[Killeah]

Well it's really not that hard to think of means to minimize the preround napping/agreements/blocks for a rounds lenght.

Something pa had for over a decade, those here who remember round 4/5, know that preround shit deals have been here from the beginning and they will continue to do so, regardless of the whining about honor, unwrtten rules, and what not(butcher, just forget beliving it).

There are two ways of getting somewhere, with this issue.

1. As cain mentioned, change the parameters of winning, i dont have the fantasy to figure out how, but sitting on most roids/value as the only game winner, only increases the incitement of pre round naps/deals.

2. Enforce serious handicaps to #1 alliance, handicaps that are proportional with the lead.
- for every +100 avg. Roids/planet in lead, minus 1% global cap for all in tag
- for every 5 million overall value lead in alliance, minus 10% salvage for all in tag, capped at 30 mill.
- For every consecutive 24 hours that #1 alliance are gaining more roids/score or a combination of both than #2, minus 2% to research and construction for all in tag.

Those were just quick examples, but the point stand.
You either need to change the way of winning or change the benefit of sitting on roids.

The first is surely the most popular, but harder to implement, i guess..
The second are undoubtly loathed by most, but easy to implement, starting round 57.

Regardless, if nothing changes, we'll see the same picture next round. No amount of whine threads or promises of honor can change that.