Round 25

Round Summary

Round 25 was a 7 week round played from 11th January to 29th Febuary 2008.

It marked the introduction of the ability to disband a galaxy once it fell into the bottom 10% by score, leading to an average 17-player galaxy by round end. It also marked the introduction of the ability to 'invite' a new signup into your galaxy after PT336. The support planet rule was disabled and combat was finally made independent of user ID; people no longer stole and lost the same roids in the same tick.

Top Galaxy Contenders

Smasher's galaxy, 11:7 dominated the rankings, with Elviz' gal (6:3) and Ascendancy's flagship (3:5) claiming second and third respectively. 11:7 had a greater-than-50% roidlead over 6:3 until Elviz encouraged a number of alliances led by NewDawn and Conspiracy Theory to launch a murderous attack which took 12k roids.

Top Planet Contenders

The primary contenders were Smasher (xVx, 11:7), Wishmaster (Urwins, 6:3), Bigbad (TGV, 11:7), Byrney (NewDawn, 11:7) and Elviz (Conspiracy Theory, 6:3), with Elviz eventually winning. He had dominated the early rankings, before a mid-round roiding by Ascendancy allowed the 11:7 crew to make a run for it.

The massive assault on 11:7 severely reduced Bigbad and Smasher's odds; in a spectacular battle, 35 CT fleets crashed into Smasher at a cost of 7.5 million value for ~650 roids and the ruining of his spectre fleet (a mistake which may have cost Smasher the round).

Byrney's chances were ruined by Urwins on the last day. Attacking structure killers destroyed his factories in a ratio which prevented the release of a large amount of hidden production. With the probability of this ratio occuring of about 1 in 4,000, Byrney was justifiably annoyed.

Elviz' frigates were conspicuous by their absence from the battle at Smasher's, and with his conserved fleet he was able to ensure regular roidgains from attacking smaller alliances like Subh, TGV, F-Crew & Hidden Agenda. These roidgains were sufficient to take a record third round win.

Alliance politics Perspective from Gate (NewDawn)

The removal of the support planet rule meant that some alliances fielded over the 60 member limit and accepted less active planets as support; both ND and Asc fielded 74 players and xVx had a 22-member extra tag called '5th Asylum'. NewDawn successfully hid a large amount of score out of tag all round long.

Early on, some Ascendancy planets massed distorters, whilst others hunted down scanners with structure killers and covert ops. They raced to a massive roidcount before NewDawn and Conspiracy Theory (henceforth NDCT) NAPd and launched structure-killing attacks, some of which landed blind & crashed spectacularly. The following day Ascendancy were hit across the board, an effort repeated periodically by NDCT, who feared Asc were hiding value. In the end, Asc's distorter count limited their income and although they spent most of the round with an impressive roidcount, they never breached the top 4.

During this time, Urwins (who had aligned themselves with Vengeance and claimed top spot) were considered the greatest threat and NDCT firepower shifted to them for a 2 week bombardment; with no support from Vengeance, Urwins' chances were ruined. It is testament to their skill, drive and commitment that they finished less than 500k behind Conspiracy.

CT were able to depose Urwins, but soon afterwards lost the top spot to xVx who planet targetted ROCK, citing ROCK hostility. ROCK, sat in 7th, claimed innocence and responded in kind with an heroic effort (complete with patriotic galbanners) which prevented xVx's growth.

NDCT were eventually able to come to ROCK's aid, splitting their fire between 11:7 and xVx. A single night effectively ruined both xVx's and CT's chances. With 35 of their fleets severely damaged at Smasher's & their 2 biggest planets either NAPing or avoiding top alliances, CT resigned themselves to defeat and maintained the NAP with NewDawn until the end. It wasn't all bad news though; their members' sacrifice was rewarded with CT's first top planet.

NewDawn considered xVx defeated and decided that a shift to full targetting was unnecessary, so disengaged. In the last 2 days NewDawn boosted their score by adding out of tag planets. Despite the loss of almost 10 million to a deletion and mistakes in releasing production, they were able to claim the win.

Final Rankings

Planets - Top 100
Rank		Coords	Nick    	Alliance	Race	-Size	Score
1		6:3:4	elviz      	Conspiracy	Xan	3,653	11,853,457
2		11:7:13	Byrney       	NewDawn 	Etd	2,403	10,974,587
3		6:3:9	Wishmaster	Urwins  	Zik	4,184	10,576,795
4		11:7:2	Smasher        	xVx     	Xan	4,053	10,112,402
5		11:7:6	BiGBaD       	TGV     	Xan	1,556	9,856,159
6		11:7:7	XceL      	Urwins  	Zik	3,700	9,301,906
7		2:9:5	D3coy        	xVx     	Zik	2,559	9,020,657
8		9:5:7	Turtle      	Urwins     	Ter	2,785	8,869,338
9		3:7:5	Reese    	Urwins    	Etd	2,926	8,837,624
10		6:3:19	Mystic     	Urwins   	Etd	4,007	8,720,986
 
11		11:7:9	HTDespoiler	Vengeance	Etd	2,530	8,582,719
12		3:5:14	eksero     	Urwins     	Zik	3,228	8,496,043
13		3:7:3	BlueAdept	Vengeance	Ter	2,030	8,369,933
14		11:7:4	voodoo   	Urwins   	Xan	2,657	8,156,361
15		7:2:2	Ronin    	Conspiracy	Xan	1,385	8,101,371
16		9:8:1	Grog     	NewDawn 	Ter	2,559	8,096,621
17		3:6:11	VenoX    	Urwins    	Etd	2,735	7,706,391
18		9:5:1	[Dreamz]	Urwins   	Etd	1,805	7,659,212
19		11:7:11	xls     	TGV     	Zik	1,790	7,622,556
20		6:3:8	Callan   	NewDawn  	Etd	2,280	7,422,689
21		11:2:6	booji    	TGV     	Ter	1,487	7,399,974
22		5:8:7	BaasB     	Urwins   	Etd	2,364	7,335,392
23		9:8:3	zebra   	NewDawn  	Ter	1,733	7,248,327
24		8:6:4	grayavatar	NewDawn 	Etd	1,510	6,982,042
25		3:5:12	BozE    	ROCK    	Xan	2,533	6,973,670
26		3:5:6	jerome`  	Ascendancy	Ter	2,508	6,968,077
27		2:9:9	Londo    	Subh    	Etd	894	6,830,099
28		3:5:2	Sun_Tzu 	Ascendancy	Zik	1,458	6,816,385
29		8:6:6	killerbee	xVx     	Xan	2,174	6,809,785
30		6:3:7	Valle   	Ascendancy	Etd	2,021	6,576,973
31		5:5:14	Tronick 	Conspiracy	Zik	1,775	6,567,025
32		7:2:10	Drago   	ROCK    	Xan	1,206	6,483,937
33		2:10:12	codynt   	ROCK    	Ter	1,428	6,479,137
34		3:5:4	JBG     	Ascendancy	Ter	2,573	6,439,239
35		4:3:6	Hut     	Vengeance	Etd	1,706	6,430,910
36		5:1:7	theodb   	NewDawn 	Etd	914	6,416,870
37		9:5:2	koyochi  	ROCK    	Ter	2,328	6,396,982
38		11:4:10	Gothic  	Ðragons  	Cat	435	6,372,645
39		8:6:7	Bouygeus	Vengeance	Xan	2,199	6,302,036
40		3:3:3	Captain  	Vengeance	Etd	1,941	6,287,864
41		5:7:6	Cead    	Ascendancy	Ter	2,284	6,261,770
42		1:4:9	Ivor    	ROCK    	Etd	1,033	6,257,500
43		5:8:2	Nitor   	NewDawn  	Ter	2,331	6,249,668
44		8:6:12	IsildurX	Ascendancy	Ter	2,066	6,215,519
45		3:3:6	t-dub   	Howling Rain	Etd	1,474	6,164,351
46		4:8:15	Champ_nr1	NewDawn   	Ter	1,624	6,161,531
47		3:5:10	STL     	Conspiracy	Zik	1,494	6,160,527
48		3:5:1	Achi    	Ascendancy	Ter	1,710	6,058,504
49		9:1:7	Hude     	Ascendancy	Ter	1,281	6,042,420
50		5:10:5	Zeb     	NewDawn 	Etd	860	6,035,896
51		3:3:13	NitinA   	Ascendancy	Ter	3,225	6,025,330
52		3:5:9	Benneh  	Ascendancy	Ter	2,264	6,016,689
53		11:2:1	TheShadow	xVx     	Xan	1,704	6,001,332
54		7:2:9	Ninja   	xVx     	Xan	1,674	5,883,637
55		10:9:1	Sleepless	Conspiracy	Etd	2,624	5,870,593
56		11:7:5	Rykone  	xVx     	Zik	1,578	5,813,347
57		1:8:8	Nicole   	xVx     	Etd	1,257	5,812,159
58		2:6:4	FrostyZ 	NewDawn 	Ter	1,649	5,756,916
59		1:4:10	raketman	Hidden Agenda	Ter	1,387	5,753,660
60		5:7:2	Mikesrealgood	Urwins   	Ter	2,010	5,747,568
61	        3:3:15	aragno   	xVx     	Xan	2,883	5,707,087
62		8:6:9	PK      	Hidden Agenda	Cat	1,852	5,702,267
63		8:6:15	Storebo   	xVx     	Etd	1,936	5,696,204
64		4:10:6	Cronix   	Conspiracy	Xan	2,229	5,687,106
65		2:7:3	Timur    	xVx     	Ter	1,353	5,658,267
66		7:2:7	Sjimbo   	Vengeance	Cat	538	5,563,882
67		2:8:7	Dealer   	TGV     	Ter	2,000	5,560,166
68		6:3:14	Exor    	Conspiracy	Etd	2,045	5,532,051
69		2:9:3	Inforza 	Ascendancy	Ter	2,182	5,520,241
70		7:9:5	ThunderCat	NewDawn  	Ter	1,492	5,481,544
71		3:5:16	wanderer	TGV     	Ter	1,574	5,480,560
72		2:2:4	Endless  	Howling Rain	Xan	1,957	5,479,961
73		3:2:10	Vash    	Howling Rain	Ter	1,361	5,467,941
74	        9:8:4	ReligFree	Conspiracy	Ter	2,024	5,461,909
75		5:5:4	robban  	Ascendancy	Etd	554	5,453,624
76		6:3:6	Cain    	        	Zik	1,012	5,435,010
77		11:5:3	Digital  	xVx      	Etd	1,128	5,434,098
78		6:6:4	SteInMetz	NewDawn 	Ter	1,536	5,416,020
79		5:6:2	Gerbie  	ROCK    	Etd	712	5,414,286
80		8:2:3	Ritch   	Orbit   	Etd	1,179	5,395,150
81		9:1:4	Dirte   	Ascendancy	Ter	1,581	5,380,351
82		5:9:7	Theodore	Orbit   	Ter	1,154	5,358,440
83		8:4:7	Amon    	NewDawn 	Zik	1,262	5,357,740
84		1:8:1	celtic   	xVx     	Etd	1,130	5,350,968
85		4:2:3	Mitre   	Ascendancy	Zik	2,146	5,337,801
86		7:9:8	Biodragon	Urwins  	Ter	1,557	5,332,722
87		11:5:1	qupi     	Vengeance	Cat	1,526	5,320,808
88		7:5:1	darts   	Urwins  	Etd	1,371	5,305,020
89		8:2:7	eki     	TGV     	Ter	1,388	5,278,926
90		9:4:2	LionsMight	Subh    	Etd	1,736	5,269,672
91		8:6:13	Pathogen	xVx     	Etd	2,027	5,248,239
92		7:2:5	silver^ace	Urwins   	Etd	1,365	5,247,531
93		2:9:6	Typhoon  	xVx     	Ter	1,818	5,227,151
94		11:7:3	LukeyLove	Ascendancy	Ter	576	5,217,331
95		6:6:6	Side    	Orbit    	Xan	1,089	5,213,715
96		8:1:7	Mustaavalkosta	Orbit   	Xan	923	5,192,555
97		5:8:4	Strider-	NewDawn    	Ter	1,560	5,185,821
98		11:2:7	dx      	xVx     	Ter	1,081	5,150,564
99		8:2:13	Pipzter   	xVx     	Etd	980	5,137,834
100		1:2:12	Sin     	Orbit    	Xan	846	5,117,865

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Galaxies - Top 50
Rank		Coords	Name                     	Size	Score
1		11:7	and thats ALL we have to say	28491	95,356,940
2		6:3	Chuck Norris is elvizs father	31561	81,428,622
3		3:5	Ascendancy - The NSDAP Years	25823	71,525,391
4		8:6	dark sides home         	22001	66,982,917
5		3:3	PRICELESS! -Urwins-      	23111	60,847,007
 
6		2:9	Snowforza!              	17110	53,223,033
7		3:7	-Urwins- Super Mario Galaxy	14473	51,355,117
8		5:10	Conspiracy - Enjoy Your Beer 	9221	50,209,954
9		4:8	Ascendancy - Suicidal Lemmings	15890	48,965,746
10		10:5	Team Ponies              	16044	48,808,175
11		8:2	Mighty ducks            	14196	48,103,073
12		11:2	plundering vikings!      	13093	47,282,688
13		9:8	CT - A DLR Production - ND	16849	47,157,816
14		9:5	Wanna play?              	16258	46,371,842
15		4:2	ASCENDANCY                 	13728	44,588,605
16		3:6	Space Invaders            	12537	44,461,183
17		6:6	ND-CT Fearless Killer Bunnies	13887	43,624,805
18		7:5	Spider Subh-Urwins-xVx-F-crew	13710	43,398,583
19		2:10	By the power of ROCK    	14463	43,322,273
20		1:4	Swimming Upstream          	13861	43,234,473
21		6:5	U Were Warned            	14269	42,956,967
22		7:2	St0ck Exchange          	12379	42,873,896
23		5:8	Black Hole for Ships          	13568	42,764,400
24		5:2	Sheep power             	11417	42,661,874
25		5:7	EPIC                    	15281	42,364,912
26		1:2	Teh Krondor Galaxy           	13389	42,226,832
27		6:1	The Immortals           	11497	41,877,512
28		4:3	The Beermonsters              	12752	41,772,062
29		10:9	Mistakes                  	15845	41,367,520
30		5:6	Hmm Boobies!!                 	10180	39,447,126
31		2:6	ND-CT-Urwins-Rock-fcrew-HA	10635	39,300,744
32		4:1	Liverpool in our hearts        	9474	38,488,632
33		7:7	Pearl Harbour             	11274	38,006,864
34		5:3	Look at the drunk tits in here	10794	37,373,640
35		3:4	Ascendancy - Roll on Friday!!	10431	37,031,140
36		8:3	our top score planet is f-crew	9008	36,693,227
37		5:5	VGN-CT-ASC-ASS-TGV           	11113	36,244,943
38		7:9	ND-Vgn-Urwins Presidents	11581	36,088,589
39		1:8	Free Beer - Expensive Roids	11043	35,854,397
40		9:4	From Rock to Dust        	10818	35,469,644
41		8:1	Planetspotting           	10571	35,126,876
42		7:1	Whats your mood today?       	11794	34,666,671
43		3:2	Darkness Void           	10148	34,069,644
44		2:7	Axis of Evil             	10210	33,645,202
45		10:1	-=AnotherDimension=-          	10206	32,750,502
46		3:9	Fightin-irish inside       	9945	32,540,483
47		11:5	Inferno                  	10936	32,250,461
48		11:4	Needs Tuning            	11681	32,149,741
49		2:2	Echoes of Silence        	11345	32,018,878
50		5:9	ORBIT-CT-ND-TGV-HA-VGN      	9842	31,396,207

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Alliances - Top 25
Rank		Name	        Asteroids	Members	AVG Score	Score
1		NewDawn 	61243   	60	4,310,202	258,612,136
2		Conspiracy	58489   	60	3,984,660	239,079,656
3		Urwins  	66815   	60	3,979,621	238,777,291
4		xVx     	62368   	60	3,921,823	235,309,437
5		Ascendancy	60096   	60	3,724,883	223,492,998
6		Vengeance	49905   	59	3,402,889	200,770,490
7		ROCK    	45068    	60	3,101,963	186,117,828
8		TGV     	37412   	51	3,408,853	173,851,533
9		Hidden Agenda	43384   	60	2,746,410	164,784,606
10		Orbit   	32975    	60	2,666,055	159,963,337
11		F-Crew      	38154   	59	2,282,695	134,679,030
12		Howling Rain	33165   	47	2,747,973	129,154,750
13		ASS     	32941   	51	2,197,921	112,094,005
14		Subh      	27089   	39	2,329,036	90,832,423
15		5th Asylum	11500   	22	1,685,447	37,079,839
16		SPQR      	9825    	18	1,729,913	31,138,444
17		BGArmy      	15377   	37	753,375 	27,874,876
18		PATSA     	8420    	20	1,133,480	22,669,608
19		InSomnia	4426    	14	1,599,153	22,388,144
20		Ðragons 	647     	2	3,563,588	7,127,176
21		The Cobra Unit	1853    	5	1,002,654	5,013,272
22		PNAC(alimuh)	828     	2	2,355,744	4,711,489
23		Woooorsht	2152    	6	699,924 	4,199,546
24		Donut Army	856     	2	1,976,386	3,952,772
25		I BPd elviz	2282    	2	1,966,291	3,932,583

Alliances in Round 25