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After their strenuous efforts in [[Round 13]] [[eXilition]] announced that they would not play '''Round 14'''. With the absence of the much-vaunted eX from the playing field [[1up]] were again the alliance to beat. [[Angels]], lacking numbers for this round, merged into [[LCH]] and [[hydra]] announced they would be playing as a separate alliance, and added much of [[SiN]] to their pre-existing core. [[Insomnia]], who had played the previous round as a [[wing]] of [[Howling Rain]] also made the step up to full alliance. The eX playerbase split up and spread around the universe, with a concentration in the dS [[BG]] in Insomnia. Finally [[Wolfpack]], after being the #1 alliance for so much of the previous round, were expected to be involved in the fight at the top. | |||
[[1up]] quickly leapt out to an early lead. Hydra and Insomnia both lagged behind 1up in membercount, and were hindered by this in terms of competing on overall score. The two alliances closest behind 1up in the initial stages of the round were LCH and Wolfpack. LCH, having witnessed the strength of 1up first hand in previous rounds, joined forces with Insomnia, and occasionally hydra, in order to co-operate together on attacks against 1up. Despite the apparent strength of this group they lacked the organisation and dedication required to defeat 1up. Although 1up's growth was slowed down significantly and LCH were able to take a roid lead for a few days LCH could not displace them as the #1 alliance. Responding to the pressure on them 1up agreed on a [[NAP]] with [[Reunion]], a new, primarily ex-[[Vision]] alliance. In the meantime Wolfpack, having lost the [[Subh]] [[BG]] which had joined them pre-round to Reunion, [http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?t=186912 disbanded]. | |||
After some 2 weeks of this back and forth internal problems within these alliances began to add up. The SiN members in hydra, disgruntled with what they perceived as a lack of organisation within hydra, left to join [[ND]], who had been having a quiet round so far but had managed to put together very respectable average score and size ranks. Insomnia also lost members at the same time. The dS BG, run by Skyhead, left Insomnia to join Reunion. Following this the remains of hydra were merged by PAteam, improperly, into Reunion as well, boosting Reunion into the #1 alliance rank. In a very short space of time the opposition to 1up had largely either gone inactive or joined the only alliance in the game actually NAPed to them. | |||
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Revision as of 03:46, 11 January 2010
Dates and Times
Round XIV - An Empty Throne began Wednesday the 20th July, 2005, at 20:00 GMT, with approximately 1500 accounts. The players are mostly spread amongst twentyish participating alliances. The round ended at 20:00GMT on September 28th, 2005.
Round Details
- A list of changes to the game.
- Planetarion is running on three Linux/BSD -based servers . The game server is a dual 2.6Ghz Xeon, 2 Gb RAM, 36Gb SCSI HDD beast with an unmetered line. The others servers are 1GHz PIII's with 1Gb RAM.
Round Summary
After their strenuous efforts in Round 13 eXilition announced that they would not play Round 14. With the absence of the much-vaunted eX from the playing field 1up were again the alliance to beat. Angels, lacking numbers for this round, merged into LCH and hydra announced they would be playing as a separate alliance, and added much of SiN to their pre-existing core. Insomnia, who had played the previous round as a wing of Howling Rain also made the step up to full alliance. The eX playerbase split up and spread around the universe, with a concentration in the dS BG in Insomnia. Finally Wolfpack, after being the #1 alliance for so much of the previous round, were expected to be involved in the fight at the top.
1up quickly leapt out to an early lead. Hydra and Insomnia both lagged behind 1up in membercount, and were hindered by this in terms of competing on overall score. The two alliances closest behind 1up in the initial stages of the round were LCH and Wolfpack. LCH, having witnessed the strength of 1up first hand in previous rounds, joined forces with Insomnia, and occasionally hydra, in order to co-operate together on attacks against 1up. Despite the apparent strength of this group they lacked the organisation and dedication required to defeat 1up. Although 1up's growth was slowed down significantly and LCH were able to take a roid lead for a few days LCH could not displace them as the #1 alliance. Responding to the pressure on them 1up agreed on a NAP with Reunion, a new, primarily ex-Vision alliance. In the meantime Wolfpack, having lost the Subh BG which had joined them pre-round to Reunion, disbanded.
After some 2 weeks of this back and forth internal problems within these alliances began to add up. The SiN members in hydra, disgruntled with what they perceived as a lack of organisation within hydra, left to join ND, who had been having a quiet round so far but had managed to put together very respectable average score and size ranks. Insomnia also lost members at the same time. The dS BG, run by Skyhead, left Insomnia to join Reunion. Following this the remains of hydra were merged by PAteam, improperly, into Reunion as well, boosting Reunion into the #1 alliance rank. In a very short space of time the opposition to 1up had largely either gone inactive or joined the only alliance in the game actually NAPed to them.
Alliance Graphs
Events
Lokken, comfortably set in an armchair smoking the pipe and adding to his personal logbook once again on the pirate forums.
cheerios kept a small R14 news/soapbox on the pawiki itself with commentary from start to finish.
Final Rankings
See also
External links to R14 a general startup and race guide(s) by Sovereign:
- Effects of Engineering priorities on construction and production times.
This round's ship stats were made by Appocomaster.