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Unread 26 Dec 2009, 18:56   #1
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Pushing ASS into round 35 :)

Firstly, please PA players feel free to comment on our current setup and poke at it because its only with constructive criticism that ASS can continue improving itself ... now back tot he reason for this post...

As always, if you are looking for a reliable, well organised, friendly alliance you've come to the right place... not certain? Then read on about our setup which has been slowly improved over many rounds. If you like what you read then remember to sign up for ASS next round ingame and pop into #ASSpublic and say hi to hang out with us. We have a library of help on our attack site to get your planets up and running smoothly in ASS. Help provided is relevant for complete noobs and for more experienced gameplay so we can aid noobs and experienced players just looking for somewhere to suit their gamestyle.

If you've read last round's setup then the three amendments listed below will bring you up to date with ASS.

****Amendments from last round:****
1 >>> Due to the condensing of the first 72 ticks to 24ticks the smurfling 'free' time in ASS is reduced by 50 ticks.
I.e. Blacklisting/immunity & inactivity levels start counting after 150ticks in ASS.
Therefore a smurf would need to be sending fleets on attacks/defence by the end of day 6 to avoid getting warnings about activity.
Advantage:
We can start trimming inactives sooner, improving our average planet activity/score/defence/attack without losing the setup time initially created for all smurfs to setup their planets and for new smurfs to work out how to gain ap/dp.

2 >>> Due to players leaving us mid round after having ASS support them with defence and attacks, tools, help and a friendly community at their fingertips we are adding a 'revenge clause' to the ASS setup.
I.e Players leaving ASS within the round will be added to the alliance attack page for a night within the 48hrs delay between departing ASS and joining another alliance. The attack would have unlocked waves - dependant on jgp availability - (250 roid attack rule would be ignored for this attack ).
NB: smurfs trying out another alliance for a round leaving at the end of a round would not be penalised by this
Advantage:
Smurfs get a chance for 'revenge' and a chance to take the roids back that they helped to collect and defend.
Also it acts as a deterent for players thinking of leaving mid-round to encourage them to stay the round out and try to help improve the alliance instead.

3 >>> Due to discussions over dp fairness based on amount of fleet designated for defence we are changing the dps to reflect the percentage of value used in a defence.
I.e DP given will equal the normal dp as per the normal setup blacklisted = 1, ingal = 2, offpeak uni = 3, peak uni= 4. However an extra 2dp would be given if the defence used over a third of the player's value or an extra 1dp will be given if the defence used over a sixth of the smurf's planet value.
NB: This will only be used for next round if the coding is complete for chukles to do it automatically, also the activity levels will all be increased by 1point per day to reflect the increase in total points.
Advantage:
players making a larger sacrifice of their ships per defence to cover calls would be rewarded for doing so and will encourage larger fleets being sent to defence involving less fleets needed to cover each call.

****Full ASS Setup for Round 35****

Btw.. if you are planning on joining us then reading our setup is a prerequisite as we like to know all our members know exactly what to expect from ASS and what we expect from them so as not to waste their time in an alliance that might not suit them.

Defence:

DCs = Defence Commanders - ASsmurfs that take time to organise defence, guiding ships to the most useful places, making battle calcs and adding dp (aka DCing). Any ASsmurf can becoma a DC with enough enthusiasm and effort as ASS provide literature and on hand help to cover the basics of DCing and how to work the DC tools correctly and more expert info is picked up over time.

DCing:
- If max coverage is not obtained where possible defenders shall be informed to recall at eta 4 or 1 of their choosing.
- First week DCs will add dp for defence missions reported correctly but further `active` dcing wont happen until week 2

dp = Defence point - a point earned by a ASsmurf sending and reporting correctly `defence` or `fake defence` (so long as its scary ) to another ASsmurf

dp earned per mission:
- 1 - Defending a blacklisted ASsmurf
- 2 - Defending a non-blacklisted ASsmurf in Galaxy
- 3 - Defending a non-blacklisted ASsmurf in Universe at off-peak times (7am-2am server time)
- 4 - Defending a non-blacklisted ASsmurf in Universe at peak times (2am-7am server time)
dp will only be awarded if missions are pasted to an active DC/Puss/ingame mail to ASS within 2 ticks of launching.
> If the coding is complete for the missions pastes for chukles intime... an extra 2dp would be given if the defence used over a third of the player's value or an extra 1dp will be given if the defence used over a sixth of the smurf's planet value. (adjusted acivity level points show in brackets for the rest of the setup for if this is coded in time).

Blacklisting:
A smurf that has earned less than 7dp(14dp) in the last 7days in blacklisted.
The defence needs of a blacklisted smurf are not advertised on IRC/ingame and their defence calls are set to `closed` on the defence screen ingame. Also a smurf defending a blacklisted call is only awarded 1dp.


Attacks:

BCs = Battle Commanders - members of alliances used to 1) choose targets & 2) aid members with attacks. ASS doesnt use them as:
1) each night targets choices are shortlisted using a calculation based on galaxy sizes the alliance member`s values and galaxy fatness. This shortlist is then filtered to remove any galaxies with Smurf Galaxy Immunity and any galaxies that have been hit in the last 5days by ASS. THe few remaining galaxies are then discussed with those who wish to join in.
2) info on attacking is available on the ASS webby and any specific help needed for attacks can be asked for in #alamospacesmurfs where there is usually someone around to help or even offer a piggyback for an attack or two to help out.

Galaxy Immunity:
A smurf with more than 1(2)point(s) (ap or dp) per day in ASS has Galaxy Immunity.
A galaxy containing an ASsmurf with Galaxy Immunity will not be attacked by ASS on a scheduled attack unless specifically asked to do so by the ASsmurf in the galaxy.

ap = Attack Point - a point earned by a ASsmurf, for supporting ASS attacks, for claiming a LT(LandTick) on a planet in the ASS scheduled attack, launching the mission correctly and not recalling the fleet until after the first scheduled jgp (jumpgate probe scan) is done for the attack.

ap earned per mission:
- 1 - attacking without an ASsmurf partner in crime on the ASS attack where claimed
- 2 - attacking with 1 or more other ASsmurfs on a targ (the target claimer must agree to the team-up)

Rules of Engagement:
- unless agreed by the target claimer, no ASsmurf should land on a LT&planet claimed by another ASsmurf (no-one likes a piggy on a good calc )
- three fleet attacking is allowed, however, to avoid heavy losses, guidelines given by ASS should be kept to. Also, an attack point does not equal a defence point on defence priority rules so long term three fleeting would harm an ASsmurf`s defence status in ASS.
- double tapping (taking two consecutive waves on the same target) is accepted, but is frowned upon if done regularly as if the attack is so good for one ASsmurf there is probably another ASsmurf that would like a share of the target too
- hitting smaller planets in value and score is allowed (some planets are just asking to have their roids taken). However, ASsmurfs should remember that less xp and max cap is awarded for landing on smaller planets, so generally its better to team-up on a bigger target than hitting smaller ones.
- ASS does not endorse hitting players with less than 250 roids, therefore attacks arranged through ASS for ASS players will only include scans for LTs on planets expected to have above 250 roids at eta1.

Schedule:
- Attacks (with scans) go on the webby as close to 19:00 servertime as possible and open for all ASsmurfs to select LTs on targets as close to 20:00 servertime as possible. This is as regular as possible so that attacks are reliable.
- news scans are expected to be used for the first couple of attacks to detect defence (done at eta 1 for each target). However, ASS always aims to get jgp for the first attack and au for the second/third attacks.
- jgps will be done generally at eta 4 of the last wave and eta 2 of the first wave of an attack for the rest of the round, an estimated eta for scans going on the webby will be posted each night so that peeps are aware of jgp time
- if jgp are needed earlier than the scheduled jgp time advertised, puss can be asked if it is possible for the scan to be made in time.. ASsmurfs should only use this if it is not possible to be on for the normal jgp time as puss cannot do this all the time .
- weekday attacks follow ASS value attacking gals within ASS value range covering two gals whenever possible to gain maximum target variety and still keeping a tight attacking formation.
- weekend attacks may sometimes involve joint attacks on a higher value galaxy for xp but these will not be political and will still stay within a range of double teamup values to not overstretch our fleets and to still a normal amount of time needed for calcing so that ASsmurfs can still play the attack around rl.


Dealing with Inactivity:

Smurfling Time:
- the first 150ticks an ASsmurf is in ASS each round is taken as the training/building time. In which time the ASsmurf is building their planet & getting used to how ASS works so as they can get prepared to be a useful ASsmurf. Therefore for these first 150ticks a ASsmurf cannot become blacklisted or lose tools/galaxy immunity access.

Extra Guidance:
- ASsmurfs earning no points (dp or ap) in 3days with no prior warning of inactivity will receive a msg from HC to try and establish reasoning for the inactivity and give guidance on any issues that can be helped with

Tool Access Removal & Kicking:
- Scan access is only granted while taxes are being paid by the ASsmurf (unless sanctioned officially by HC)
- Scan access may also be taken away temporarily as a sanction for misbehaviour in ASS (breaking one of the few rules we have or excessive behaviour that upsets other ASsmurfs continuing after being warned etc.)
- ASsmurfs earning no points (dp or ap) in 5days & less than 1(2)point (dp or ap) per day in ASS will have ASS tool access removed. These players may then also be removed from ASS without warning if no correspondance occurs between them and ASS HC to discuss issues causing inactivity. ASsmurfs will only be removed if an applicant is ready to take their place in ASS; giving ASsmurfs that go on holiday or get sick without warning as much chance as possible to not have their ASS status harmed by their time away.
- if HC are warned prior to low activity of a ASsmurf then an exception may be made so as the ASsmurf does not lose tools access


Other stuff:

Alliance Fund:
Is for alliance scans, and trading once it is established. Each trade must be messaged to the ASS mail ingame so as the fund may be levelled up so all ASsmurfs can continue using it. The fund is not for donations for crashing|fleet catches as not all players can be donated to. Guidance on how to avoid big ship losses is given to all so it shouldn`t even be a need to use scan|trading funds to increase a members value.

Internal Politics:
Scanners DCs BCs HCs : Any ASsmurf willing to put in a few hours a week to help ASS that has shown reliability and responsibility in the way they cooperate with other alliance members can be trained up to take these rolls. These titles are not a hierarchy of power but of responsibility and training level, hence anyone can make it up the training ladder given time and patience

Intel & Politics:
Ass collects intel based mainly on jgps gal statuses and galaxy overviews as with most other alliances. The information is collated and worked on through our trusty bot. Generally this knowledge is used as a warning for if we are ptargetted (as we found sneak attacks are imminent in this game ) and jus for fun for players to know what is going on.
ASS do not nap with other allliances or cooperate beyond joint attacks on xp galaxies on a weekend. We do not support blocking and believe that an alliance should gain rank off its own merits in training its members and providing tools for them to have successful attacks and defence rather than through removing alliances as threats from the universe through cooperation.

The guidelines set out here are set for the round and are to be adhered to by all no matter what training level they get to. Any members wishing to change the guidelines needs to put forward their proposal in time for the end of round 35 to be discussed as a possibility for round 36.

Prerequisites for joining ASS:
> Setup read (copy available at www.alamospacesmurfs.net/setup.php & same as above).
> applied to ASS tag ingame.
> have at least 53 roids (help on doing so with a new planet before round starts is at www.alamospacesmurfs.net/roids.php )
>have a pnick... it isnt essential to be on irc all the time but it really really helps so getting ur pnick sorted asap and access to the members channel may just save ur butt (get a nick and password for this by signing up at www.netgamers.org - hotmail email isn't accepted for this site registration but googlemail is)
> apply for tools access at alamospacesmurfs.net (register there)
>go say hello to an ASS HC either by ingame mail to ASS or by popping onto #ASSpublic and poking them all --- also use this time to ask any questions you have about the setup before you are accepted by the alliance ingame and have your access set up for the tools


Ok end of another humongous post
Looking forward to another great round
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Unread 26 Dec 2009, 19:49   #2
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Re: Pushing ASS into round 35 :)

long post but gl

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long post but gl

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tehe tis ok its info that is available for reading not forced literature thanks for the luck.. always need lots of that in ASS
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Agreed a long post, but very specific and to the point. Certainly no question about expectations. Someone put a lot of thought into the guidelines.

I wish you luck, immunity from attacks always welcome.......
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Very amazing spirit! I wish you good luck!
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I like the post. Explains exactly what ASS is like and what to expect, and I quite like how you have your rules written out like that. Good luck ASS
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Re: Pushing ASS into round 35 :)

Thanks for all the feebback, the post has been adapted round by round to be as concise as possible but if there is anything missing feel free to ask!
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Good luck folks.
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Good luck boys and girls. Should be a fun round.
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talk about complicated... ur ally seems to be incredibly strict with tons of rules...

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ASS ahahaha
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