] and current regular co-host [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=22677]Stephanie “Makahlua”[/url] among others; Quick was also the dramedy’s writer and creator.

A story set in the near future, [u]OMT[/u] featured geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can [url=https://twitter.com/onemoreturnshow]follow the show[/url] on Twitter and [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/onemoreturnshow]check out[/url] its YouTube channel for caption capability. Selections of American music and soundtrack composer [url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2228215]Kevin MacLeod[/url]’s work were included throughout the series.

This production concludes [u]One More Turn[/u]’s series run.

One More Turn Season 6 Commentary

By | September 25, 2019

A few of the cast reflect on [u]One More Turn[/u]’s sixth season on what was, and what was not, realized by its end. The show’s ninteenth bonus feature production, Season 6 Commentary, [url=http://onemoreturn.net/#s6commentary]is now available[/url]. It has a runtime of 02h01m42s. [u]OMT[/u] features the voice talents of [i]Civilization[/i] strategy-centric podcast [url=http://thepolycast.net]PolyCast[/url] co-founder [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=2]Daniel “DanQ” Quick[/url] and current regular co-host [url=http://apolyton.net/forums/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=22677]Stephanie “Makahlua”[/url] among others; Quick is also the dramedy’s writer and creator.

A story set in the near future, [u]OMT[/u] features geeks deal with non-geeky problems. One can [url=https://twitter.com/onemoreturnshow]follow the show[/url] on Twitter and [url=http://www.youtube.com/user/onemoreturnshow]check out[/url] its YouTube channel for caption capability. Selections of American music and soundtrack composer [url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2228215]Kevin MacLeod[/url]’s work is included throughout the series.

This production concludes [u]One More Turn[/u]’s sixth and final season; the show’s to-be final production, Series Commentary, is to be released on [i]October 16th, 2019[/i].