This is a longggg thread, it's been built up over a period of 3 weeks, so if you have 20 hours spare & are bored, read on!;D
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Introduction
I Started R15 late around tick 692..
As i wanted to play r15 at a relaxed pace, without worrying about 5am launch times, i never bothered joining an alliance. Lacking a source of protection and not wanting to become a total burden on my galaxy (who seemed a friendly & active bunch), I thought about getting personal naps with a
few alliances. As i was never gonna have a good planet, i thought why not take this tactic further and try to get as many top 15 alliance naps as possible!
I knew alliances like 1up had in the past allowed such planet naps but i didnt know how other allies would react to such a proposition (especially with my planet being only 4 days old
).
So yeah, thats what this thread is about. My attempts to get as many naps with the top 15 alliances. There are numerous logs ive linked to which show my experience with each alliance (ive hosted externally in this thread, if an admin removes any, please leave a message stating WHY so i can correct & republish it).
The Mission Starts...
With my planet ranked 2488, i knew that the bigger alliances would find a nap request laughable. So i needed to keep this fact away from discussions as much as possible. Starting off, the most obvious thing is to use existing contacts, so I asked my galaxy - 16:5.
I inform my gal and also request some help from them in getting a planet nap from their alliances. The repsonse is mixed but as i know Thrud from VGN, and there was also a VGN HC in my gal, theres a good chance for a nap there but I need to wait for RobTD to come online later.
In the meantime an orbit galaxy m8 (soopis) mentions his alliance, so lets see what Orbit can do for me!
#14 Orbit
You can read the orbit log
here:
Summary
Was pretty straight forward this request, I had an orbit gal m8 and was under protection anyway, so i was just making things that more official and ensuring i wouldnt hit an Orbit dude.
Result:
SUCCESS
#2 NEW DAWN
Off to a positive start, i pick out multiple alliance public channels and try to reach an active HC, one of the first to respond is The_Fish from ND (ok not HC anymore but he could still help!)
This was always going to be a tricky one for me, mainly because i was HC in HR at the time of the bitter HR-ND wars in R12. With nasty public propaganda campaigns on AD (although HR had allied ND in R13), i had little or no expectation of a nap. For this effort, i would probably have better luck being a totally new player.
You can read the ND log
here
Summary
Gate pulled this one out of the bag for me, even though it seems it wasnt exactly above board business. Hey, i aint complaining, these kind of behind the scene deals are ofc common in PA;D.
Result:
SUCCESS
#3 Angels
As with a few others, I did have some contact with alch from a military pov in previous rounds. Angels are pretty hardcore though, so it would still be hard for a small planet like mine to get a nap.
You can read my log
here
Summary
Never found the right HC to arrange the nap with. I had a good feeling with angels that something could be arranged, i suppose i'll never know if this feeling was right!
Result: N/A
#1 Exilition
This was pretty much uncharted territory, I knew little about eX & their HC and didnt know how they would react to such a request.
You can view the eX request
here
Summary
An eX nap! Im really surprised by this, infact overall ive been shocked by how open ally HC were to the nap idea. I've a good feeling about getting all 15 naps, i certainly didnt expect much from eX. I mean, it's eX!! These guys have some bad rep in some quarters of the PA community, why would they bother setting up a nap that didnt directly benifit them? Maybe they aint so ev1l afterall?;D
Result:
SUCCESS
#5 1up
1up, infamous for their planetary naps to top100 players in enemy alliances. Would my skinny little planet of little or no consequence be worthy of protection? Would the most successful alliance in PA pity my meager political dealings or spit me out without even a single chew? I'm sure to find out once i can find a f#cking HC
Read the logs
here.
Summary
Omg, that really is typical. The one ally (who for me at least), embody the tactic of planet naps, dont allow them anymore!
I've failed, failed!!
Result:
FAILED
#4 LCH
I always knew that I would have better luck with some alliances, then with others. LCH i hope would be a positive encounter, as i know & have worked with a few of their HC in the past.
You can view the LCH log
here:
Summary
Glad to see good HC coms for such an insignificant thing like a nap with my wee planet
It seemed pretty straight forward to get a planet nap with LCH, infact the ease of setting the nap up (well once i got hold of Ace
) made me wonder just how often they have such requests o_0.
Result:
SUCCESS
#8 TGV
A top10 ally and another attempt without any real contacts in place to help my request. I've no idea how TGV react to such things as planet naps.
You can check out my progress
here
Summary
A good, quick service here
Straight forward with no messing! Good to hear about them maybe offering attacks to join too! Im assuming TGV have some useful technology in place to support such quick negotiations, something im sure not every alliance has.
Result:
SUCCESS
#22 Insomnia
Wasn't sure how insomnia HC would react to my request, i've been on the same HC as some of these lads so that would clearly have some effect on their response.
The
log
Summary
Weeee, well that went well, it was pleasantly easy actually, not a fair representation of how easy it would be to get an insomnia nap of course. Without doubt highlights the old saying that its not what you know but who you know. Not that this quest was meant to be impartial or in "lab conditions" or anything but for this result, it does not show fair results so to speak.
Result:
SUCCESS
#7 VGN
You can read the Galaxy & VGN logs
here
Summary
Damn:/ Although i wont be getting vgn incomings anyway, there is no official nap in place and from one of the alliances I originally thought would be a cert. I get the feeling VGN have had a bad experience with planet naps and so no longer allow them, seems a few bad eggs have spoilt it for us all!
Result:
FAILED
#11 Tof
Spoke with fellah, knew this guy from a few rounds back, again had some previous relationship that may effect the outcome.
You can check how this went
here
Summary
Was keen to help and the response was quick after he conferred with ToF HC.
Result:
SUCCESS
#9 Fcrew
The alliance that traditionally helps new players more then any other, i was hopeful this applied to players without alliances
You can read the outcome
here
Summary
Partial success I think, Wakey may have felt i was trying to waste his time (which ofc was not my objective), although i was persistant it was all in the name of Peace!;D
Result:
SUCCESS
#6 Subh
Again, I had a galaxy m8 from Subh so this would be a lot easier (I hoped).
You can check out my progress
here
Summary
Another bunch of approachable HC, they didnt seem paranoid i was up to no good or anything, which was refreshing.
Result:
SUCCESS
#13 xVx
Wasnt sure how these guys would react, especially if they knew i was once HR HC (as they currently at war with HR), when i eventually found their public channel i had
this chat with them
Summary
Got in touch with a highly motivated HC'er who was keen to help, the guy seemed to think i was a bird but hey, i got the nap so whose complaining?
Does seem to be he didnt know i had HR connections (but then why would he? i hadnt played since r13), so i am left wondering if the nap would of been given had this been known?
Result:
SUCCESS
#10 Howling Rain
Aha, well this i hoped would be a given for me, you can read how things went
here
Summary
Ok, maybe not a big achievement as i know these people for like 4 years but still, its a nap!!
Result:
SUCCESS
#15 Hidden Agenda
I Know little about these guys, infact they werent even on my original top15 list until the Tof-splitting incident (thx for giving me more work Tof!;P).
The log is
here.
Summary
Ok, i got the nap the day before tick end but its still a nap!
Dissapointing the message wasnt passed on but hey, with a week to go, who cares
Result:
SUCCESS
#12 ROCK
For some reason unknown to myself, i overlooked these guys so had to run around a day before tick-end and try and setup something.
Heres the log.
Summary
As with many such requests, if you know the HC, you already have a foot in the door! Even though Rocks policy was light due to the round ending the next day, i'm confident Rock would have allowed a planet nap anyway, so i dont see this one as unfair or anything;D
Result:
SUCCESS
CONCLUSION
13 / 16 Planet naps
I'm pretty much satisfied with that number of naps, not the full top15 but for those naps i didnt get, it was because the ally didnt allow such things, rather then my planet not being acceptable. I also ended up contacting more then 15 alliances with the numerous rank changes that happened over the last 3 weeks.
So, was there any point to of all this? Was i really THAT bored to have logged everything & made a post out of it?
Do anyone really care? Do i really care?
Maybe this post might inspire some players to try a round differently and do things solo but with a few naps on the side? As it does seem most alliances are up for such arrangements.
Overall I am genuinely surprised about how helpful all the HC were. I know from experience that its easy to get bogged down with member issues and you dont want some guy pestering you about petty planet naps.
So thanks to the HCs for being so cooperative! I'd like to think it pays testimony to how welcoming the PA community can be at times.
By the end of my wee mission, things had become slightly tacky. In that, any motivation I had to grow the normal planet, was instead replaced with the simple mission to get lots of planet naps. I doubt you could play a serious round alongside such an "ambition", just for the stagnation it causes your attack liberty.
On the final day and after 2 out of 3 of my attacks landing, I had a free planet with 417 roids, 700k score, ranked 1647 and 12 naps with top15 alliances (13 overall). My only regret is not asking peniz-alliance for one:*(
DISCLAIMER
I hope none of the HC involved in this feel i've mislead them or tried to publically damage them or their alliance. Some might ask why i didnt inform the HC of all these naps i was trying to get but i wanted to do this fair so to speak. I felt if they knew about my "Quest", this would effect their decision and may have made it that bit easier/harder to obtain one.
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