Cast WK43 Y2836

88,98:7
89,78:8
89,78:7
89,114:5
90,93:6
90,93:7
92,90:9
92,116:2
93,74:1
93,75:5

I'm thinking that it comes down to the same arguments that in general come up in the IA discussion. People just don't like seeing it out in the open.

This thread is a great example. Let's say this happened in a non-ia round and I'm a player that's friends with multiple players on Facebook, or I could just jump into Discord pms and say "hey, are you napped to 41?" The trick always was that the first message you sent can't be incriminating as it sets the tone of the conversation (the above question was typically sent via ingame, and if you got a response there would be a follow up message saying "cool, pm me"). Facebook messaging is incredibly easy to replicate, same with IRC, and you can edit/delete anything said in Discord.

In those messages, I could have given these coords...or simply said "you should keep infils on me for a while". boom, exact same impact only it's not public and we can't actually confirm that any wrong doing was done.

I'm considerably less worried about it than I was a year ago

Can't help but notice the developer saying that those rules aren't applicable in IA rounds.

1. Speaking of insults, insinuating that the # of players in my family has anything at all to do with whether or not I play well with others is laughable, cute though.

2. It's hard to say that posting coords in forums is an unwritten rule that players have followed for years...because actually until this round it was a written rule that players couldn't post coords.

3. It's not spiteful, but it is admitting I can't win a planet exchange. I assumed that was understood, as that's why you targeted me in the first place.

4. You're literally asking for settings and rules that are going to be applied in the softer galaxy...

Then that's 2-3 more days that the #1 nw fam's attacker has to dedicate 100% of his morale to attacking me, leaving you vulnerable.

Done W5 Y2836
120,84:8
107,83:8
105,83:5

Done W13 Y2836
115,88:7
110,90:6
112,93:3
105,91:4

Also, I should note. In forums? I'm a mod. In Discord? I'm a mod. In a galaxy I'm playing in? I'm a player.

If you hit me, I'll fight back. I'll play within the rules, and I'll use them to my advantage whenever I can. What else am I supposed to do?

That's an option! I only take actions like this in retaliation though, particularly when it's a situation like this when it's a top fam more concerned with their planet count than the game as a whole. The farming of small families and new players is a big part of what has killed this game. There are a few vets around that play ftw at any cost, and as a result new players are pushed away. It's not fun to get beat up by someone 3+times your size when you join a new game. Other games have systems in place that allow new players a learning curve, IC doesn't have that.

I have 0 shot at winning this round, and never had a shot at competing simply because I'm only one player. That shouldn't mean I become an easy target for players looking to win, and if they decide I'm that kind of target I'll do what I can to punish them.

Playing as a full out opper isn't a tactic? You're complaining about it right here I have no family to back me up, and partax is poor in a straight fight without droids. You obviously chose me as a target after seeing that I was playing SS as a non-attacking race in a family that can't defend from attacks. Other families have done it, but to be at the top of the ranks and do it is simple farming and I've always done what I can to make families pay for it. I don't have an attacker to send these coords to, but it's no longer against the rules to post them here.

Cast  W3 Y2836 (some of these were actually unportalled)
92,116:2
91,117:1
91,117:2
91,117:3
95,113:6
94,106:1
98,107:1
88,98:7
68,92:4
68,92:5
68:92:6

It's a response, not an initiative. The rest of my family is inactive, and my only defense is ops. Keeping the banker under OH for a few days hasn't been a big enough turnoff.