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After the rather one-sided [[Round 28]] [[Denial]] returned as an alliance for '''Round 29''', with the same [[HC]] and a similar memberbase to that they finished [[Round 27]] with. A new alliance entered the fray in the form of [[Audentes]], with a core from [[Jenova]] and a number of players recruited from other alliances. The other alliances viewed as possible contenders were [[CT]], [[ND]] and [[Ascendancy]], who started off with a smaller tag than the previous round. With both Ascendancy looking less powerful and Denial entering fully into the round this looked initially like it would be a closely contested round. | After the rather one-sided [[Round 28]] [[Denial]] returned as an alliance for '''Round 29''', with the same [[HC]] and a similar memberbase to that they finished [[Round 27]] with. A new alliance entered the fray in the form of [[Audentes]], with a core from [[Jenova]] and a number of players recruited from other alliances. The other alliances viewed as possible contenders were [[CT]], [[ND]] and [[Ascendancy]], who started off with a smaller tag than the previous round. With both Ascendancy looking less powerful and Denial entering fully into the round this looked initially like it would be a closely contested round. | ||
At first ND took an early lead ahead of CT, albeit primarily based on the fact that Denial delayed tagging their full complement of players. When Audentes tagged fully about a week into the round they jumped into second place but Ascendancy, lacking sufficient numbers, lagged well behind the others. With the initial post-[[protection]] roiding over Denial began to swing into gear. | At first ND took an early lead ahead of CT, albeit primarily based on the fact that Denial delayed tagging their full complement of players. When Audentes tagged fully about a week into the round they jumped into second place but Ascendancy, lacking sufficient numbers, lagged well behind the others. With the initial post-[[protection]] roiding over Denial's military began to swing into gear. Steadily gaining more roids than any other alliance each night by the time two weeks of the round had elapsed Denial were in the #1 spot with a small but significant lead over the chasing pack and a 20% roid lead over ND, who had the second highest roid count. It was clear to the other alliances at this point that anyone wishing to challenge for the top spot had to go through Denial first. ND, then #2, Audentes, in #3, and Ascendancy, the previous round winners, came together to form a loose [[block]] with the goal of knocking down Denial. | ||
Denial, for their part, were [[NAP]]ed with [[ROCK]], with whom they had arrangements with from pre-round. However the block was able to inflict losses on Denial and, despite not working together every night, dropped Denial by some 15% of their roids and were able to keep them non-[[roid fat]] over the next week. ND and Ascendancy both benefited from this and were able to gain significantly and close the gap to the top spot. Ascendancy, in particular, grew massively from having a large number of [[late signup]s in top galaxies, most of which were already dominated by Ascendancy anyways. This led to Ascendancy taking the #1 size ranking off CT shortly over 3 weeks into the round, CT having replaced Denial after the block began hitting them. | |||
Conversely Audentes suffered due to their participation in the block. Viewed by Denial as the weakest link in the group they had experienced heavy incs from Denial, aided by Rock. Ascendancy and ND, having only been targeted infrequently, were in much better shape than Audentes. Aud, seeing their chance of #1 fade, and wanting to regroup to avoid any chance of the alliance collapsing, pulled out of targeting Denial and went back to galaxy raiding. ND, now looking at a potential block of only themselves and Ascendancy, were reluctant to continue. Despite being close to #1 themselves ND pulled out, citing tiredness in their members and [[officer]]s. Although every alliance was now back in a politically neutral state the overall picture had changed in the previous ten days or so. Audentes were effectively finished as a competitor for #1, ND had faded somewhat, and while Denial had retained the top spot Ascendancy had come on strong and with their roid lead were favourites to take the lead within the next few days. | |||
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Revision as of 11:01, 29 May 2010
Dates and Times
- Round 29 Signups: Monday 13th October 2008
- Round 29 Start: Friday 31st October 2008
- Round 29 End: Friday 19th December 2008
Round 29 Signups open Monday 13th October at 20:00 GMT, with signups located at http://game.planetarion.com/signup.pl
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Round Summary
After the rather one-sided Round 28 Denial returned as an alliance for Round 29, with the same HC and a similar memberbase to that they finished Round 27 with. A new alliance entered the fray in the form of Audentes, with a core from Jenova and a number of players recruited from other alliances. The other alliances viewed as possible contenders were CT, ND and Ascendancy, who started off with a smaller tag than the previous round. With both Ascendancy looking less powerful and Denial entering fully into the round this looked initially like it would be a closely contested round.
At first ND took an early lead ahead of CT, albeit primarily based on the fact that Denial delayed tagging their full complement of players. When Audentes tagged fully about a week into the round they jumped into second place but Ascendancy, lacking sufficient numbers, lagged well behind the others. With the initial post-protection roiding over Denial's military began to swing into gear. Steadily gaining more roids than any other alliance each night by the time two weeks of the round had elapsed Denial were in the #1 spot with a small but significant lead over the chasing pack and a 20% roid lead over ND, who had the second highest roid count. It was clear to the other alliances at this point that anyone wishing to challenge for the top spot had to go through Denial first. ND, then #2, Audentes, in #3, and Ascendancy, the previous round winners, came together to form a loose block with the goal of knocking down Denial.
Denial, for their part, were NAPed with ROCK, with whom they had arrangements with from pre-round. However the block was able to inflict losses on Denial and, despite not working together every night, dropped Denial by some 15% of their roids and were able to keep them non-roid fat over the next week. ND and Ascendancy both benefited from this and were able to gain significantly and close the gap to the top spot. Ascendancy, in particular, grew massively from having a large number of [[late signup]s in top galaxies, most of which were already dominated by Ascendancy anyways. This led to Ascendancy taking the #1 size ranking off CT shortly over 3 weeks into the round, CT having replaced Denial after the block began hitting them.
Conversely Audentes suffered due to their participation in the block. Viewed by Denial as the weakest link in the group they had experienced heavy incs from Denial, aided by Rock. Ascendancy and ND, having only been targeted infrequently, were in much better shape than Audentes. Aud, seeing their chance of #1 fade, and wanting to regroup to avoid any chance of the alliance collapsing, pulled out of targeting Denial and went back to galaxy raiding. ND, now looking at a potential block of only themselves and Ascendancy, were reluctant to continue. Despite being close to #1 themselves ND pulled out, citing tiredness in their members and officers. Although every alliance was now back in a politically neutral state the overall picture had changed in the previous ten days or so. Audentes were effectively finished as a competitor for #1, ND had faded somewhat, and while Denial had retained the top spot Ascendancy had come on strong and with their roid lead were favourites to take the lead within the next few days.
