If I am unwelcome in the game, permanently ban my account, and that is that. I will not make a new account.

I will resort to only bonus posting until further notice.

As someone that has financially contributed to the game (EE Patron next to my name), I have a small stake investment in the game.

slagpit,

I vote to free Chevs unless there are evidence that points to why he should incur as lifetime ban. All I see is "he said she said hearsay" on why he was banned. You want to attract more players to the game, seems counter-intuitive to ban existing players. Especially one that keeps the game interesting.

From what I've seen from Chevs since he returned to the game, he hasn't done anything that I considered to be atrocious in nature enough to incur a lifetime ban.


Why couldn't you just make a country and fight him instead?

IMHO, the golden age was probably 1998-2003ish. The game saw several changes during that period as did the player base. The culture on the server started changing around 2002 with many wanting a heavy focus on netting and by this time every major alliance had turn by turn strats that proliferated throughout the community.

It was fun to be a part of an alliance, help it grow and help teach and protect the members
It was fun to make a landgrab and message the untagged country to join your alliance
It was fun to check the retal boards
It was fun to be a part of kill runs
It was fun to try different things while building your country, not quite knowing how it would turn out
It was fun to hunt multi's
It was fun to diplomatically interact
It was fun to build a better site than your competing alliances
It was fun to war for a cause, to die and restart as quickly as you could
It was probably fun to hit the top ten =)
Oh and it was fun to spam the AT boards

Fast forward to today and many of those things either don't apply or have been minimized. Time "in-game" has always been pretty minimal, especially after start up in peace-time. Maybe 20 mins a day if your researching bots to hit, likely no more than 10 min to run your turns. I'm sure we spend more time on our Discords, clan sites and the AT than we actually spend in-game.

I still enjoy the alliance server, mostly for the interaction with my alliance mates. I've found myself bored after using up my turns and played FFA server to fill in the gap. I use the express server to try out new builds and strats to use on alliance. 1A is a unique server, with aspects I don't think you can really get on the other servers. Some of the changes have been for neccessity due to the dwindling player base, some have been cultural made by the player base and some things haven't really changed for 25 years (for example, I use a strat from 2001 that works pretty well with just a few minor tweaks).

From the dev's point of view I'm sure the question is how do we drive more traffic to the site? If the "game" only takes 10 mins a day to play how much more traffic are you going to get even if you double or triple the current player base. Incorporating the tools, clan hosting and additional functions into the game will likely drive more traffic to the server AND as a result more players. If recruiting emails pointed them to join at clanx.earthempires.com vs , or checking stats at an earthempires link vs eestats.com, how much more traffic could be driven to the site.

I think you're on the right track, keep asking the questions. We are NOT ready to let this game die

You care because you took time and energy to reply.

~LAR

SoL pres is ABM
SoL HFA is Aphro
soL Head of war TTM

Im not up to another dumb set of behind the curtain drama.


WeeZy out

What has Superfly and Sui ever done to PDM?

Suicidal, way to come in an stain a heart felt message.
Thanks mods!
Earth 2025 and empires has been in my life since college, going on 24 or 25 years or some crazy number like that, and I left for a bit, and being back now feels like I never left!

Thanks for your hard work, even though you banned me for 24 hours for digging up an old post. :)

Well said m0b

Looks like Prime deleted our convo

Cath, you just think everyone is out to get you because of your personal beliefs bro.
You’re an awesome Jewish person is my opinion.

But if you're still going to be a baby about taking a little banter back—as you give out a lot—then you're still a waste of my time.

LMK when you are tired of crying about it.

Quit being Emo Sui.

Does anyone take the Team server seriously? It's always been a throwaway server, in my opinion.

Don’t forget to mention that their leader is also a convicted multi running cheater who needs to redeem himself and change his ways now.

If you wish to figure out how to get banned then consider what it would take to create a legal liability for the game. For example if a person is threatened, and the threat is such that if it's carried out and the game admins would bear some liability for not banning the person to the the conflict - then a permanent ban is required.

Now I have no knowledge at all if this is the case, I'm just devising a scenario where there isn't any real option.

If by coming back Chevs ended up doing something illegal to damage a player or admin then that player or admin would have legal recourse against the game itself, because they knew that he has threatened to do such things in the past yet allowed him back.

So in reality there may simply not be another side, or any response at all that matters.

Now I've never played with Chevs but those who have indicate that he is unstable and they ban him, so none of this is surprising. I have no doubt that he made the threat being referenced.

If so.... Just say it. I'll quit this game myself!

Suicidal almost single handedly had the USA tossed out of the United Nations. Be warned lol

I attacked those clans that killed my country in the last recruitment on the Alliance server. Why did you attack the country of Astral, ask Superfly and Suicidal.
ps
I didn’t complain when your clans killed my country and killed the countries of my friends. And don’t you complain! I don't ask you for peace! I will not fight with you. I will show interest in countries that intend to go to the top 10. Your kiltima does not interest me. If someone from the top countries does not share the point of view of their comrades, you can join other clans. In general, this is your business.

It means obviously you are out to stab us in the back repeatedly and I see no point in continuing these silly antics. Do what you obviously are out to do superfly. I am not surprised. You literally suicide new players on express every single set to make sure no new players can come learn to play and join the game.


Honestly if there was one single player I would actually ban from
The game it would be you. I think you are a liar and a bully and you seek out weak new players to do that.

I have zero respect for people like you. No point in playing your silly games any longer.


If you wish to speak to me we can speak here in public because I do not trust you to lie and do some wierd two faced stuff at this point.

I managed a Papa John’s in 2010. It’s the only restaurant I ever worked in that didn’t have Mexican employees.

The server.

It’s a metaphor as in “burn this bitxh to the ground” meaning burn it all, claim the insurance money.

/me buys more suicidal and superfly coins 💰

Tits are birds!

In this game, as in the Olympics, all possible records have been broken. But not for the Light clan and the Martians. Together we set new records for the number of murders and attacks.And we are going to increase the result by the end of the set. Having overtaken even the former champion super fly and suicidal, May Svarog help us.

Is anyone crying besides you? Sorry, didn't notice.

they were so upset that they decided to transfer all the revenge to the Alliance server.