by Veteran Gerakken - 6/28/2003 3:56:17 PM
Spymaster Gerakken has wasted much time and effort in rooting out the alignments of four major empires that I keep track of: GROSS, ANZAC, MWC, and The White Council. The results may amaze you, the results may annoy you, and you may not even care, but what the heck. Here is the alignment breakdown in players per category:
GROSS
Very Good : 0
Chaotic Good: 4
Neutral : 7
Chaotic Evil:16
Pure Evil : 1
Overall alignment: 60.7% evil.
ANZAC
Very Good : 3
Chaotic Good:18
Neutral : 5
Chaotic Evil: 2
Pure Evil : 1
Overall alignment: 72.4% good.
MWC
Very Good : 0
Chaotic Good:19
Neutral : 6
Chaotic Evil: 4
Pure Evil : 2
Overall alignment: 61.3% good.
The White Council
Very Good : 3
Chaotic Good: 9
Neutral : 3
Chaotic Evil: 3
Pure Evil : 0
Overall alignment: 66.7% good.
The rules of the analysis are simple. Only players in the empire with scores greater than zero are counted. There are a couple of rare cases were false very goods were changed to very evils because there is a bug that sometimes calls a player very good when they have nothing but evil games on record.
Anyway, now that the secret has been revealed, feel free to rate your empire, if you dare, or just take some time to comment on the shocking scandal that is unfolding. Empiring may never be the same now that the truth is out there! 
        
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For how long have I been saying the White Council will inevitably become the Council of Many Colours? When the faces first appeared, their Head Wizard was SOOOOOO embarassed when it turned out he was chaotic evil.
And that's typical of the ANZACs: they talk tough but are really marshmellows at heart. I am surprised the MWC aren't blacker at heart though.
   
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anyone know how your overall alignment gets calculated in the metaverse? i mean not in one game, but for your total alignment from all the games you submit.
is each game weighed differently based on score? or is each game weighed the same when your overall alignment gets calcualated?
   
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The White Council stands for good stuff such as order and honour. We were never too caught up with the ingame alignments. Like many said, the game has its own perverse sense of good and evil.
Should be by the number of games won irregardless of score, Hairy. As was kindly pointed by the oh-so-evil Drop Bear, I was Chaotic Evil even though I was second on the Good board. I attribute that to the number of evil games I played months back.
    
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Heh heh. It still rankles doesn't it Ray? 
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irregardless
The word you are looking for is "regardless." Ir added to it is redundant.
Heh heh. It still rankles doesn't it Ray?
We had a field day with that one. The leader of the "Good ordered empire" came up as evil. LMAO
 
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| And that's typical of the ANZACs: they talk tough but are really marshmellows at heart |
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Hehe...we are, after all, the primary force for good in the universe. This justifies, of course, our attempts to assimilate every other empire in the cause of rightness....
 
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Taldar,
Yes, Empires are like guilds but we do a lot more than just chat. We also spend a lot of time thinking about how we can make other Empires look dumb.
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Great job, Gerakken.
Now, let's see the numbers for European Alliance, Canadian Star Federation and Apolyton!
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I’ve got one for you! Given a specific overlord, cross tabulate the alignment of each submitted game with the type of victory. After compiling the profile of many players, you can judge if do-gooders are really those who seek brotherly love and if the bad guys are really those who pursue military conquest. Take this a step further to the empire level and you can, if such a situation exists, describe with much more detail the playing tendencies of an entire empire.
No, I’m serious! 
 
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KitWarrior, are you a European by any chance? I only understand every second sentence of yours. 
Ray: I just had an adventure with the hobbits and boy, have they got the dirt on you! Lucky for you I will be out of action for OVER a week (our super efficient 51% Government-owned Telstra) whilst I wait for cable to be put into my new apartment. At least it will give me time to write up the stories they told me (suitably censored) and time for you to consider resigning (again) before the dirt comes out. Hint: there's a lot of hairy feet, smoke rings, semi-naked elf princesses, and 13 dwarves! 
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Now, don't you go tempting me, Drop Bear (with resigning and the elf princesses).
And don't believe everything you hear from the hobbits, Chris. The halfing leaf clouds their minds and makes them hallucinate.
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The lady of the wood gave me all the dirt on Ray Drop Bear. I can corroborate everything you say.
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A most interesting Analysis . . . um so what's the scandal? I was never much good at reading inbetween the lines (head lines that is . . . hehe). From what I can see G.R.O.S.S aren't all that bad a bunch of bad arse mofos and the white Council aren't as squeeky clean as one might assume?
One question that has been plauging me is, can someone explain (in as much detail as possible) the purpose and meaning (and possible future use of) the pie galaxy chart? I don't really understand it . . . thanks
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by Veteran Gerakken - 7/1/2003 2:10:59 AM
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Just some rabid empiring at work. The ultimate purpose is to lay some more foundation down for others to help build upon the identities that were already being established by role-players in a lot of other threads. Several empires in the top 10 were without real personality, so I am filling in some blanks slowly myself and getting a little help on the side from others.
Eventually, I hope a vibrant, colorful canvas can be painted for the top 10 empires to lend them true distinction from one another, and not for them just to be some numbers on the scoreboard. These little sets of alignment numbers and my occasional commentary might just do that. Then again, it may mean nothing to a lot of folks. But I am not out to win any popularity contests, so read it and laugh, read it and weep, read it and ponder what kind of screwball this Gerakken fellow is, or read it not at all. Anyway, I got to finish tonight's report. Be back in a bit.
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Hmm, pretty much sums it up, well said! lol 
   
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