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Cerridwyn

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  1. Well said. And I like that last idea. 10 days in peace mode with no penalty would make a major difference I think. One game I have played you cannot be raided until you reach a certain size. It's helped people get started.

    One thing you didn't mention, which I think contributes to the top down stagnation (you discussed mostly the bottom up) is that moon and mars wonders were the last major thing to come into the game. Everyone at the top has them if they want them. At my size, even if I wasn't peaceful, there is little to spend money on. It's sad but true that you need to add new bells and whistles to the game regularly to give the big guys something to spend their hard earned savings on.

  2. It's great if people are enjoying their alliance communities, but I'd really have to question whether that's the same as enjoying the game itself. And while it's pretty hard to prove something like this, there's a pretty strong argument to be made that passive alliances with large sets of MDP's have an inhibiting effect on the cyberverse at large. It makes sense that those of us who are still intent on making the game itself fun would prod them a bit.

    I disagree with the first thing you had to say. There are so many alliances because we all enjoy the game differently. It's a nation building game. Some like to build it by fighting others, some like to build it by growing themselves strong. some like to grow it by social networking (call those treaties?)

    There are two not necessarily related components to planet Bob - the game and the alliance/forum. Playing the game takes all of a minute a day or even a minute or two every 2 weeks depending on how you play. Being a part of an alliance is the sociopolitical part of the game. And I thank the Lord and Lady we all play it differently because if we all wanted the same thing, it would be a very boring place. That's why some of us play Avatar and some play WoW and some fiddle on EVE or whatever alien-zombie adventure is the hot pick of the day.

    If I say nothing else about this 'disband' thread, it has been the funniest thing I've read on the CN forums in ages.. (won't say when)

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