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== Round Details ==

<ul>
Now in its tenth season and fresh from a recode and redevelopment, Planetarion X Genesis is an online space-based game of strategy, politics and epic war. Planet against planet, Alliance against alliance, you can either survive or die. As a ruler of just one planet in the darkness of the universe, it is your task to construct your fleets, build up your planet and mine the much coveted asteroids that encircle your planet. Choose your race and rule your planet as the ultimate warmonger. Develop your technologies and harvest resources, whilst fighting off those who would steal your wealth. --preround portal hype</ul>

With the introduction of bug-ridden new Planetarion code and bubblegum-statistics PaX became a round long fight between several alliances that didn't see a victor until the very end.

Round 10 also marked the introduction of [[buddypack]]s to the game.

=== Bugs===

One of the more amusing bugs in PaX was found by [[Gerbie]]. During the round, Gerbie had kept to his 3 first roids, and instead researched [[covert operations]] and [[waves]], working as a [[scanner]] for his alliance, [[Vengeance]].

The most popular covop was resource transfer, which basicly stole resources from target and gave them to the covopper. Now, Gerbie stole from the big and gave to the small (himself) and then donated all the resources to the [[galaxy fund]] (which he had control over, as the [[MoD]]). But as might be expected, the big didn't like this. As they could not hit him (as he was too small), they decided to hit his galaxy instead. Gerbie, the nice fellow he is, sent all his 3 ships, normally used for [[Scans|JGP]] scans, to defend a galaxymate. There, they actually shot down a few hostile fighters, giving Gerbie XP. However, the formula dictated that if you killed the ships of a bigger planet, then you would gain more [[XP]] than if you killed the ships of a smaller planet. Problem was, there was set no limit to this extra XP, and as the planet whose fighters got killed was 117 times bigger than Gerbie (in score) it resulted in a massive score-gain for Gerbie, effectivly putting him in 1st, where he remained for almost a day. Then the bug was fixed, and he was lowered somewhat, allthough still in the top 100.

But Gerbie didn't lose spirit of this. On several occasions during the round he regained #1 for a tick, by donating all the resources he had saved up in the galaxy fund to himself. The ultimate goal was to win the round, as a covopper. The problem was, this tactic offered little challange for Gerbie, and around mid-round he grew bored of the whole thing and stopped. No one knows what would have happened if he had kept on all round - perhaps he would have emerged the winner?

Another bug which caused a stir during the round was the ability to recall fleets whilst in transit. By leaving the planetarion window open, a player could click back multiple times until they reached the page before ever launching their fleet, doing this would cause the fleet to return home immediately. This bug was not discovered until Walken, a top 10 planet at the time, abused it while being fleetcaught. Instead of losing his fleet, he opted to abuse the bug and thus exposing it to the admins. The result of this was his planet being closed and the faulty code being fixed.

Some bugs that were reported by Caution:
The bug of giving fleets orders after they had launched was also discovered and reported on IRC immediatly.

He also discovered it was possible to start production orders without the needed research/cons completed by using a command such as http://jpaweb01.planetarion.com/production.pl?ship_12=100, which was also reported.
He also suspected that one would be able to use the same flaw to change the Message from the Commander and the Commanders, gal pic etc. He reported that also without checking if that bug actually existed.

A less important glitch that occasionally happened during the round was the ability to buy more ships than you could afford. This bug was seemingly caused by accidentally double clicking the buy button very quickly, resulting in a double order, and negative resources.

==Round Summary==

With the new shape of the game for '''Round 10''' it was hoped that competition would be more open, and the round proved to be so in the end with the winners only determined in the last two weeks. Thanks to the dominant alliance of the previous round, [[LDK]], calling it quits there was space on the political field for new players this round. [[Dragons]] announced that they would be playing the round as a full alliance, after five rounds as a [[battlegroup]]. After the co-operation between them and LDK the previous round a number of ex-LDK players went to Dragons for the forthcoming round. A number also went to [[FAnG]], who stepped up into contention this round.

Another main contender was [[Eclipse]] who, along with [[Elysium]] and [[ToT]], worked as part of the [[EET]] [[block]] during the round. On the other side [[FAnG]] and [[Dragons]] [[NAP]]ed and worked closer together as the round progressed, with [[Vision]] joining in on their side from mid-round onwards. After a good early start by ToT FAnG built up a lead over the other alliances but this in turn was quickly closed back down by EET and the lead swapped hands between Dragons, FAnG, Elysium and Eclipse a number of times as the round progressed. During the round both [[ViruS]] and [[Seraphim]] disbanded, with groups from ViruS moving into Eclipse and Seraphim joining Dragons en masse.

Both sides of the war picked up more agreements as the round continued with FAnG [[NAP]]ing [[ND]], and on occasion co-operating with [[Wolfpack]] and [[VGN]]. [[NoS]] joined in with EET who were struggling to keep up with FAnG who had moved ahead in the rankings. At this point a large number of FAnG (particularly) and Dragons planets were closed by the multihunters for suspected cheating. Although the vast majority of these planets were subsequently reopened the uproar caused within FAnG by these closures led directly to [[the FAnG incident]]. As FAnG HCs washed their hands of the alliance over half of the members left the ingame alliance in order to move elsewhere. With only a week left to go in the round Elysium moved in and recruited a number of these top ex-FAnG planets, gaining them enough score to pass Eclipse in the ingame alliance ranks. A highly controversial tactic at the time it was primarily due to the unpopularity of Eclipse within this group and the desire of the ex-FAnG members to make an impact in the final days of the round.

While the EET block unquestionably finished in the stronger position, with the effective dissolution of FAnG and the #1 and #2 alliance spots, questions raged over the "true winner" of the round. Many in Eclipse accused Elysium of protecting enemy planets in the final days of the round in order to secure a cheap victory. Nevertheless both Elysium and Eclipse emerged victorious from a long and tough war. The winning planet of the round was bleen, who moved from FAnG to Elysium in that group, and the winning galaxy was an Elysium dominated one.

==Final Rankings==

*[[Round_10:Planet_Rankings|Top 100 planets]]

===Top Galaxy===

'''18:4'''

# Kilroy - Eclipse
# Salminator - Vision
# Mitre - Elysium
# Sword - Elysium
# bleen - Elysium
# Ace - ToT
# Hoffi - Elysium
# desse - Vision
# Guran - Elysium
# Remy - ToT

===Top Alliance===

[[Elysium]]

== See also ==

*[[Round_10:Fang_end_of_round_announcement]]
*[[Round_10:Fang_pwns_itself]]
*[[:Category:Alliances:Round 10|Alliances]]
*[[Round 10:Ship Stats|Ship Stats]]

Round 10.5

2010-01-29T19:30:54Z

193.203.136.122: /* Top Galaxy */

=Round Summary=

Prior to the start of '''Round 10.5''' both [[Eclipse]] and [[ToT]] announced that they would be disbanding. Despite the catastrophic events at the end of [[Round 10]] [[FAnG]] reorganised themselves and gathering allies in [[MISTU]], a former [[BG]] within Eclipse, and [[Phraktos]], newly formed, primarily from the [[Dragons]] memberbase after they decided not to continue into r10.5 as a full alliance, formed [[FPM]] and prepared to fight the [[EET]] [[block]] going into this round. However with Eclipse and ToT both departing from the game Elysium were left isolated. [[LCH]], who had previously been part of [[ToT]], and [[Vision]] joined up with Elysium in an attempt to counter the FPM block.

Unfortunately as the round got under way it was clear that the FPM block was far superior to the opposition against it. To further this problem Elysium were playing at a lower level than the previous round and most alliances weren't initially keen on opposing FPM. [[Wolfpack]], with the majority of their members in FPM galaxies, [[NAP]]ed Phraktos, and unofficially the whole of FPM by extension. Despite determined opposition from in places within the first 3 weeks of the round almost all major hostile galaxies had been taken out by FPM. [[LCH]] merged with [[Howling Rain]] to form the FYTFO tag in an attempt to keep up activity but FPM soon dominated the top ranks. [[NewDawn]] stepped in at this point and with a few other alliances attempted to halt FPM's momentum but militarily they were not equal to the task.

With sources of roids drying up FPM dropped the NAP with Wolfpack. Outnumbered horrifically and with most of the rest of the universe already badly beaten up Wolfpack were unable to match up to FPM. A number of their biggest planets joined Phraktos in order to protect themselves and stagnation set in across the universe. Attempting to break this and seize the #1 ranking for themselves, ahead of FAnG who held it at that time, Phraktos declared war on FAnG with less than two weeks left in the round. This was nothing short of an unmitigated disaster. Large planets who had left FM to join Phraktos quit after being roided while out of tag, massive amounts of incoming went uncovered and Phraktos' roid losses were immense within a couple of days of the declaration of war. With a lack of DCs, and HCs going inactive, the members left Phraktos in droves and they plummetted down the alliance rankings. FAnG claimed a clear victory in the end, with their allies MISTU finishing in second place. The #1 planet was Sn0w of FAnG and the #1 gal was a FAnG/MISTU galaxy.

One noteworthy event that occurred towards the end of this round was the highest ranking non-FPM planet revealing himself to be [[Synthetic_Sid]], who belittled the block for being unable to take him out and [[An_Anouncement_And_a_Proposal|threw down a challenge]] to the community to play a round without blocks.

=Final Rankings=

*[[Round 10.5:Alliance Ranks|Final Alliance Rankings]]
*[[Round_10.5:Planet_Ranks|Final Planet Rankings]]

==Top Galaxy==

'''22.8'''

:: 1 :: Kefalos
:: 2 :: Kamme
:: 3 :: waffle
:: 4 :: Sonny
:: 5 :: Donkey_Punch
:: 6 :: Aaranaf
:: 7 :: Adam
:: 8 :: Yogibear
:: 9 :: Saiyan
:: 10 :: [Dreamy]

==See Also==
*[[:Category:Alliances:Round 10.5|Alliances]]
*[[Round 10.5:Ship Stats|Ship Stats]]

2010-01-29T15:26:05Z

193.203.136.122: /* The Origins of Planetarion */

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=The Origins of Planetarion=

==Spinner on Planetarion==
[[Spinner]]s words during an interview with Adam Rodman from http://www.justadventure.com

'The idea dates back to summer 1999. Three wise heads got together, some with experience from making games, some with database backbone experience, and we decided we wanted to make a game by ourselves. We took a look around at what existed and decided we could do better. Nothing wrong with a decent self-esteem when setting out on something like this. So we gathered ideas for a while, and since Star Wars was a movie people were talking about around that time we, well, decided to go to space and sci-fi setting. We were also huge fans of Starcraft and Elite, so it wasn't a hard choice. So we sat down and started to make the actual game then, on our own spare time. Heh, I remember when we had something called spare time. First we outlined ideas on paper, then went to visual design on the screen, and then we started implementing, or programming if you want to call it that. And in February 2000, we launched it for the first time ... my, oh my ... That was a rush!'

[[Round_1:UKGamer_Interview|UKGamer Interview (2000)]] with Spinner before R1.

==The Original Story==
The [[Round_1:Story|story]] that lead to the "Beginning".

=Dates and Times=

Signups opened December 1999
Ticks started 1st February 2000
Ticks ended May 2000

=Round Details=

*[[Round_1:Tech_Tree | Technology Tree]]

=Round Summary=

The first round of Planetarion began on the 1st of February 2000. At this stage all [[galaxies]] consisted of 25 [[planet]]s filled up sequentially via sign-ups. The first [[alliance]]s formed were based around [[cluster]]s, which at that point contained 50 galaxies each, thereby becoming known as [[cluster alliance]]s. Some of these cluster alliances went on to form the most famous alliances in the game, notably [[The 17th Legion]], based in cluster 17, which went on to become [[Legion]] and [[c7R]], based in cluster 7, which went on to become [[Fury]]. Others included T6E, cluster 6, which became [[TPE]] in later rounds.

The most famous alliance from Round 1 is almost unquestionably [[Concordium]]. First formed as a cluster alliance in c2 it spread beyond its cluster to take in other galaxies and become the first dominanting alliance in PA history. Although perceived by most to be the victor of Round 1 its control of the universe was far from complete. Another powerful alliance at the time was [[Rinoa's Eclipse]], although largely they had risen to this point via staying out of the way of Concordium. The end of the round was put off a number of times by [[PACrew]] and this led to vast swathes of the universe suiciding their fleets on the top galaxies, primarily Concordium ones.

Along different lines c7R, with others, planned a large attack on Concordium. Members of the top [[Rinoa's Eclipse]]' galaxies, being told they weren't allowed to defend [[Conc]], split off to form their own alliance, primarily to avoid provoking the Conc galaxies which had tolerated them. These galaxies tagged Oooooomph and the alliance called itself [[BlueTuba]]. With the lack of formalised alliance rankings at this stage one of the main focuses in the game was on the galaxy rankings, where, due to arguments over when the round really ended, a c7R and 2 [[BT]] galaxies could all claim the #1 spot. However the vast majority of the top planets and galaxies were Concordium ones.

=Final Rankings=
*[[Round 1:Gallaxy Ranks | Galaxy Ranks]]
*[[Round 1:Planet Ranks | Planet Ranks]]

=See Also=
*[[:Category:Alliances:Round 1|Alliances Playing Round 1]]
*[[Round 1 Joker's Gal Banner|Joker's Gal Banner]]
*[[Round 1 Jonka Attack|The "Jonka Attack"]]

Round 1

2010-01-29T15:25:03Z

193.203.136.122: /* Round Summary */

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=The Origins of Planetarion=

==Spinner on Planetarion==
[[Spinner]]s words during an interview with Adam Rodman from http://www.justadventure.com

'The idea dates back to summer 1999. Three wise heads got together, some with experience from making games, some with database backbone experience, and we decided we wanted to make a game by ourselves. We took a look around at what existed and decided we could do better. Nothing wrong with a decent self-esteem when setting out on something like this. So we gathered ideas for a while, and since Star Wars was a movie people were talking about around that time we, well, decided to go to space and sci-fi setting. We were also huge fans of Starcraft and Elite, so it wasn't a hard choice. So we sat down and started to make the actual game then, on our own spare time. Heh, I remember when we had something called spare time. First we outlined ideas on paper, then went to visual design on the screen, and then we started implementing, or programming if you want to call it that. And in February 2000, we launched it for the first time ... my, oh my ... That was a rush!'

[[Round_1:UKGamer_Interview|UKGamer Interview (2000)]] with Spinner before R1.

==The Original Story==
The [[Round_1:Story|story]] that lead to the "Beginning".

=Round Details=

*[[Round_1:Tech_Tree | Technology Tree]]

=Round Summary=

The first round of Planetarion began on the 1st of February 2000. At this stage all [[galaxies]] consisted of 25 [[planet]]s filled up sequentially via sign-ups. The first [[alliance]]s formed were based around [[cluster]]s, which at that point contained 50 galaxies each, thereby becoming known as [[cluster alliance]]s. Some of these cluster alliances went on to form the most famous alliances in the game, notably [[The 17th Legion]], based in cluster 17, which went on to become [[Legion]] and [[c7R]], based in cluster 7, which went on to become [[Fury]]. Others included T6E, cluster 6, which became [[TPE]] in later rounds.

The most famous alliance from Round 1 is almost unquestionably [[Concordium]]. First formed as a cluster alliance in c2 it spread beyond its cluster to take in other galaxies and become the first dominanting alliance in PA history. Although perceived by most to be the victor of Round 1 its control of the universe was far from complete. Another powerful alliance at the time was [[Rinoa's Eclipse]], although largely they had risen to this point via staying out of the way of Concordium. The end of the round was put off a number of times by [[PACrew]] and this led to vast swathes of the universe suiciding their fleets on the top galaxies, primarily Concordium ones.

Along different lines c7R, with others, planned a large attack on Concordium. Members of the top [[Rinoa's Eclipse]]' galaxies, being told they weren't allowed to defend [[Conc]], split off to form their own alliance, primarily to avoid provoking the Conc galaxies which had tolerated them. These galaxies tagged Oooooomph and the alliance called itself [[BlueTuba]]. With the lack of formalised alliance rankings at this stage one of the main focuses in the game was on the galaxy rankings, where, due to arguments over when the round really ended, a c7R and 2 [[BT]] galaxies could all claim the #1 spot. However the vast majority of the top planets and galaxies were Concordium ones.

=Final Rankings=
*[[Round 1:Gallaxy Ranks | Galaxy Ranks]]
*[[Round 1:Planet Ranks | Planet Ranks]]

=See Also=
*[[:Category:Alliances:Round 1|Alliances Playing Round 1]]
*[[Round 1 Joker's Gal Banner|Joker's Gal Banner]]
*[[Round 1 Jonka Attack|The "Jonka Attack"]]

The Galactic Vikings

2010-01-29T14:34:11Z

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*'''Full Name''': The Galactic Vikings
*'''Short Name''': TGV
*'''Public IRC Channel''': #tgv
*'''Alliance motto''': Allti lagi!
*'''Affectionate nickname''': Vikingwarriors
*'''Current status''': Alive again after 9 rounds absense.
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The Galactic Vikings were a small-medium sized alliance who disbanded near the end of [[round 5]].
It was a merge from two norweigan alliances in [[round 2]]. The alliance had a very active membersite and an active alliancechannel with close contacts to some of the other alliances like [[TFD]]. They had an active part in tearing down [[BlueTuba]] in [[round 2]], they also had an own wing that mainly focused on taking out [[BlueTuba|Blue Tuba]] planets. Allthough the alliance was a very active alliance and had alot of good players TGV didnt make the big league due to the bigger alliances recruiting TGV's best and most active members.

Its being brought back again aftere 9 rounds absence.

TGV has finished in the top 10 in its two consecutive rounds in the [[PAX]] era. In [[Round 14]] TGV finished 8th with 2 members in top 100 and 1 member in the top galaxy; In [[Round 15]] TGV ended 8th again, with 5 members in the top 100 and one member in the top galaxy. With a few top 10 performances it was time for TGV's finest hour ending 2nd in [[round 22]]. In [[round 24]] the alliance had the top planet. Disbanded at the end of [[Round 25]]. TGV staged a brief comeback in [[round 28]].

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