MadCows was a community of Planetarion players dating back to round 2, when it started as a cooperation between two galaxies. It expanded as a community (doing quite well in round 4 due to having most of its galaxies in the 12th parallel, and in round 6 with significant prescense in top galaxies) until round 9, when it became an "official" alliance. This change proved to be unsuccesful, and MadCows has since returned to community status.