End of August 25th

1 {197} (+197) Roman Empire: 0.00 --> 38.65 (+38.65)
2 {160} (+160) Frostbite: 0.00 --> 28.85 (+28.85)
3 {122} (+122) The Phoenix Federation: 0.00 --> 23.26 (+23.26)
4 {90} (+90) Mostly Harmful Alliance: 0.00 --> 16.92 (+16.92)
5 {70} (+70) Fark: 0.00 --> 12.83 (+12.83)
6 {63} (+63) Lafayette Escadrille: 0.00 --> 11.50 (+11.50)
7 {57} (+57) Purple Unity: 0.00 --> 11.11 (+11.11)
8 {42} (+42) SWAT: 0.00 --> 7.87 (+7.87)
9 {38} (+38) Spartan Defence Force: 0.00 --> 7.78 (+7.78)
10 {39} (+39) Uja: 0.00 --> 7.55 (+7.55)
11 {36} (+36) The Fellowship: 0.00 --> 6.68 (+6.68)
12 {33} (+33) We Are Perth Army: 0.00 --> 6.48 (+6.48)

----- The Sanction Line -----

13 {29} (+29) !@#$: 0.00 --> 5.55 (+5.55)
14 {28} (+28) Common Defense Treaty: 0.00 --> 5.22 (+5.22)
15 {24} (+24) Global Democratic Alliance: 0.00 --> 4.84 (+4.84)
16 {18} (+18) Aztec: 0.00 --> 3.52 (+3.52)
17 {19} (+19) UBD War Machine: 0.00 --> 3.51 (+3.51)
18 {17} (+17) RnR: 0.00 --> 3.35 (+3.35)

----- The Add Line ----- 0.00 --> 3.24 (+3.24)

----- The Drop Line ----- 0.00 --> 2.94 (+2.94)

Today's Passes and Other Events:
Not Applicable

Today's Biggest Gain:
Not Applicable

Today's Biggest Loss:
Not Applicable

Today's Commentary:
Roll up, roll up! It's another round of the Amazing Sanction Race: Tournament Edition and here are your hosts, Arrnea and Siegfried Schwarzwind!

Arrnea: Good afternoon, Planet Steve and it's good to be back.
Most of the alliances we see today in the Race are familiar faces from last round, but my, there are a few new faces up there. Care to tell us about these new faces, Siegfried?
Siegfried: Sure. Back in first place, as expected are the Roman Empire, but behind them are newcomers Frostbite, rising to take second place on the first day of the new round's Race. Best of luck to them.
Arrnea: Indeed. We hope that Frostbite can provide a bit of well-needed competition at the top end that was dominated by the Roman Empire and The Phoenix Federation last round.
Siegfried: There's also Purple Unity, who in their Declaration of Existence declared that they would be attempting to bring strength and stability to a Purple team that have lacked direction in previous rounds. We will see how they fare in the coming weeks!
Arrnea: Other new faces to the Race this round are 10th-ranked Uja, 13th-ranked !@#$ and 18th-ranked RnR.
Siegfried: Oh! I'm afraid that's all we have time for today. Best of luck to these new alliances and indeed, to all the alliances in the Race.
Arrnea & Siegfried: Bye-bee!

Pinned.

First Race update completed.
As our 13th-ranked alliance's name is a filtered word, they will continue to appear as !@#$ in the Race.

I like the commentary.
Good job Arrnea.

Congrats to all the oldies and welcome to the new competition.

Arghh. Back in our usual spot i see. Thanks for keeping that for us however we do hope to move up from it later.

Does that mean you are going to sign up?

Ooops, you just have.

Great job Arrnea, hopefully we see a lot of competition in the race this round!

You can call us by our name, The Imperial T Society.

I will call you by whatever you fly ingame as your Alliance Affiliation. Keeps the standard for everyone.

I've got update today. Expect it in the next 1-2 hours.

End of August 26th

1 {240} (+43) Roman Empire: 38.65 --> 42.65 (+4.00)
2 {185} (+25) Frostbite: 28.85 --> 29.83 (+0.98)
3 {137} (+15) The Phoenix Federation: 23.26 --> 24.80 (+1.54)
4 {130} (+40) Mostly Harmful Alliance: 16.92 --> 22.47 (+5.55)
5 {81} (+24) Purple Unity: 11.11 --> 14.20 (+3.09)
6 {82} (+12) Fark: 12.83 --> 13.76 (+0.93)
7 {65} (+27) Spartan Defence Force: 7.78 --> 12.00 (+4.22)
8 {69} (+6) Lafayette Escadrille: 11.50 --> 11.59 (+0.09)
9 {52} (+13) Uja: 7.55 --> 9.04 (+1.49)
10 {48} (+6) SWAT: 7.87 --> 8.09 (+0.22)
11 {44} (+8) The Fellowship: 6.68 --> 7.56 (+0.88)
12 {38} (+5) We Are Perth Army: 6.48 --> 6.83 (+0.25)

----- The Sanction Line -----

13 {38} (+14) Global Democratic Alliance: 4.84 --> 6.72 (+1.84)
14 {38} (+9) !@#$: 5.55 --> 6.56 (+1.01)
15 {32} (+4) Common Defense Treaty: 5.22 --> 5.44 (+0.22)
16 {28} (+10) Aztec: 3.52 --> 4.92 (+1.40)
17 {23} (???) Orange Destruction Network: ??? --> 3.80 (???)
18 {21} (???) Aeonic Imperium: ??? --> 3.79 (???)
19 {19} (???) SOS Brigade: ??? --> 3.42 (???)

----- The Add Line ----- 3.24 --> 3.42 (+0.18)

----- The Drop Line ----- 2.94 --> 3.12 (+0.18)

20 {16} (-1) RnR: 3.35 --> 2.85 (-0.50)
21 {10} (-9) UBD War Machine: 3.51 --> 1.70 (-1.81)

Today's Passes and Other Events:
Purple Unity passes Lafayette Escadrille and Fark
Uja passes SWAT
Spartan Defence Force passes SWAT and Lafayette Escadrille
Global Democratic Alliance passes Common Defense Treaty and !@#$
RnR passes UBD War Machine, but both are passed by The Add Line and The Drop Line.
Orange Destruction Network and Aeonic Imperium pass The Add Line and enter the Race.
SOS Brigade ties The Add Line and enters the Race.

Today's Biggest Gain:
Mostly Harmful Alliance (+5.55)

Today's Biggest Loss:
UBD War Machine (-1.81)

Today's Commentary:
As the crowd finishes reading the Race results from the telegram, the wireless on the mantlepiece begins emitting sound which slowly resolves itself into something audible...
...here's Arrnea and Siegfried Schwarzwind with today's Amazing Sanction Race commentary!
applause is heard crackling through the ancient speakers as the listeners strain to hear the speaker's voice

Arrnea: Good afternoon, Planet Steve! I'm Arrnea and this is my assistant, Siegfried!
Siegfried: Assistant? That's not right.... let's see here... where's the script... oh, right. Of COURSE i'm the assistant. *sigh*
Arrnea: Yup, the manager and I decided yesterday that having two hosts wasn't going to work out. Anyway, what's happening today in the Race, Siegfried?
Siegfried: Well, as might be expected this soon after a reset, most alliances gained score and members as more and more nations make themselves known and become affiliated to the alliances of Planet Steve.
Arrnea: So who moved the most?
Siegfried: Today's notable movers and shakers were Mostly Harmful Alliance, gaining over five and a half points, Spartan Defence Force gaining over four points, the Roman Empire, gaining exactly four points and Purple Unity who gained just over three points. Moving in the opposite direction were UBD War Machine and RnR, both of whom will be eliminated from the Race tomorrow if they do not gain enough score to put them above The Drop Line by tomorrow's Race update.
Arrnea: A pity to see people falling out of the Race this early, isn't it. But there's some good news, right?
Siegfried: Yes, three alliances were added to the Race today, namely the Orange Destruction Network, Aeonic Imperium and the SOS Brigade.
Arrnea: Oh and we're out of time again today! Good luck to everyone in the Race!
Arrnea & Siegfried: Bye-bee!
...the radio grows quiet and the crowd in the room slowly disperses

Damn MHA beat us for biggest gain.

Hey, this is awesome! Thanks! UJA is hanging in there so far...

We passed SWAT but it wasn't listed

gotta get my alliance on there

I think that is listed here.

*Arrnea fixes.


I think he meant in the Today's Passes and Other Events section.

Beginning update.

End of August 27th

1 {264} (+24) Roman Empire: 42.65 --> 45.83 (+3.18)
2 {189} (+4) Frostbite: 29.83 --> 29.62 (-0.21)
3 {154} (+24) Mostly Harmful Alliance: 22.47 --> 25.91 (+3.44)
4 {142} (+5) The Phoenix Federation: 24.80 --> 25.36 (+0.56)
5 {82} (+1) Purple Unity: 14.20 --> 13.94 (-0.26)
6 {85} (+3) Fark: 13.76 --> 13.89 (+0.13)
7 {73} (+4) Lafayette Escadrille: 11.59 --> 12.41 (+0.82)
8 {67} (+2) Spartan Defence Force: 12.00 --> 12.01 (+0.01)
9 {56} (+4) UJA: 9.04 --> 9.57 (+0.53)
10 {52} (+4) SWAT: 8.09 --> 8.44 (+0.35)
11 {46} (+8) Global Democratic Alliance: 6.72 --> 7.91 (+1.19)
12 {44} (+0) The Fellowship: 7.56 --> 7.60 (+0.04)

----- The Sanction Line -----

13 {40} (+2) We Are Perth Army: 6.83 --> 7.10 (+0.27)
14 {38} (+0) !@#$: 6.56 --> 6.46 (-0.10)
15 {34} (+6) Aztec: 4.92 --> 5.97 (+1.05)
16 {32} (+0) Common Defense Treaty: 5.44 --> 5.41 (-0.03)
17 {22} (+1) Aeonic Imperium: 3.79 --> 3.82 (+0.03)
18 {21} (+2) SOS Brigade: 3.42 --> 3.80 (+0.38)

----- The Add Line ----- 3.42 --> 3.80 (+0.38)

19 {22} (-1) Orange Destruction Network: 3.80 --> 3.52 (-0.28)

----- The Drop Line ----- 3.12 --> 3.50 (+0.38)

Today's Passes and Other Events:
Mostly Harmful Alliance passes The Phoenix Federation
Lafayette Escadrille passes Spartan Defence Force
Global Democratic Alliance passes We Are Perth Army and The Fellowship, gaining Sanctioned status at the expense of We Are Perth Army
Aztec passes Common Defense Treaty
Aeonic Imperium, SOS Brigade and The Add Line pass Orange Destruction Network
RnR and UBD War Machine are eliminated from the Race

Today's Biggest Gain:
Mostly Harmful Alliance (+3.44)

Today's Biggest Loss:
Purple Unity (-0.26)

Today's Commentary:
The TV flickers for a moment before settling on a rather strange channel that most of the viewers have never seen before...
Does anybody know what time it is? COMMENTARY TIME!

Arrnea: Hello pitiful worms! Welcome to the Sanction Race commentary!
Siegfried: Good afternoon everyone!
Arrnea: I really am not in the mood today. Let's get this over with. AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE SIEGFRIED!
Siegfried: Wesawmuchofthesametrendsasyesterdaywithmostalliancesputtingongainsofbothmembersa
ndscorealthoughnotasmuchasyesterday
mostlyharmfulallianceputonthebiggestgainofthedayoncemorewithagainofnearlythreeandahalfpoints
purpleunitywasattheotherendofthescalelosingjustoveraquarterofapoint
rnrandubdwarmachinewereeliminatedfromtheraceafterbothfailedtogetbackabovetherisingdroplinethanksto
globaldemocraticalliancepushingwearepertharmy-
Arrnea (interrupting): I'm leaving. This is ridiculous.
Siegfried: Bye-bee!
The channel logo slams down on the screen, like a curtain falling on a performance at the theater and a voice can be heard faintly...
Unknown voice: They don't pay me enough to do this rubbish...

Good update, thanks Arrnea.

I must say, this is great, but d@mn add line, continously growing!

Fantastic work Arrnea!

Expect great gains from ODN soon enough.

End of August 28th

1 {268} (+4) Roman Empire: 45.83 --> 45.89 (+0.06)
2 {187} (-2) Frostbite: 29.62 --> 29.63 (+0.01)
3 {167} (+13) Mostly Harmful Alliance: 25.91 --> 27.85 (+1.94)
4 {153} (+11) The Phoenix Federation: 25.36 --> 26.91 (+1.55)
5 {85} (+3) Purple Unity: 13.94 --> 14.37 (+0.43)
6 {89} (+4) Fark: 13.89 --> 14.37 (+0.48)
7 {78} (+5) Lafayette Escadrille: 12.41 --> 13.22 (+0.81)
8 {68} (+1) Spartan Defence Force: 12.01 --> 11.95 (-0.06)
9 {63} (+7) UJA: 9.57 --> 10.70 (+1.13)
10 {54} (+2) SWAT: 8.44 --> 8.72 (+0.28)
11 {47} (+3) The Fellowship: 7.60 --> 8.07 (+0.47)
12 {47} (+1) Global Democratic Alliance: 7.91 --> 8.04 (+0.13)

----- The Sanction Line -----

13 {43} (+3) We Are Perth Army: 7.10 --> 7.56 (+0.46)
14 {38} (+4) Aztec: 5.97 --> 6.56 (+0.59)
15 {32} (+0) Common Defense Treaty: 5.41 --> 5.33 (-0.08)
16 {25} (???) The Black Hand: ??? --> 4.13 (???)

----- The Add Line ----- 3.80 --> 4.02 (+0.22)

17 {22} (+1) SOS Brigade: 3.80 --> 3.94 (+0.14)
18 {23} (+1) Aeonic Imperium: 3.82 --> 3.92 (+0.10)
19 {23} (-15) !@#$: 6.46 --> 3.87 (-2.59)

----- The Drop Line ----- 3.50 --> 3.72 (+0.22)

20 {22} (+0) Orange Destruction Network: 3.52 --> 3.42 (-0.10)

Today's Passes and Other Events:
The Fellowship passes Global Democratic Alliance
Aztec, Common Defense Treaty, Aeonic Imperium and SOS Brigade pass !@#$
SOS Brigade passes Aeonic Imperium
The Add Line passes !@#$, Aeonic Imperium and SOS Brigade
The Drop Line passes Orange Destruction Network
The Black Hand passes The Add Line and enters the Race

Today's Biggest Gain:
Mostly Harmful Alliance (+1.94)

Today's Biggest Loss:
!@#$ (-2.59)

Today's Commentary:
Announcer: It's time for today's Amazing Sanction Race Corner, with Arrnea and Siegfried Schwarzwind!

Arrnea: ...
Siegfried: G-g-g-Good afternoon, Planet s-s-Steve!
Arrnea: grrr...
Siegfried: Eh, Arrnea?
Arrnea: ...
Siegfried: Arrnea?
Arrnea: ... WHAT!?
Siegfried: Eeeeyah!
Siegfried runs off-screen and the theme tune plays as the screen fades to black...

nice! I guess we'll never make it.

Has Frostbite DoEd yet?

nope

So...i'm like...a ninja?
Expect massive FB gain today.
What's the point of a DoE again?
and, finally, does Murder, Inc. really play dirty?

indeed you are
ok
well it would be cool to know who you guys are and what you are all about, but mainly i'm interested in your IRC channel/forums
perhaps they do, but MI has been virtually non-existent for the past few rounds so noone takes them serious anymore.

this is actually the first time I've ever seen anyone in frostbite post.

Update on the way. This should be interesting.

End of August 29th

1 {269} (+1) Roman Empire: 45.89 --> 45.62 (-0.27)
2 {191} (+4) Frostbite: 29.63 --> 30.94 (+1.31)
3 {169} (+2) Mostly Harmful Alliance: 27.85 --> 27.86 (+0.01)
4 {152} (-1) The Phoenix Federation: 26.91 --> 26.26 (-0.65)
5 {90} (+5) Purple Unity: 14.37 --> 15.44 (+1.07)
6 {92} (+3) Fark: 14.37 --> 14.94 (+0.57)
7 {79} (+1) Lafayette Escadrille: 13.22 --> 13.49 (+0.27)
8 {66} (+3) UJA: 10.70 --> 11.80 (+1.10)
9 {68} (+0) Spartan Defence Force: 11.95 --> 11.51 (-0.44)
10 {56} (+2) SWAT: 8.72 --> 9.41 (+0.89)
11 {49} (+2) Global Democratic Alliance: 8.04 --> 8.46 (+0.42)
12 {47} (+0) The Fellowship: 8.07 --> 7.94 (-0.13)

----- The Sanction Line -----

13 {43} (+0) We Are Perth Army: 7.56 --> 7.63 (+0.07)
14 {38} (+0) Aztec: 6.56 --> 6.49 (-0.07)
15 {35} (+3) Common Defense Treaty: 5.33 --> 5.92 (+0.59)
16 {26} (???) BLACK: ??? --> 4.65 (???)
16 {25} (+0) The Black Hand: 4.13 --> 4.12 (-0.01)

----- The Add Line ----- 4.02 --> 3.97 (-0.05)

17 {23} (+0) Aeonic Imperium: 3.92 --> 3.87 (-0.05)
18 {22} (+0) SOS Brigade: 3.94 --> 3.86 (-0.08)

----- The Drop Line ----- 3.72 --> 3.67 (-0.05)

19 {14} (-9) !@#$: 3.87 --> 2.35 (-1.52)

Today's Passes and Other Events:
UJA passes Spartan Defence Force
Global Democratic Alliance passes The Fellowship
Aeonic Imperium passes SOS Brigade
The Drop Line passes !@#$
Orange Destruction Network is eliminated from the Race
BLACK passes The Add Line and The Black Hand, entering the Race

Today's Biggest Gain:
Frostbite (+1.31)

Today's Biggest Loss:
!@#$ (-1.52)

Today's Commentary:
Welcome to today's Amazing Sanction Race Corner! Here are your hosts, Arrnea and Siegfried Schwarzwind!

Arrnea: Good afternoon, Planet Steve!
Siegfried: Good afternoon, and welcome to the fifth update this round of the Amazing Sanction Race: Tournament Edition.
Arrnea: I heard a big war broke out today, what's up with that?
Siegfried: Yes, a coalition of alliances, styling themselves Judgment, have formed up and declared war on WOLF, the bloc we saw enter the game last round.
Arrnea: How's it looking so far? Who do you tip to win?
Siegfried: Well, it's difficult to tell at the moment and both sides seem to be very confident of victory, or at least that they will have a lot of fun on the way down, so I'm going to say that it's anyone's game at the moment.
Arrnea: Ok, how about the happenings in the Race itself?
Siegfried: Well, most of the WOLF alliances recorded mild to moderate losses today, but as with yesterday, the Biggest Loser was !@#$, today falling below The Drop Line. If they don't pick it up tomorrow, which seems likely, they will be eliminated from the Race in much the same way that Orange Destruction Network was eliminated today.
Arrnea: How about the positive side? Anyone move up significantly?
Siegfried: Yes, today saw several alliances post moderate gains, with Frostbite's one-hundred-and-thirty-one hundredths of a point gain taking the Biggest Gainer title. Other notable gains included UJA and Purple Unity, with over a point gained each and SWAT, who gained just shy of nine-tenths of a point.
Arrnea: Oh! That's all we have time for today! We have to go now!
Arrnea & Siegfried: Bye-bee!

Hey Arrnea, I just wanted to thank you for doing this. This is awesome!

Also an FYI, !@#$ = Black. We had to change our name :/

If you're on a different AA, you're a different alliance, as far as the Sanction Race is concerned.

Most of us aren't really all that interested in the politicking that goes on in CN:TE; personally I'm just here for the war. I wouldn't expect to see much Frostbite forum presence at all this round.

Can't do update today, but if someone else does it, I'll do the commentary when I get home from Uni (if my commentary is wanted).

Otherwise, I'll probably do a double update tomorrow, or failing that, a triple update the next day.

1 {263} (-6) Roman Empire: 45.62 --> 43.71 (-1.91)
2 {198} (+7) Frostbite: 30.94 --> 32.02 (+1.08)
3 {177} (+8) Mostly Harmful Alliance: 27.86 --> 28.83 (+0.97)
4 {146} (-6) The Phoenix Federation: 26.26 --> 24.76 (-1.50)
5 {97} (+4) Fark: 14.94 --> 15.68 (+0.74)
6 {91} (+1) Purple Unity: 15.44 --> 15.38 (-.06)
7 {78} (-1) Lafayette Escadrille: 13.49 --> 13.09 (-0.40)
8 {69} (+3) UJA: 11.80 --> 11.76 (-.04)
9 {68} (+0) Spartan Defence Force: 11.51 --> 11.04 (-0.47)
10 {55} (-1) SWAT: 9.41 --> 9.05 (-0.36)
11 {51} (+2) Global Democratic Alliance: 8.46 --> 8.59 (+0.13)
12 {48} (+7) We Are Perth Army: 7.63 --> 8.43 (+0.80)

----- The Sanction Line -----


13 {43} (-4) The Fellowship: 7.94 --> 7.22 (-0.72)
14 {39} (+1) Aztec: 6.49 --> 6.54 (+0.05)
15 {37} (+11) BLACK: 4.65 --> 6.43 (1.78)
16 {35} (+0) Common Defense Treaty: 5.92 --> 5.72 (-0.20)



----- The Add Line -----
17 {26} (???) The Phoenix Hatchery: 4.61 --> ?? (???)
18 {26} (+1) The Black Hand: 4.12 --> 4.42 (+0.30)


----- The Drop Line -----

17 {22} (-1) Aeonic Imperium: 3.87 --> 3.65 (-0.22)
18 {22} (+0) SOS Brigade: 3.94 --> 3.86 (-0.08)
20 {7} (-7) !@#$: 2.35 --> 1.16 (-1.19)


Today's Passes and Other Events:
Fark passes Unity
WEPA passes The Fellowship
Black passes CDT
The Drop Line passes Aeonic Imperium
TPF Hatchery pops out of nowhere, right below the add line.
The Black Hand knocked out of the add line.

Today's Biggest Gain:
Black (+1.78)

Today's Biggest Loss:
Roman Empire (-1.91)

Not sure if I did this right, so waiting for Arrnea.

Uhhh, no, you didn't
You copy-pasted the text directly from my post by highlighting it, didn't you?
You should have instead quoted the post in order to get all the formatting codes in.
Also, the Add and Drop Lines need numbers, !@#$ ought to be removed entirely from the Race and the names of alliances below the Drop Line ought to be struck-through. Lastly, if The Phoenix Hatchery is below the Add Line (which it actually isn't), it should not be added to the Race

I'll do a double update tomorrow if you don't feel like fixing that up.

Do I at least get an A for effort?

Yes. You at least had the courage to try to update the Race. I applaud that.

thats because we don't exist

We have our own agenda for TE and it doesn't involve getting into whiny TE politics and thus posting on the OWF isn't really a priority for us (we never even issued a DoE). The fact that we were dragged into this Judgement/WOLF mess is unfortunate indeed.

But yeah, you won't see us posting a lot (except for like 4 members or so that love posting).

No update seriusly?

Hi Hassman

Update today?

I've been otherwise occupied around update for a while now. Since I did my last update, in fact.
If you've all got no problem with me doing the Race update at weird times of the day, I can probably do it more often.

I don't think we mind.

It's fine mate. Hassman just likes talking

If ODN isn't up there then we're OK without update.