The Amazing Sanction Race

[Prodigy404]

As we saw with RoK (and now to a lesser extent/ongoing with MA), two small alliances rocketed from obscurity to sanction spots/are headed for one. I think it's important to keep the field to alliances with a chance for a sanction; but keep in mind how fast things can change, and any alliance currently on the list could grab a spot if conditions are right.

Aye, took the words out of my mouth...

Also, Ephriam Grey why are you not in #GGA??? :angry:

Edited May 21, 2008 by Prodigy404

[Ted The Bug]

That's awful. I want to see the Drop Line lowered. >_> Bigger alliances grow faster. The drop line is only going to rise, and it will rise at a faster rate than the alliances near it. I think 40% of 12th place's score would do.

Yeah, it's a sanction race, but there should be a modest number of alliances under the Sanctioned alliances to keep the topic interesting. >_>

How aboot we keep the ten/fifteen alliances below the 12th largest sanctioned/sanctionable alliance? Therefore there would be less numbers mess.

[mergerberger]

jeez you know I wanted to pass NV, but because we gained, not because they dropped.

[Delta1212]

How aboot we keep the ten/fifteen alliances below the 12th largest sanctioned/sanctionable alliance? Therefore there would be less numbers mess.

That actually causes more jockeying for the bottom position with alliances moving on and off the race. More work instead of less =/

[valves]

That actually causes more jockeying for the bottom position with alliances moving on and off the race. More work instead of less =/

It'd make the race more exciting if alliances were trying to get sanctioned, and try and get on the sanction race list

[Gopherbashi]

At that point, someone would inevitably once again try to create a "Sanction Race Race" thread.

Also, I had originally said three days below the Drop Line, but then got lazy and didn't want to track it. That being said, there's nothing saying that the Drop Line can't be changed - but it's easier from a math perspective to keep it a fixed amount below the Add Line. The proposal to have the Drop Line at 45% would place it down around 9 points, which seems more like an air mattress than a cushion. I wanted to give lower alliances a chance to bounce back if they ran into a bit of temporary trouble - but not a permanent home while larger alliances remained off the list. However, I've seen worse ideas than having it 0.50 below.

[iMatt]

There won't be any more large jumps in the add line/drop line for a while because there are 4 alliances very close together at the bottom of the top 12. For the add line/drop line to move drastically again you'd need all 4 of these alliances to go up at once. So don't worry about another day like yesterday, and no need to change the distance between the lines.

[USMC123]

i can haz update?

[Gopherbashi]

Ugh....

Updating coming, but I won't have a chance to do it for the next few days.

[mykep]

I'll step in if you cant.

Gopher

[Gopherbashi]

05/21/08

None: 69.04

1 New Pacific Order: 63.97 --> 64.27 (+0.30)

2 Independent Republic of Orange Nations: 50.94 --> 50.84 (-0.10)

3 New Polar Order: 42.99 --> 43.17 (+0.18)

4 Multicolored Cross-X Alliance: 35.59 --> 35.80 (+0.21)

5 Sparta: 31.44 --> 31.50 (+0.06)

6 Mostly Harmless Alliance: 29.06 --> 29.12 (+0.06)

7 Orange Defense Network: 27.09 --> 27.14 (+0.05)

8 The Phoenix Federation: 24.10 --> 24.15 (+0.05)

9 Fark: 22.89 --> 23.01 (+0.12)

10 Ragnarok: 22.04 --> 22.94 (+0.90)

11 Grand Global Alliance: 22.75 --> 22.73 (-0.02)

The Order of the Paradox: 22.69 --> 22.46 (-0.23)

12 Viridian Entente: 22.07 --> 22.10 (+0.03)

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13 FOK: 20.89 --> 20.98 (+0.09)

The Grämlins: 17.79 --> 17.85 (+0.06)

The Order of Light: 15.84 --> 15.91 (+0.07)

Mushroom Kingdom: 15.35 --> 15.36 (+0.01)

NATO: 14.55 --> 14.58 (+0.03)

Echelon: 14.45 --> 14.47 (+0.02)

14 Monos Archein: 13.87 --> 14.16 (+0.29)

Confederacy of Imperial States: 13.67 --> 13.48 (-0.19)

Nueva Vida: 13.00 --> 13.04 (+0.04)

15 Global Democratic Alliance: 13.05 --> 13.03 (-0.02)

Green Protection Agency: 12.95 --> 13.03 (+0.08)

United Purple Nations: 12.76 --> 12.77 (+0.01)

LoSS: 12.39 --> 12.41 (+0.02)

Random Insanity Alliance: 11.93 --> 11.90 (-0.03)

Valhalla: 11.84 --> 11.86 (+0.02)

World Task Force: 12.12 --> 11.81 (-0.31)

The Templar Knights: 11.48 --> 11.35 (-0.13)

Invicta: 11.22 --> 11.25 (+0.03)

---------- Add Line: 11.02 --> 11.05 (+0.03)

---------- Drop Line: 10.71 --> 10.75 (+0.03)

Biggest Gainer

Ragnarok (+0.90)

Biggest Loser

World Task Force (-0.31)

Passes of the Day

Ragnarok passes Grand Global Alliance

Ragnarok passes The Order of the Paradox

Ragnarok passes Viridian Entente

Nueva Vida passes Global Democratic Alliance

Green Protection Agency ties Global Democratic Alliance

Random Insanity Alliance passes World Task Force

Valhalla passes World Task Force

Commentary

Yet another wonderful day for Ragnarok, who shoots themselves into 10th place and well into passing distance of Fark. A great day for some of the larger alliances as well, including the New Pacific Order, the New Polar Order, and the Multicolored Cross-X Alliance. The growth of Monos Archein is still strong but appears to be slowing just short of the tandem of NATO and Echelon, while the Green Protection Agency has yet another solid gain today and is back in a race with the Global Democratic Alliance - who sits on exactly 300 members - and with Nueva Vida - who recovered today after two days of heavy losses. Speaking of heavy losses, The Order of the Paradox, the Confederacy of Imperial States, the World Task Force, and The Templar Knights are all hurting after substantial losses for the four of them today.

Today's special shoutout goes to None: I heard that the New Pacific Order is in your neighbourhood.

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[valves]

YAY, we moved up in the world

[USMC123]

Biggest Gainer

Ragnarok (+0.90)

Passes of the Day

Ragnarok passes Grand Global Alliance

Ragnarok passes The Order of the Paradox

Ragnarok passes Viridian Entente

[Ski11585]

Go go Polar growth!

[King BK]

Did RoK merge again?

[Lord n00b II]

Did RoK merge again?

ACL disbanded and their members were highly encouraged by their last government to join Ragnarok. Plus, we're defending the AA for a little while to give people a chance to move.

Does that sound like a merger to you?

[im317]

no, i think he meant again again. like another after that one.

[Trinite]

I think that is the other one. ASC was the first one.

[Van Hoo III]

ASC merged into us. Then The Royal Order St George decided to do the same with their 21 nations. ACL then disbanded and encouraged their members to join RoK.

That about sums it up.

[Lucas Perry]

ASC merged into us. Then The Royal Order St George decided to do the same with their 21 nations. ACL then disbanded and encouraged their members to join RoK.

That about sums it up.

So who's next?

[Van Hoo III]

So who's next?

The Roman Republic.

[Lucas Perry]

The Roman Republic.

Edited May 22, 2008 by Lucas Perry

[Scalare]

Congratz on today's growth Mergenarok!

[WernerHoffmann]

Congratz on today's growth Mergenarok!

Haha, MoK?

[Innerspeaker]

It looks like Orange, Blue, Black, Aqua, and Green are dominating the Sanction race right now. It used to be Blue with 3, but now we're seeing a race between aqua and orange to see who gets the 3rd sanctioned alliance in. What happened to all those other colors?!