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[_Lofty_]

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Start: Saturday 10th July 2010 @ 19:00
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* _Lofty_ sets mode: +m
<_Lofty_> Welcome to the End of Round Ceremony for R28!
<_Lofty_> Unfortunately, none of the winners have got into contact with me regarding the ceremony so I'll just list the positions and then cover the changes for next round and the setup for havoc.
<_Lofty_> Our top planets are: #1 RaZeR, #2 "Seven of Nine", #3 SniperMonkey
<_Lofty_> I don't know if "Seven of Nine" is here, but congratulations on getting #2
<_Lofty_> Top galaxy is 4:3 (rbeard, gangster, SniperMonkey, RaZeR, Xyphistor, and Silver). Congratulations to those guys.
<_Lofty_> And finally, top alliance tag is Team2 which is sirad's alliance.
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* P sets mode: +l 39
<_Lofty_> Aah, here's RaZeR *just* in-time to say something about his win I think.
* _Lofty_ sets mode: +v RaZeR
<RaZeR> o/
<RaZeR> Xyph called me
<RaZeR> Erm, not much to really say about the planet win tbh
<RaZeR> as usual it relied on sucking all the ingal def when i got incs
<RaZeR> and rushing BS as a suicide roiding fleet
<_Lofty_> You're welcome to represent your galaxy as well of course.
<RaZeR> only worked for a day or 2, but that was just enough
<RaZeR> ok ¬.¬
<RaZeR> I would like to point out that the BS strategy only just worked this round
<RaZeR> it was much closer than it has been in the past
<RaZeR> which I think is a credit to Xyph's new shipstats
<RaZeR> Syit bs #1 and uedf de #2 means it wasnt perfect, but I think it was a lot closer than it usually is...
<RaZeR> erm
<RaZeR> that's about it for the planet win I think
<RaZeR> Dont know if anyone else wants to say anything on behalf of 4:3
<_Lofty_> No-one has asked.
<Xyph|L|Away> I will ¬_¬
<RaZeR> cool
<RaZeR> go for it
<Xyph|L|Away> not much though
<_Lofty_> short but sweet is good.
<Xyph|L|Away> we didn't really get any incs at all tbh
<Xyph|L|Away> a few retals, but nothing serious
<Xyph|L|Away> lots of initiating going on ingal :p
<Xyph|L|Away> snipermonkey got 4th place without launching a single attack fleet
<Xyph|L|Away> no
<Xyph|L|Away> 3rd place
<Xyph|L|Away> ¬_¬
<Xyph|L|Away> the few times we did get incs people came on when we phoned them and got def flying nicely
<Xyph|L|Away> a fairly easy and relaxing round tbh
<_Lofty_> I guess the 1 hour ticks helped with that?
<Xyph|L|Away> yeah, for sure
<Xyph|L|Away> 1 hour ticks basically mean only 1 attack per day
<RaZeR> Vaguely on a related note, kudos to 3:3:6 and 3:1:4 for having a go at me last night... I very nearly didnt log in, and that would have cost me the top finish
<_Lofty_> Suicide attack?
<RaZeR> nope, they noticed that I was weak against corvettes, and tried to exploit it with some fairly nasty syit co fleets
<RaZeR> would have cost me 1.5m score, and they would have lost 1/3 of that, so it was a good effort
<_Lofty_> I don't know if those two planets are here, but nice try then.
<_Lofty_> Is that everything you want to say, guys?
<RaZeR> I think so ¬.¬
<RaZeR> erm
<RaZeR> actually, I just want to say that I hope everyone enjoyed the round with the new stats
<RaZeR> was a bit of a slow start as people got used to them, but I hope the guys in the other 4 main gals had fun with them
<RaZeR> that's all now
<_Lofty_> ok, thanks RaZeR.
* _Lofty_ sets mode: -v RaZeR
<_Lofty_> Just as a side note, it was nice to see how close the top galaxies and planets were for most the round.
<_Lofty_> And in the top 10, I think we have planets from 4 different galaxies.
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<_Lofty_> I stand corrected, 5 different galaxies.
<_Lofty_> ok, it appears there's still no-one around to speak on behalf of the top alliance, so that concludes the main part of the ceremony.
<_Lofty_> So, setup and changes for next round!...
<_Lofty_> Signups will open Saturday 7th August with tickstart a week later on the 14th.
<_Lofty_> Ticks will be 30 minutes as voted for by players in the in-game poll, and the round will run for 3 weeks.
<_Lofty_> Universe setup will be the same as it was this round (Alliances enabled, Private galaxies disabled, BPs of 3, Galaxies of 6).
<_Lofty_> We'll have the usual tweaks to shipstats carried out by Xyphistor and/or myself.
<_Lofty_> There'll be some improvements to how the inactive/defending fleet-control works, to give more flexibility and solve some issues with the current system. Details on this will be given in the announcement post once the new system has been finalised.
<_Lofty_> Salvage will be increased for small planets when defending themselves. How exactly this will work hasn't been decided yet, but we're looking at a 50-60% salvage rate for the smallest planets.
<_Lofty_> There'll also be some improvements to the scans page.
<_Lofty_> ...and other cool stuff, if there's time!
<_Lofty_> Finally, havoc week will be starting tomorrow at 14:00 with 5 min ticks.
<_Lofty_> Vacation mode will be limited to 288 ticks (24 hours), 99:1 will be opened up for attack, and new-planet-protection will be disabled for the duration of the week.
<_Lofty_> If you want to change race, make sure you do it before havoc starts or you'll lose the res/orbs boost.
<_Lofty_> That's it! I hope to see you all next round! (bring friends!)
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