Round 20 Superpowers?
with eXilition not playing next round, and 1up not in existance, the so called alliance superpowers of the game arent in existance. so who do you guys think will be the alliances to watch out for next round?
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My money is on Conspiracy Theory, but i could be wrong.
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good question Mek that will be one to watch for
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to be quite honest, I don't think we've had any superpowers since the likes of Fury. What we have seen since have simply been superior alliances.
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well it's the combination of both a small memberbase and game restrictions. But that's to digress from the point of the thread a bit. More appropriate would be to ask who is to step into the place of the traditionally PAX dominant alliances?
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My money is on conspiracy theory, the one with the faggy name (for more info pm someone who knows :p) or FO if they play next round as FO.
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Ascendancy.
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CT will be one of the superpowers for sure.
I expect the round to be quite open allthough, seeing as CT having lots of members from LCH/1up, but will they be able to hold together without mazz,sid or zhil? |
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Conspiracy are essentially going to be a blunt instrument in this round and I think they'll take it through sheer activity and brute force.
Won't be spectacular, but they'll get there in the end. |
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I expect it to be wide open.
But I'm going to go with the underdog, and say none of the above mentioned will take the round. |
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i think newdawn will finally win one. Enough people quit etc. So I figure they can take it now.
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What about Destiny and FO (will they play?). |
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I think whichever alliance gets members spread to rape a few clusters eta 6 f/co fleets will win.
I can see it now... Newdawn owning cluster 2 and 10, Destiny Cluster 4 and 7 etc. The only people who will lose big time will be the less active who are learning the game getting cnunted incluster every night ( ie those we are trying to encourage to stay and carry on playing) |
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wherever most of the exil and 1up'ers go will be the one to watch... an alliance is only as good as the members, and its organisation of said members.
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There are no superpowers left, only the best of the worst alliances.
Winning ally will be NewDawn, because of what Chika said. |
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Conspiracy Theory might win but NewDawn could be in with a shout also
FO might win if they merge with someone else :) |
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awesome. if ND wins its because 'oh bother planetarion is shit'.
but when conspiracy theory wins on 1up charm residue, skill reigns supreme. |
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why on earth is everyone here start licking CTs arses?
Its pathetic It really makes me think how stupid some people are. They have made a recruitment thread for round 20 and they have some experienced HC so OMG WOW they must win? its rediculous, if you look around theres much more allys going for the win. Tides of Fire: with last rounds achievments and now dropping some weaker members, surely this alliance will be even more of a threat NewDawn: obviously a huge chance of every success, strong core, decent command team etc Angels/Omen/FO: either way experienced players Conspiracy Theory: unheard of, new alliance, skill will be there, but loyalty? disipline? these questions have got to be asked. Vision: come back round, position 4th, why not more?? Destiny: another unheard of alliance, same questions as to CT, but i must add Destinys HC/command team seem just as decent as any other, so why not give Destiny some of your support rarther then rag on and on about CT? At the end of the day the point iam making is its not gonna be a straight win to one of the above as all have decent players/officers, so its gonna be a close call, as for Superpowers, are these not the superpowers? anyway my bets are on Vision |
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I agree with you its not a given CT will win, in fact I believe it would be quite tough for them to win, given that people know how capable they are. However not giving them respect that they are due is rediculous. The haven't fought a battle yet, but that doesn't matter. If they can get the team spirit right and fight a good battle then they will mount a challenge. You are also forgetting that eXilition aren't playing. This leads me to believe that there could be a group of players forming a bg and joining an alliance (probably also leaving it after the BG leader isn't allowed to prepick) So whoever has those players will get a boost. Quote:
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I wouldn't call these alliances superpowers as they haven't earnt the right to be called superpowers, however respect is something different. Quote:
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There's hardly enough players around to make a superpower. And with the current alliance limits, we'l see no real power.
The best alliance with the best players, regardless of it's command will win, that's my bet. There is no way to actually MAKE a superpower left in this game. The only left to do is, saying gl to all alliances that will play the next round wich from my view atm will be VERY fluid with the current changes that have been made. I'm actually gonna go as far as saying GL to alliances to actually do anyhthing with a direct purpose, seeing how this round is lined up to be some kinda of strange mix of odd rules. Welcome anarchy and the litle bit that's left of the game the way it have been played the past 10 rounds or so; good bye! How the bl**** **** can you actually make a superpower when most ppl are more conserned for how the round will work, how it schould be played, and whom to sack from the BP's. Seems a good mix of, pre-pax, smaller private gals, cluster wars, alliances beening pointless and tag's returning is here. So truely, GL! (And yes, I honnestly can say, I got NFI on how to actually even think of how to play the comming round, I can't see how a alliance can plan anything expect massblocks) |
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Pig, ive got to support my own alliance heh?
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You can say that a player is only as good as his alliance.* If you want to see what happens when you throw a bunch of good players on a team, just look at the NY Yankees. I would expect to see maybe even 6 or 7 contenders this round. This of course does not apply to Kila, because Kila will never be good no matter what. =^.^= |
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And about being insignificant: if there hadn't been an alliance merger in the game last round, ToF would have been t3. But hey, nothing new there, most ppl here would rather pay respect to Heroic or Orbit or Zikunion (no disrespect meant to any of these alliances at all, i'm just naming some non t10/new alliances) then say a possitive word about ToF, though this alliance has played since r11, has finished in top5 3-4 times and only missed out on top10 once in 9 rounds. Sure, ToF might never become a real contender for #1, but does that give you the right to disrespect them like that? oh and edit Quote:
It happened last tick and i'm not 100% sure how it happened, members closed/leaving tag at the last moment, but it happened. |
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eXilition will not play as a bg nor moving our memberbase somewhere.. all our members are allowed to go where they want and we wont assemble a core somewhere..
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I believe a lot of alliances have something to look forward to in round 20, as far as CT is concerned, I believe we have built a solid team with quality ppl in the right places, however, as pig pointed out, no one has fought a battle, so it's all going to depend on alot of things none of us know about yet. We at CT do wish everyone a great round and will give any alliance the respect they've earned. We go in with no grudges, just a plan to play winning PA, and do whatever we can as a Command to facilitate our members in having a successful round.
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Man, I haven't been here for ages. I'm looking forward to signing up to play again with this. What is the current big newb alliance?
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omg plasticwrap asif your still around:o
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oh, this mofo is back. Haha, Alki where do I know you from? It seems so familiar... lol
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Saying that, it could all change. ToF might actually do something which makes me think "thats a great bunch of guys, respect". But hey you guys don't need my respect you have finished top 5 3-4 times! Quote:
You prove your own insignificance by not actually trying to go for number 1. Sure you can say you are content with 10 top 100 players (or how many it is) and a member in the number 1 galaxy. But what has your alliance actually achieved? Personally when im in an alliance I want it to win and be sucessful. I would get so frustrated if my HC were content in allowing the alliance to be mediocre in its success and achieve a top 5 rank. I wouldn't care if I got roided every night, if my alliance won it would be worth that. If ToF can make the transition to the next level, then yes respect. But if you can't then you are still going to be insignificant, not because people say so, because your HC say so. |
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So you just disrespect all alliances that don't want to be a contender for #1 spot, or is that right only for ToF?
ToF mainly plays for fun, the members play for fun too, isn't that what a game like this is all about? There can be only 1 winner, and ToF, being an alliance that always has alot of ppl who just play for fun and actually have a real life which means they can't be glued to irc 24/7 like other ppl we know, will probably never be the #1 or even a contender for #1. ToFs goal is to make the best out of every round with the members they have, if it's t5 they'll be happy, if they can only get #7-8-9 and played it the best they could they'll be happy too. What annoys me a great deal is ppl on their high horses thinking every alliance should be able to get #1, that is simply impossible. And if you know anything about ToF then you would know we're a TERRIBLE lapdog |
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That's the final ranking as it appeared in PA on the last tick (if they left after tick then it wouldn't have shown up this way) |
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You don't have to be glued to irc 24/7 to do well. You can still do well and have a "real life". I've never not gone to the pub with mates. Never turned down a game of pool. Never refused to go clubbing. Never played PA instead of going out for a meal with my gf. I admit i probably spend more time than most in the intermitting periods playing WoW and hence a click away from irc. I wake up at early hours in the morning to spend 5 minutes sending defence then going back to bed. All this can be done and still have a "real life". If you want an excuse to why ToF are an almost there allaince and not a contender maybe its because your members are just not good enough? |
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i think CT will prolly win tbh
Ascendency are the ones to watch out for, we know CT is powerful, but I also see a force rising towards the end hehe |
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They look very bland indeed. It's hard to get excited about an alliance like CT. |
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The biggest problem is having people in ND who can't accomodate everyone, not to mention the critics who can't accomodate what ND actually is, a bunch of casuals with some very good players intermingled. ND is capable of very good play. It's also capable of very bad play. The HC that takes ND to finish #1 spot in my opinion, will probably have to be universally tolerant, universally patient and all round genii. When you have to accomodate so many derisory opinions of your alliance with idiots everywhere you turn and a membership that you have no idea how it's going to behave, this is frustrating, and thus not easy. For me once you've won the game the ordinary way you might as well try it differently (Ascendancy) or make it a bit harder for yourself (NewDawn) because either way is more enjoyable because of the people and the challenge you set yourself. I've won the way CT are probably going to win and I have to say, when I did it with wrath, I was bored to tears. |
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You don't have to be a top 5 alliance to do that. Trust me. |
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I was member in eXi r18, and member/hc in ToF alot of rounds (like my sig says) and tbh, I had alot more fun in ToF than in eXi, sure the attacks and def weren't as good, but i still enjoyed being there more. Quote:
Sure the members of ToF, VsN, xVx,... might not be as good as eXi members. Does that make them not good enough? Be realistic, there are maybe 200 players left that play this game hardcore, 60 of them play for eXi, 40 for ND and 40 for FO, that leaves 60 players that actually play PA hardcore that are spread through various other alliances, plz explain me how the **** an alliance like ToF, VsN, xVx, ... is supposed to grow to a contender for the top? Keep in mind that alot of the best players from these alliances get poached away after a good round or 2 by a "better" alliance... Quote:
An alliance like ToF can't affect the outcome of a round on it's own, this round we tried alot, but lack of communication with our allies made this hard. You also bring up R14 and say it was a fluke, i claim otherwise, R14 we deserved our spot fair and square, it's not our fault other allies disband, that's their own. R14 was imo the best round ToF ever had and with the most active core we ever had too. We also fought hard that round with Reunion (2nd half of the round) it was great fun and we were gaining on them (respect to R14 Reunion ppl, you were a good opponent :) ) |
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