Interesting map. Resolved to not ascend for the first run, but I think you could probably do an almost full ascend run and still get almost every star.

Egypt - Ach - Aztec - Ming - Italians - Japanese

My game did have a bugged wonder and several bugged competitive deeds, which does bring down the total fame. I suspect this is probably the case for several people, but includes:

Smorgasbord (get access to every strategic and luxury resource)

A Cultured Land (Spread your influence through an entire continent)

Ptolemy (Map each continent)

No Stone Unturned (Discover 100% of the world)

These deeds have been bugged for basically as long as I can remember so I hope that gets fixed (or if not bugged, clarified as to what these deeds actually entail).

challlenge run no ascend.ctr