Round 6 - Revision history

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2012-05-14T03:18:57Z

fix jbg fuckup <3

JBG: Round 6i moved to Round 6

2012-05-13T22:12:49Z

Round 6i moved to Round 6

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2012-05-13T22:12:27Z

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203.82.152.39: /* Endgame */

2012-04-29T07:35:53Z

Endgame

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	=~~===Endgame====~~		snfnxF , [url=http://lntcbcwghncd.com/]lntcbcwghncd[/url], [link=http://iezrxbbjjjsx.com/]iezrxbbjjjsx[/link], http://bgrdfqbjuyob.com/

	~~With the war settled and most of Deus command suffering from exhaustion and burn out the round turned its focus on the race for the biggest planet. Arguably there two main contenders for this spot~~: ~~sliekas of LDK and Drivo of Deus, who had benefited from a reasonable galaxy in terms of politics to move into contention~~. ~~FLVT and FoS consequently turned their fire solely on sliekas and LDK, however LDK were prepared to sacrifice everything to make sure their planet stayed in the #1 position. Ultimately~~, LDK ended up sacrificing their entire wing and whoever they could get to help from Xanadu to prop up sliekas, viewing it as a matter of pride. This made sliekas near impossible to roid and resulted in forcing Fury and Deus to give up due to the unsustainable cost of mounting attacks.

	~~The galaxy race was largely considered a foregone conclusion. The~~ [~~[Round 6 5~~:~~24\|leading galaxy~~]] ~~(Dragons) was a largely WP/NoS stronghold~~, enjoying a formidable lead having not been a priority target in both major wars and benefiting from the political protection afforded by FoS. As such, no attempt was ever made to unseat them from their position.

	The last week of the round was largely uneventful, with only low level mopping up activity taking place as most were looking forward to the round ending and returning to some sense of normality after a punishingly intense and long round. Fury did attempt to attack Drivo on the last day as they viewed him as a fencesitter, but they were thwarted by a server failure which prevented them from launching and landing in time before the round ended.

	This left the result of round 6 as one of contention and being somewhat inconclusive. While Xanadu had the top planet, their alliance had been laid waste, while NoS and WP held the largest galaxy by largely sitting out wars and lacked any significant influence over political and military proceedings. Arguably the the Deus/~~hirr~~/ND group can claim victory as the one that was the most the dominant having defeated the two greatest Planetarion alliances and beaten stagnation while holding several top ranks and galaxies, but without a #1 rank in galaxy or planet, this remains a point of dispute. It is this level of complexity that defined round 6, which is widely regarded amongst Planetarion's more experienced players as a one of the finest rounds to have ever been played.

	====Consequences of round 6====		====Consequences of round 6====

94.124.234.24: /* The war on Xeta */

2012-04-28T13:39:31Z

The war on Xeta

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	However, this schism went beyond mere alliance politics; whole galaxies were affected in their alliance makeup. The 72 hour period involved many in Xeta and FoS galaxies shifting alliances to back the block they thought that was going to win and ensure political unity in their galaxies. Ultimately, Xanadu was probably the biggest benefactor of this process. With exchanges between Deus and Xanadu already occurring in violation of the 72 hour cooling off period, the second war of round 6 was ready to begin.		However, this schism went beyond mere alliance politics; whole galaxies were affected in their alliance makeup. The 72 hour period involved many in Xeta and FoS galaxies shifting alliances to back the block they thought that was going to win and ensure political unity in their galaxies. Ultimately, Xanadu was probably the biggest benefactor of this process. With exchanges between Deus and Xanadu already occurring in violation of the 72 hour cooling off period, the second war of round 6 was ready to begin.

	=~~===The war on Xeta====~~		KLQZiU <a href="http://wzgagbomagom.com/">wzgagbomagom</a>

	Xanadu once more hit the ground running, going straight for Deus as a quick kill would effectively end the round. It therefore came as no surprise to see Deus sustain heavy losses in the early stages of the round, with Deus having to work overtime to keep their alliance and their block in one piece. NoS and Wolfpack were content to sit back and watch Deus take the hits in the early stages, knowing that a weakened Deus would only strengthen any claim they could make to winning the round. As the war progressed, their involvement gradually increased but Deus' close co-operation with Fury had effectively ended any good relations beyond a NAP within the FoS block.

	~~Fury were~~ a major benefactor from the war on Xeta. While they had lost a lot of roids, they had kept their fleets and were far more resilient than in previous rounds, having learned from their hard beating in round 4. The chance to finally get at Xanadu raised spirits in the FLVT ranks and under their new banner of [NOTDEAD] they had become a viable military force once more. Indeed, the Deus HC (many of whom had worked closely with Fury and Legion in the past) felt more at home working with Fury, as both alliances were totally committed to war against Xanadu. With Xanadu being the most effective military force, FoS and FLVT were forced into a strategy of waging a long compaign against them, using their numbers to wear them down.

	It was at this point in the round that Agamemnon, the Deus HC responsible for Battle Command came into his own. In Agamemnon, Deus had the benefit of a military leader who despite having a fiery temper, was able to identify the weaknesses in the Xanadu military machine and control his forces with a phenomenal level of commitment. Slowly but surely, FLVT and FoS were able to turn around the war, particularly with Fury once more having sufficient income to build competitive fleets and Deus scrambling one last effort to take their battered alliance over the finishing line.

	====Endgame====		====Endgame====

202.75.4.164: /* FLTV – Fury, Legion, Virus, Titans */

2012-04-28T05:31:03Z

FLTV – Fury, Legion, Virus, Titans

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	====The Protagonists====		====The Protagonists====

	~~=====FLTV – Fury, Legion, Virus, Titans=====~~		I am really impsersed using your way with words-at all and also while using layout on your own blog. Is a paid theme or did you personalize it yourself? Anyway keep up to date the good quality writing, it's rare to discover a great blog like this one today..

	~~Arguably led by Fury, this group was the remnants of the winning block from the previous round~~. ~~Titans were widely expected~~ to ~~oppose Fury~~, ~~but due~~ to ~~their ties with Legion and battle groups such as Joy as Villainy, ultimately walked away from~~ a ~~previously agreed relationship with a new alliance, Deus Ex Machina~~.

	With two top alliances in Fury and Legion, a solid middle tier alliance in Virus and a small group of elite players in Titans, FLTV were arguably the strongest block and favourites at the start of round 6.

	=====Xeta – Xanadu, Elysium, The Frying Dutchmen (TFD), Silver (Ag)=====		=====Xeta – Xanadu, Elysium, The Frying Dutchmen (TFD), Silver (Ag)=====

138.232.5.84: /* Operation Barghest */

2012-04-27T12:59:22Z

Operation Barghest

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	=~~===Operation Barghest====~~		kNcDh4 , [url=http://ydnrlgvxtlcd.com/]ydnrlgvxtlcd[/url], [link=http://ckykizwiuchy.com/]ckykizwiuchy[/link], http://oofcywpmpdcn.com/

	~~However, with FLTV fighting a losing battle and failing to make inroads on Xanadu, they trained their sights on Deus as a last ditch attempt to salvage a chance of victory in round 6~~. ~~Focussing on Deus had actually been a considered option for FLVT at the beginning of the round~~, ~~under the code name “Operation Barghest”~~. ~~Zhil and Meth of Fury were behind the plan~~, having suggested that a political decapitation would be the most appropriate way of dismantling the enemy. The idea was that with Deus out of the picture, the efforts between Xeta and FoS would have been far less co-ordinated, making it easier to take them down. This plan was ultimately rejected, with Legion command particularly insistent that the block focussed on the biggest military threat first.

	The implementation of Barghest trained a large part of the FLTV war machine solely on Deus and would provide Deus with its first real military test. The battle was bitterly fought, focussing most firepower within a short time period in the middle of the night, to overwhelm not just Deus' defence fleets but their capacity to actually process what was coming at them. Led by Lokken, Agamemnon and Queendax, Deus mounted a frantic defence, calling in political favours with newbie alliances to get defence fleets and sending counters to pin their attackers down.

	A bad defeat would have ended Deus' hopes there and then, but Barghest had come too late for FLVT and Deus were able to stave off the attack. The battle was effectively ended by a failed Legion attack on Patrician and Lokken's galaxy, with Legion unable to send their full complement of fleets and Deus able to divert fleets from planets that were being hit earlier that night to defend one of their strongholds. Surviving such an onslaught proved to galavanise the Deus ranks and for the first time gave the rank and file real belief that they could be successful while achieving their anti-stagnation aims.

	====FoS switch sides====		====FoS switch sides====

58.97.117.7: /* The War on FLTV */

2012-04-27T09:12:33Z

The War on FLTV

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	we supposed to beviele the fantastical now seeing as 2012 has been built up in our collective space-our commonplace? Perhaps the most important distinction betwen the classical commonplace mentality and that of the Renaissance was in the way each conceived of knowledge. While the ancient orators conceived of the topics and their seats of arguments as located in the mental areas of the mind in which thought processes developed and were expressed in the oral tradition of the spoken word, the Renaissance teacher and schoolboy tended more to locate his topics and their accumulated wisdom outside the mind on the pages of his commonplace book where thoughts were manipulated like objects. Sixteenth-and seventeeth century man was concerned with the written word much more than the ancient rhetorician had been. Renaissance Concepts of the Commonplace/LechnerSurely we have not an oral nor a written tradition: I would define the proliferation of news stories in our recent time as fairy tales': objectifying a cooperative existence laid forth by those we are told to trust with our future.Are we children to accept these stories as truth?Are these stories meant to impart religious adherence?Of what punishment henceforth heresy?		we supposed to beviele the fantastical now seeing as 2012 has been built up in our collective space-our commonplace? Perhaps the most important distinction betwen the classical commonplace mentality and that of the Renaissance was in the way each conceived of knowledge. While the ancient orators conceived of the topics and their seats of arguments as located in the mental areas of the mind in which thought processes developed and were expressed in the oral tradition of the spoken word, the Renaissance teacher and schoolboy tended more to locate his topics and their accumulated wisdom outside the mind on the pages of his commonplace book where thoughts were manipulated like objects. Sixteenth-and seventeeth century man was concerned with the written word much more than the ancient rhetorician had been. Renaissance Concepts of the Commonplace/LechnerSurely we have not an oral nor a written tradition: I would define the proliferation of news stories in our recent time as fairy tales': objectifying a cooperative existence laid forth by those we are told to trust with our future.Are we children to accept these stories as truth?Are these stories meant to impart religious adherence?Of what punishment henceforth heresy?

	=~~===The War on FLTV====~~		Z6niuT <a href="http://lhhixkbnqcqb.com/">lhhixkbnqcqb</a>

	The beginning of the round was characterised by a universal war on FLTV, with Xeta and FoS determined to prevent a repeat of round 5. Titans not joining with Deus was viewed as a major blow to this effort. The only silver lining for Deus was their gain of Agamemnon, a highly capable BC who had helped to achieve a galaxy win for Legion in round 5. Despite Xeta and FoS' numerical advantage the start of the war was surprisingly even. FLTV had built their alliance on a large number of private galaxy strongholds, making them extremely resilient and able to ride out large amounts of incoming.

	FLTV built their early success on these strongholds with their leading players able to easily effect defence to their own planets. On the other end, they actively went after major Xanadu strongholds, viewing them as the most dangerous force against them. This proved to be highly effective, leading them to hold most of the top 20 galaxies within the first few weeks. The logic behind this was simple: ~~if the strongholds held out, ultimately their opposition would break, effecting the opportunity for the classic Fury mop-up operation~~.

	~~In the face of this, Xanadu and Deus used a long-term strategy to turn the round in their favour. FLTV planets outside the strongholds and in Xeta~~/FoS dominated clusters became the focus of their attention. By shredding vulnerable FLTV planets which were more difficult to defend, they would end up removing any remaining support to FLTV's key galaxies. While time consuming partly due to the nature of the task and partly due to the heroic resistance of FLTV (Fury in particular), this strategy ultimately proved to be successful, putting Xeta in a position where they could mount their famous wave attacks and pick off top Fury galaxies, roiding them to the ground. Some of the top FLTV galaxies were not targeted initially due to the fact that Shiva and Betrayer of Hope, members of one of the biggest XETA galaxies Silvercity and Casablanca, had organised Galaxy NAP's with FLTV to protect certain XETA and FLTV galaxies from all three blocks at the beginning of the game. This deal was perceived as existing primarily for the benefit of various HC galaxies, something which proved highly contentious and led to a number of people joining the FoS block after the later XETA/~~FoS split.~~

	This war also included some somewhat cynical play by the HC of Deus Ex Machina. On discovering that one of their members, Killmark was cheating, they threw him out of the alliance prior to him being discovered by the multihunters. Being fond of propaganda, they then used the opportunity to attack the large number of FLVT planets effecting reprisals on Killmark, thus making gains at the cost of a ~~few illegitimate planets being thrown out of their alliance.~~

	====Operation Barghest====		====Operation Barghest====

80.57.190.3: Scott

2012-04-26T15:05:57Z

Scott

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	Xeta was Xanadu's chosen vehicle for reclaiming the Planetarion throne. Despite defeat in round 5, Xanadu were still a mighty alliance, particularly with their LDK and [[BULL]] battle groups. This allowed them to retain their capacity and expertise to stage the formidable wave attacks that won them round 4 so spectacularly. They were joined by a sister alliance, Silver and with a strong Dutch contingent, they were able to persuade TFD to join them Elysium, cast out from the Fury and Legion fold, found new strength and influence with their new partners. But most importantly, this allowed them to have a shot at revenge after being cannibalised by Fury and Legion during round 5's extended stagnation period.		Xeta was Xanadu's chosen vehicle for reclaiming the Planetarion throne. Despite defeat in round 5, Xanadu were still a mighty alliance, particularly with their LDK and [[BULL]] battle groups. This allowed them to retain their capacity and expertise to stage the formidable wave attacks that won them round 4 so spectacularly. They were joined by a sister alliance, Silver and with a strong Dutch contingent, they were able to persuade TFD to join them Elysium, cast out from the Fury and Legion fold, found new strength and influence with their new partners. But most importantly, this allowed them to have a shot at revenge after being cannibalised by Fury and Legion during round 5's extended stagnation period.

	~~=====FoS (Fusion of Six) – Deus, hirr, NewDawn, Wolfpack, Novus Ordo Seclorum, CELL=====~~		we supposed to beviele the fantastical now seeing as 2012 has been built up in our collective space-our commonplace? Perhaps the most important distinction betwen the classical commonplace mentality and that of the Renaissance was in the way each conceived of knowledge. While the ancient orators conceived of the topics and their seats of arguments as located in the mental areas of the mind in which thought processes developed and were expressed in the oral tradition of the spoken word, the Renaissance teacher and schoolboy tended more to locate his topics and their accumulated wisdom outside the mind on the pages of his commonplace book where thoughts were manipulated like objects. Sixteenth-and seventeeth century man was concerned with the written word much more than the ancient rhetorician had been. Renaissance Concepts of the Commonplace/LechnerSurely we have not an oral nor a written tradition: I would define the proliferation of news stories in our recent time as fairy tales': objectifying a cooperative existence laid forth by those we are told to trust with our future.Are we children to accept these stories as truth?Are these stories meant to impart religious adherence?Of what punishment henceforth heresy?

	~~While Deus was arguably~~ the most ~~influential force within this grouping, FoS were less tightly knit than~~ the ~~other groupings. With such strong forces~~ in the ~~universe, it can be said that these alliance were together more out~~ of ~~necessity than any kind of particular love for each other~~.

	~~In Deus, this block possessed~~ the ~~unknown quantity~~ of ~~round 6. Led by Rob, jester, AlbinoSquirrel, Lokken, Patrician~~ and ~~eventually QueenDax and Agamemnon, it could be said that~~ their ~~leadership was made up~~ of ~~malcontents and people who had done well~~ in ~~leading smaller alliances but who had never really led at~~ the ~~very highest levels~~ of the ~~game. This was also reflected~~ in ~~the membership – their ranks~~ were ~~largely disconnected players from a number of alliances and a large number of former Tubas. In the lead up to~~ the ~~round, they had made their intentions clear: to rid the universe~~ of the ~~stagnation of round 5, for their own benefit. This was accompanied by a widespread propaganda campaign on Alliance Discussions~~, ~~something that would continue for~~ the ~~course of the round. Deus were closely tied~~ to ~~hirr~~ and ~~NewDawn, as~~ the ~~three alliances closely shared the same philosophy and outlook~~ on the ~~game~~. ~~Patrician (Tuba), Lokken (Tuba), Barrow (NewDawn)~~ and ~~Duke Leto (hirr) had always been on good terms, thus it made sense for the three alliances to stick together.~~

	~~However, for them to have any success against such formidable powers, three alliances~~ was ~~never enough. Wolfpack, NoS and CELL needed friends for their own reasons – survival and~~ the ~~ability to fly under~~ the ~~radar and accumulate asteroids~~. ~~Wolfpack, while~~ a ~~name long established~~ in ~~the game were effectively under new management. With the original Wolf Pack returning to Legion~~'~~s command in round 5 and~~ a ~~history of opposing Xanadu, they found themselves frowned upon~~ by ~~the two other major groupings~~. ~~NoS, led by Dingo were in no mood~~ to ~~be shuffled around and play second fiddle~~ to ~~substantially larger alliances. CELL, although weaker than NoS or Wolfpack, found themselves in a similar position.~~

	====The War on FLTV====		====The War on FLTV====