[Ikariam On] Burning the world, unless they write poems about kitties

Darian

Alliances: (See this link for how to join an alliance; please post in the thread before applying)

"A wrongful stroke of the feline shall be the spark that lights the fire - the fire that shall encompass the lands and seas." - mrsnackroaad

Ikariam is a browser-based Civilization-inspired game with a relatively high level of polish and fun.

Important links

Tour: http://ikariam.com/tour_step1.php
Registration: http://ikariam.com/register.php
Wiki: http://ikariam.wikia.com/wiki/
Tech-tree: http://flashmx.projektas.lt/4smbd/4ikarian/ikariamTechTree.html
More interactive tech-tree: http://ikariam.immortal-nights.com/
How to build a colony: http://ikariamtip.com/tutorials/how-to-found-a-colony-in-ikariam
Various useful information sprinkled in with 4chan madness: http://partyvan.info/index.php/Ikariam
Battle calculator from the good people at Immortal Knights; notoriously inaccurate for large battles (there is an unknown reduction factor to damage applied in game)

Greasemonkey scripts (Require firefox and greasemonkey)
- more detailed town/player info: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=5048701&postcount=494
- summary info on your towns (table at bottom): http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25124
- more detailed resources info: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/23575
- autologin: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/23591
- bookmarking islands: http://www.tacticalgamer.com/ikariam/111775-ikariam-greasemonkey-scripts-friends-list-score-finder.html#post948482
- Day/night cycle: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25984
- New Kronos utils site: http://corentin.jarnoux.free.fr/kronosutils/index.php
- Animated image pack: http://bgt-angels.sk/tw/index.php
- Transport countdown: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/26090

Some of these are buggy/don't play nice with other scripts/need Firefox 3.

Ikariam.COM (US Version) playing on the Beta server. To get your information added to the list, post your full details as below:
[in-game name] @ [coordinates] / [city name] / [luxury resource on your island]

PA map:

Darian updates the map at random intervals.

In game, this is rotated 45 degrees clockwise; 0,0 = N; 100,0 = E; 100,100 = S; 0,100 = W

0,0______________________________________________________________________100,0
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0,100____________________________________________________________________100,100

People plotted behind the spoilers below. PM me here or ig with your info if it's missing.
The spreadsheet the map is based on (well, the spreadsheet that has the WPAX and NPAX data) is now available as a google spreadsheet. PM me with an email address for permission to modify.

Alliances: (See this link for how to join an alliance)

- NPAX (Stretching through quadrants 1, 2, and 4)

* Marble isle: [strike]24:22[/strike], 26:21, 22:20, 23:25, 43:11
* Wine isle: 23:20, [strike]24:21[/strike], 43:8
* Crystal isles: 19:32, 23:21
* Sulfur isles: 25:21, 32:24

- East (used to be EPA - now being absorbed by NPAX)

* Designated Marble Island @ [strike]93:62[/strike], 95:62
* Designated Wine Islands @ [strike]93:59[/strike]
* Potential Crystal Islands @ 94:59
* Potential Sulphur Islands @ 92:62

- WPAX (West)

* Marble isle: 10:41
* Wine isle: 14:41
* Crystal isles: 12:41
* Sulfur isles: 15:41 or 12:38

{NPAX members - check your embassy or use the google spreadsheet. Contact Darian for assistance in locating a good location for new colonies.}

{WPAX members - use the other google spreadsheet. Contact Tamorlane for assistance in locating a good location for new colonies.}

{Old Full PA forums list; this hasn't been updated much and is being reduced to a single city per account}

1kDix @ 90:55/New Cabletonia/Crystal [PA = One Thousand Dicks]
Akira @ / 19:32 / Jupiter Express / Crystal
Alastar @ 55:15 / Remanas / Sulfur
Al Baron @ 57:58 / Baron City / Crystal
Aldo @ 88:56 / Wortel / Wine
Andrewopulous @ 100:72 / Andrewopulous / Sulfur
APZonerunner @ 50:13 / Crusting / Wine
Ashendark @ 49:10 / Ashenvale / Marble
asimperson @ 61:15 / ASimTown / Wine
Baidol @ 73:87 / Esteroum / Wine
Becoming @ 50:87 / Brompton / Wine
BillyJoel @ 24:22 / Point Place / Marble [PA = Kris]
Bluemap @ 20:72 / Blue map / Marble
BobLobLaw @ 87:71 / Rawr / Crystal [PA = killa283]
Bronzeduck @ / 42:85 / Duckopolis / Wine
Bruised @ / 29:18 / Brue / Marble
Camui @ 48:85 / Raftel / Sulfur
captaink @ / 15:41 / Philos / Sulfur
Caspian @ 97:94 / Telmar / Sulphur (Capital) [PA = Deranged Hamster]
casualeddy @ 43:47 / Anap Polis / Marble
casualeddy @ 44:46 / Necro Polis / Sulfur
casualeddy @ 43:46 / Metro Polis / Wine
casualeddy @ 44:47 / Acro Polis / Crystal
casualeddy @ 42:44 / Perse Polis / Marble
Charlemagne @ 14:53 / Narshe / Crystal (Capital)
Clayman @ 98:39 / Bengt / Sulphur
Coolio911911 New Ro - [15:3] - Crystal
Coutts @ / 93:59 / Haligonia / Wine
Crash @ 87:84 / Kalos/ Crystal [PA = UEAKCrash]
Cronzo @ 8:52 / Diet Cheetos / Marble [PA = iSnortRitalin]
Cynic_Jester @ 22:57 / Jesterpolis / Wine
D A @/ 43:20 / PseudoPolis / Wine [PA = DevoutlyApathetic]
Darian @ 32:24 / Dariapolis / Sulfur
Darklyre @ 63:22 / Arghtown / Crystal
DasScoot @ 93:59 / Paragon the Second / Wine [PA = Scooter]
Destavan @ 23:68 / Shakey / Crystal Glass. [PA = Fragtastic]
Devoir @ 93:62 / Betamarblopolis / Marble
Diggo @ 38:84 / In-World / Marble
DKWiggin @ [92:47] / Dongtown / Crystal [PA = Lol!]
Downer @ 7:11 / Skwisgaar / Crystal
draeven @ / 50:88 / Draevenoia / Crystal
Dyvion @ 97,97 / Heliotropolis / {crystal}
Elaro @ 14:60 / Norygal / Sulphur
elkna @ 64:99 / Maget / Sulfur
fanaticalist @ Hataitia[61:13] > Crocodopolis : wine
Food @ / 14:41 / Invisible City / Wine
Frdztec @ 18:5 / Rexarin / Wine
Gargamel @ 63:55 / Phyrex / Sulphur [PA = Bulwark]
Garu @ / 30:40 / Ankh-Morpork / Sulfur
Goodchild @ / 28:23 / Bregna / Crystal
Gorilla Salad @88:39 / Tujuos / Wine
grrarg @ 92:41 / Grrargia / Sulfur
Gryphon @ 49:64 / Nowhere / Marble
Handuus @ 56:14 / Murkrow / Marble [PA = n00bish]
Hellbunny @ 25:20 / / Crystal
Hoz @ 91:64 / Hozfa / Crystal
Iguanacus @ / 32:90 / Nestopoli / Wine
Incognito @ 86:96 / Jacobatopia / Marble [PA = Roxxersboxxers]
**Insingnia @ 54:94 / Zigna / Sulfur
Illwinter @ 18:86 / Winterthrone / Marble [PA Echo]
Jam Warrior @ / 3:64 / Jamville / Marble
Johnnytoxxic @ 46:10 / Scrapheap / Wine
Kalkino @ / 32:19 / Mittens / Marble
Karenna @ / 12:41 / Kainalu / Crystal
KingKoopa @ 11:60 / MushroomKingdom /Crystal [PA = dscrilla]
Kingshand @ / 53:18 / Kingshand / Wine [PA = The Dude With Herpes]
Kingslayer @ / 47:18 / Lannisport / Sulfur
koro @ 24:21 / Pear-Shaped v2 / Wine [PA = korodullin]
Kris_xK @ / 61:89 / Dread / Marble
Kumquat @ 76:24/Kumquatia/Wine
**larka @ 1:87 / Urbopolis Shire / marble
lawlzor1 @ / 82:63 / Poland / Sulfur
Legba @ 17:28 / Fangaerie / Wine
**Lehman @ 80:87 / Cumberland / crystal
Lordjulius @ 85:52 / Rome / Wine [PA = Witchdr]
**Marlinspike @ 22:21 / Scurvy Cove / Sulfur
matthias00 @ 31:85 / Awesomia / Wine
mattmoss @ 25:29 / Kalista / Crystal
MechMantis @ 83:30 / Blacklight / Sulfur
MechaStalin @ 12:53 / Neo Stalingrad / Crystal [PA = Flaryn]
Metapurna @ 20:38/ New Crobuzon/ Marble [PA = METAzraeL]
Mith @ 93:62 / Archimedes/ / Marble
MooMan @ / 84:71 / Mootopia / Sulfur
Mr Snack Road @ 25:17 /Holt /Marble [PA = mrsnackroad]
NATIK @ 51:28 / The Hub / Crystal
**NH03 @ 61:15 / Warlords domain / Wine
Norgoth @ 10:99 / Pandemonium / wine
Olek @ / 17:64 / Ankh-Morpork / Marble
**Orgetorix @ 65:71 / Helvetium / Marble [PA = Randall Flagg]
Orogogus @ 52:88 / Xandra / Marble (Capital)
Ozmodai @ 5:14 / Ozlandia / Marble
Paradiso @ 24:22 / Ten Towers / Marble
PipTheFair @ 68:91 / Dickbutt / Sulfur
Ponchs Pilot @ [57:58] / [Samaria] / [crystal] [PA = juice for jesus]
rayofash @ 7:11 / Knothole / Crystal
RedCascade @ 89:16 / Lustris / Wine [PA = Red_Cascade]
reticlariant @ 46:91 / Lazy Town / marble [PA = mccart]
Rhapsody @ / 3:6 / Aria / Sulfur
RiemannLives @ 52:89 / Istan / Sulfur
Romantic Undead @ 32:23 / Undead Romainia / Crystal
Sallust @ [24,58] / Brundisium / wine [PA = ethicalsean]
SanderJK @ 56:92 / Sanderopolis / Wine
Scone @ 46:76 / Currantia / Sulphur [PA = Bulwark]
Shujaa @ / 33:69 / Larceny / Sulfur
Skarsol @ / 73:28 / Straasha / Wine
Solysp @ 19:32 / Altenfeuer / Crystal [PA = Clayburn [strike]Kayne Red Robe[/strike]]
SuburbanJawa @ / 51:17 / Suburbia / Wine [PA = Jawa]
tachyon @ 61:19 / Halycon / Sulfur
Taliosfalcon @ 68:73 / Khuldas / Wine
Tamin @ 76:27 / Winterfell / Sulfur
Tamorlane @ 18:69 / Pella / Wine
TheLawinator @ / 4:98 / Lumberjack / Crystal
threelemmings @ 97:60 / Lemming One/ Marble
Tiger Burning @ / 42:20 / Tigertown / Crystal
Tildryn @ 12:53 / Lahara/ Crystal
tomblag @ 19:48 / Blagtown / sulfur [PA = maturin]
Turtleboy @ 46:19 / Dhalgren / Sulfur [PA = Burtletoy]
ultrachrist @ 84:71 / Rapture / Sulfur
V2-Gundam @ (18,16) / Durendal / Wine
Varxe @ 76:10 / Moon port / wine [PA = gunwarrior]
valtzy @ 33:17 - Ensideon - Wine
Veevee Von Vore @ 10:95 / Crapolis / Marble [PA = Veevee]
Viscousity @ 6:4 / Chiron HQ / Marble [PA = Placer]
Wicker @ 49:11 / Glasgow / Wine
whitey9 @ 89:64 / Norman / Crystal
WiiMote @ 2:87 / Nerdopolis / Glass [PA = Nerdtendo]
Woggle @ 66:15 / Biscuits / Wine
yam @ 23:31 / Spusborough / Sulfur [PA = Syrion]
Zalin @ / 93:62 / Eighth Circle / Marble (Capital)
Zandracon @ 22:27 / Zan / Crystal
Zarcath1 @ 34:13 / Boob Town / Wine [PA = Zarcath]
Zen Vulgarity @ [90:43]/Wangulation/Wine
Zolnab @ 24:78 / Steve / wine [PA = Sagaxus]

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FAQ
See the board for more FAQs and guides.

Q: What should I do?

A: Read the Wiki under useful links, get on IRC, try not to ask questions that are already answered, spend some time reading the thread. (Devoir)

Q: What should I research first?

A: Well Digging first. I'd suggest then doing Paper, then going up the economy line to Wine Press. If you're in a built up area (or paranoid), then go military up to professional army. After that, go up the seafaring line to expansion. (Karenna)

Q: How do you send goods to other players who aren't on your island?

A: Use the world map (or a link from a message they sent to you or from one of your advisors) to locate their island; click on it to get to the island view. Click on the city, transport goods. If they are not in your own island group, you must research expansion before you will be able to reach them with trade boats. (Darian)

Q: Some dude is attacking me! What do I do?

A: If the attacker isn't bright enough to blockade your port first, build just one offensive ship (trade ships don't count) at your drydock. This will repel the attacker. Ram ships only take 34 mins to build, which is shorter than the time it takes to attack you from the next island over! If you're blockaded, and stand to lose a lot of resources, just destroy your Trading Port (NOT your trading POST). The bigger the trading port, the more they can haul away. (Karenna)
Then, if post the coordinates and city/account name for the attacker on the forums so we can wang them.

Q: My people are pissed at me, since my city is crowded!

A: Build a Tavern, and make sure you are serving the max amount of wine possible. A L5 tavern can get your city up to size 10 easily. After taverns, work towards getting a museum, and exchange cultural goods with other PAers. Museums have zero upkeep, so are the best long-term investment in growth you can make. After Museums, research Holiday for extra happiness. (Karenna)

Q: Do cultural goods take diplomacy points?

A: No, they take cultural points, one cultural point is gained per level of museum. (Devoir)

Q: I'm attacking a city, with a level X trade port. How many resources can I expect to get?

A: Once you win a battle, you get 20 minutes to pillage. How much you gain is directly related to How many trade ships you have available, how many resources are protected by your opponent's warehouse, and how large the trading port is:
A town without a trade port can load 3 resources per minute.
A town with a level 1 trade port can load 10 resources per minute
A town with a level 2 trade port can load 30 resources per minute
A town with a level 3 trade port can load 58 resources per minute
See the wiki for more information.
(Karenna)

Q: So I have a Hideout, and I want to spy on my enemies! How do I use them, and what can they do?

A: Read this: http://board.ikariam.com/thread.php?threadid=2087 Of particular note is that each spy in an opponent's town acts as a battering ram when you attack! Each breach in the wall gives your army a 10% bonus to attack. So, a L10 wall can seem insurmountable, but plug in 5 spies before the raid, and you can gain a 50% attack bonus! (Karenna)

Q: So walls make me _VULNERABLE_!?!?!?!

A: No. From the Wiki: "Each "possible breach" is a spot that can be rammed by a battering ram each turn; if that is done, the enemy gains 10% OFFENSIVE bonus for each breach opened (maximum number of breaches is that of your wall). However, this does not render your wall useless because the wall still gives all your troops defending the town a 3-point offensive bonus per level. So your troops still come out on top.

The only time your wall could remotely be considered a liability is if it is not up to your town hall level, and the enemy creates maximum breaches. At higher levels, this WILL hurt, because while the enemy gets 10% attack per breach, you're getting less than the full defensive bonus, AND the 3 point per level extra attack can't compensate for the percentage attack bonus your enemy gets." (Devoir)

Q: My account she is hacked! I can't login! Abloo abloo abloo!

A: You're using the Ikariam.org site. That's for Euro trash. Use the Ikariam.COM site. (Karenna)

Q: How do I send someone gold?

A: You can't, you can only trade gold via the Trading Post. (Burtletoy)

Q: Why do I suddenly have 50 of each resource?

A: Congratulations, you researched wealth. Now continue on to wine pressing, to use that wine up. This is also the appropriate time to put your people to work gathering the local luxury resource. (Darian)

Q: How do I move troops?

A: Similar to how you move resources. Click on the target island, target city, then deploy troops. You need a barracks at the destination to support the troops being transported. (Devoir)

Q: Who wants to exchange goods with me?

A: Don't post this, just send out requests to people in your aliiance or in the list of PA players by Darian. Everyone wants cultural exchanges. (Devoir, updated by Darian)
For how to do this, see the next question.

Q: How do I set up a cultural exchange?

A: First check your museum and make sure you do not already have a treaty with the person. I recommend pasting all of your treaties into a spreadsheet and sorting them alphabetically. Then, browse to an island view where you can see the town of someone you want to make a treaty with (for NPAX, the embassy page will help with this). Select their city and click on diplomacy. In the drop-down box, choose "Cultural Goods Treaty" instead of message; this will offer them a cultural goods treaty.
Repeat until you have spammed the entire alliance with requests, including witty statements, adapted song lyrics, etc. to make it interesting for the recipients. If you receive such an offer, click accept in the message to accept it.
Note: You can only initiate an offer when you have museum slots available. But you can initiate more offers than you have slots, so it is possible to get a surplus that you will then build into. You can also accept offers at any time that you do not have exactly the same number of treaties as museum slots. (Darian)

Q: What happens when I switch my research from one thing to another?

A: The points get transfered, you don't "lose" research, but if you finish something you will have to restart the original topic. (Burtletoy)

Q: What happens if I hit 0 gold?

A: Citizens will be pulled off research and possibly resource gathering to ensure you have positive gold growth. You will also lose military units due to their upkeep requirements. (Devoir)

Q: Am I attacking my own city?

A: No, blame it on a bad german translation. If the military advisers background is not red then it is just your own troops returning/being transfered. (Burtletoy)

Q: What is this I hear about pushing, and how do I avoid getting in trouble for it?

A: Pushing is the providing of materials from a lower-ranked to a higher-ranked account, with no tangible benefit received in return. If you receive any goods in trade from a lower-ranked person, you must send back equal value to them within 48 hours of the shipment. (Darian)

Q: How does one contact the Game Operator to legitimze an extortion demand or for other concerns about pushing?

A: Go to the board for the game, create an account, then send a PM to the proper GO from the list.

Q: How many spies do I need to hide for ever?

A: Your town hall level gives an opponent an advantage of 6% per level.
Each spy on defense gives that opponent a penalty of 15% per level.
So a level 10 town with a level 12 hideout has an overall increase to spying risk of +120% on every mission. Including getting into the town in the first place

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Q: What is this corruption I am hearing about?

A: It is an inefficiency loss in your colony. You will suffer a happiness penalty and resource-gathering penalty of this percent in your colony. Corruption is (not so) gradually being raised to 100%, and it is decreased and eliminated by raising the level of the Governor's Residence in your colony. Corruption is 0 if the GR matches or exceeds the level of your palace. (It should never exceed it... just, don't do that.) Current levels of corruption behind the spoiler.

Palace level 1:
GR 0 - (50%)

Palace level 2:
GR 0 - (66%)
GR 1 - (33%)

Palace level 3:
GR 0 - (75%)
GR 1 - (50%)
GR 2 - (25%)

Palace level 4:
GR 0 - 29% (80%)
GR 1 - 22% (60%)
GR 2 - 14% (40%)
GR 3 - 7% (19%)

Palace level 5:
GR 0 - 33% (83%)
GR 1 - 26% (66%)
GR 2 - 19% (50%)
GR 3 - 13% (33%)
GR 4 - 7% (17%)

Q: How does the inactive mode work?

A: Once a player does not log into the game for a set period of time, their account is set to inactive. While inactive, taxes collect and resources are gathered at half the normal rate. The time until inactive, and then the time until deletion, depends on the age of the account.
* Phase 0: If somebody takes no action within 5 hours after registering an account, it will be immediately deleted.
* Phase I: Within the first 7 days: - Time until inactive: 2 days - Time inactive until deletion: 2 days
* Phase II: Two weeks up to a month: - Time until inactive: 7 days - Time inactive until deletion: 4 days
* Phase III: 1 month to 3 months - Time until inactive: 7 days - Time inactive until deletion: 14 days
* Phase IV: from 3 months onward: - Time until inactive: 7 days - Time inactive until deletion: 30 day

This information has been reposted and was originally created by Devoir/Darian/Kalkino and other assembled worthies, previous threads HERE and HERE.

Darian

Cat Poetry Corner

While we may be self declared bastards seeking to implement our reasonable policy of Burning the World this doesn't mean to say we do not enjoy other more cultured pursuits. Like cat poetry. Yes, the PA alliances are also on a mission to find the greatest Poet on Ikariam: Beta and test their ability to write poems about the simple joys of owning cats. In return, we might refrain from attacking them.

Roll of Honour


Durandal, Therenianville, 18:17, 11/05/2008. Procured by Kalkino

Lying on the sun-warmed carpet, sleeping in peaceful repose.
Dreaming of what? Heaven only knows.
Perhaps it sees the universe, and the truth of life’s joys.
Or maybe simply catnip and little fuzzy toys.
But this frazzled looking feline, lies there all the same,
Not afraid of lounging around, not feeling any shame.
He seems to have a message, for busy people like me,
A very simple message: to live life and be free.
For when I watch my cat sleep, I know one thing is true,
I shouldn’t have to worry, about a game where I’m being attacked by you.

On the 11.05.2008 18:40 Kalkino wrote::
> I shall only back off when you compose a 100 word poem on cats and the simple joys they bring to one's life.
> MEOOOW!
> On the 11.05.2008 18:27 Durandal wrote::
> > Back. Off.

darklordsgx, Charlesville, 32:26, 14/05/2008, procured by Kalkino

The One Cat
My cat, a wonderful and comforting friend,
The one that is always with me, until the end,
The one that always comforts me when I'm sad,
The one who calms me down, when I'm mad,
My cat, always a delight to have,
The one which sleeps curled up in your bed,
The one that has a small and furry head,
The one that clears my head when all is blurry,
My cat, a dear and graceful friend,
For when I am with you, my fears are gone,
For when you were gone, tears were formed,
For I will never forget you, even after I'm gone.



Kahn, Ares, 11:42, 14/05/2008, procured by Karenna

Cat comes in the house
big gray rodent in his mouth
grateful gift for you



Maya, Lúkretià, 81:69, 15/05/2008, procured by TyrantCow

der grund warum ich katzen liebe,
ist das ich neue freunde kriege.
und finde in nem spiel,
in dem der weg sei das ziel.

The reason why I love cats
Is that I gain new friends
And find in a game
In which the way/path be the goal/aim/finish



Caroline, Fig Tree, 27:23, 25/5/2008, procured by Karenna

Cats
Gracefully Pouncing,
with her slim tail in the air,
she flies with such grace.



Tamorlane, in response to an inane request

He leaps from shadow dark as soot
through fetid air to bite my foot
then runs across the barren floor
a tainted, evil carnivore
he lays there in the noon sun's gleam
ensuring that each claw is clean
what sin of mine do I now pay
to live in feline fear each day?
now from my bed I dare not leave
I know the creature waits beneath
to slash with feral undead speed
and rend my ankles til they bleed
I curse you spawn of hell with tail
and pray for peace to no avail



The Captain Message Torchwood HQ [67:88] 18.05.2008 17:47:32

The day goes on, the night enters, they arise from the place, they creep, lurk waiting to pounce on their prey.
The wonder as loners, hunting, feeding from whatever moves.
The hunters of houses, the eliminator of pests.
They are a persons friend, a mouses enemy, so the night ends, they go to sleep, return to the house, and are as friendly as pets.



Psthyp on 2:85, 27 May 2008, c/o Theheroo.

No cold philosophy, no cynic sneer,
Checks the unhidden and honest tear,
What little difference, and how short the span,
Betwixt thy instinct and the mind of man.
(Inscription on a cat's gravestone)
who knows .. maybe soon i'll have this inscription on ur citis gravestone.



From Chaseb of Venegence, 28/5/2008, procured by Burtletoy

It conquers its domain
Slyly being a mouses bane
It moves without a sound
And if looked for, rarely being found
Its those yellow eyes in the dark
And if agitated it will leave its mark
A hunter by birth
For ages its been a ruler of the earth
All this surely fits the profile of a cat
But deeper still is the one of the house
These are the special case of all feline
They make a sad day perfectly fine
Hunter by night but friend by day
They stick by your side no matter what you say
They love to sit on your lap and sooth your soul
Royalty of the earth under your control



Karenna 29/05/2008, care of Karenna

The Laser pointer shines a bright red light
The orange tabby pounces down on it
The spot it seems to move without a fight
That damn red light it gives my cat a fit



Binil of Binilville [32:24], 10/06/2008, care of Darian

Cats are royalty,
Egypt was saved by them.
Loyalty is their master grand quality.
Their eyes like a gem,
And they show equality.
Thus they dodgem,
Don't you know they are mighty,
Than the thieves who try to steal'em.



soulrock2900 at 11:59, 14/06/2008, care of KingKoopa

cats are good
cats are great
cats are something
that i do not hate

if cats could talk,
what would they say?
maybe something like "meow"
or "hey babe"

Tell you what, I am not an unreasonable person, you seem to be new to this game so I will give you a break. I need one thing from you.

You see, my culture prizes poetry and cats more than any gold or marble.

Write me a Poem about Cats, it can be long or short (haikus are good) so long as it is about cats, how great they are, and how they bring joy to our lives.

Also, your City names are awful, don't you think "Cat Town" and/or "Kitty City" would be much better? It might protect you from my Alliance as well.

I will check back later and if you have sent the poem I will end the blockade of Fire ships I sent to you a few minutes ago. I will not start aggression thereafter.


On the 14.06.2008 3:16 soulrock2900 wrote::
> im sorry... but i never attacked u this much now did i? (its a rhetorical question)
>
>
> On the 14.06.2008 3:02 KingKoopa wrote::
> > KingKoopa has declined a trade treaty with you and sends the following message: you cannot buy forgiveness!
> >
> > On the 14.06.2008 2:29 soulrock2900 wrote::
> > > soulrock2900 wants to sign a trade treaty with you and sends the following message: lets not attack each other any more, is that ok? if not, prepare for hell to rain on you

KLM GRAND, 14/6/2008, care of Viscosity

I hate cats.
Yes I do.
Indeed they're funky and hate me too.
Stank and shedding
They should never be kept indoors,
If all cats were dead then they couldn't scratch floors.
Crying and whining
All the time
Is why in some countries on cats they dine.
I don't have a cat
If I did it would be shot.
'Cause I'm allergic to them and cool that is not.
Cats, I hate them and they should be beat...
My favorite bumper sticker is "Cat! The other white meat!"



Demoneyed from Calki @49:10; submitted by Burtletoy, 18.06.2008

I come when I please
I hunt and I tease
I hate when it rains
with all the blood in my veins
With slanted eyes I prowl the night
Oh noble are my game
they know not when I come
But thats my fun...now tell me
What is my name

hope that will do

[poem]

sorry but my knowledge with cats is limited my mother has allergies

[earlier messages]
thats funny well I'm a bit of a poet let see if i can make one up give 1 hr to 30 mins


On the 18.06.2008 19:49 Turtleboy wrote::
> If you feel like protecting your cities permanently I can assure you that no one else in NPAX/WPAX ever attacks you, but to do this I need something from you. You see our alliance only accepts one form of pleading to ensure your safty. We require self-made, not copy'n'pasted poetry telling of the wonderous qualities of Cats. If you provide me with this poem, or haiku, I will share it with NPAX/WPAX and you will go into our list of safe names.
>
>
> On the 18.06.2008 19:45 Demoneyed wrote::
> > that was nice of you I hate attacking anyways
> >
> > On the 18.06.2008 19:38 Turtleboy wrote::
> > > Just giving you a heads up, when your troops try to land in one hour they will be turned around by my navy. You might want to save yourself 2 hours worth of transporting 160 troops by returning them right now.
> > >
> > >
> > > On the 18.06.2008 19:29 Demoneyed wrote::
> > > > so what I'm a hick


There was more before this, but the guy didn't use the reply button.

From a "Lionhead784 25.18, Tauri; 23:17, Geminon, procured by Kalkino

Love cats and kitties
They always shine any day
Get one right away



Illium , Illium 43:17, 6/23/2008, procured by focused7

There once was a kitten from Tanoos
who's shadow was a tiny bit loose
it fell by the way
as he romped and he played
that frolicky kitten of Tanoos.



octoberblu3 of CMAX, 25.06.08, offered in appreciation

Down the street, we walk
Dogs scatter, owners afraid
My cat's a panther



Eleazer, 30.06.2008, on the forums; procured by Karenna

There once was a sweet, lonely kitty,
That everyone thought "so pretty".
It ran through the house,
and got every mouse;
Now she's the Queen of the city.

ShadowRaiden

Glorious!

Romantic Undead

So, in this thread, we start a war?

Darian

The following is brought to you by Kalkino; I am posting it here just in case he doesn't get a chance to grab it before the old thread is locked.

Burn the World

Burn the World is a special PA project designed to add much needed emotional content to the online experience that is Ikariam! We have taken it upon ourselves to examine how we, the burners and wreckers, can enhance the user experience through organised campaigns of burning and looting. We believe that through our efforts Ikariam will continue to ascend into the hearts and minds of Internet users everywhere.

So how can you contribute?

All PA members, especially those belong to a PA guild can contribute through building strong defences (more about that later), identifying good target alliances and most importantly having a sizable strike force ready for deployment. Our aim is ensure we have multiple strong strike forces in each of the PA alliance hubs so we can leverage our size and strength against miscreants.

Our terms?

So you might get sent messages by those who have been selected to participate, messages that beg you for reasons, or for relief. What should you do? First, demand they pay a large compensatory sum for your troubles and secondly, a poem of at least 100 words on the glory of cats, cat stroking and why backwards cat stroking is to be desired. Any school of poetry is welcome as we are sophisticated types.

Current targets

Ro alliance (43:11) - hit these guys as/when you like (without bashing) - they are leechers on our great island

Possible Targets

These guys have representatives in the 2X:2X. Working on more data

CRA -16 - ranking - 155 (8,789,939)
IMPS - 11 - ranking - 90 (14,723,250)

skarsol wrote:

name       | size |     name     | score |  gold  | military | science | islandname | x  | y
-----------------+------+--------------+-------+--------+----------+---------+------------+----+----
 Planet Eleven   |   11 | John Whorfin |  5831 | 707638 |    51406 |   31162 | Rakoios    | 28 | 24
 Planet Ten      |   11 | John Whorfin |  5831 | 707638 |    51406 |   31162 | Lliaruios  | 29 | 23
 Planet Thirteen |    1 | John Whorfin |  5831 | 707638 |    51406 |   31162 | Weukios    | 26 | 17
 Planet Twelve   |   10 | John Whorfin |  5831 | 707638 |    51406 |   31162 | Creiqaos   | 26 | 18
 Vεα Malorn    |   12 | Malfacto     | 12729 |  20457 |    42576 |  100546 | Skelooos   | 25 | 17
 Neo Malorn      |   12 | Malfacto     | 12729 |  20457 |    42576 |  100546 | Skelooos   | 25 | 17
 Malorn          |   14 | Malfacto     | 12729 |  20457 |    42576 |  100546 | Skelooos   | 25 | 17
 Niew Malorn     |   12 | Malfacto     | 12729 |  20457 |    42576 |  100546 | Skelooos   | 25 | 17
 New Anvilania   |   12 | TheZealot    |  6788 | 210064 |    39372 |   55194 | Weukios    | 26 | 17
 Vomitorium      |    8 | TheZealot    |  6788 | 210064 |    39372 |   55194 | Chycios    | 26 | 16
 Lauriam         |   10 | TheZealot    |  6788 | 210064 |    39372 |   55194 | Creiqaos   | 26 | 18
 Ikarumba        |   11 | TheZealot    |  6788 | 210064 |    39372 |   55194 | Skelooos   | 25 | 17
 Manichevitz     |   13 | Ozymandias   |  8197 | 134225 |    33130 |   71906 | Chycios    | 26 | 16
 Saks 5th Ave    |   11 | Ozymandias   |  8197 | 134225 |    33130 |   71906 | Radytia    | 25 | 16
 Goldenburg      |   11 | Ozymandias   |  8197 | 134225 |    33130 |   71906 | Radytia    | 25 | 16
 Katapygon       |    9 | Khairei      |  5697 | 241933 |    19520 |   40314 | Dayvios    | 70 | 85
 New Hamartia    |   10 | Khairei      |  5697 | 241933 |    19520 |   40314 | Weukios    | 26 | 17
 New Hubris      |    9 | Khairei      |  5697 | 241933 |    19520 |   40314 | Chycios    | 26 | 16
 Grand Choker    |    6 | CleveRoh     |  5138 | 343846 |    11600 |   62082 | Miliios    | 27 | 16
 NinjaPlease     |   11 | CleveRoh     |  5138 | 343846 |    11600 |   62082 | Achoos     | 27 | 17
 Banana Phone    |   11 | CleveRoh     |  5138 | 343846 |    11600 |   62082 | Chycios    | 26 | 16
 Geminon         |   11 | lionhead784  |  5923 | 853086 |     9364 |   56706 | Tiauios    | 45 | 14
 Caprica         |   15 | lionhead784  |  5923 | 853086 |     9364 |   56706 | Hidios     | 44 | 14
 Tauri           |    9 | lionhead784  |  5923 | 853086 |     9364 |   56706 | Queytia    | 45 | 13
 Tollana         |   10 | lionhead784  |  5923 | 853086 |     9364 |   56706 | Creiqaos   | 26 | 18
 Townsvillopolis |    6 | PoppinFresh  |  3837 | 148045 |     8264 |   45274 | Weukios    | 26 | 17
 Peopleopolis    |    9 | PoppinFresh  |  3837 | 148045 |     8264 |   45274 | Creiqaos   | 26 | 18
 Funkytown       |    8 | PoppinFresh  |  3837 | 148045 |     8264 |   45274 | Skelooos   | 25 | 17
 Thundaga        |   14 | Mac Hogg     |  8494 | 276954 |     8004 |   70650 | Tiereos    | 75 | 84
 Grapeton        |   11 | Mac Hogg     |  8494 | 276954 |     8004 |   70650 | Aleetia    | 75 | 85
 Sulfurton       |    7 | Mac Hogg     |  8494 | 276954 |     8004 |   70650 | Shuxios    | 76 | 85
 Crystalton      |   10 | Mac Hogg     |  8494 | 276954 |     8004 |   70650 | Kineos     | 76 | 84
 Drunkos         |   10 | Caladyne     |  3962 | 108248 |     7898 |   31418 | Chycios    | 26 | 16
 Caladonia       |   10 | Caladyne     |  3962 | 108248 |     7898 |   31418 | Radytia    | 25 | 16
 Alasandria      |   11 | Caladyne     |  3962 | 108248 |     7898 |   31418 | Dareyos    | 24 | 14
 G Money Love    |   11 | DreadPirate  |  2804 | 779122 |     4028 |   31674 | Achoos     | 27 | 17
 Gin and Juice   |    5 | DreadPirate  |  2804 | 779122 |     4028 |   31674 | Chycios    | 26 | 16
 Glass Houses    |    5 | DreadPirate  |  2804 | 779122 |     4028 |   31674 | Creiqaos   | 26 | 18

13th - 14 (lol!) - ranking - 178 (7,561,262)
1S1K - 26 (1 Shot 1 Kill) - ranking - 57 (20,774,297)
Cru - 4 - ranking - 316 (3,627,308)
DigiP - 10 - ranking - 317 (3,573,162)

Looking for more targets here - send me suggestions

Military Guide

I will be putting something here in the next day or two.

Kalkino

PLACEHOLDER

maturin

Crap, what were Rhapsody's city locations?

Tamorlane

Placer wrote: »

Still not any response from rhapsody, he could be gone any day now too, cap'n, would you mind booting him?

Booted

skarsol

Hey Brutletoy, those Toukon guys are in the process of submitting poetry (so says their diplo) so if you could lay off till that resolves, that would be good.

Kalkino

skarsol wrote: »

Hey Brutletoy, those Toukon guys are in the process of submitting poetry (so says their diplo) so if you could lay off till that resolves, that would be good.

Message Darian if/when you receive this so he can update Cat Poetry Corner

TyrantCow

More kitties, and/or burnination. I approve.

Hellbunny

Out of curiousity... Anyone willing or interested in trading wine or marble for crystal or sulfur on beta? I'm trying to hurry up and get my palace upgraded right now and any help would be appreciated.

Figured I might do well to post here, too.

EDIT: Sorry, I meant to say Delta, not beta. I have this nasty habit of getting myself mixed up on this game a teeny bit. Hope there wasn't any confusion.

Legba

In case anyone was wonder: No, putting a match to your Workshop does not get rid of your upgrades. *grumbles and starts stacking bricks again*

Tamorlane

Hellbunny wrote: »

Out of curiousity... Anyone willing or interested in trading wine or marble for crystal or sulfur on beta? I'm trying to hurry up and get my palace upgraded right now and any help would be appreciated.

Figured I might do well to post here, too.

How much of what do you need?

Scooter

I've been stealing plenty of wine if you're near EPA.

Hellbunny

As far as wine is concerned, about 6k worth... Marble...Well, I need a lot more than that.

As far as location is concerned, I need this stuff sent to Caketown at [46:48]

Tamorlane

Hellbunny wrote: »

As far as wine is concerned, about 6k worth... Marble...Well, I need a lot more than that.

As far as location is concerned, I need this stuff sent to Caketown at [46:48]

On Beta?

Nevermind. You edit faster than I read........ 3000 marbles to you.

Karenna

Tamorlane wrote: »

Placer wrote: »

Still not any response from rhapsody, he could be gone any day now too, cap'n, would you mind booting him?

Booted

Loc on his cities? Do they need cracking open?

As to the BRO, VTBO asshattery, those guys seriously need a good wanging. I notice they never try and include us in their 'peace negotiations'...maybe we need to make more of a name for ourselves?

Hellbunny

Tamorlane wrote: »

Hellbunny wrote: »

As far as wine is concerned, about 6k worth... Marble...Well, I need a lot more than that.

As far as location is concerned, I need this stuff sent to Caketown at [46:48]

On Beta?

Nevermind. You edit faster than I read........ 3000 marbles to you.

Horray! Marbles! That is acceptable.

Tamorlane

Karenna wrote: »

Tamorlane wrote: »

Placer wrote: »

Still not any response from rhapsody, he could be gone any day now too, cap'n, would you mind booting him?

Booted

Loc on his cities? Do they need cracking open?

10:1 Aria
11:1 Canon
12:2 Bolero
11:2 Dissonance

Mil score 21428, looks to be good for 20K + gold per run.

Karenna

Going back to alliance leadership stuff, what's the chances of combining WPAX/NPAX?
If we were able to do so, we'd be the #4 alliance right now, even with dropping those inactives on our rosters. That would certainly carry some weight when we start our merc services!

Also, who is currently holding the NPAX leader account? What levels are the embassies on that account, and do you need any marble/wood to bump them up further?

Baidol

It's hilarious how we came out of nowhere to quickly become incredibly powerful. Hooray for actual cooperative team-play!

I wonder what it would take for the BRO/TBO situation to actually ignite into war. At the moment, it looks like both sides are content to sit there and hurl accusations at each other.

Scooter

In the war of pussy vs. pussy, everyone gets bored.

skarsol

Karenna wrote: »

Tamorlane wrote: »

Placer wrote: »

Still not any response from rhapsody, he could be gone any day now too, cap'n, would you mind booting him?

Booted

Loc on his cities? Do they need cracking open?

As to the BRO, VTBO asshattery, those guys seriously need a good wanging. I notice they never try and include us in their 'peace negotiations'...maybe we need to make more of a name for ourselves?

I suspect this is what prompted BRO to ask for a MDP with us. They never responded to my rejection/offer of merc services.

Kalkino

I've noticed a game operator has been sitting in the Beta forums for a few hours now, looks like this situation has gathered official attention, no doubt due to potential conflict of interest issues with Rise/Curious (although the latter seems to be more in the clear on that part).

Karenna

Kalkino wrote: »

I've noticed a game operator has been sitting in the Beta forums for a few hours now, looks like this situation has gathered official attention, no doubt due to potential conflict of interest issues with Rise/Curious (although the latter seems to be more in the clear on that part).

Curious at least tries to be impartial.
Rise on the other hand, is a giant douche. He's horribly inept, power hungry, and basically a lousy moderator.

I'm very tempted to hit him a few times, but I don't want to start a major conflict.

skarsol

No wonder the big alliances suck so bad if this is what they believe:

Doctors: Doctors sole purpose is to keep you from potentially losing troops. However, they are only half as effective on machines. They cost a ton to keep around, and they don't save you much in battle; but the biggest problem is they die really easy. Doctors only have a defense of 28, so If you go up against anything greater than swordmen and phalanxes they will die first or second round thus saving no troops. Once people started getting archers and better, doctors became useless. There is no reason to keep any of these around.
>
Cooks: Cooks sole purpose is to keep stamina up for long battles. The problem with cooks is similar to doctors. They cost a lot and they have only 26 defense so they die almost instantly thus they don't keep up stamina. There is no reason to keep any of these around.

Wisdom courtesy of the BRO leader.

Scooter

I do lose at least one doctor in serious fights but my cooks seem invincible.

Kalkino

skarsol wrote: »

No wonder the big alliances suck so bad if this is what they believe:

Doctors: Doctors sole purpose is to keep you from potentially losing troops. However, they are only half as effective on machines. They cost a ton to keep around, and they don't save you much in battle; but the biggest problem is they die really easy. Doctors only have a defense of 28, so If you go up against anything greater than swordmen and phalanxes they will die first or second round thus saving no troops. Once people started getting archers and better, doctors became useless. There is no reason to keep any of these around.
>
Cooks: Cooks sole purpose is to keep stamina up for long battles. The problem with cooks is similar to doctors. They cost a lot and they have only 26 defense so they die almost instantly thus they don't keep up stamina. There is no reason to keep any of these around.

Wisdom courtesy of the BRO leader.

I started responding to this guy then i just gave up

Scooter

Ideally we should be convincing them that Slingers should form the basis of all their armies.

Kalkino

I TRIED TO WANG SOMEONE BUT HE HAD STEEL BALLED SLINGERS AND OWNED MY ASS LOLOLOL. NOW I WALK WITH LIMP AND NOT EVEN DOCTOR CAN HELP!

Karenna

Whoa: I don't know how I missed this, but important info:

http://board.ikariam.com/thread.php?threadid=11954

Corruption WILL be 100% implemented THIS week...not slowly phased in like was supposed to happen. I highly suggest looking at your cities, and seeing what you can do to raise those GRs!

Baidol

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ONLY ONE OF MY FOUR GOVERNOR'S MANSIONS ARE NOT LEVEL FOUR!

WHO'S LAUGHING NOW, SUCKERS?!

Scooter

Man...people who don't read the forums, which is probably most, are going to get all fucked up.

Karenna

My Governor's Residence thoughts/info:

Corruption increases in your colonies by ~8%*(Palace-GR level). So if you have a L5 Palace, and a L3 GR at a colony, that city will have ~16% corruption (shows up on your TH tab as 15% though).

What corruption actually does is decrease your max population, gold income, and resource gathering by that percent. Clearly, it's particularly nasty, especially if you have multiple towns with GR's significantly lower than your palace level.

What GR level should you shoot for?
Probably 1-2 levels lower than your palace, depending on Palace level. Since GR levels 1-3 are relatively cheap , you should strive to get those as a minimum. My recommendation for GR to Palace level:
Palace 1: GR 1
Palace 2: GR 2
Palace 3: GR 3
Palace 4: GR 3
Palace 5: GR 3
Palace 6: GR 4
Palace 7: GR 5

The rationale for certain levels is that it will cost more to upgrade your GR's than it does to build the next level of Palace. Particularly when going for Palace L5, you could spend an extra week gathering/pillaging just to build the L4 GR's. In that week, you'd be better off drawing resources from a 6th town.

skarsol

Is there a date/time set for the rape?

Burtletoy

Karenna wrote: »

Whoa: I don't know how I missed this, but important info:

http://board.ikariam.com/thread.php?threadid=11954

Corruption WILL be 100% implemented THIS week...not slowly phased in like was supposed to happen. I highly suggest looking at your cities, and seeing what you can do to raise those GRs!

Oh fuck. Glad I pushed mine all atleast to level 3, but this kinda sucks. I hadn't even build the GR in my newest colony yet. Guess I won't be donating much wood for a little while.

juice for jesus

Glad I built up my GRs to level 3, except in my newest colony which I can build up as soon as I ship some crystal there.

I'm getting massive backlash from the U_N guy with 700k military. Luckily, I logged in just as his attack hit so I was able to demolish my port and spend my ill-gotten money, so he didn't get much from me.

He'll get his later on.

Woo my score has skyrocketed. Went from around 480 to 268, just from buying ships I guess.

Will probably go back down as my military is demolished, but c'est la vie.

Kalkino

juice for jesus wrote: »

Glad I built up my GRs to level 3, except in my newest colony which I can build up as soon as I ship some crystal there.

I'm getting massive backlash from the U_N guy with 700k military. Luckily, I logged in just as his attack hit so I was able to demolish my port and spend my ill-gotten money, so he didn't get much from me.

He'll get his later on.

Woo my score has skyrocketed. Went from around 480 to 268, just from buying ships I guess.

Will probably go back down as my military is demolished, but c'est la vie.

Pragmatic !

Kalkino

So far as the merger thingy goes I'm in two minds - on one hand i'd prefer the alliances to be shaped around regional hubs so we can actually work as groups - say around 4-5 alliances. However with the natural rate of attrition and a desire to inflate my epeen we might almost be able to fit us all into one alliance (there are at least 3 inactives in NPAX that I know of - which would give us 7 free points if they are kicked).

juice for jesus

Yeah, I'd like an enormous e-peen, as well.

Being in one alliance doesn't hurt regional cooperation, I don't think. It does impose greater costs on the leader, however.

But! It does make sharing dongs much simpler, so that's a bonus.