Those who wonder how this would change the game... It changed my game and I wanted to share my experience. That was good enough motivation to write stuff here.

I can´t change the game, but I still made an suggestion into Idea forum. There is a 0,01% chance of implementing it, so I gave it a shot. Just read it and support it to make that chance even higher. It is the one about stopping anonymous playing.

I don´t think I can change players either, but I gave it a go too, because even slightest change to better would be a huge result for one single forum post.

I will try to make a change by playing also, but I still don´t have no idea if I am going to show good or bad example to make a point. Could also be, that I change my way of playing and morale code every round, according my status and what I can accomplish to make biggest impact.

I don´t get it.

First we fight 805/807 and ppl accuse us on hitting small helpless families. IMHO those wars were quite even, because our fam is quite inactive, me included. Yes there was a big NW difference, but a lot of our NW was quite absent from the war effort.

Then top fam 800 decides to vulture in. They hide their greed behind valiant crusade against our evil family who attacks smaller families. Yeah, you are no better than us or even worse.

We had ongoing CF with 802 and AFAIK NAP was almost sealed, but they decided to call off CF (nothing wrong with that) and join other fams at vulturing and bashing us down (quite a lot wrong with that).

Although 805 and 807 have not attacked that hard anymore, I consider us having a war against 4 families atm.

Yet ppl find it funny and justified. Enough to bash us down in forums too. Like we did something horribly wrong and deserve to be humiliated in every way.

I can tell you that I am still trying to opp the enemy and rebuild some defensive fleet now and then, but as much as I like attacking and opping part of this game, this is not fun anymore. Not even to me.

This is the first time in my IC history when I truly feel that I am against the whole galaxy. Half of the galaxy is trying to kill me (yes, if you´re in a fam attacking me, you´re actively part of it, rogue action is a choice) and other half are bystanders and either silently watching or cheering.

This kinda experince and feeling leaves marks. Some other ppl would just leave the game and IC have undoubtedly lost a lot of players in similar circumstances. I will probably continue, but I really have no interest in co-operating with ppl who have made me feel like this.

Problem is that I most likely either don´t recognise or remember who truly was behind this experince (anonymous playing should be banned), so I will be even more suspicious than before. I will probably play only strictly SS and in solo galaxies from now on.

I still don´t know if in the future I will go rogue in families where ppl play unfairly or if I lack any compassion to IC community and just join in farming and vulturing operations. Time will tell, but I know I won´t be passive in those situations anymore.

Loads of players are playing this game with mobiles and mass building the old way can be quite tedious some times. Especially if network isn´t the best possible. Then you would really like to do things in one click. If you want new players or old staying, you better streamline the game.

Also, lots of ppl are complaining about players only infrawhoring. If infra management would be easier, it would level the playing field on that area and fighting would become the key factor making difference between players.

Yes, I want infra building to be as easy as it possibly can be. Then I can focus on attacking and opping...

Once again, this whole mess made me more determined to play only SS...

I did not belong into inner circle of the Green family and didn´t (couldn´t) use IRC actively, so I had no idea what leader(s) were planning. I had no idea why leader wanted us to have Wardancer in the family nor I had no idea what should I build (apart from 250 CFs @SOR) to benefit the fam. We had fam bank, but most of the time it was not announced in fam forum who had it or at least the one who had it was offline a lot, so it was not handled efficiently.

I think the NAP was only an excuse for ppl to throw the towel in. We had no leadership. No plans. No communication (outside of IRC?).

For example, I had to read from Uni that leader was on strike and Crioz too. There was no announcement ingame that we had given up. Only clues were leader message asking "who the hell signed 72hr NAP" and fam name change, which I missed totally. I would have loved to give a fight even after the NAP. I even gave strategy tips how we could turn tables a bit.

Thanks for wasting my time.

Well, since my comeback, I have played as I please and mostly SS. Have had fun! Leaders have accepted this without any trouble, because either I have been in a small fam or leader thinks I can pull my SS shizz off.

So, my advice is, if you want to do your own thing, do it in a small fam or do it well. No need to be in a #1 fam and win a round to have fun. If you end up in a #1 spot fam, it is not your fault with the current setup.

Also, if you don´t like themes, you can always be "diplomatic" with silly themes. Fam before reset had "Swords" theme which was kinda cool and Glamdring name worked well with my Pax race. Now my fam has "Batman" theme (instructions said, pick a character from Batman Movies) and I think it is quite trivial thing. But, instead of refusing to follow suit, I opened IMDB, checked out the cast and roles. Now I am "Sewer Thug #2" from Dark Knight Rises. Statement made, theme followed, had my fun with the theme.

@Swagga: Maybe my fam leader also realises from my actions that I am not here for him/her or the fam, but to have fun. So, obeying orders is not high in my list of priorities (but it is there). Yes, I am unrealiable. Leaders should however realise that I am not working against the fam as SS. I do not break CFs or unofficial NAPs or otherwise try to hurt the fam. I try to contribute my NW and planet amount to fam´s score too. I may stop fighting in a war if I think it is unjust or I may decide to continue my SS-no-aid-given-or-received policy even when fam makes war jumps, if I (can and) want to fight in a war too. I am funny that way. I think I have right to do things and make decisions on my own. Whenever I lead a fam, I let others have those rights too and I consider my "commands" as merely suggestions of how things could be done in the fam scale. I try to remember to say "please" and "thank you" often.

This was supposed to be short answer to current topic, but it kinda got out of hand...

Basicly, don´t take the game too seriously. Also, be a lion, not a lamb.

When I got the "game error" message, I had built infra. It seemed like nothing would have been spent for the infra, but when I logged out and in again, then the costs had been deducted. I got the error, because I could not afford to build more, but my cash and ress amounts just had not updated themselves accordingly.

Those who think they got free stuff, should first logout and login. Maybe the truth is out there.

Sliders, Missing images and Galaxy Map background missing might be Google Chrome problems. With Firefox and IE those work.

Clicking race links in IE make whole page look weird now. Menu takes over whole top of the page.

System Info in Chrome is still in one column without separate window and in IE in two column window, but planet images are so huge, that when opened from Galaxy Map the System Info window does not fit to screen always and the close link in bottom can´t be used (yes, it can be bypassed by scrolling page down and opening a new System Info which you can then close, but it is hard work).

When opened from Quick View (in IE), System Info is just messy and it is even hard to tell which ress bonus belongs to which planet.

Still minor tweaks to do here and there I guess, but the game should be playable.

Zanharim #601

1. Best Leader:
Han Solo #605

2. Best Diplomat:
Putin #604

4. Best Banker:
Yoda #605

8. Most Valuable Player (without him/her that fam would be nothing):
Hacker #602

10. Most honorable player:
Han Solo #605

11. Most dishonorable player:
patty whack #598

12. Best alliance:
I love to see what ppl offer here...

13. Worst alliance:
Or here...

14. Favourite fam of the round:
#602

15. Favourite theme/name/fampic of the round:
#600

16. Favourite forum-poster:
Sol Invictus

18. Most underrated family:
#600

19. Most honorable fam:
#603

20. Least honorable fam:
#598

21. Noob of the round (worst overall player):
Mr. Flay Sepulcrast #600

22. Best war of the round:
#603 vs #605

24. Biggest drop:
#602

28. Favorite quote of the round:
"I will ruin your round"

29. Most debated topic:
IA

Nobody has even asked me to stop attacks. Not during any wars, not now. That goes for both families. It seems everybody in #600 and #601 are either content with the current situation or do not care.

We had one NAP offer, but our fam had decided not to give any planets for it. Thus you had a chance to end the war too, if you would not have been so greedy.

I think our offer still stands, so if you want to end the war, start negotiations, get CF and this time, don´t break the CF. Oh and I don´t think you should try to mass attack first for extra planets and then try to negotiate either.

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Go here and make yourself heard...

http://imperialconflict.com/forum/viewt … ?id=194635