Round 25

Signups for Round 25 will open at 19:00 GMT on Friday January 4th, 2008, with ticks starting on Friday 11th January at 20:00 GMT.

Round 25

We'd like to remind you that signups for Round 25 open on Friday, 4th January.

We can confirm that the XP formula, buddy pack setup and alliance limits will remain fixed. The Round 25 stats will be based somewhat on Round 24's stats. We're pleased to announce some of Round 25's features and a long-awaited bug fix.

Firstly, we will be seeing a return of Quests, with (at least) a general introductory quest similar to one many rounds previous being put back in place. However, the system is much more flexible and will be able to support the creation and modification of a broad range of quests in the future. Watch this space for quest competitions!

Secondly, we'd like to announce the trial next year to give the ability to invite a player into your galaxy after tick 336. This is to encourage players to get a friend to join your galaxy who's starting late or new to the game. This will be limited to one at first to see how often it is used and to stop private galaxies forming mid-round.

Finally, we'd like to say that asteroid capture in combat is finally user id-independent, as has been long desired.

In conclusion, we'd like to remind everyone that we'll have a speedgame on-going for most of Christmas - and indeed at some point after Christmas it'll be upgraded to Round 24 code, and then continue throughout Round 25. It will, as always, be located at http://speedgame.planetarion.com. We're also going to be running a Creators Hour on January 2nd in #planetarion at 19:00 GMT, to discuss issues arising before signups open. If you wish to ask the PA Team a question, please /msg CH_Bot <your question> on the NetGamers IRC network.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all our Players PA Team

[pre] Planets - Top 100 Rank Change Coords Ruler Planet Race Size Score 1 6:3:4 santa Conspiracy Xan 3,653 11,853,457 2 up 1 11:7:13 Byrney NewDawn Etd 2,403 10,974,587 3 down 1 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 up 1 3:7:5 Reese Urwins Etd 2,926 8,837,624 10 down 1 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 up 1 3:7:3 BlueAdept Vengeance Ter 2,030 8,369,933 14 down 1 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 up 4 9:5:1 [Dreamz] Urwins Etd 1,805 7,659,212 19 down 1 11:7:11 xls TGV Zik 1,790 7,622,556 20 down 1 6:3:8 Callan NewDawn Etd 2,280 7,422,689 21 down 1 11:2:6 booji TGV Ter 1,487 7,399,974 22 up 1 5:8:7 BaasB Urwins Etd 2,364 7,335,392 23 down 2 9:8:3 zebra NewDawn Ter 1,733 7,248,327 24 8:6:4 grayavatar NewDawn Etd 1,510 6,982,042 25 up 9 3:5:12 BozE ROCK Xan 2,533 6,973,670 26 down 1 3:5:6 god Ascendancy Ter 2,508 6,968,077 27 down 1 2:9:9 Londo Subh Etd 894 6,830,099 28 down 1 3:5:2 LordOfNone Ascendancy Zik 1,458 6,816,385 29 down 1 8:6:6 killerbee xVx Xan 2,174 6,809,785 30 down 1 6:3:7 Valle Ascendancy Etd 2,021 6,576,973 31 5:5:14 Tronick Conspiracy Zik 1,775 6,567,025 32 down 2 7:2:10 Drago ROCK Xan 1,206 6,483,937 33 down 1 2:10:12 codynt ROCK Ter 1,428 6,479,137 34 up 2 3:5:4 JBG Ascendancy Ter 2,573 6,439,239 35 up 11 4:3:6 Hut Vengeance Etd 1,706 6,430,910 36 up 1 5:1:7 theodb NewDawn Etd 914 6,416,870 37 down 2 9:5:2 koyochi ROCK Ter 2,328 6,396,982 38 down 5 11:4:10 Gothic Ðragons Cat 435 6,372,645 39 down 1 8:6:7 Bouygeus Vengeance Xan 2,199 6,302,036 40 up 1 3:3:3 Captain Vengeance Etd 1,941 6,287,864 41 down 2 5:7:6 Cead Ascendancy Ter 2,284 6,261,770 42 down 2 1:4:9 Ivor ROCK Etd 1,033 6,257,500 43 down 1 5:8:2 Nitor NewDawn Ter 2,331 6,249,668 44 down 1 8:6:12 IsilX Ascendancy Ter 2,066 6,215,519 45 down 1 3:3:6 t-dub Howling Rain Etd 1,474 6,164,351 46 up 6 4:8:15 Champ_nr1 NewDawn Ter 1,624 6,161,531 47 down 2 3:5:10 KOOL Conspiracy Zik 1,494 6,160,527 48 down 1 3:5:1 Achi Ascendancy Ter 1,710 6,058,504 49 up 1 9:1:7 Hude Ascendancy Ter 1,281 6,042,420 50 down 2 5:10:5 Zeb NewDawn Etd 860 6,035,896 51 down 2 3:3:13 NitinA Ascendancy Ter 3,225 6,025,330 52 up 8 3:5:9 Chedderz Ascendancy Ter 2,264 6,016,689 53 down 2 11:2:1 TheShadow xVx Xan 1,704 6,001,332 54 7:2:9 Ninja xVx Xan 1,674 5,883,637 55 down 2 10:9:1 Sleepless Conspiracy Etd 2,624 5,870,593 56 up 6 11:7:5 Rykone xVx Zik 1,578 5,813,347 57 up 2 1:8:8 Nicole xVx Etd 1,257 5,812,159 58 down 3 2:6:4 FrostyZ NewDawn Ter 1,649 5,756,916 59 down 2 1:4:10 raketman Hidden Agenda Ter 1,387 5,753,660 60 down 4 5:7:2 Mikesrealgood Urwins Ter 2,010 5,747,568 61 up 2 3:3:15 aragno xVx Xan 2,883 5,707,087 62 up 9 8:6:9 PK Hidden Agenda Cat 1,852 5,702,267 63 down 5 8:6:15 Storebo xVx Etd 1,936 5,696,204 64 up 12 4:10:6 Cronix Conspiracy Xan 2,229 5,687,106 65 down 4 2:7:3 Timur xVx Ter 1,353 5,658,267 66 down 2 7:2:7 Sjimbo Vengeance Cat 538 5,563,882 67 down 2 2:8:7 Dealer TGV Ter 2,000 5,560,166 68 up 2 6:3:14 Exor Conspiracy Etd 2,045 5,532,051 69 2:9:3 Inforza Ascendancy Ter 2,182 5,520,241 70 up 8 7:9:5 ThunderCat NewDawn Ter 1,492 5,481,544 71 down 5 3:5:16 wanderer TGV Ter 1,574 5,480,560 72 down 5 2:2:4 Endless Howling Rain Xan 1,957 5,479,961 73 up 12 3:2:10 Vash Howling Rain Ter 1,361 5,467,941 74 down 2 9:8:4 ReligFree Conspiracy Ter 2,024 5,461,909 75 down 7 5:5:4 robban Ascendancy Etd 554 5,453,624 76 down 3 6:3:6 Cain I BPd elviz Zik 1,012 5,435,010 77 down 3 11:5:3 Digital xVx Etd 1,128 5,434,098 78 up 14 6:6:4 SteInMetz NewDawn Ter 1,536 5,416,020 79 up 2 5:6:2 Gerbie ROCK Etd 712 5,414,286 80 down 3 8:2:3 Ritch Orbit Etd 1,179 5,395,150 81 down 6 9:1:4 Dirte Ascendancy Ter 1,581 5,380,351 82 down 2 5:9:7 Theodore Orbit Ter 1,154 5,358,440 83 down 4 8:4:7 Amon NewDawn Zik 1,262 5,357,740 84 up 102 1:8:1 celtic xVx Etd 1,130 5,350,968 85 up 10 4:2:3 Mitre Ascendancy Zik 2,146 5,337,801 86 down 4 7:9:8 Biodragon Urwins Ter 1,557 5,332,722 87 down 4 11:5:1 qupi Vengeance Cat 1,526 5,320,808 88 down 4 7:5:1 darts Urwins Etd 1,371 5,305,020 89 down 3 8:2:7 eki TGV Ter 1,388 5,278,926 90 down 3 9:4:2 LionsMight Subh Etd 1,736 5,269,672 91 up 7 8:6:13 Pathogen xVx Etd 2,027 5,248,239 92 down 4 7:2:5 silver^ace Urwins Etd 1,365 5,247,531 93 down 4 2:9:6 Typhoon xVx Ter 1,818 5,227,151 94 down 4 11:7:3 LukeyLove Ascendancy Ter 576 5,217,331 95 down 4 6:6:6 Side Orbit Xan 1,089 5,213,715 96 down 3 8:1:7 Mustaavalkosta Orbit Xan 923 5,192,555 97 down 3 5:8:4 Strider- NewDawn Ter 1,560 5,185,821 98 down 2 11:2:7 dx xVx Ter 1,081 5,150,564 99 down 2 8:2:13 Pipzter xVx Etd 980 5,137,834 100 down 1 1:2:12 Sin Orbit Xan 846 5,117,865 [/pre]

Alliances in Round 25