Post by Cheli on Aug 5, 2006 16:15:56 GMT -5
Joined up in game 21 after being dragged into it by a classmate. I was 13. I grouped with my classmate and his friends. The people who introduced me to SK didn't really know how to play; I spent most of my first round missiling random people and the sort. I was a landfat turtling mountainous by the name of "Invisible". We started the round in W1cked. About halfway through the round, one of my groupmates got KTed by Fenris for his missiling. Around this time, Celts decides they want to KT me for MY missiling; somehow my SL/AAL, Wicked Desire (a.k.a. Mary), talks them out of it. My other groupmate messed around with his population and died, demanding that I disband and remake to join their group again. I did so. Not quite sure about what happened to W1cked (I think there was a war), but suddenly there was Genesis and Principate (not sure if it was these two). We ended up in Genesis, but they disbanded or something of the sort, and I finished my round in xLTx under the kingdom name "Invisiblev2".
Game 22, I was once again grouping with my classmate. Landed in a great sector (3:35), playing as a turtling DW (only made about two attacks on non-suiciding/disbanding active players all round), under the kingdom name of "XxLadyAssassinxX". My groupmate wanted to make an alliance named "Mafia". He tried to force our sector to join, but when even I turned against him, he had no choice but to give up. We joined LuminatX, a move that would prove very influential to my SK future. I got VSL, which I actually thought meant something back then. When the Lumi/Celestial war came around, I flew into it head-first, giving all that my ~500k kingdom could spare. Even though I had a tiny kingdom, I got KTed. Ended up re-making and deleting a few times. With a week and a half or so left, Neal managed to find me a Lum kingdom, AesopsFable. I just hung around till the end of the round.
Game 23 was a crazy one. I ended up in 6:5. I started out as VSL and ended up taking over SL in a week or two. We decided to follow a friend (my groupmate Kingdom of Dragons), whose friend (God Save Givers3) would be ALing Twilight because, I was told, the original AL had RL problems. We only got a few sectors, and a day or so from the end of newbie mode, GSG3 somehow died of zero pop. Our friend and the VAL, Kingdom of Blood, became AL, and following GSG's orders, booted all sectors and deleted the alliance. We moved to Revelation, which Eidolon ALed, while GSG3 and Hatred VALed. We slowly grew and became a fairly active alliance. About halfway through the round, Eid decided to resign; she was heading off to college soon and would rather spend her remaining time elsewhere. Hatred announced that he had only stuck around because of Eid, and would be leaving to help another friend with his alliance - Mutiny. (The alliance didn't last long, and as far as I heard, he spent the rest of the round in Defiant.) After Eid left, the officer list got changed a bit. Krause and Sucky Ducky became VALs, and I became a bash officer. The next part is a bit of a mess, it happened within a day or two. GSG3 decided we would go to war with Polemos and help out Rag, only telling Mary and nobody else about this. About 15 minutes after we went to war with Polemos, Rag had declared peace with them. We had Polemos KTs posted. Hours later, we were ordered to leave them alone while a ceasefire was arranged. There was intra-alliance arguing about whether GSG3 had done the right thing. Not 100% sure what happened next. I believe that GSG was PKed by Zamo, 187 (a friend of GSG's) became AL, got killed by Narshe (so I heard), Narshe became AL, and Krause became AAL. We joined in the Fenris war and dropped out shortly after. We went to war with Inquisition after they started KTing Narshe. However, we weren't organized and were losing sectors daily. Krause went inactive due to a school trip, and Sucky resigned as VAL. Having no other choice, Narshe made me VAL before he died. He managed to get hold of a newbie account in Rev, and I made him AAL, with only a few days left in the round. At this point, I was not really sure whether to try and get out of the war or to keep it going. I decided not to make a move, and we continued to get slaughtered (Inquisition was more than 4x our size). I got KTed and died a day or two before the end of the round. My kingdom name was "Phoenix Tears".
Game 24, I decided to head back to LuminatX. I applied for a officer position and was made First Officer. I handled one problem and wrote four sector reports, and decided it wasn't my kind of job. Shortly after quitting FO, I was made intel officer after passing along a little info from friends in other alliances. I didn't think this was my job either, but I didn't quit. I just hung around in the AFs, doing FO-type things (claiming problems, etc.). Eventually, the higher officers were having me post new threads or archive KTs. We got into the big universal war, and shortly after, Terminator quit, leaving Neal as AL once again. He started off Leigh as mod, then handed it over to me to see how I would do. This is where my "nazi mod" reputation comes from; I quickly found that cleaning forums was something I did naturally. Neal made his post on the Lum site about how hard each officer worked. He and I never got on too well, and I was surprised he stated openly that I was the hardest working officer and an amazing mod. I believe this is when I really stopped and asked him - what officer rank am I these days? Somehow, according to him, I had jumped through the ranks to Elite Officer. The round ended uneventfully. I had played using the name "Remember me".
Game 25, officered for Rev first two weeks under kingdom name Cheli. My sector left because they wanted a bigger alliance. We ended up in Lum. I went on vacation for a few days. Came back and suicided, deciding my loyalty was to Rev. Hopped newbie accounts for 2 weeks till I landed in Rev again under kingdom name Fall From Grace. Got back just in time for the Rev/HALO ceasefire. Helped watch the alliance and such until the last week or so, Rev/Infinite war. We started 3 mil NW behind them and ended 8 mil ahead, finishing the round at #10. I quite liked the activity of the alliance for its size, spent end of round in Infinite because I got KTed in the war and landed my recreation there, under kingdom name Ice Cream.
Game 26 was a controversial one. I landed in the same sector as some alliancemates from the previous rounds, as well as some of the Infinite guys we had killed. We ended up in Crucifix. At first, I just tried to help out without really taking a solid position; I mostly kept the forums clean and organized threads. After Bedrock's account got suicided, Ray offered me his VAL position, which I accepted. Of course, everyone knows the story, I won't repeat it here. Crucifix disbanded and my sector headed to Gravity. Once there, I noticed an officer application thread, and went for it. Juggy offered me a VAL position, which I again accepted. Just mostly watched forums and tried to keep things running smoothly until the Rag war, where I got killed and remade in Gravity. I ended up as AL by the end of the war. Due to schoolwork, I was not able to be that active, and I suicided (and remade) to give Juggy AL again, and resigned from my officer position. [Kept Phoenix Tears as kingdom name till my third kingdom, named Fields of Gold; killed once in Fen war, once in Rag war, once to give Juggy AL.]
Game 27 - I asked for a Lum group last-minute and ended up in the flagship sector of 1:26. Corwin was AL, THOR was VAL this round. This round, FC threatened to war Chaotic out of newbie. Being allies, we jumped in and FC backed off after kills on both sides. Corwin was dead; THOR was in AL, and I was in VAL. THOR and I we mostly ran the alliance for the rest of the round. Grav/Aff/Lum vs Fenrir/Fenriz [don't remember other alliances involved] about halfway into the round left me as AL for last 2-3 weeks. It was a interesting round and I had fun with AL powers. [Played under the name Remember Me Again this round]
Game 28 started off as an uneventful one. Lum was taking a break and I had a kingdom in a Lum loyalist sector, which was staying in Apotheosis. A few weeks in, my internet got cut for a week, and my kingdom died. I remade in CasaNostra . Was a very small and inactive alliance, and one day suddenly got disbanded without warning. A few days later we joined the end-of-round Lum, which we had intended as a chill-out place for Lumers. The essential part of this, in my mind, is that 90% of the sectors we recruited had at least one past Lumer in it; I don't believe I've ever seen a truer Lum. In the last two weeks of the game, Zamo [#2 at the time] declared on us over some arsons. We did the usual posting of targets and such, but the sheer activity, loyalty, and heart surprised me; it was the epitome of loyalty over NW in my SK experience. I believe we did about 90% of the damage that Zamo did, and we were 1/3 or 1/4 of their size. My 250k kingdom got KTed, but the ceasefire was called when I was about 200 land. Despite Lum not being the powerhouse it usually was, it was quite enjoyable and an alliance to be proud of.
Game 29 - I was in "the final Lum". This was my falling out with the alliance leadership. I won't bother with details, it's been talked about enough. Basically, I VALed first two weeks and then resigned and sat back for the rest of the round. Made my first S1 top 100 finish (Moonlight Sonata).
Game 30 - Didn't really play. I signed up and died a few times on either server for different reasons.
Game 31 - I was Gravity High Council. We raged a war against LT for two weeks. I met some new friends, reunited with old ones; overall had a good time. I got stuck in AL for a while, but passed it on once more. Didn't get KTed this round due to this dying and remaking; I guess I was too small to make a good target. [Played as I Am A Rock]
Game 32 - Octavarium officer. Did the general stuff first two weeks or so, solving problems and cleaning forums. War started. There was a lot of leadership shuffling, but I didn't really help with the war beyond hitting/probing KTs. My kingdom, Hollow Years, got KTed. I was glad when I died, as every connection I had to Octa was dead by that point. I remade in Lum and got caught up with a few old acquaintances; the leadership found out who I was and banned me. Not really having a place to go, I took over a vacation mode kingdom in Octa and hit a few KTs before I let it go inactive and die. I was terribly bored of the round by this point. Don't remember what I did for the rest of the round, think I had a newbie account in GravIIty in the last day or two.
Game 33 - It was a chill-out round of sorts. I played under the kingdom name "High on Blunt" and we started the round in Gravity. I was glad to just be able to relax as a regular alliance member. About halfway through the round, my sector decided Gravity wasn't the place they wanted to be. We joined Minigolf and spent the remainder of the round there. I was forum mod for 2-3 weeks on and off.
Game 22, I was once again grouping with my classmate. Landed in a great sector (3:35), playing as a turtling DW (only made about two attacks on non-suiciding/disbanding active players all round), under the kingdom name of "XxLadyAssassinxX". My groupmate wanted to make an alliance named "Mafia". He tried to force our sector to join, but when even I turned against him, he had no choice but to give up. We joined LuminatX, a move that would prove very influential to my SK future. I got VSL, which I actually thought meant something back then. When the Lumi/Celestial war came around, I flew into it head-first, giving all that my ~500k kingdom could spare. Even though I had a tiny kingdom, I got KTed. Ended up re-making and deleting a few times. With a week and a half or so left, Neal managed to find me a Lum kingdom, AesopsFable. I just hung around till the end of the round.
Game 23 was a crazy one. I ended up in 6:5. I started out as VSL and ended up taking over SL in a week or two. We decided to follow a friend (my groupmate Kingdom of Dragons), whose friend (God Save Givers3) would be ALing Twilight because, I was told, the original AL had RL problems. We only got a few sectors, and a day or so from the end of newbie mode, GSG3 somehow died of zero pop. Our friend and the VAL, Kingdom of Blood, became AL, and following GSG's orders, booted all sectors and deleted the alliance. We moved to Revelation, which Eidolon ALed, while GSG3 and Hatred VALed. We slowly grew and became a fairly active alliance. About halfway through the round, Eid decided to resign; she was heading off to college soon and would rather spend her remaining time elsewhere. Hatred announced that he had only stuck around because of Eid, and would be leaving to help another friend with his alliance - Mutiny. (The alliance didn't last long, and as far as I heard, he spent the rest of the round in Defiant.) After Eid left, the officer list got changed a bit. Krause and Sucky Ducky became VALs, and I became a bash officer. The next part is a bit of a mess, it happened within a day or two. GSG3 decided we would go to war with Polemos and help out Rag, only telling Mary and nobody else about this. About 15 minutes after we went to war with Polemos, Rag had declared peace with them. We had Polemos KTs posted. Hours later, we were ordered to leave them alone while a ceasefire was arranged. There was intra-alliance arguing about whether GSG3 had done the right thing. Not 100% sure what happened next. I believe that GSG was PKed by Zamo, 187 (a friend of GSG's) became AL, got killed by Narshe (so I heard), Narshe became AL, and Krause became AAL. We joined in the Fenris war and dropped out shortly after. We went to war with Inquisition after they started KTing Narshe. However, we weren't organized and were losing sectors daily. Krause went inactive due to a school trip, and Sucky resigned as VAL. Having no other choice, Narshe made me VAL before he died. He managed to get hold of a newbie account in Rev, and I made him AAL, with only a few days left in the round. At this point, I was not really sure whether to try and get out of the war or to keep it going. I decided not to make a move, and we continued to get slaughtered (Inquisition was more than 4x our size). I got KTed and died a day or two before the end of the round. My kingdom name was "Phoenix Tears".
Game 24, I decided to head back to LuminatX. I applied for a officer position and was made First Officer. I handled one problem and wrote four sector reports, and decided it wasn't my kind of job. Shortly after quitting FO, I was made intel officer after passing along a little info from friends in other alliances. I didn't think this was my job either, but I didn't quit. I just hung around in the AFs, doing FO-type things (claiming problems, etc.). Eventually, the higher officers were having me post new threads or archive KTs. We got into the big universal war, and shortly after, Terminator quit, leaving Neal as AL once again. He started off Leigh as mod, then handed it over to me to see how I would do. This is where my "nazi mod" reputation comes from; I quickly found that cleaning forums was something I did naturally. Neal made his post on the Lum site about how hard each officer worked. He and I never got on too well, and I was surprised he stated openly that I was the hardest working officer and an amazing mod. I believe this is when I really stopped and asked him - what officer rank am I these days? Somehow, according to him, I had jumped through the ranks to Elite Officer. The round ended uneventfully. I had played using the name "Remember me".
Game 25, officered for Rev first two weeks under kingdom name Cheli. My sector left because they wanted a bigger alliance. We ended up in Lum. I went on vacation for a few days. Came back and suicided, deciding my loyalty was to Rev. Hopped newbie accounts for 2 weeks till I landed in Rev again under kingdom name Fall From Grace. Got back just in time for the Rev/HALO ceasefire. Helped watch the alliance and such until the last week or so, Rev/Infinite war. We started 3 mil NW behind them and ended 8 mil ahead, finishing the round at #10. I quite liked the activity of the alliance for its size, spent end of round in Infinite because I got KTed in the war and landed my recreation there, under kingdom name Ice Cream.
Game 26 was a controversial one. I landed in the same sector as some alliancemates from the previous rounds, as well as some of the Infinite guys we had killed. We ended up in Crucifix. At first, I just tried to help out without really taking a solid position; I mostly kept the forums clean and organized threads. After Bedrock's account got suicided, Ray offered me his VAL position, which I accepted. Of course, everyone knows the story, I won't repeat it here. Crucifix disbanded and my sector headed to Gravity. Once there, I noticed an officer application thread, and went for it. Juggy offered me a VAL position, which I again accepted. Just mostly watched forums and tried to keep things running smoothly until the Rag war, where I got killed and remade in Gravity. I ended up as AL by the end of the war. Due to schoolwork, I was not able to be that active, and I suicided (and remade) to give Juggy AL again, and resigned from my officer position. [Kept Phoenix Tears as kingdom name till my third kingdom, named Fields of Gold; killed once in Fen war, once in Rag war, once to give Juggy AL.]
Game 27 - I asked for a Lum group last-minute and ended up in the flagship sector of 1:26. Corwin was AL, THOR was VAL this round. This round, FC threatened to war Chaotic out of newbie. Being allies, we jumped in and FC backed off after kills on both sides. Corwin was dead; THOR was in AL, and I was in VAL. THOR and I we mostly ran the alliance for the rest of the round. Grav/Aff/Lum vs Fenrir/Fenriz [don't remember other alliances involved] about halfway into the round left me as AL for last 2-3 weeks. It was a interesting round and I had fun with AL powers. [Played under the name Remember Me Again this round]
Game 28 started off as an uneventful one. Lum was taking a break and I had a kingdom in a Lum loyalist sector, which was staying in Apotheosis. A few weeks in, my internet got cut for a week, and my kingdom died. I remade in CasaNostra . Was a very small and inactive alliance, and one day suddenly got disbanded without warning. A few days later we joined the end-of-round Lum, which we had intended as a chill-out place for Lumers. The essential part of this, in my mind, is that 90% of the sectors we recruited had at least one past Lumer in it; I don't believe I've ever seen a truer Lum. In the last two weeks of the game, Zamo [#2 at the time] declared on us over some arsons. We did the usual posting of targets and such, but the sheer activity, loyalty, and heart surprised me; it was the epitome of loyalty over NW in my SK experience. I believe we did about 90% of the damage that Zamo did, and we were 1/3 or 1/4 of their size. My 250k kingdom got KTed, but the ceasefire was called when I was about 200 land. Despite Lum not being the powerhouse it usually was, it was quite enjoyable and an alliance to be proud of.
Game 29 - I was in "the final Lum". This was my falling out with the alliance leadership. I won't bother with details, it's been talked about enough. Basically, I VALed first two weeks and then resigned and sat back for the rest of the round. Made my first S1 top 100 finish (Moonlight Sonata).
Game 30 - Didn't really play. I signed up and died a few times on either server for different reasons.
Game 31 - I was Gravity High Council. We raged a war against LT for two weeks. I met some new friends, reunited with old ones; overall had a good time. I got stuck in AL for a while, but passed it on once more. Didn't get KTed this round due to this dying and remaking; I guess I was too small to make a good target. [Played as I Am A Rock]
Game 32 - Octavarium officer. Did the general stuff first two weeks or so, solving problems and cleaning forums. War started. There was a lot of leadership shuffling, but I didn't really help with the war beyond hitting/probing KTs. My kingdom, Hollow Years, got KTed. I was glad when I died, as every connection I had to Octa was dead by that point. I remade in Lum and got caught up with a few old acquaintances; the leadership found out who I was and banned me. Not really having a place to go, I took over a vacation mode kingdom in Octa and hit a few KTs before I let it go inactive and die. I was terribly bored of the round by this point. Don't remember what I did for the rest of the round, think I had a newbie account in GravIIty in the last day or two.
Game 33 - It was a chill-out round of sorts. I played under the kingdom name "High on Blunt" and we started the round in Gravity. I was glad to just be able to relax as a regular alliance member. About halfway through the round, my sector decided Gravity wasn't the place they wanted to be. We joined Minigolf and spent the remainder of the round there. I was forum mod for 2-3 weeks on and off.