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Topic: SuperNova

Topic: Supernova Round 19057
Map size: 80x80 (last round 80x80)
Systems: 658 (last round 641)
Families: 75 (last round 75)
Family size: 1
Max allies: 0
Length: 2 months
Attacks and ops: 4 day delay
Market: 4 day delay
Resources: 50x
Exploration ships: 30
Defense Stations: 1
Cores: 3 (including home system) but you must fight for the other 2
Starting: Saturday, Jan 9
Ending: Wednesday, Mar 9
This is NOT an IA round for Supernova


whats up with the gal sizes  ???
9-10-11-12-13 planets per system???

yeah, yeah, yeah, your the best in the game!
But have you played against " Chuck Norris ! "

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Re: SuperNova

Interesting. Lets assume an average system size of 11 and 30 active players, than we will have on avarage 658*11/30 = 241 planets per player. In 8 weeks you can explore 450 planets. There will be conflict in this round smile

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looks like i can't stack all my ships this round. Was planning on only exploring the start ships and see how much i could attack

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4 Reply by LiGhTGuNs (edited by LiGhTGuNs 05-Jan-2016 08:30:52)

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Re: SuperNova

How much is the time needed for cores to settle? Last round is was set too short.

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Be nice if we had some input from an mod on this, but then again that would probly be asking too much.

yeah, yeah, yeah, your the best in the game!
But have you played against " Chuck Norris ! "

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We had devs set it up so we can have more control over over the # of planets in each system, that way we can still have enough systems that travel times are quick but there are less available planets.  We can decrease it a bit more next round if needed, but I didn't want to set it on the lowest setting yet.

Cores should be back to normal, last round there was a hiccup as the devs were trying to set up the core system in SB using the same base mechanic and from what I understand a button was pushed that shouldn't have been pushed.

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Re: SuperNova

Supernova 19
Playas having pipe-dreams
The hour's approaching
to eat' em up like ice-cream.

You scream,
but nobody hears you in space.
Here take these Figs-
I'mma shove' em all up in your face.

Plus I got Bombers prime- to give yo azz a good time.
Know it's true, not just because this is a good rhyme-
But also because I'm stating now- I'm here to get mine.
I push the button- no frontin'- I'm out to get nine.

Now fast approaches the Tick.
In One More Hour- I'mma start to make you players SICK!


.@.

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8 Reply by LiGhTGuNs (edited by LiGhTGuNs 09-Jan-2016 19:31:50)

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Starting line up: wrote:

Rank      Family      Planets      Networth      Score
1    (2031) [39,7]    1    1125    40   
2    (2038) [58,17]    1    1125    40   
3    (1991) [41,53]    1    1125    40   
4    (2034) [27,48]    1    1125    40   
5    ~ Inspirational ~ (2044) [13,23]    1    1125    40   
6    Venom (1984) [11,49]    1    1125    40   
7    (2024) [73,65]    1    1125    40   
8    (2004) [17,27]    1    1125    40   
9    (2016) [59,1]    1    1125    40   
10    AzAtropoliz (2019) [45,40]    1    1125    40   
11    Dronez (2025) [9,32]    1    1125    40   
12    Golden Armada (2037) [71,1]    1    1125    40   
13    (2046) [75,55]    1    1125    40   
14    (2012) [49,51]    1    1125    40   
15    Netflix and chill or nah? (1974) [68,61]    1    1125    40   
16    TYMO (1983) [8,58]    1    1125    40   
17    (2008) [78,16]    1    1125    40   
18    You Will PNAP HappyJedi (1992) [29,32]    1    1125    40   
19    (2033) [18,80]    1    1125    40   
20    (2027) [61,75]    1    1125    40   
21    All Alone (2013) [23,55]    1    1125    40   
22    (2041) [18,20]    1    1125    40   
23    Cold outside (1987) [41,27]    1    1125    40   
24    (2017) [29,61]    1    1125    40   
25    Red * Line (2029) [4,47]    1    1125    40   
26    (*)(*).@. J3D1 SP4WN .@.(*)(*) (2015) [78,67]    1    1125    40   
27    (1998) [51,80]    1    1125    40   
28    WHO CARES (2022) [80,74]    1    1125    40   
29    (2002) [25,66]    1    1125    40   
30    (1997) [8,79]    1    1125    40   
31    (1990) [50,72]    1    1125    40   
32    (2023) [2,62]    1    1125    40   
33    (2010) [13,6]    1    1125    40   
34    Waldo the Weird (1982) [67,49]    1    1125    40   
35    Moorale (1976) [43,79]    1    1125    40   
36    (2003) [35,13]    1    1125    40   
37    (1996) [73,72]    1    1125    40   
38    Crazy (2005) [53,25]    1    1125    40   
39    (2001) [28,10]    1    1125    40   
40    (2014) [55,67]    1    1125    40   
41    Whoop Whoop (1986) [65,36]    1    1125    40   
42    (1979) [20,50]    1    1125    40   
43    (1975) [60,43]    1    1115    40   
44    (2007) [36,78]    1    1100    40   
45    The Force is sleeping (1999) [29,4]    1    1065    40   
46    Vindictive (2018) [52,14]    1    1065    40

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Re: SuperNova

pvc

http://www.ic-wiki.com/index.php?title= … rsmostopen

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Re: SuperNova

Im looking forward to see what happens with these new system sizes big_smile

Dont Kick a man when he is down, unless you are sure you can get away.

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Re: SuperNova

This is what happens cool!!!

Supernova: SP4WN (#2015) took 21 planets off NoMercy (#2023).

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Swagga
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Re: SuperNova

Cores  already kicked in early. Once again wasted resources on defences which  are not needed...

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I dance in your face-
Bombers get a taste,
Lay your azz to waste.
Figs on the case!
Droids in your place!

How you gonna act?
I hit the button- that's a fact.
It's your turn to react.
Brace for the impact!

I took your planets and I'm not-
Giving them Back!

It's a raid on a slim track.
Swagga's at this screen spitting beef like it's BigMacks-

Can you dig that?
Say something stupid, I'll split your wig back....

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfzxLxAECJo
"You know I'm Swagga right?
Swagga
The name that strikes FEAR in your enemies....."

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14 Reply by LiGhTGuNs (edited by Undeath 24-Feb-2016 17:27:31)

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Pretty bussy year smile

THE FAMILY NEWS FOR YEAR 8
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-   CAPTURES   -
We overwhelmed the enemy 18 times. 5 families and 18 planet(s) involved.
We actually gained 18 planet(s) in total.

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-   DEFEATS   -
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We have been beaten 3 times. 2 families and 3 planets involved.
We actually lost 2 planet(s) in total. At least we were able to retake 1.

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-   FAILED ATTACKS or FIGHTER RUNS   -
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0 failed attack(s) have been made in total.
This means a fail/success ratio of 0 %.

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-   SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE   -
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62 failed attacks
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62 planet(s) defended in total.

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-   OPEN RETAKES   -
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[Don't post coords yo]
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2 planet(s) missing in action

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how do you get the morale.....

http://www.ic-wiki.com/index.php?title= … rsmostopen

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Only attacked players that cost lees than 9 morale.

18*9=162 morale needed
In 52 ticks you  regenerate at last 260 morale.

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Re: SuperNova

Too many fat low nw fams that cost 100% morale, no point still playing much longer

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Re: SuperNova

Mid round and we have a fully explored universe.

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yes didnt think it would fill up so quick. Think my strat is going to back fire now.

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I am not so sure the smaller systems worked out as intended:
- Late joiners are locked to hs
- Size gets won by the one that explores deteled players first
- Less conflict because it became harder gain position

Current stats:

Rank       Family       Planets       Networth       Score
1
    ~ Life Must Go On ~ (2044) [13,23]     237     8248741     33592    
2
    (2024) [73,65]     205     7855349     29700    
3
    P1 (1983) [8,58]     344     7527159     30719    
4
    Cold outside (1987) [41,27]     186     6922447     27543    
5
    (2034) [27,48]     372     6787700     33397    
6
    (1975) [60,43]     236     6723151     28157    
7
    Venom (1984) [11,49]     298     6266962     30255    
8
    (2004) [17,27]     283     6149602     26193    
9
    Dronez (2025) [9,32]     228     5637558     24851    
10
    Whoop Whoop (1986) [65,36]     200     4998400     21093    
11
    The Force Unleashed (1999) [29,4]     514     4496855     28695    
12
    Vindictive (2018) [52,14]     356     4431498     33023    
13
    (*)(*).@. J3D1 SP4WN .@.(*)(*) (2015) [78,67]     171     4298078     22243    
14
    Virgo Elite (2012) [49,51]     125     4021521     18161    
15
    Crazy (2005) [53,25]     122     3648487     15870    
16
    You Will PNAP HappyJedi (1992) [29,32]     235     3567974     20697    
17
    (2016) [59,1]     50     3178289     5601    
18
    Ticho luv (2017) [29,61]     153     2894436     21568    
19
    WHO CARES (2022) [80,74]     200     2869492     17491    
20
    Just for funn (2010) [13,6]     106     2646802     15399    
21
    Hyperion (1997) [8,79]     122     2639747     13901    
22
    you couldn't even get (1974) [68,61]     165     2550660     12522    
23
    _ (1996) [73,72]     141     2491403     16719    
24
    (1990) [50,72]     108     2451987     17700    
25
    James Returns (2032) [37,65]     180     2317250     6859    
26
    (2002) [25,66]     116     1960463     15436    
27
    (2014) [55,67]     40     1675465     9639    
28
    Specialist (1989) [4,70]     192     1668506     7295    
29
    Moorale (1976) [43,79]     33     664953     8206    
30
    Commandor SWAT Titties (2046) [75,55]     82     650351     10381    
31
    All Alone (2013) [23,55]     72     574836     10826    
32
    Furious Infrastructure Advisor (2041) [18,20]     1     556543     983    
33
    Wal-Dead (1982) [67,49]     30     510898     14716    
34
    (2036) [78,23]     31     480371     1354    
35
    (2001) [28,10]     123     350682     13475    
36
    Lame..nothing to do shite... (2028) [14,69]     21     347048     538    
37
    (1977) [35,31]     79     342325     655    
38
    (1995) [4,18]     16     229339     616    
39
    Begedis (1993) [32,55]     14     155283     797    
40
    Our Fam Chat Is Dead (2043) [40,75]     12     127549     406    
41
    House Funhaus (2038) [58,17]     17     115212     459    
42
    Churr (1991) [41,53]     10     111040     348    
43
    Root (2035) [61,53]     10     78602     214    
44
    The year I still think it is. (2009) [9,19]     9     48513     230    
45
    (2047) [67,71]     10     34408     138    
46
    Late Starter (2048) [62,58]     7     24256     11    
47
    (1978) [40,21]     12     23959     87    
48
    (1979) [20,50]     7     20423     134    
49
    v6 (1981) [22,71]     7     12936     84    
50
    Replicators (2011) [70,26]     1     2443     0    
51
    (2003) [35,13]     1     2250     0    
52
    (2023) [2,62]     1     1644     0    
53
    (2000) [78,49]     1     1250     0    
54
    (1988) [76,8]     1     1250     0    
55
    AzAtropoliz (2019) [45,40]     1     1250     0

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"- Size gets won by the one that explores deteled players first"

One can be in the top 10 in size without attacking anyone except those empires which attack, and only exploring a few planets from those who deleted.  Permanent naps help.  So much productivity is used up in attacks...  The previous two rounds Mango came in first in NW without ever attacking another empire.  This round Mango was attacked by NoMercy, 2023, a few times, but with sufficient defense and counterattacking NoMercy decided attacking Mango was not worth it.  Mango did take two planets from NoMercy which were captured in his systems and one which was explored in a system of his after retaking a couple of planets from NoMercy.

Which other empires in the top 10 in size did not explore a lot of planets made available by deletion of empires, and which did not capture many planets from other empires?

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Re: SuperNova

I am #9 in size and i have not explored since systems filled up. I have mostly played defensively, pretty much only attacking when people explore into my systems and some retal.

I think people have too much fleet to really be able to gain a lot from attacking now anyway.

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The race needs 300% speed then there would be more attacking. and then there is morale....

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Re: SuperNova

One difficulty is finding the proper balance between enough attacking and too much attacking. 

Greater speed is good for those who don't have enough time to wait for fleets to arrive and want to attack more.

Too much attacking results in some people not returning to the game, or deleting and not returning to the game. 

Fewer players results fewer empires to attack.

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25 Reply by Mango (edited by Mango 22-Feb-2016 01:20:37)

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Could decreasing the maximum number of planets which can be lost by an empire in a given period of time decrease the rate at which people get too discouraged to continue playing?


Having these smaller systems may be a way to decrease the rate at which planets can be lost.  I have no idea if the data is available for a study of the effect.  It may be that just one round with the smaller systems is insufficient to come to a definite conclusion.

If there are twice as many systems in the same size galaxy, then that effectively cuts in half the time on average required to reach the next system.

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