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=Round Summary=
=Round Summary=


Round 28 began with 3 alliances considered as the main contenders for the #1 spot, [[Conspiracy Theory]], [[Newdawn]] and [[Ascendancy]]. Initially CT and Ascendancy moved out in front but before long Ascendancy were in firm possession of the top spot. Ascendancy, working with [[Carebears]], [[TGV]] and [[Rock]] at different times to roid CT and other galaxies, were far ahead of the other alliances militarily speaking. Utilising the favourable game mechanics of [[feudalism]] and a heavy [[xandathrii]] alliance they were very difficult to target en masse. While CT were consistently hostile to Ascendancy, as well as alliances such as [[Vengeance]], the gap increased. ND joined the conflict in an attempt to bring down Ascendancy, a move which they announced [http://pirate.planetarion.com/showthread.php?t=196936 here], but a [[block]] of CT, ND, VGN and [[VisioN]] proved short-lived, at least in terms of effectiveness, and despite some short-term roid losses Ascendancy were able to keep their value lead and defeat their opposition to claim their third alliance round win.
'''Round 28''' began with 3 alliances considered as the main contenders for the #1 spot, [[Conspiracy Theory]], [[Newdawn]] and [[Ascendancy]]. With [[Denial]] disbanding after [[Round 27]] a significant alliance was removed from the field of play. Their [[HC]], and a number of the players, stuck together and created a new alliance called [[Carebears]]. Filling out the ranks were [[VisioN]], having merged with [[NoX]] during the previous round, [[VGN]], [[ROCK]] and a returning [[TGV]]. From an early stage the normal pattern of how a round plays out was disrupted. Ascendancy tagged up early and took the #1 spot comfortably, breaking the accepted convention of only tagging as needed that had developed over the last number of rounds. Close behind Ascendancy was CT, who with a large number of [[Etd]] planets had a [[Ship_Type#EMP|EMP]]-driven boost early on, temporarily giving them the #1 position at points.


However the round was beginning to be dominated by Ascendancy. Pre-round they had recruited intensively, and had also brought back a number of retired players to fill their ranks with quality members. They also became more involved politically than had been their style previously, working with ROCK, TGV and Carebears at different times in order to target CT heavy galaxies and a gap between the two alliances began to grow. Ascendancy had concentrated themselves in a number of [[core galaxies]] and gone heavily for [[Xan]] planets, making them very strong defensively, aided by almost all planets choosing [[Feudalism|Feudal]] governments for decreased ship costs, something which meant that [[salvage]] was worth more to them. CT and VGN, and slightly later VSN, were hostile towards Ascendancy but the lack of co-ordination meant that certain Asc planets got almost no incoming and became very big from an early stage, with galaxies like 4.10 sucking in most of the incoming that was directed at Ascendancy due to being the Asc gal with fewest [[Xan]]s.


==See also==
From the end of the third week Ascendancy's lead began to grow faster and faster. They had also picked up some members from other alliances, such as [[eksero]] who had had come from [[Carebears]] when that alliance disbanded mid-round. With just under four weeks gone in the round Ascendancy looked in a position to dominate. ND finally joined the conflict in an attempt to bring them down, a move which they [[Round 28 ND Announcement|announced]] on [[Alliance Discussions]]. Despite this public move it took time for ND to actually begin to work with the other three involved alliances, giving Ascendancy more time to consolidate their position. Despite facing extremely heavy incoming at this time Ascendancy already had a sufficient advantage over the other alliances to make it difficult to actually take roids off them. They also rotated their mid-round recruits and late sign-ups into tag, minimising the extent to which they appeared to be losing roids and demotivating their opposition.
[[:Category:Alliances:Round_28|Alliances in Round 28]]


=Final Rankings=
The block continued to keep up their attacks on Ascendancy for the next week but their effectiveness was minimal. There were a large number of [[crashing|crashes]] on Asc planets, providing [[value]] boosts for them through salvage, and despite a number of attempted [[fleetcatch]]es they were unable to kill any significant Ascendancy fleets. Ascendancy began to increase the gap again and, realising that their chance of knocking Ascendancy off the top spot was now largely gone, the block landed some extremely marginal attacks, hoping to create some excitement for the rest of the round. Most notable of these was a large [[Round 28 attack on Classical|attack]] on classical of Ascendancy. At this point the round was effectively over and as the incoming on Ascendancy dried up they established a massive lead, dominating the top planet and galaxy ranks completely by the last tick. Almost every other large non-Ascendancy planet lost roids in the last two weeks and Asc finished with 25 of the top 30 planets.


==Top 100 Planets==
Galaxy wise 1.7 and 9.8 were the main contenders early on, but when [[elviz]] of 9.8 crashed and lost his fleet, 1.7 were able to build a comfortable lead over the other galaxies. Their Ascendancy planets also rarely came under attack during the war and by the latter part of the round had become huge. Unsurprisingly the winning planet was one of these, [[voodoo]] of Ascendancy, whose main competitors were Nitz of TGV, until he was roided by Ascendancy, and [[Smasher]] and [[Satyr]], both Ascendancy members. This round was notable as one of the rounds most dominated by a single alliance, along with [[1up]]'s [[Round 11]] victory and [[eXilition]]'s [[Round 18]]. Looking ahead into the [[Round 29|next round]] it seemed likely that a new, or returning, alliance would have to step up to challenge Ascendancy.


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=Final Rankings=
Rank Coords Nick         Alliance Race Size Score
1 1:7:4 voodoo         Ascendancy Xan 6,093 15,992,294
2 1:7:1 Smasher         Ascendancy      Xan 4,756 13,296,885
3 2:10:8 arc         Ascendancy Etd 4,903 12,921,184
4 2:10:9 Satyr         Ascendancy Zik 5,065 12,613,664
5 6:6:6 Mitre         Ascendancy Xan 4,659 11,403,866
6 7:10:9 eksero         Ascendancy Xan 4,602 10,624,015
7 9:8:7 classical Ascendancy Cat 4,555 9,820,511
8 9:8:2 bread|         Ascendancy Xan 3,226 9,659,467
9 9:8:3 [Nitz]         TGV         Cat 901 9,104,951
10 6:7:7 mz         Ascendancy Xan 4,778 9,103,967
11 3:8:5 Banana         VisioN         Xan 1,980 8,910,091
12 10:2:9 SantaCruz Ascendancy Ter 3,858 8,832,206
13 1:7:2 TBB         xVx         Xan 2,708 8,051,889
14 4:10:10 Golan         Ascendancy Etd 2,558 8,042,475
15 6:7:1 JBG         Ascendancy Xan 2,775 7,984,782
16 7:10:2 Mikesrealgood Ascendancy Xan 3,136 7,778,355
17 6:6:5 Valle         Ascendancy Xan 4,675 7,740,030
18 3:9:3 Game         Ascendancy Xan 3,307 7,584,257
19 1:7:5 Methedrine Ascendancy Xan 2,646 7,540,978
20 9:8:6 MortalP         Ascendancy Xan 2,437 7,447,069
21 7:1:8 nolez         Ascendancy Xan 2,748 7,417,636
22 4:1:5 Cead         Ascendancy Xan 2,780 7,397,540
23 4:10:8 IsilX         Ascendancy Zik 2,584 7,341,882
24 9:8:4 Sun_Tzu         Ascendancy Zik 1,826 7,324,912
25 2:4:1 widget5         VisioN         Xan 2,536 7,324,014
26 10:7:7 ricoshay Ascendancy Zik 2,097 7,289,047
27 6:7:2 Benneh         Ascendancy Xan 2,483 7,254,569
28 6:7:13 Delicate TGV         Cat 891 7,090,067
29 9:8:13 Desse         Ascendancy Xan 3,423 7,062,588
30 9:1:1 MrBachelor Ascendancy Ter 2,445 6,981,023
31 8:8:7 silver^ace NewDawn         Xan 2,079 6,826,743
32         3:8:2 BlueArmy Ascendancy Zik 2,034 6,818,359
33 5:8:5 Xzar                     Xan 1,218 6,804,111
34 3:8:9 REXT         Redemption Zik 1,982 6,752,826
35 1:7:3 Marinho         NewDawn         Etd 1,046 6,703,574
36 9:1:2 BaasB         NewDawn         Ter 1,626 6,688,937
37 1:2:8 Squall         VisioN         Ter 1,822 6,675,709
38 9:8:16 Murfdawgg Ascendancy Xan 2,370 6,654,349
39 6:7:10 Achi         Ascendancy Xan 3,123 6,629,304
40 1:9:7 Hut         Conspiracy Xan 2,717 6,595,241
41 9:4:2 green_cat Vengeance Xan 1,947 6,573,779
42 6:7:6 qebab         Ascendancy Xan 2,340 6,566,617
43 4:10:3 Colt         Ascendancy Zik 2,770 6,542,093
44 4:10:6 mista         Ascendancy Zik 1,772 6,523,685
45 3:9:2 Ronin         Conspiracy Zik 1,019 6,417,751
46 3:9:8 raketman Ascendancy Zik 1,625 6,366,005
47 1:7:16 Kael         Ascendancy Xan 2,161 6,348,545
48 3:9:6 Amon         NewDawn         Zik 1,507 6,336,094
49 8:3:6 Bazza         VisioN         Xan 2,504 6,329,159
50 2:6:8 Tekno         Ascendancy Xan 2,625 6,325,379
51 7:10:7 BLIZZZARDSTORM Ascendancy Xan 2,530 6,302,815
52 9:2:2 shaz         F-Crew         Zik 2,559 6,288,375
53 7:10:4 Judas^         VisioN         Etd 598 6,230,431
54 3:8:17 smurf         Ascendancy Xan 1,222 6,229,735
55 6:7:11 aksel         ASS         Xan 2,162 6,184,378
56 10:7:8 cata         VisioN         Xan 2,565 6,115,848
57 1:7:14 BiGBaD         Vengeance Xan 2,200 6,092,396
58 1:7:12 Imperial F-Crew         Xan 2,126 6,085,804
59 1:2:1 Punther         VisioN         Xan 2,146 6,079,016
60 2:4:7 Sneaky         xVx         Cat 714 6,067,621
61 5:8:4 toivo                 Xan 1,156 6,037,040
62 2:8:13 Stuhlman Vengeance Ter 886 6,008,657
63 10:2:2 tobbe         VisioN         Xan 2,760 5,991,927
64 8:3:15 LeadSlinger         Xan 1,803 5,958,762
65 1:7:7 Germ         Conspiracy Etd 1,869 5,934,060
66 8:8:5 Iceman27 xVx         Xan 2,363 5,919,475
67 6:6:9 Chimpie         VisioN         Zik 2,728 5,913,471
68 1:8:4 h1tman         Ascendancy Xan 1,786 5,908,882
69 4:9:4 Hosie         Ascendancy Xan 2,627 5,846,721
70 1:2:3 celtic         VisioN         Xan 2,180 5,754,585
71 4:4:3 Sardaukar NewDawn         Xan 1,446 5,712,025
72 7:2:7 RipZ         NewDawn         Xan 1,326 5,702,406
73 2:9:1 Reese                         Cat 690 5,686,936
74 10:2:3 Rampyren VisioN         Ter 1,610 5,686,593
75 3:8:11 Talla         xVx         Ter 2,074 5,637,376
76 7:7:3 rUl3r         Ascendancy Xan 2,323 5,632,140
77 6:6:4 Theodore Orbit         Xan 1,798 5,627,782
78 4:10:4 Rasputin Ascendancy Etd 2,163 5,622,033
79 2:9:4 Arty         NewDawn         Xan 1,899 5,617,316
80         9:2:4 Digital         xVx         Xan 1,361 5,590,193
81 9:8:5 Qerr|afk Conspiracy Xan 2,353 5,577,565
82 6:6:7 Jinstarro                 Xan 2,068 5,577,540
83 7:7:4 Baracke         Ascendancy Xan 2,179 5,500,436
84 7:1:18 Cardinal Ascendancy Etd 1,813 5,453,944
85 1:7:11 NastyNick Conspiracy Etd 1,092 5,430,233
86 5:8:14 Lesh         Howling Rain Zik 1,092 5,411,456
87 5:6:6 Storm_k         Vengeance Zik 796 5,408,986
88 1:7:9 vuLgAr         Hidden Agenda Etd 768 5,406,460
89 6:6:2 Felagund Ascendancy Zik 1,729 5,400,925
90 7:1:3 Scream         Ascendancy Xan 1,968 5,372,486
91 1:8:7 Violator NewDawn         Xan 2,156 5,336,726
92 3:5:1 killerbee VisioN         Xan 1,958 5,262,714
93 2:10:1 ElAlan         Ascendancy Xan 2,367 5,261,530
94 9:8:11 Martok         NewDawn         Etd 2,177 5,246,821
95 6:10:3 booji         TGV         Cat 625 5,246,110
96 6:10:2 BlueAdept Vengeance Xan 1,601 5,222,175
97 3:1:3 UANL         ASS         Zik 1,405 5,213,656
98 8:3:14 Xyphistor VisioN         Cat 1,225 5,213,650
99 4:4:7 M0RPH3US Vengeance Zik 1,421 5,213,305
100 4:9:9 RageIV         ROCK         Zik 933 5,212,516
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==Top 30 Alliances==
 
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Rank Name         Asteroids Members AVG Score Score
1 Ascendancy 164569         75 6,829,295 409,757,719
2 NewDawn         59008         74 3,588,808 215,328,492
3 VisioN         68496         60 3,578,671 214,720,314
4 Conspiracy 60067         75 3,565,135 213,908,107
5 Vengeance 51396         68 3,150,106 189,006,379
6 ROCK         34849         61 2,443,301 146,598,106
7 TGV         29610         45 3,014,090 135,634,093
8 Hidden Agenda 34149         60 2,249,835 134,990,141
9 Redemption 30826         51 2,296,428 117,117,841
10 F-Crew         30339         45 2,380,460 107,120,723
11 ASS         24053 40 2,301,046 92,041,846
12 xVx         20743 23 3,713,193 85,403,449
13 Howling Rain 16942 34 2,374,663 80,738,575
14 Tides of Fire 18977 35 2,303,891 80,636,187
15 Orbit         16651 39 1,881,076 73,361,980
16 PATSA         8714 24 1,120,424 26,890,197
17 Terran Alliance 8154 15 1,249,552 18,743,284
18 Castas Cannons 5956 16 821,075         13,137,213
19 CareBears 2678 7 1,751,904 12,263,331
20 Final Fantasy 4573 14 682,497         9,554,971
21 descendancy 4795 6 1,385,560 8,313,360
22 Cats         1518 2 2,065,176 4,130,352
23 NoRetreatNoSurrender996 3 1,327,686 3,983,060
24 Ðragons         300 1 2,875,303 2,875,303
25 93rd Alliance 2176 5 569,399         2,846,999
26 norfolk alliance1093 3 898,165         2,694,496
27 Cross Country 1525 4 570,201         2,280,807
28 All Your Base 538 1 2,085,256 2,085,256
29 Phoenix         510 1 1,471,439 1,471,439
30 Killer Bees 300 1 1,467,999 1,467,999
Average Top 10 Score: 3268825
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==Top 50 Galaxies==
 
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Rank Coords Name Size Score
1 1:7 Ascendancy EORC sux 33230 93,637,624
2 9:8 Ascendancy - Awesomeness 30945 83,694,065
3 2:10 CT wit Arc Satyr Saiyan Elalan 25614 73,542,967
4 6:7 Ascendancy - Pretty Fast 31781 73,134,632
5 7:10 Ascendancy with a BCS birth 24618 72,315,045
6 6:6 Ascendancy - Defence Prodigies 29979 66,403,325
7 4:10 Ascendancy - Give Up 23089 63,815,622
8 10:2 ASC-VsN-VgN-ND 21330 57,862,514
9         3:8 _Red_ Asc _Vsn_ Rock _ToT_ASS_ 16712 56,704,549
10 3:9 Ascendancy - Power and Glory 16771 56,523,217
11 8:3 Tower Defense 18820 49,325,965
12 9:1 Best gal bombed bye ASC 17088 49,117,099
13 10:7 Ascendancy - Land n Crash Inc 17697 47,925,303
14 1:2 Behold Our Nicole on a bday 16044 45,495,259
15 8:8 Smurf Yeah For Xan 15408 43,856,334
16 2:4 LazyGalaxy 11925 42,685,230
17 4:4 Star Wars 13572 42,658,170
18 2:8 Ascendancy VisioN of Vengeance 12309 41,651,277
19 5:6 Ascendancy - Farmers - TGV VsN 10503 40,977,967
20 9:2 Faces 14091 40,848,848
21 4:1 Dont Hassell The Hoff 13920 39,970,510
22 1:9 VSN - CT - ND 12497 39,906,754
23 7:2 -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ 10088 39,757,354
24 1:8 1-7 is a better target! 14645 39,345,597
25 9:4 Akromas Army 11908 38,864,907
26 7:1 Ascendancy - The Drunken Heros 15432 38,784,745
27 6:9 TGV HA FC CT xvx rdm 10708 38,116,354
28 10:5 EPIC RETARD MAGNETS ! 11339 38,115,841
29 4:9 The Miracle of Our Madness 12941 38,067,774
30 7:7 HAIL TO OUR COMMANDER IN CHIEF 11591 37,593,393
31 8:7 Goddess of War 10704 37,541,474
32 8:5 elvis lives!!!!! 9396 37,361,666
33 5:8 Congrats voodoo! BIG LOVE! 10440 37,125,806
34 10:9 ND-VGN-CT-ROCK-VsN-RDM-ASS 12302 36,802,794
35 2:6 havin a blast!! 11188 35,850,414
36 5:7 We deny everything! 10793 35,298,272
37 6:5 WALLDO GOT MARRIED !!!!!! 9141 34,755,752
38 3:2 ND VsN CT ROCK ASS FCrew HR 11570 33,955,553
39 7:9 Night watch 10522 33,805,682
40 3:10 Strength and Honor 8110 32,508,195
41 2:9 The Scottish Kilts 9391 32,280,211
42 8:6 FIGHTIN IRISH 7173 31,956,573
43 6:1 Devils Noose 8105 31,941,970
44 6:2 ND TGV RDM HA Rock CT ToF 9895 31,877,163
45 4:2 We are DA BOMB 8942 30,582,704
46 5:3 Walldo is getting married 9995 30,453,784
47 3:5 Death is just the beginning 9075 29,856,634
48 5:4 The BlackGate 9768 29,689,360
49 10:4 Save the Cheerleader 10657 29,061,162
50 3:1 Mischief Committee 9623 29,000,534
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==Miscellaneous==
 
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Top 100 XP Planets
Rank Uni Rank Coords Ruler Planet Race XP
1 150 4:10:11 Artic River Of Flames Cathaar 57150
2 116 9:2:16 Soliloquy An Old Fool Cathaar 49176
3 14 4:10:10 Clean Breaks Eitraides 46224
4 129 5:7:9 What are you wearing? Eitraides 44355
5 299 6:5:12 XWM B163 Cathaar 42737
6 402 5:7:7 The Spoon The Utensil Drawr Cathaar 42353
7 226 7:2:5 123456789 123456789 Cathaar 42249
8 17 6:6:5 Ruler Name Planet Name Xandathrii 41447
9 222 2:8:7 Lacey Flyleaf Cathaar 40483
10 372 8:4:7 The Fat Controller -Sodor- Eitraides 38910
11 377 7:10:18 Cronix The Mighty JNC Cathaar 38174
12 147 4:9:13 Player PA Clone Games Eitraides 38027
13 121 4:1:14 robban ascendancy Eitraides 37981
14 163 8:7:9 PWG New_dawn Xandathrii 37826
15 264 4:10:1 Reflections Consciousness Cathaar 37574
16 110 2:6:6 A fish the ocean Eitraides 36551
17 12 10:2:9 Durex Condoms Safe Roiding Terran 36338
18 101 5:4:5 Aragorn Gondor and Arnor Zikonian 35828
19 47 1:7:16 Dreams Tranquility Xandathrii 35678
20 255 4:6:18 Wisdom The Ancients Eitraides 35588
21 221 10:4:5 Hiro Nakamura I BEND TIME Terran 35549
22 348 2:4:16 The Cunning An Aroused Gimp Cathaar 35349
23 409 5:9:11 Hi-tecpoint V5 Grip Terran 35007
24 411 9:6:15 Cross Justice Eitraides 34875
25 236 10:2:13 Lee Yoon Yeol WeMade Fox Eitraides 34705
26 235 6:6:10 Theorems Disambiguation Cathaar 34392
27 179 6:9:1 Emperor The Penguins Eitraides 34027
28 247 2:4:13 buggerhead some place Eitraides 33617
29 312 6:10:4 Cloud Strife Soldier Zikonian 33409
30 203 9:2:6 Part Ibiza Xandathrii 33344
31 349 6:10:16 Power of the Mind Courage of the Heart Cathaar 33275
32 69 4:9:4 Ride The Valkyries Xandathrii 33272
33 238 3:5:11 Cato Rome Eitraides 32875
34 199 6:2:11 In The Middle The Road Xandathrii 32827
35 153 4:4:11 Kinetic Energy Gambit Terran 32573
36 257 2:6:5 The Days The Phoenix Cathaar 32185
37 212 1:8:1 Jack the Ripper London Terran 32180
38 230 5:7:4 Robin Loxley Cathaar 32113
39 260 6:9:17 A Fan Alcohol Eitraides 31891
40 446 5:4:8 Ghostmaker Tanith Cathaar 31823
41 295 8:5:4 A Fat Spliff Amnesia Haze Eitraides 31818
42 197 9:1:6 The Owner a Dirty Mind Xandathrii 31777
43 385 3:1:8 Sharpest all Scythes Cathaar 31704
44 417 5:9:5 Theoden Rohan Eitraides 31587
45 180 8:5:16 FJORDLAND SPISER DEG Terran 31513
46 62 2:8:13 Rise The Hashasheen Terran 31466
47 168 5:6:8 JeZz NidbiN Terran 31456
48 414 4:6:8 Fruit The Forbidden Tree Eitraides 31294
49 259 6:9:14 ftz AMMC Xandathrii 31111
50 438 5:7:2 Bruno Austria Cathaar 30913
51 248 4:2:4 The Heavy Mob B a n a n a m a n Eitraides 30817
52 321 1:2:4 The Art Knowing Nothing Terran 30792
53 7 9:8:7 The Instigator WARR Cathaar 30740
54 195 9:1:5 God war Eitraides 30718
55 113 4:10:5 The seldom use The word Prost! Zikonian 30692
56 202 10:9:16 Memories The Past Xandathrii 30587
57 291 2:4:5 Sportacus Lazy Town Zikonian 30292
58 582 1:9:2 cooler coolplanet Xandathrii 30218
59 224 3:2:1 With Hopes Falling Cathaar 30040
60 565 2:6:13 weaver slight Cathaar 30037
61 461 8:6:15 Sevven Erik Key West Terran 29950
62 40 1:9:7 One Them Xandathrii 29892
63 106 9:6:4 The Importance Being Idle Terran 29731
64 383 6:7:9 Garreth The Greath Expo Xandathrii 29726
65 379 3:9:20 Fire Tears Red Dragon Terran 29618
66 70 1:2:3 dont know how to play Xandathrii 29591
67 511 2:9:11 Abra Kadabra Cathaar 29544
68 103 2:8:10 the smoker Hasjish Xandathrii 29512
69 525 10:9:10 Ozzymandius My works Eitraides 29371
70 171 6:7:4 coo ooc Eitraides 29368
71 223 9:2:13 Saber Pure Light Cathaar 29360
72 347 3:1:1 Robert Paulson Project Mayhem Zikonian 29295
73 123 7:1:13 fishing fish Zikonian 29250
74 246 6:5:9 Advertise or PA Dies Eitraides 28968
75 272 7:2:13 ressorgimento spacedust Cathaar 28897
76 39 6:7:10 Fond Memories A Better Galaxy Xandathrii 28833
77 239 9:1:8 wings desire Xandathrii 28827
78 311 5:6:15 Rd Off Terran 28598
79 87 5:6:6 The Shock the Bio Zikonian 28511
80 374 6:9:13 DarkAngel Chaos Cathaar 28501
81 49 8:3:6 President Belokon Xandathrii 28493
82 403 3:10:15 Misson Impossible Zikonian 28482
83 30 9:1:1 MrBachelor Mediocre Supremacy Terran 28465
84 394 8:6:3 Jud F1ghtin-Irish Eitraides 28432
85 44 4:10:6 Aspirations a midround Quitter Zikonian 28389
86 492 4:4:5 qbicx cubeland Eitraides 28350
87 43 4:10:3 Caj Is The Hero Quitting Mid-round!! Zikonian 28344
88 220 2:3:3 The planet the living dead Eitraides 28274
89 270 4:2:7 A kind Magic Cathaar 28154
90 5 6:6:6 The Charge The Light Xandathrii 28104
91 140 1:2:5 Gaiius Caesar Roman Legions Zikonian 28103
92 145 10:2:5 Extra Long Trojan Eitraides 28069
93 218 2:9:3 Liam Neeson Rob Roy Xandathrii 28012
94 229 6:9:7 Carona with extra lime Eitraides 28011
95 512 6:1:1 SCK SCK Eitraides 27760
96 209 8:7:10 Psycho Cowboy Psychosis Terran 27700
97 337 8:6:8 Gzambo Fightin-irish Eitraides 27686
98 468 9:1:17 As A Matter Fact Xandathrii 27670
99 523 3:6:1 Old_One The_Rim Eitraides 27634
100 144 7:7:6 Mangtastic tubercity Xandathrii 27619
 
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Top 100 Covert Operation Planets
Rank Planet X:Y:Z Operations Successes
1 Sharpest OF all Scythes 3:1:8 817 783
2 A kind OF Magic 4:2:7 645 635
3 XWM OF B163 6:5:12 666 577
4 oohmygosh OF hmmz 8:4:12 517 515
5 Cin OF Away 1:1:6 406 328
6 Bullbars OF Fightin-!rish 8:6:9 370 296
7 Ghostmaker OF Tanith 5:4:8 312 291
8 Soliloquy OF An Old Fool 9:2:16 319 281
9 The Spoon OF The Utensil Drawr 5:7:7 304 260
10 hit OF the bong 8:4:5 271 249
11 Kon OF Zhoukoudiang 7:7:5 275 248
12 You Got To Fight OF Your Right To Party 3:2:17 269 228
13 Artic OF River Of Flames 4:10:11 225 200
14 Linkie_ OF Inactivity 3:1:11 217 172
15 Kicker OF Nonces 6:8:14 186 167
16 Igbob OF Salo 7:8:7 255 166
17 DontDoubleBag OF ItWillRip 10:2:14 212 144
18 The Cute Crittling OF Critters 6:6:3 160 143
19 Sekky OF Vladgravia 5:4:2 172 140
20 KingofPool OF Shotokan 3:2:8 155 135
21 Theorems OF Disambiguation 6:6:10 135 124
22 CATEPILLAR OF DUNE 4:4:13 141 119
23 Danny Clover OF Broadway 2:8:5 130 113
24 we OF just married 9:2:2 144 106
25 Verclouse OF Aurora 5:3:4 115 106
26 lost samurai OF iwakuni 7:8:12 116 105
27 Meatwax OF Teh Awesome 8:7:14 121 105
28 Power of the Mind OF Courage of the Heart 6:10:16 114 103
29 Aragorn OF Gondor and Arnor 5:4:5 130 101
30 Mama OF lui Stefan cel Mare 6:5:15 117 99
31 Bird OF Prey 9:6:9 131 96
32 The Cunning OF An Aroused Gimp 2:4:16 106 92
33 Bikkelreal OF Bikkelsplanet 6:8:13 110 92
34 ghouri OF bewal 8:6:1 96 89
35 LordStonn OF Intrepid 2:2:2 115 88
36 -EvIl-pLaN- OF -CoMpEwTeR- 1:2:11 128 87
37 dont know OF how to play 1:2:3 134 84
38 vroSt OF iCe 6:8:3 88 78
39 Crom OF Da Hulikka 8:6:4 77 74
40 BoBTheUnDeadFish OF The Graveyard 9:6:5 90 74
41 House OF Cards 6:8:18 84 74
42 CaliCMan OF Yankees Suck 8:8:10 94 73
43 Lacey OF Flyleaf 2:8:7 78 72
44 ZawZe OF Fightin-Ir1sh 8:6:2 102 69
45 Knife OF SwissArmy 4:10:7 74 68
46 Bruno OF Austria 5:7:2 85 66
47 choccy OF galaxy 3:2:5 90 66
48 Nevil Clavain OF Conjoiner Nest 3:6:9 91 66
49 Mr Tickle OF Tickle Land 2:4:14 87 62
50 Red OF Sunrise 9:2:3 82 60
51 Elurin OF Freelife 10:4:14 95 59
52 Rico8462 OF Rico8462 7:7:16 99 59
53 Goliath OF Paladis 6:10:11 64 55
54 Remy OF Multihunters 1:1:4 59 55
55 RevlliX OF DnalloH 8:3:9 60 54
56 Viriato OF Lusitania 4:1:12 67 51
57 these OF those 9:6:1 58 48
58 Master Xan OF The Clap Machine 3:6:11 68 46
59 Master OF Disaster 2:8:12 53 46
60 Devil OF Stealmania 7:2:11 74 45
61 Lord_JJ_XI OF Boobonia 2:10:12 66 44
62 Tulkas OF Varda 4:8:13 68 41
63 Citzen kane OF Malta 7:1:16 53 41
64 Cronix OF The Mighty JNC 7:10:18 53 36
65 Captain McNeil OF Tiberian Sun 7:9:16 70 33
66 kalou OF pumpkin patch 4:2:3 42 33
67 Abib OF Earth2 6:9:15 38 33
68 Wazhinska OF Pathon 6:6:1 38 32
69 mac OF quack 10:7:4 40 32
70 Champious OF Bellerophon 6:7:13 47 31
71 USA SWIMMING OF KICKED FRANCES ASS 9:6:3 62 30
72 LD OF Days Pheonix 5:3:11 42 29
73 Arbiter OF Craptastic 8:6:10 34 28
74 Slappy OF Gemini 12 10:7:12 37 28
75 Gates OF Hell 9:2:18 49 28
76 LucidLife OF AirMote 4:8:16 33 27
77 Balkan OF The Guild OF Kyralia 4:4:19 33 27
78 Locked OF Doors solve nothing 10:7:9 32 27
79 Stalwart OF Eitraides 6:5:3 29 26
80 Dementor OF Azkaban 4:10:12 33 26
81 Major Sharpe OF 95th Rifles 4:2:9 49 26
82 tir OF ilos 10:5:14 40 26
83 oddjob OF abesworld 10:9:9 34 25
84 Trutec OF Mythos 1:2:6 38 25
85 Hannibal OF Carthage 8:4:1 30 24
86 Fame OF Ricky Gervais 6:5:7 40 24
87 crazy serbs OF again 4:4:15 29 24
88 fidgitus prime OF the itchy bag 1:3:16 36 22
89 TracerShot899 OF Tracer 6:8:11 29 21
90 Goatherder OF 1337sh33p 8:6:14 19 18
91 ressorgimento OF spacedust 7:2:13 27 18
92 Sunset OF Kanya 5:8:13 22 18
93 The BoOble Boy OF Donald Sanger 10:7:17 23 17
94 Bankels OF Bankelking 6:1:17 26 17
95 tr4veler OF 3g 9:2:1 17 16
96 Gothic OF Ad Mortem Festinamus 7:9:9 18 16
97 The name Era OF Hope is ridiculous 8:5:6 21 15
98 Donatello OF Purple Turtle 1:7:13 24 15
99 Soul OF the Unknown 4:9:9 16 15
100 ICasius OF Gateway 10:9:13 27 14
 
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Top 100 Launchers
Rank Planet X:Y:Z Launches
1 Skynet 4:4:6 301
2 California 7:10:9 182
3 havEn 9:1:16 180
4 DeMM 2:6:8 180
5 Creature 1:7:1 179
6 romania 1:7:4 176
7 sun tuheroos 5:8:5 174
8 Roman Legions 1:2:5 171
9 Quitting Mid-round!! 4:10:3 163
10 single thing 5:8:7 162
11 Intolerable Cruelty 2:9:4 159
12 a midround Quitter 4:10:6 157
13 Da Hulikka 8:6:4 154
14 the Titty Twister 6:6:7 154
15 Those Halcyon Days 6:7:1 153
16 the Unknown 4:9:9 153
17 Belgium 2:10:9 153
18 USA 2:10:8 153
19 the ocean 2:6:6 152
20 Breaks 4:10:10 152
21 Rome 3:5:11 150
22 Deneb 1:8:7 150
23 Angel 9:4:2 150
24 Alamo Space Smurfs 3:5:1 149
25 Berenedes 7:9:2 149
26 The Concert 6:10:3 149
27 The Darkness 1:2:1 149
28 Stealmania 7:2:11 149
29 Planet Name 6:6:5 148
30 BugGyField 5:8:14 148
31 Knowing Nothing 1:2:4 148
32 Gutta på Skauen 6:7:11 147
33 Incoming ships 7:10:7 147
34 galaxy 3:2:5 147
35 Canada 7:1:2 146
36 Kwak Kwak 3:10:12 146
37 The Hashasheen 2:8:13 145
38 The Ancients 4:6:18 145
39 Lets Stop Roiding ! 10:2:2 144
40 Engineering 3:8:11 144
41 Millenium Falcon 4:4:7 144
42 not war 8:8:2 144
43 lieing finns 4:1:5 144
44 Caliente 3:8:5 143
45 Gondor and Arnor 5:4:5 143
46 Asgard 6:10:2 143
47 KunG_FU_PaNda 5:6:7 142
48 The One Far Above 9:1:2 142
49 -=Critters=- 2:5:9 141
50 how to play 1:2:3 141
51 quitting after R28 4:10:8 140
52 _-_-_--Terran--_-_-_ 8:8:1 140
53 Final Fantasy 7:2:7 140
54 Them 1:9:7 140
55 A 5U1CIDAL M1ND 10:9:4 140
56 toques los cojones 6:6:2 139
57 Grandeur 7:10:2 139
58 The Ministry 3:8:2 139
59 the Bio 5:6:6 139
60 Coil 8:7:6 139
61 cause i am too drunk 2:8:6 139
62 Hansatown 8:7:1 139
63 war 9:1:5 139
64 Safe Roiding 10:2:9 139
65 Computers 3:9:3 138
66 An Old Fool 9:2:16 138
67 Michael Phelps 7:1:8 137
68 Fake Defence 6:7:2 136
69 My Alliance 3:5:7 136
70 consume a cat 9:4:4 136
71 Backstabbing 9:1:4 135
72 those 9:6:1 135
73 Lazy_Town 2:4:1 135
74 No Good At This 7:1:14 135
75 Ones and Zeros 6:1:4 134
76 Defending 10:9:6 134
77 Thebuilder 4:1:11 134
78 North Carolina 1:8:2 134
79 Myiatlan 7:10:10 134
80 Hasjish 2:8:10 133
81 Troubles 8:6:12 133
82 an idiot 7:7:3 133
83 tolerance 10:7:7 133
84 Burlesque 9:8:13 132
85 Kings 3:8:9 132
86 The Babylon Project 6:2:6 132
87 Cheating 1:9:4 132
88 The Light 6:6:6 132
89 The Valkyries 4:9:4 132
90 Gold 2:10:15 131
91 SPISER DEG 8:5:16 131
92 Universe 9:1:11 131
93 beats 6:10:1 131
94 the Lambs 1:2:9 131
95 Planet Vegeta 2:2:17 131
96 New_dawn 8:7:9 130
97 Shiva Rising 1:7:5 130
98 Korriban 4:4:3 130
99 Sunnyvale 7:10:8 130
100 Japan 2:10:5 130
 
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Top 10 Clusters
Cluster Asteroids Score
6 120,172 381,837,442
2 94,474 343,383,306
1 95,236 300,852,474
3 82,966 295,091,750
4 85,472 288,434,744
9 83,085 282,874,887
7 79,899 270,310,797
8 72,375 267,303,951
10 73,907 243,341,592
5 58,630 225,957,379
Top 10 Parallels
Parallel Asteroids Score
8 124,059 416,703,603
7 117,499 373,538,849
2 98,906 358,353,365
9 95,551 348,386,296
10 93,151 302,908,909
6 80,360 274,003,128
1 74,451 251,463,939
4 66,804 238,392,381
5 48,729 179,926,550
3 46,706 155,711,302
Races
Race Count (%) Best Planet Score Rank
Terran 354(24%) Durex Condoms OF Safe Roiding (10:2:9) 8,832,206 12
Cathaar 190(13%) The Instigator OF WARR (9:8:7) 9,820,511 7
Xandathrii 368(25%) voodoo OF romania (1:7:4) 15,992,294 1
Zikonian 291(20%) Fred Deburghgraeve OF Belgium (2:10:9) 12,613,664 4
Eitraides 227(15%) Michael Phelps OF USA (2:10:8) 12,921,184 3
Skins
Skin Name Usage
R6-9 Cathaar 2%
R6-9 Xandathrii 5%
Frozen World 1%
Round 21 19%
Round 21 v2 1%
The Gate 0%
Simple - Orange 1%
xVx 1%
Text Only 4%
Terran 1%
Mars 6%
Round 23 50%
Spreadsheet 2%
Total Universe Ships (587,842,102 total)
Harpy 27,964,771   Phoenix 20,307,360
Gryphon 9,698,912   Pegasus 6,089,687
Cerberus 5,457,254   Titan 1,445,401
Kraken 677,247   Valkyrie 1,716,435
Minotaur 514,052   Behemoth 83,177
Locust 2,255,068   Scorpion 2,311,516
Spider 10,278,860   Recluse 8,897,846
Orbweaver 4,134,495   Tarantula 8,550,909
Mantis 305,269   Mosquito 404,329
Hornet 255,139   Termite 55,009
Phantom 85,136,872   Banshee 83,572,901
Revenant 27,035,101   Shadow 45,505,393
Ghost 24,321,417   Wraith 19,369,167
Spectre 20,210,377   Illusion 1,519,887
Mirage 788,427   Haunt 162,879
Corsair 28,352,408   Thief 19,794,000
Buccaneer 5,716,487   Brigand 4,945,137
Pillager 1,129,119   Rogue 2,403,627
Marauder 4,508,837   Pirate 2,010,584
Ironclad 492,010   Raider 299,799
Galleon 73,247   Lancer 8,387,066
Defender 43,436,429   Guardian 31,035,364
Broadsword 1,748,927   Fireblade 1,559,601
Paladin 3,008,987   Stalwart 8,187,101
Merchant 1,391,147   Broker 294,775
Basilisk 42,293
 
Ship Race Key: Terran Cathaar Xandathrii Zikonian Eitraides
 
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Planets - Top 100
Rank Change Coords Ruler Planet Race Size Score
1 8:8:7 silver^ace Factory Xan 21,646 66,076,826
2 1:2:3 celtic Factory Xan 22,816 64,949,227
3 7:1:8 nolez Ascendancy Xan 15,203 63,786,728
4 6:7:7 mz Ascendancy Xan 18,126 61,012,545
5 3:8:5 Banana Fusion Xan 20,519 60,458,823
6 1:9:4 posi Fusion Xan 20,455 57,322,040
7 1:7:4 voodoo Ascendancy Xan 7,563 54,762,419
8 7:10:2 Mikesrealgood Ascendancy Xan 19,838 52,211,776
9 up 2 8:8:5 Iceman27 Factory Xan 17,371 51,501,189
10 down 1 7:2:7 RipZ Fusion Xan 17,923 51,400,398
11 up 2 1:2:4 P_D_Templar Fusion Ter 19,127 51,182,685
12 down 2 6:6:7 Jinstarro Fusion Xan 14,820 50,213,331
13 down 1 2:10:1 ElAlan Ascendancy Xan 17,328 49,778,357
14 2:8:13 Stuhlman Factory Ter 10,818 47,938,765
15 8:5:2 Pathogen Tides of Fire Xan 20,182 47,716,011
16 up 1 1:2:17 Salminator MERGE FTW Xan 23,540 47,602,862
17 down 1 2:8:6 carjay Factory Zik 18,067 47,186,212
18 up 16 7:2:11 Williams Fusion Zik 22,233 46,950,495
19 6:7:11 aksel Fusion Xan 15,128 46,751,193
20 down 2 7:10:10 zokka Fusion Xan 15,717 46,201,490
21 down 1 8:7:6 Judge xVx Ter 13,949 45,746,260
22 2:8:10 zub0 Ascendancy Xan 17,807 45,125,087
23 down 2 1:2:2 Bloody TGV Xan 23,069 44,902,052
24 down 1 7:10:9 eksero Ascendancy Xan 6,603 43,450,043
25 down 1 1:8:7 Violator Fusion Xan 17,303 42,920,765
26 down 1 1:7:14 BiGBaD BBBBB Xan 14,673 42,886,928
27 down 1 1:2:8 Squall Factory Ter 9,798 42,709,755
28 10:7:23 Malachus Fusion Xan 20,395 42,350,830
29 down 2 2:6:8 Tekno Ascendancy Xan 10,206 42,333,892
30 down 1 1:8:4 h1tman Ascendancy Xan 17,035 42,226,320
31 down 1 1:7:1 Smasher Ascendancy Xan 7,417 41,036,006
32 down 1 6:7:17 Cyzada Ascendancy Xan 12,695 41,020,559
33 down 1 1:8:2 Morbid2002 Fusion Xan 16,739 40,673,451
34 down 1 7:1:2 Tron Fusion Xan 13,506 39,525,509
35 6:6:6 Mitre Ascendancy Xan 7,751 38,986,695
36 9:8:2 bread| Ascendancy Xan 4,993 38,826,735
37 6:7:2 CHEDDERZ Ascendancy Xan 8,640 37,759,481
38 8:7:1 Drunkie Hansatown Zik 13,094 37,079,170
39 8:6:12 RaZeR Fusion Ter 10,600 36,492,571
40 7:10:12 Malwin Vengeance Xan 13,037 34,272,446
41 8:5:20 small_fry NewDawn Zik 8,766 34,001,643
42 8:8:2 Bouygeus Factory Xan 13,889 33,263,613
43 9:8:16 Murfdawgg Ascendancy Xan 12,392 33,255,283
44 8:6:4 Erajorma Fusion Xan 16,089 33,084,352
45 7:9:3 Vansun F-Crew Zik 5,759 32,888,557
46 6:2:6 Gilgalad Fusion Xan 13,153 32,786,325
47 up 5 1:7:2 TBB xVx Xan 5,784 32,640,098
48 down 1 2:10:9 Satyr Ascendancy Zik 2,403 32,072,526
49 down 1 8:3:6 Bazza VisioN Xan 8,058 31,680,684
50 up 3 1:2:1 Punther Factory Xan 8,458 31,615,212
51 down 2 10:2:6 calli VisioN Xan 8,794 31,204,905
52 down 2 10:4:8 ArseFly Fusion Zik 8,664 31,181,593
53 up 3 1:2:20 Nicole Factory Ter 9,972 31,122,080
54 down 3 3:8:9 REXT Fusion Zik 6,244 30,789,336
55 down 1 5:8:14 Lesh Howling Rain Zik 6,582 30,636,882
56 down 1 1:2:21 rado Vengeance Cat 6,837 30,302,787
57 6:7:1 JBG Ascendancy Xan 6,506 30,169,127
58 9:2:10 VampiriA Fusion Zik 9,813 29,339,978
59 6:7:10 Achi Ascendancy Xan 9,958 29,256,175
60 4:4:3 Sardaukar NewDawn Xan 3,417 29,170,050
61 6:2:18 Arty NewDawn Xan 8,110 29,110,359
62 3:2:7 konstabel ASS Xan 7,483 29,106,004
63 up 7 10:4:24 Reese Fusion Cat 4,724 28,916,789
64 down 1 3:9:8 raketman Ascendancy Zik 3,222 28,911,538
65 down 1 10:7:4 ducky quack Xan 11,494 28,788,371
66 down 1 2:4:1 widget5 Factory Xan 10,577 28,786,461
67 down 1 2:4:7 Sneaky xVx Cat 6,533 28,219,123
68 up 4 8:5:3 Bronto CookieMonsters Zik 8,796 28,123,020
69 down 2 5:8:8 Gabba Fusion Ter 11,289 27,980,386
70 down 2 2:2:6 Bigfoot NewDawn Etd 1,579 27,587,746
71 down 2 8:3:15 LeadSlinger Fusion Xan 6,354 27,546,632
72 down 1 5:8:5 Xzar SON ET LUMIERE Xan 7,125 26,988,794
73 8:7:8 Primordius VisioN Zik 8,964 26,931,509
74 7:9:1 Criminal F-Crew Zik 9,268 26,883,248
75 up 37 3:8:2 BlueArmy Ascendancy Zik 8,149 26,826,221
76 down 1 9:4:14 Zargon Fusion Xan 8,658 26,727,947
77 down 1 5:8:7 yuuzh Fusion Xan 7,836 26,708,844
78 down 1 8:5:14 Apoam Clue Xan 9,958 26,460,968
79 down 1 8:7:9 maverixx NewDawn Xan 16,495 26,453,357
80 down 1 4:1:11 Trash Thebuilder Xan 8,961 26,274,348
81 down 1 8:7:2 Vice Vengeance Etd 7,616 25,930,274
82 down 1 8:3:18 xplizit Fusion Xan 8,359 25,927,889
83 down 1 5:4:5 DragonKing Ulterior Motive Zik 6,178 25,896,357
84 down 1 6:7:9 olsk ROCK Xan 10,030 25,810,726
85 down 1 1:8:1 drinker Fusion Ter 9,153 25,627,851
86 down 1 3:8:4 BaDD Fusion Ter 9,534 25,600,673
87 down 1 6:7:21 edgar NewDawn Zik 9,159 25,405,250
88 down 1 3:8:8 Snake_Eyes Fusion Zik 10,368 25,351,316
89 down 1 4:4:9 STLpMpNu Factory Ter 2,835 25,079,939
90 down 1 8:7:12 Rion Tides of Fire Xan 7,826 24,659,320
91 down 1 8:3:13 theyimmer Fusion Cat 3,148 24,639,229
92 down 1 4:9:11 spycors Fusion Xan 9,416 24,465,724
93 down 1 6:6:21 olle NewDawn Xan 6,263 24,206,435
94 2:4:15 Lawpark Ulterior Motive Xan 10,023 24,007,299
95 down 2 10:2:12 Lartius Howling Rain Zik 6,509 23,999,251
96 5:7:6 Ren Fusion Zik 10,292 23,983,096
97 down 2 6:9:17 Gruff Fusion Etd 1,768 23,977,149
98 down 1 1:2:9 Joopster Conspiracy Etd 7,895 23,957,990
99 up 9 10:7:6 Ulysses Cats Zik 6,436 23,909,824
100 down 1 10:2:8 Conan VisioN Zik 6,767 23,778,871
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* [[Round_28:Planet_Ranks|Final Planet Rankings]]
Alliances - Top 30
* [[Round_28:Galaxy_Ranks|Final Galaxy Rankings]]
Rank Change Name Asteroids Members AVG Score Score
* [[Round_28:Alliance Ranks|Final Alliance Rankings]]
1 Ascendancy 352105 71 22,686,608 1,361,196,496
* [[Round_28:Miscellaneous Ranks|Miscellaneous Rankings]]
2 Fusion 551114 75 20,524,913 1,231,494,805
3 Conspiracy 139838 62 11,110,097 666,605,848
4 Vengeance 145711 53 11,213,394 594,309,914
5 NewDawn 152538 43 13,438,282 577,846,164
6 Factory 224537 30 18,208,334 546,250,020
7 ROCK 128024 53 9,945,489 527,110,956
8 F-Crew 85812 36 10,815,748 389,366,961
9 TGV 97177 34 11,430,057 388,621,960
10 Tides of Fire 91271 27 13,284,472 358,680,756
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=See Also=
=See Also=
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* [[Round 28:End of Round Ceremony|R28 EORC]]
* [[Round 28:End of Round Ceremony|R28 EORC]]
* [[:Category:Alliances:Round 28|Alliances In R28]]
* [[:Category:Alliances:Round 28|Alliances In R28]]
* [[Round 28:Ship Stats|Ship Stats]]

Latest revision as of 20:40, 23 May 2010

Dates and Times

  • Round 28 Signups: Friday 8th August 2008
  • Round 28 Start: Friday 15th August 2008
  • Round 28 End: Friday 3rd October 2008

Round Announcement

By Cincinnatus.

Round 28 Signups open tomorrow (Friday 8th August) at 20:00 GMT, with signups located at http://game.planetarion.com/signup.pl

The Round 28 Beta opens tonight at 18:30 GMT, with ticks starting 08:00 GMT on Friday. Signups open at http://beta.planetarion.com/signup.pl

Round 28 Setup Round 28 will have identical buddy pack, late join and alliance limits to last round. These are 4, 2 and 75 respectively, with the top 60 members in an alliance contributing towards alliance score.

Semi-finalised stats will be available tomorrow night when signups open. Beta stats may or may not be similar to these!

The main game change for Round 28 involves a new setup for covert operations. This means that each planet now has agents and security guards that can be purchased to covert op other planets and to protect your own planets from covert ops respectively. More details on this will be in the manual and on Planetarion Discussions tomorrow evening.

Round Summary

Round 28 began with 3 alliances considered as the main contenders for the #1 spot, Conspiracy Theory, Newdawn and Ascendancy. With Denial disbanding after Round 27 a significant alliance was removed from the field of play. Their HC, and a number of the players, stuck together and created a new alliance called Carebears. Filling out the ranks were VisioN, having merged with NoX during the previous round, VGN, ROCK and a returning TGV. From an early stage the normal pattern of how a round plays out was disrupted. Ascendancy tagged up early and took the #1 spot comfortably, breaking the accepted convention of only tagging as needed that had developed over the last number of rounds. Close behind Ascendancy was CT, who with a large number of Etd planets had a EMP-driven boost early on, temporarily giving them the #1 position at points.

However the round was beginning to be dominated by Ascendancy. Pre-round they had recruited intensively, and had also brought back a number of retired players to fill their ranks with quality members. They also became more involved politically than had been their style previously, working with ROCK, TGV and Carebears at different times in order to target CT heavy galaxies and a gap between the two alliances began to grow. Ascendancy had concentrated themselves in a number of core galaxies and gone heavily for Xan planets, making them very strong defensively, aided by almost all planets choosing Feudal governments for decreased ship costs, something which meant that salvage was worth more to them. CT and VGN, and slightly later VSN, were hostile towards Ascendancy but the lack of co-ordination meant that certain Asc planets got almost no incoming and became very big from an early stage, with galaxies like 4.10 sucking in most of the incoming that was directed at Ascendancy due to being the Asc gal with fewest Xans.

From the end of the third week Ascendancy's lead began to grow faster and faster. They had also picked up some members from other alliances, such as eksero who had had come from Carebears when that alliance disbanded mid-round. With just under four weeks gone in the round Ascendancy looked in a position to dominate. ND finally joined the conflict in an attempt to bring them down, a move which they announced on Alliance Discussions. Despite this public move it took time for ND to actually begin to work with the other three involved alliances, giving Ascendancy more time to consolidate their position. Despite facing extremely heavy incoming at this time Ascendancy already had a sufficient advantage over the other alliances to make it difficult to actually take roids off them. They also rotated their mid-round recruits and late sign-ups into tag, minimising the extent to which they appeared to be losing roids and demotivating their opposition.

The block continued to keep up their attacks on Ascendancy for the next week but their effectiveness was minimal. There were a large number of crashes on Asc planets, providing value boosts for them through salvage, and despite a number of attempted fleetcatches they were unable to kill any significant Ascendancy fleets. Ascendancy began to increase the gap again and, realising that their chance of knocking Ascendancy off the top spot was now largely gone, the block landed some extremely marginal attacks, hoping to create some excitement for the rest of the round. Most notable of these was a large attack on classical of Ascendancy. At this point the round was effectively over and as the incoming on Ascendancy dried up they established a massive lead, dominating the top planet and galaxy ranks completely by the last tick. Almost every other large non-Ascendancy planet lost roids in the last two weeks and Asc finished with 25 of the top 30 planets.

Galaxy wise 1.7 and 9.8 were the main contenders early on, but when elviz of 9.8 crashed and lost his fleet, 1.7 were able to build a comfortable lead over the other galaxies. Their Ascendancy planets also rarely came under attack during the war and by the latter part of the round had become huge. Unsurprisingly the winning planet was one of these, voodoo of Ascendancy, whose main competitors were Nitz of TGV, until he was roided by Ascendancy, and Smasher and Satyr, both Ascendancy members. This round was notable as one of the rounds most dominated by a single alliance, along with 1up's Round 11 victory and eXilition's Round 18. Looking ahead into the next round it seemed likely that a new, or returning, alliance would have to step up to challenge Ascendancy.

Final Rankings

See Also

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