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			=Dates and Times=

			Signups opened at 20:00 GMT on Friday, 24th August 2007<br>
			Round began at 20:00 GMT on Friday, 31st August 2007<br>
			Round ended at 20:00 GMT on Friday, 19th October 2007<br>

			=Round Summary=

			The main change from r22 to 23 concerned the return of one of the most dominant alliances in planetarion history, [[eXilition]]. eXilition allied pre-round with [[Volkstaat]] (or VS) and quickly assembled a large roid and score lead over the other alliances. Due to the power of their name the vast majority of the top players remaining in the game either applied to join eX or joined VS, who were widely perceived as eX-friendly even before the full nature of their deal was revealed. eX also went for a [[Xan]]/[[Cath]]/[[Zik]] racial mix in the alliance, which proved extremely successful. Despite a widespread consensus that eXilition were the alliance to beat no sufficiently large and competent [[block]] was assembled that was able to take them down. The initial conflict was between eX and the returning [[Ministry]]. However this proved to be a very brief war, Ministry lacked the quality and the numbers to take on eX one on one.

			An attempt to form a block with [[Destiny]], [[VGN]] and [[Jenova]] to prevent eX from running away with the round suffered problems from the very beginning. Ministry, disgruntled with the organisation of the block, pulled out initially and the block was slow to get going properly. There were only a few days of proper targeting of eX before activity began to drop off in the opposing alliances. eX's power was far ahead of any other alliance's and, together with VS, they targeted each opposing alliance in turn, taking 20% of their roids off them each night.

			As the block failed to make any significant headway into eXilition [[NewDawn]] realised that something had to be done to prevent the round ending in record time and joined in with the others. Unfortunately the lack of genuine co-operation and eXilition's superior activity levels meant that nobody matched up well against eX. Within ten days of the initial block the war was pretty much done and dusted. Another fact that helped eXilition was that they had kept as many planets as possible out of tag early on. This meant that the size of their lead was difficult to accurately see, with the ingame alliance rankings being practically useless. Equally as important was the benefit of bringing these planets into tag on the rare occasions when eX lost roids when they were being targeted, both making eXilition look stronger than they were in reality and demotivating the opposing alliances. One late and noteworthy occurrence was when [[ToF]], by now ranked #2 after remaining neutral during the war, hit eX. With most other alliances dead or inactive ToF could find no allies and eX were again able to take over 20% of their roids off them in one night.

			At this stage the round was effectively over and the remainder of it was largely a contest for galaxy and planet ranks. The two main contending galaxies that round were 2.3, an eXi dominated ex-[[SiN]] gal, and 2.4, a [[gosu]] galaxy. From very early on [[Fenix]], who was in 2.4, was the leading planet. Initially in [[VGN]], he was kicked for defending another gosu planet versus a VGN attack, and ended up joining VS, where he was followed by the other gosu members in VGN. He had accumulated a huge lead over the rest of the universe by mid-round but when he came under heavy incoming from the remnants of the block he left his fleet at base, losing a massive chunk of it and his lead. As the round seemed destined to tail off without any excitement [[bwtmc]], eXi HC and 2.3 member, organised a huge attack on 2.4, resulting in all non-NAPed, and even some friendly [[PNAP]]ed planets being roided.

			This however sparked off an internal power struggle within eXi. With long-time leader [[Kaifux]] relatively inactive, and unwilling to pick sides, [[ricka]] left the alliance, and was followed by most of the [[LDK]] core within eX. The gosu group, who had all worked as part of eX for the round, pnapped from pre-round and attacking with them, were understandably annoyed by the perceived backstab and over the final days of the round left the eX tag as well. The final gosu planets, those actually in 2.4, left with 2 nights left in the round. A number of them then launched on [[toot]], eXi's biggest planet in 2.3. He, and his galaxy, suicide defended this attack, dropping [[Tearz]] out of a top ten planet spot but boosting toot to #1, through salvage, and the galaxy ahead of 2.4. Planet-wise the VS planets such as FeniX had dropped out of the picture after repeatedly losing roids. The top three planets at the end of the round were all eXilition ones, and despite the score loss from a large number of LDK and gosu planets leaving tag eX were still comfortable winners.

			=Final Rankings=

			* [[Round_23:Planet_Ranks\|Final Planet Rankings]]
			* [[Round_23:Galaxy_Ranks\|Final Galaxy Rankings]]
			* [[Round_23:Alliance Ranks\|Final Alliance Rankings]]

			=See Also=

			* [[Round 23:End of Round Ceremony\|R23 EORC]]
			* [[:Category:Alliances:Round_23\|Alliances in Round 23]]
			* [[Round 23:Ship Stats\|Ship Stats]]

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	Moreover to Boyz II Men's numerous Grammys and mliuuplatintm status, the pop group is celebrating an achievement many successful acts will ne`er see: twenty years within the music industry. To celebrate this milestone, the force comprised of Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, and Nathan Morris, will release a threefold CD bursting of thier top hits and new music. SOUNDBITE: Nathan Morris, Boyz II Men, saying (English): When we first did the songs they were just given to US and we went into the studio and got it done. Simply now we've been singing them all for so long and even experienced some of the stuff that we've been singing about. Now that we're such older they definitely have different worth and we're able to express them a lot finer. The trio, which originally started element a ~~opus, parted ways with former member Michael McCary in the early 2000s. SOUNDBITE: Nathan Morris, Boyz II Men, saying (English)~~: We in truth tried to bring him back for the 20th anniversary concept, even though we weren't, as you speak, all on the best of terms. Once the situation went down nine years ago when argonon departed he did have whichever health issues, but in that were as well issues where he sort of got lazy, wasn't truly doing all the things that we feel takes to be Boyz II Workforce and it wasn't an amicable separation. ~~Over the course of twenty years, their music has influenced everyone from Beyonce, to heartthrob Justin Bieber, who was~~ a little bit more than excited during a chance meeting. SOUNDBITE: Wanya Morris, Boyz II Men, proverb (English): He was like I love you guys male, you guys are like my favorite man. You cognize, I learned however to sing from you guys. My favorite song is I'll Take home Love to You' only my mom wouldn't LET me intone it because I was too teenaged and thus I would penetrate my area and render it.' Then we were like, well maybe one day we can get something together and do some work together. And that day has come the group faculty be obvious on Bieber's upcoming Christmas release. Twenty module hit record stores on top of October 25. Alicia Solon, Reuters.		mFLKXV <a href="http://efcwrwjfbpue.com/">efcwrwjfbpue</a>

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	~~__TOC__~~		Moreover to Boyz II Men's numerous Grammys and mliuuplatintm status, the pop group is celebrating an achievement many successful acts will ne`er see: twenty years within the music industry. To celebrate this milestone, the force comprised of Wanya Morris, Shawn Stockman, and Nathan Morris, will release a threefold CD bursting of thier top hits and new music. SOUNDBITE: Nathan Morris, Boyz II Men, saying (English): When we first did the songs they were just given to US and we went into the studio and got it done. Simply now we've been singing them all for so long and even experienced some of the stuff that we've been singing about. Now that we're such older they definitely have different worth and we're able to express them a lot finer. The trio, which originally started element a opus, parted ways with former member Michael McCary in the early 2000s. SOUNDBITE: Nathan Morris, Boyz II Men, saying (English): We in truth tried to bring him back for the 20th anniversary concept, even though we weren't, as you speak, all on the best of terms. Once the situation went down nine years ago when argonon departed he did have whichever health issues, but in that were as well issues where he sort of got lazy, wasn't truly doing all the things that we feel takes to be Boyz II Workforce and it wasn't an amicable separation. Over the course of twenty years, their music has influenced everyone from Beyonce, to heartthrob Justin Bieber, who was a little bit more than excited during a chance meeting. SOUNDBITE: Wanya Morris, Boyz II Men, proverb (English): He was like I love you guys male, you guys are like my favorite man. You cognize, I learned however to sing from you guys. My favorite song is I'll Take home Love to You' only my mom wouldn't LET me intone it because I was too teenaged and thus I would penetrate my area and render it.' Then we were like, well maybe one day we can get something together and do some work together. And that day has come the group faculty be obvious on Bieber's upcoming Christmas release. Twenty module hit record stores on top of October 25. Alicia Solon, Reuters.

	~~=Dates~~ and ~~Times=~~

	~~Signups opened at 20:00 GMT on Friday~~, ~~24th August 2007<br>~~
	~~Round began at 20~~:~~00 GMT on Friday, 31st August 2007<br>~~
	~~Round ended at 20:00 GMT on Friday~~, ~~19th October 2007<br>~~

	~~=Round Summary=~~

	~~The main change from r22 to 23 concerned~~ the ~~return~~ of ~~one of the most dominant alliances in planetarion history~~, ~~[[eXilition]]. eXilition allied pre-round with [[Volkstaat]] (or VS)~~ and ~~quickly assembled~~ a ~~large roid~~ and ~~score lead over the other alliances~~. ~~Due to~~ the ~~power of their name the vast majority of the top players remaining in the game either applied~~ to ~~join eX or joined VS, who were widely perceived as eX-friendly even before~~ the ~~full nature of their deal was revealed~~. ~~eX also went~~ for ~~a [[Xan]]/[[Cath]]/[[Zik]] racial mix in~~ the ~~alliance, which proved extremely successful~~. ~~Despite a widespread consensus~~ that ~~eXilition were the alliance to beat no sufficiently large~~ and ~~competent [[block]] was assembled that was~~ able to ~~take~~ them ~~down~~. The ~~initial conflict was between eX and the returning [[Ministry]]. However this proved to be a very brief war~~, ~~Ministry lacked the quality and the numbers to take on eX one on one.~~

	~~An attempt to form~~ a ~~block with [[Destiny]]~~, ~~[[VGN]] and [[Jenova]] to prevent eX from running away~~ with the round suffered problems from the very beginning. Ministry, disgruntled with the organisation of the block, pulled out initially and the block was slow to get going properly. There were only a few days of proper targeting of eX before activity began to drop off in the ~~opposing alliances~~. ~~eX's power was far ahead of any other alliance's and~~, ~~together with VS~~, ~~they targeted each opposing alliance~~ in ~~turn, taking 20% of their roids off them each night.~~

	~~As the block failed~~ to ~~make any significant headway into eXilition [[NewDawn]] realised that something had to be done to prevent~~ the ~~round ending in record time and joined in with the others. Unfortunately the lack of genuine co-operation and eXilition~~'s superior activity levels meant that nobody matched up well against eX. Within ten days of the initial block the war was pretty much done and dusted. Another fact that helped eXilition was that they had kept as ~~many planets as possible out of tag early~~ on~~. This meant that~~ the ~~size~~ of ~~their lead was difficult to accurately see, with the ingame alliance rankings being practically useless~~. ~~Equally as important was~~ the ~~benefit of bringing these planets into tag on the rare occasions~~ when ~~eX lost roids when they were being targeted~~, ~~both making eXilition look stronger than they~~ were ~~in reality and demotivating the opposing alliances. One late and noteworthy occurrence was when [[ToF]]~~, ~~by now ranked #2 after remaining neutral during~~ the ~~war, hit eX. With most other alliances dead or inactive ToF could find no allies and eX were again able~~ to ~~take over 20% of their roids off them in one night.~~

	~~At this stage the round was effectively over~~ and ~~the remainder of~~ it ~~was largely a contest for galaxy and planet ranks. The two main contending galaxies that round were 2.3,~~ an ~~eXi dominated ex-[[SiN]] gal, and 2.4, a [[gosu]] galaxy. From very early on [[Fenix]], who was in 2~~.~~4, was~~ the ~~leading planet. Initially in [[VGN]]~~, ~~he was kicked for defending another gosu planet versus a VGN attack~~, ~~and ended up joining VS~~, ~~where he~~ was ~~followed by the other gosu members in VGN. He had accumulated~~ a ~~huge lead over the rest of the universe by mid-round but when he came under heavy incoming from the remnants of the block he left his fleet at base, losing~~ a ~~massive chunk of it and his lead~~. ~~As the round seemed destined to tail off without any excitement [[bwtmc]]~~, ~~eXi HC and 2.3 member~~, ~~organised a huge attack on 2~~.~~4, resulting in all non-NAPed~~, ~~and even some friendly [[PNAP]]ed planets being roided.~~

	~~This~~ however ~~sparked off an internal power struggle within eXi~~. ~~With long-time leader [[Kaifux]] relatively inactive, and unwilling~~ to ~~pick sides, [[ricka]] left the alliance, and~~ was ~~followed by most of the [[LDK]] core within eX. The gosu group, who had all worked as part of eX for the round, pnapped from pre-round~~ and ~~attacking with them, were understandably annoyed by the perceived backstab~~ and ~~over the final days of the round left the eX tag as well~~. ~~The final gosu planets~~, ~~those actually in 2~~.~~4, left with 2 nights left in~~ the ~~round. A number of them then launched~~ on ~~[[toot]], eXi~~'s ~~biggest planet in 2~~.~~3. He, and his galaxy, suicide defended this attack, dropping [[Tearz]] out of a~~ top ~~ten planet spot but boosting toot to #1, through salvage, and the galaxy ahead~~ of ~~2.4. Planet-wise the VS planets such as FeniX had dropped out of the picture after repeatedly losing roids~~. ~~The top three planets at the end of the round were all eXilition ones~~, ~~and despite the score loss from a large number of LDK and gosu planets leaving tag eX were still comfortable winners~~.

	~~=Final Rankings=~~

	* [[Round_23:Planet_Ranks\|Final Planet Rankings]]
	* [[Round_23:Galaxy_Ranks\|Final Galaxy Rankings]]
	* [[Round_23:Alliance Ranks\|Final Alliance Rankings]]

	~~=See Also=~~

	* [[Round 23:End of Round Ceremony\|R23 EORC]]
	* [[:Category:Alliances:Round_23\|Alliances in Round 23]]
	* [[Round 23:Ship Stats\|Ship Stats]]

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	The main change from r22 to 23 concerned the return of one of the most dominant alliances in planetarion history, [[eXilition]]. eXilition allied pre-round with [[Volkstaat]] (or VS) and quickly assembled a large roid and score lead over the other alliances. Due to the power of their name the vast majority of the top players remaining in the game either applied to join eX or joined VS, who were widely perceived as eX-friendly even before the full nature of their deal was revealed. eX also went for a [[Xan]]/[[~~Cat~~]]/[[Zik]] racial mix in the alliance, which proved extremely successful. Despite a widespread consensus that eXilition were the alliance to beat no sufficiently large and competent [[block]] was assembled that was able to take them down. The initial conflict was between eX and the returning [[Ministry]]. However this proved to be a very brief war, Ministry lacked the quality and the numbers to take on eX one on one.		The main change from r22 to 23 concerned the return of one of the most dominant alliances in planetarion history, [[eXilition]]. eXilition allied pre-round with [[Volkstaat]] (or VS) and quickly assembled a large roid and score lead over the other alliances. Due to the power of their name the vast majority of the top players remaining in the game either applied to join eX or joined VS, who were widely perceived as eX-friendly even before the full nature of their deal was revealed. eX also went for a [[Xan]]/[[Cath]]/[[Zik]] racial mix in the alliance, which proved extremely successful. Despite a widespread consensus that eXilition were the alliance to beat no sufficiently large and competent [[block]] was assembled that was able to take them down. The initial conflict was between eX and the returning [[Ministry]]. However this proved to be a very brief war, Ministry lacked the quality and the numbers to take on eX one on one.

	An attempt to form a block with [[Destiny]], [[VGN]] and [[Jenova]] to prevent eX from running away with the round suffered problems from the very beginning. Ministry, disgruntled with the organisation of the block, pulled out initially and the block was slow to get going properly. There were only a few days of proper targeting of eX before activity began to drop off in the opposing alliances. eX's power was far ahead of any other alliance's and, together with VS, they targeted each opposing alliance in turn, taking 20% of their roids off them each night.		An attempt to form a block with [[Destiny]], [[VGN]] and [[Jenova]] to prevent eX from running away with the round suffered problems from the very beginning. Ministry, disgruntled with the organisation of the block, pulled out initially and the block was slow to get going properly. There were only a few days of proper targeting of eX before activity began to drop off in the opposing alliances. eX's power was far ahead of any other alliance's and, together with VS, they targeted each opposing alliance in turn, taking 20% of their roids off them each night.

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	As the block failed to make any significant headway into eXilition [[NewDawn]] realised that something had to be done to prevent the round ending in record time and joined in with the others. Unfortunately the lack of genuine co-operation and eXilition's superior activity levels meant that nobody matched up well against eX. Within ten days of the initial block the war was pretty much done and dusted. Another fact that helped eXilition was that they had kept as many planets as possible out of tag early on. This meant that the size of their lead was difficult to accurately see, with the ingame alliance rankings being practically useless. Equally as important was the benefit of bringing these planets into tag on the rare occasions when eX lost roids when they were being targeted, both making eXilition look stronger than they were in reality and demotivating the opposing alliances. One late and noteworthy occurrence was when [[ToF]], by now ranked #2 after remaining neutral during the war, hit eX. With most other alliances dead or inactive ToF could find no allies and eX were again able to take over 20% of their roids off them in one night.		As the block failed to make any significant headway into eXilition [[NewDawn]] realised that something had to be done to prevent the round ending in record time and joined in with the others. Unfortunately the lack of genuine co-operation and eXilition's superior activity levels meant that nobody matched up well against eX. Within ten days of the initial block the war was pretty much done and dusted. Another fact that helped eXilition was that they had kept as many planets as possible out of tag early on. This meant that the size of their lead was difficult to accurately see, with the ingame alliance rankings being practically useless. Equally as important was the benefit of bringing these planets into tag on the rare occasions when eX lost roids when they were being targeted, both making eXilition look stronger than they were in reality and demotivating the opposing alliances. One late and noteworthy occurrence was when [[ToF]], by now ranked #2 after remaining neutral during the war, hit eX. With most other alliances dead or inactive ToF could find no allies and eX were again able to take over 20% of their roids off them in one night.

	At this stage the round was effectively over and the remainder of it was largely a contest for galaxy and planet ranks. The two main contending galaxies that round were 2.3, an eXi dominated ex-[[SiN]] gal, and 2.4, a [[gosu]] galaxy. From very early on [[~~FeniX~~]], who was in 2.4, was the leading planet. Initially in [[VGN]], he was kicked for defending another gosu planet versus a VGN attack, and ended up joining VS, where he was followed by the other gosu members in VGN. He had accumulated a huge lead over the rest of the universe by mid-round but when he came under heavy incoming from the remnants of the block he left his fleet at base, losing a massive chunk of it and his lead. As the round seemed destined to tail off without any excitement [[bwtmc]], eXi HC and 2.3 member, organised a huge attack on 2.4, resulting in all non-NAPed, and even some friendly [[~~pnap~~]]ed planets being roided.		At this stage the round was effectively over and the remainder of it was largely a contest for galaxy and planet ranks. The two main contending galaxies that round were 2.3, an eXi dominated ex-[[SiN]] gal, and 2.4, a [[gosu]] galaxy. From very early on [[Fenix]], who was in 2.4, was the leading planet. Initially in [[VGN]], he was kicked for defending another gosu planet versus a VGN attack, and ended up joining VS, where he was followed by the other gosu members in VGN. He had accumulated a huge lead over the rest of the universe by mid-round but when he came under heavy incoming from the remnants of the block he left his fleet at base, losing a massive chunk of it and his lead. As the round seemed destined to tail off without any excitement [[bwtmc]], eXi HC and 2.3 member, organised a huge attack on 2.4, resulting in all non-NAPed, and even some friendly [[PNAP]]ed planets being roided.

	This however sparked off an internal power struggle within eXi. With long-time leader [[Kaifux]] relatively inactive, and unwilling to pick sides, [[ricka]] left the alliance, and was followed by most of the [[LDK]] core within eX. The gosu group, who had all worked as part of eX for the round, pnapped from pre-round and attacking with them, were understandably annoyed by the perceived backstab and over the final days of the round left the eX tag as well. The final gosu planets, those actually in 2.4, left with 2 nights left in the round. A number of them then launched on [[toot]], eXi's biggest planet in 2.3. He, and his galaxy, suicide defended this attack, dropping [[Tearz]] out of a top ten planet spot but boosting toot to #1, through salvage, and the galaxy ahead of 2.4. Planet-wise the VS planets such as FeniX had dropped out of the picture after repeatedly losing roids. The top three planets at the end of the round were all eXilition ones, and despite the score loss from a large number of LDK and gosu planets leaving tag eX were still comfortable winners.		This however sparked off an internal power struggle within eXi. With long-time leader [[Kaifux]] relatively inactive, and unwilling to pick sides, [[ricka]] left the alliance, and was followed by most of the [[LDK]] core within eX. The gosu group, who had all worked as part of eX for the round, pnapped from pre-round and attacking with them, were understandably annoyed by the perceived backstab and over the final days of the round left the eX tag as well. The final gosu planets, those actually in 2.4, left with 2 nights left in the round. A number of them then launched on [[toot]], eXi's biggest planet in 2.3. He, and his galaxy, suicide defended this attack, dropping [[Tearz]] out of a top ten planet spot but boosting toot to #1, through salvage, and the galaxy ahead of 2.4. Planet-wise the VS planets such as FeniX had dropped out of the picture after repeatedly losing roids. The top three planets at the end of the round were all eXilition ones, and despite the score loss from a large number of LDK and gosu planets leaving tag eX were still comfortable winners.

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	The main change from r22 to 23 concerned the return of one of the most dominant alliances in planetarion history, [[eXilition]]. eXilition allied pre-round with [[Volkstaat]] (or VS) and quickly assembled a large roid and score lead over the other alliances. Despite a widespread consensus that eXilition were the alliance to beat no sufficiently large and competent [[block]] was assembled that was able to take them down. ~~[[Ministry]], [[Destiny]] and [[Jenova]] targetted~~ eX ~~early on~~ and [[~~NewDawn~~]] ~~joined in slightly later but the lack of genuine co-operation and eXilition's superior activity levels meant that each alliance was dealt heavy losses when they were hit~~. ~~After~~ a ~~couple of weeks~~ the ~~round was effectively over~~ and the ~~remainder of the round was largely a contest for galaxy and planet ranks~~.		The main change from r22 to 23 concerned the return of one of the most dominant alliances in planetarion history, [[eXilition]]. eXilition allied pre-round with [[Volkstaat]] (or VS) and quickly assembled a large roid and score lead over the other alliances. Due to the power of their name the vast majority of the top players remaining in the game either applied to join eX or joined VS, who were widely perceived as eX-friendly even before the full nature of their deal was revealed. eX also went for a [[Xan]]/[[Cat]]/[[Zik]] racial mix in the alliance, which proved extremely successful. Despite a widespread consensus that eXilition were the alliance to beat no sufficiently large and competent [[block]] was assembled that was able to take them down. The initial conflict was between eX and the returning [[Ministry]]. However this proved to be a very brief war, Ministry lacked the quality and the numbers to take on eX one on one.

	~~eXilition had~~ a ~~number~~ of ~~players from~~ the [[~~LDK~~]] ~~core~~ with eX ~~HC ricka leave following a hit~~ that was ~~organised~~ on the ~~top galaxy~~, and ~~later on most of~~ the [[~~gosu~~]] ~~group left as well leading~~ to ~~eXilition knocking~~ their ~~top gal~~ off the ~~#1 spot on~~ the ~~final day~~ of ~~the round~~. The ~~#1 planet contest for this~~ round, ~~despite being lead by~~ [[~~Fenix~~]] of ~~Volkstaat~~ by a massive ~~distance for much of the early part~~ of the round~~, was eventually won by~~ [[~~toot~~]] ~~of eXilition~~. ~~Fenix kept his fleet home accidentally versus~~ a ~~large~~ attack on ~~his planet~~ and ~~lost huge numbers~~ of [[~~ships~~]] in ~~the resulting battle~~. ~~toot eventually won~~ the round ~~after a large gosu attack~~ on his ~~planet led to him gaining huge amounts of~~ [[~~salvage~~]] ~~without~~ losing ~~any ships~~.		An attempt to form a block with [[Destiny]], [[VGN]] and [[Jenova]] to prevent eX from running away with the round suffered problems from the very beginning. Ministry, disgruntled with the organisation of the block, pulled out initially and the block was slow to get going properly. There were only a few days of proper targeting of eX before activity began to drop off in the opposing alliances. eX's power was far ahead of any other alliance's and, together with VS, they targeted each opposing alliance in turn, taking 20% of their roids off them each night.

			As the block failed to make any significant headway into eXilition [[NewDawn]] realised that something had to be done to prevent the round ending in record time and joined in with the others. Unfortunately the lack of genuine co-operation and eXilition's superior activity levels meant that nobody matched up well against eX. Within ten days of the initial block the war was pretty much done and dusted. Another fact that helped eXilition was that they had kept as many planets as possible out of tag early on. This meant that the size of their lead was difficult to accurately see, with the ingame alliance rankings being practically useless. Equally as important was the benefit of bringing these planets into tag on the rare occasions when eX lost roids when they were being targeted, both making eXilition look stronger than they were in reality and demotivating the opposing alliances. One late and noteworthy occurrence was when [[ToF]], by now ranked #2 after remaining neutral during the war, hit eX. With most other alliances dead or inactive ToF could find no allies and eX were again able to take over 20% of their roids off them in one night.

			At this stage the round was effectively over and the remainder of it was largely a contest for galaxy and planet ranks. The two main contending galaxies that round were 2.3, an eXi dominated ex-[[SiN]] gal, and 2.4, a [[gosu]] galaxy. From very early on [[FeniX]], who was in 2.4, was the leading planet. Initially in [[VGN]], he was kicked for defending another gosu planet versus a VGN attack, and ended up joining VS, where he was followed by the other gosu members in VGN. He had accumulated a huge lead over the rest of the universe by mid-round but when he came under heavy incoming from the remnants of the block he left his fleet at base, losing a massive chunk of it and his lead. As the round seemed destined to tail off without any excitement [[bwtmc]], eXi HC and 2.3 member, organised a huge attack on 2.4, resulting in all non-NAPed, and even some friendly [[pnap]]ed planets being roided.

			This however sparked off an internal power struggle within eXi. With long-time leader [[Kaifux]] relatively inactive, and unwilling to pick sides, [[ricka]] left the alliance, and was followed by most of the [[LDK]] core within eX. The gosu group, who had all worked as part of eX for the round, pnapped from pre-round and attacking with them, were understandably annoyed by the perceived backstab and over the final days of the round left the eX tag as well. The final gosu planets, those actually in 2.4, left with 2 nights left in the round. A number of them then launched on [[toot]], eXi's biggest planet in 2.3. He, and his galaxy, suicide defended this attack, dropping [[Tearz]] out of a top ten planet spot but boosting toot to #1, through salvage, and the galaxy ahead of 2.4. Planet-wise the VS planets such as FeniX had dropped out of the picture after repeatedly losing roids. The top three planets at the end of the round were all eXilition ones, and despite the score loss from a large number of LDK and gosu planets leaving tag eX were still comfortable winners.

	=Final Rankings=		=Final Rankings=

Mz: Moved/moving rankings to separate pages.

2010-05-14T20:38:53Z

Moved/moving rankings to separate pages.

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