Well, we managed to pull up to within 62,000 points of The Overmind! Great job, lets see if we can close the gap a little more.

Quixen,

Its funny how hard it is to decide on an emprire to join and interesting how the time alex spent in inviting folks really appears to have tipped the scale in a number of cases, myself included.

Unfortunately, I believe the pressures of ruling a vast empire such as ours has made it hard for him to continue writing invitations...

I am glad to hear that my forum presence was not a negative factor, after all my daughter's war paint has been known to freak a few folks out.

Hi agian.

Yeah my invitations have slowed abit, but only because it has been increasingly more difficult to find players willing to join. I try to send out a few invitations everyday, by looking to see if there are any active or new players not joined to an empire. I try to reach out to everyone, and so far it has been received fairly well.

ShuShu, you are a great asset to this community, and have been a great help with your great ideas.   

Hey everyone! We just passed The Overmind and took 3rd place. Everyone like their new 3rd place medals? Congratulations to everyone, and have a great weekend.

AlexAtticus

Hail Atticus!

I've finished my first game - didn't too well (not well at all). I have some ideas on how to improve in my second game. Thanks for the tips - I will work on developing some military stuff. My ships were fodder to the evil race in my first game. Looking forward to bringing glory to the empire.

Berzalius

Tried to think of something witty to justify the bump... but I've tooo busy trying to reconstruct the Who wins this battle fleet composition, well that and trying to post an image, sothis will just have to do.

Hi everyone,

Just completed my first game as an H.C.H member. The highest score I have ever posted I might add. I know 11000 points is chicken feed to all of you hard-core gamers but it made me feel good. My first Metaverse posting in about 2 months and my first on challenging.

Think I am going to bump it up a notch with my next game, not sure yet.

Starting my next game in the morning 0800 hours sharp. After work of course..
  

We are now just a little over 100,000 points from hitting the three million mark.

It looks like we might be finally getting some competition. The Overmind has put on some points and got a little closer to us, but right now we are a comfortable distance from them. Let's keep up the good work, and continue to show strength of our community.

Can someone tell me how the military rank that precedes our medals works? Based on score, number of victories, what? Just curious... Also, any tips for maximizing a game score? Do certain types of victories earn more points?

Not a bad idea Kudelv, "Our Logic is Undeniable" does sound a little better than what we have right now. I'll think about changing it, what does everyone else think?

AlexAtticus

Kudelv
I agree that change would be less "in your face" but still get a message across, we dont want to be seen as some kind of preditor etc down the latter road lay a whole world of hurt

Cumberberg
The game has such depth and breadth that you will find many swear on their mother's grave that "X" is the way to go. All different ways:) Their view being tainted by the way they play. As in all things there exceptions to every generalisation, but by in large the following broad brush principles tend to hold true as a strategic direction, the detail you have to develop to suit your own style.

- Play Military domination with all options turned off, you have one aim - Crush 'Em
- The game is very military orientated at the top level of scoring, and you need to develop strong fleets to rack up the points
- The Evil route by in large is the route to most points at the top levels, for most people - there are exceptions of course, surprise surprise - but for the most part that hold's true
- Dont slack off in the last 50 or so turns, it may be obvious your about to wipe the floor with all, but keep it up full tilt to the last turn. A small 5% percentage increase in score based on - say - 100,000 points current score near game end means 5,000 more points, compared to a 5% increase in early game based on - say current score of 10,000 points - the latter "only" being 500 point increase. Score is not based purely on the win (you still get metaverse score even if you lose), but on the nature of the win and how well you performed in the various catagories. So with the latter in mind make a mental note of the catagories and play to them.
- Watch you Game date. The end score you see on screen is divided by the number of game years you played rounded DOWN - eg 4year and 364 days counts as 4 years, so therefore your game-end score is divided by 4 for metaverse. Therefore try to time game end for Dec 30 to maximise metaverse score.

Having said all that - I agree with Kudelv, play to enjoy, you'll find in the long run that playing purely for metaverse wares thin after a few months and you gravitate to your natural style anyway. Follow your instinct not others dictates and you'll enjoy it much much more.

To All: Not had a game in there recently as I have got involved in the Beta for Dark Avatar, but will get one in soon I hope.

Regards
Zy

I agree with you Cumberberg, it can get boring when you know you are going to win. It's of course great to help the Empire get a couple of extra points.
Did you all noticed we are about to brake the 3 Million points mark?
Anybody has some thoughts about the motto? I'd like to hearwhat you all think.