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

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

Alliances in Round 25