Report From the Cryo Chamber

My Cryo Chamber awakes me to make sure my ship is still on course...  I crawl out and look around... Everything is functioning without a glitch... I check the news feeds and nothing notable has occurred...

In conversations with other TE3K players, we've come to the conclusion that the game needs an injection of caffeine or something...  I have offered adding destructive ideas in the past to light the fires.  Others have offered their ideas, things like "Festival" from the classic TE.  We wait and hope patiently for something that will add more excitement to the game...

No one likes drama, but really we could use some at the game level to get people excited, big dramatic events within the game between players. Yes we can randomly sabotage and randomly bribe.  But what if you could chose your target?  Yes, I see the problem with people with a lot of alts, picking on a soul player.  But we need something more that gets players more interactive.

If you have any wild and crazy ideas to fire up TE3K please add them in the comments here.  You can post anonymously.

I wonder over to my command chair and sit... file my nails, which have not stopped growing while in the Cryo Chamber,  and wait...

Current Guild Rankings

Guild Rankings and Leaders as of November 26th, 2012

Been a few shifts from the last rankings report, Supernova has fallen to the minors and appears some of the people from there left and have joined a couple of other guilds.

*On the standing page main map it shows Hera as ranked 22, but shows it also ranked lower on the minors page.  Hera is kept on the main map for historical reasons, being first guild, so it's ranked incorrectly to keep it on the main map. Its proper rank is shown here.

1. Cosmic Paradise - BigBadaBoom Bing
2. Federation Alliance - Anastasia Mathilde
3. The Neutral Zone - Kaelyn Mahoney
4. Alliance of Serenity - Flonne Ninetails
5. Shadow Guild - Steve Fallingbridge
6. Mu Trade Federation - Buckaroo Mu
7. The Twilight Zone - Madmaz2 Holmer
8. Alliance of Pegasus - Aderyn Quinnell
9. Andromeda Alliance - Robyn Hirano
10. Guild of Swank - Scottie Muircastle
11. Mystic Constellation - Pikalli Pfeffer
12. Space Odyssey - Rosaria Constantine
13. Dendarii Guild - Kelly Barron
14. Renegade - Lelana Ansaldo
15. 7th Gate of Galactic Hell - Blaize Korobase
16. Alliance of Lyonesse - Snookums Voom
17. Overlords' Alliance - Amadeuss Rosca
18. Tunaverse Immortalis - Tuna Oddfellow
19. Guardian Angels - Ranchan Weidman
20. The Collective - Borg Capalini
21. The Star Empire - Sabean Pagan
22. Hades Revolution - Toohey Paneer
23. Anarchy - BigJohn Troglodite
24. Space Order Prophecy - Orpheus Carter
25. Sirius - Alexandra Fallon
26. Alliance of Hera - Aristotle Landry
27. SpaceBall's The Guild - Kronik Lockjaw
28. Supernova - Nicole Perian
29. Helion Prime - Cornholio Lilliehook
30. Enigma Guild - Severinus Wiefel
31. The CHOsen Alliance - Zhu Juran
32. Styx Imperium - Bratt Lunasea
33. Haven - Swankhaven Blitz
34. Koru Guild - Soph Shepherd
35. Intimate Confessions - Lasch Avro
36. The Rebellion - Zippo Waco

Report From the Cryo Chamber

I awake from my cryo chamber and look around with blurry eyes... Seems that there has been little change in the universe for a millennium and wonder,  Space is so big, people are spread into the far depths, light years away from each other.  There must be a place we can meet, a neutral zone... Occasionally I see life on the official "Tiny Empires 3000" Group comm channel and the  official "TE3000 Directors Alliance" Group channel.  The only place where you might run into another player is the Tiny Empires Upgrade Station, but if you loiter around there, you could be accused of recruiting, which is not allowed there.  Wouldn't it be nice if there was a place for us to meet and hangout and not worry about being accused of recruiting. As of this writing I know of no such place.

There are several unofficial groups related to Tiny Empires 3000, some who are "free speech" and or "recruiting groups," but they tend to be small and very quiet.

So wouldn't it be nice if there was a Neutral Help Center, maybe like a Star Wars bar, where we can meet and offer help to new players and get to know each other better?  Maybe even pick up a subordinate...

Maybe I'm dreaming and I really didn't wake up from my cryo sleep...

Guild Rankings as of Today

Guild Rankings and Leaders as of October 22nd, 2012
*On the standing page main map it shows Hera as ranked 23, but shows it also ranked lower on the minors page.  Hera is kept on the main map for historical reasons, being first guild, so it's ranked incorrectly to keep it on the main map. Its proper rank is shown here.

1. Cosmic Paradise - BigBadaBoom Bing
2. Federation Alliance - Anastasia Mathilde
3. Alliance of Serenity - Flonne Ninetails
4. Shadow Guild - Steve Fallingbridge
5. Mu Trade Federation - Buckaroo Mu
6. The Neutral Zone - Kaelyn Mahoney
7. The Twilight Zone - Madmaz2 Holmer
8. Alliance of Pegasus - Aderyn Quinnell
9. Guild of Swank - Scottie Muircastle
10. Andromeda Alliance - Robyn Hirano
11. Space Odyssey - Rosaria Constantine
12. Renegade - Lelana Ansaldo
13. Dendarii Guild - Kelly Barron
14. 7th Gate of Galactic Hell - Blaize Korobase
15. Mystic Constellation - Pikalli Pfeffer
16. Alliance of Lyonesse - Snookums Voom
17. Supernova - Nicole Perian
18. Tunaverse Immortalis - Tuna Oddfellow
19. Guardian Angels - Ranchan Weidman
20. The Star Empire - Sabean Pagan
21. The Collective - Borg Capalini
22. Overlords' Alliance - Amadeuss Rosca
23. Hades Revolution - Toohey Paneer
24. Anarchy - BigJohn Troglodite
25. Space Order Prophecy - Orpheus Carter
26. Sirius - Alexandra Fallon
27. Alliance of Hera - Aristotle Landry
28. SpaceBall's The Guild - Kronik Lockjaw
29. Helion Prime - Cornholio Lilliehook
30. Enigma Guild - Severinus Wiefel
31. The CHOsen Alliance - Zhu Juran
32. Styx Imperium - Bratt Lunasea
33. Haven - Swankhaven Blitz
34. Koru Guild - Soph Shepherd
35. Intimate Confessions - Lasch Avro
36. The Rebellion - Zippo Waco

The Black (Loop) Hole

Many of us know that in Tiny Empires 3000, that once your a Guild Leader, there is no easy way to abdicate or pass your guild on to a subordinate under you.  Unlike the classic game of Tiny Empires which does have abdication, which subjects the Monarch wishing to abdicate, to a number negative effects within the game.  But some do decide to take this course of action and quite often, someone under them takes control of their kingdom.

There is no formal way to abdicate in Tiny Empires 3000. There are several Minor Guilds whose Guild Leaders have basically quit playing and cut their subordinates loose to pursue their own dreams. But if you really want to quit playing Tiny Empires 3000, Ultralite Soleil will grant you a request to be removed from the game.  Now if your a Guild Leader, your Guild will cease to exist, your subordinates will end up without a superior, and you, if you decide to play Tiny Empires 3000 ever again will have to get a new HUD and start from scratch, all over again.  I also suspect, that if you were able to form a new Guild again, you probably won't be allowed to reuse the same Guild name you used previously.

Basically what this sounds like to me is, it is like setting your Guild on a course into a Black Hole in space. Everyone gets sucked into the Black Hole, nothing comes out...The only evidence that your Guild ever existed, maybe a footnote on the Tiny Empires 3000 Wiki or in a past post on this Blog...

From the Shadows Emerges Tunaverse Immortalis!

September 16th, 2012 the Tunaverse Immortalis Guild is formed by Guild Leader The Wizard of Odd (tuna.oddfellow).  "I ascended from Shadow Guild at August 3019," he said from his tuna can... err Starbase.
Tuna had this to say on his ascension:

"It has been a true delight spending the time I have had with Shadow Guild.  Now it is time to spread our wings.   I am so proud of the commitment of those who are joining us.  This is our ascension and they share in the success. I could not do it with out them.
Long live Tunaverse Immortalis"

Tuna also claims to be somewhat famous:

"My avatar won Avatars Got Talent in 2007 and appeared on America's Got Talent on NBC and I won a million Linden dollars which was the largest prize in Second Life back in the day...  My life is stranger than fiction.

Million SL Dollars... think that's about $1000 US.... Probably wrong, math is my weakness.

Congratulations to Guild Leader Tuna Oddfellow and his new Guild,  Tunaverse Immortalis!

New Guild: Mystic Constellation

Guild: Mystic Constellation
Launched: 2012-02-17
Guildleader: Pikalli Pfeffer
Ascended From: Lyonesse

Unfortunatly I have no further information on this new Guild at this time.

Guild Goes Supernova!

February 4th, 2012 [Jun 3598] and about 1:34 pm Nicole Perian launched her new guild, "Supernova" from within The Mu Federation.  Nicole was unavailable at the time of this report so I asked Mu Federation Guild Leader Buckaroo Mu his thoughts:

Alamiga Anatine: Will be writing about "Supernova's" birth in the TE3K blog, I'm assuming a positive thing from your perspective?


Buckaroo Mu: Absolutely. It's an honor to midwife another guild into the game. This is the 3rd guild to ascend directly from us, and the 9th in our "family tree". I'm quite proud of them all.

I had a peek at Supernova's group charter and gathered the following from it:

Supernova - an explosion of a massive, super-giant star...that shines with the brilliance of 10 billion suns!  We are a friendly, kooky, and peaceful Guild ..fun-loving, and no sabotage.  The third line to Guild under  the leadership of Buckaroo Mu, of Mu trade.....we count among our many friends...the Federation Alliance, and Swank.....
Nicole Perian, Guild Leader

Congratulations Nicole and Supernova!

Red Tape & The Bureaucrat

The first visit from the Bureaucrat was seen today.  The Bureaucrat has  bonuses to trade for RED TAPE. The sequence of HUD events shown as follows:

As you can see, I only had one RED TAPE and appears you need at least two to get anything from the Bureaucrat.

Here is the list of the offers seen so far, ordered by their cost:

• Fleet Tax Arrangement 202(r) - fleet tax 20% less forever - 2 red tape

• Reserve Bond 908.5(m) - fleet donation matched twice - 2 red tape

• Clarity Renumeration Forum 1 (c) - +50% on puzzle bonus forever - 3 red tape

• Unity Match Contract - unity bonus 50 % forever - 3 red tape

• Research Arrangement - Jump Ahead 3 research levels - 4 red tape

• Dues Stipulation - annual guild dues 10% less - 4 red tape

• Census Agreement 47 (s) - 10% more per sub - 5 red tape

• Census Agreement 219 - 10% more/colonists - 5 red tape

• Research Arrangement RA6 - Jump ahead 6 research levels - 6 red tape

• Colonist Contract 710(a) - +10% colonist capacity - 7 red tape

• Dues Compromise 20(v) - Annual Guild Dues 20% Less - 8 red tape (This was seen after previously purchasing the Dues Stipulation that gives 10% less, possibly it's not offered until after the 10% contract has been bought)

• Unity Commitment C(f.100) - Unit bonus doubled forever - 10 red tape

• Clarity Premium Form 2 (c) Puzzle bonus doubled Forever - 10 red tape

• Fleet Tax Arrangement 404(r) - Fleet tax 40% less forever - 12 red tape

• Dues Compromise 30(z) - Annual Guild Dues 30% less - 12 red tape

• Ship Concessions s5 - Ships cost 5% less forever - 15 red tape

• Census(s) Treaty 57(s) - 20% more per subordinate - 20 red tape

• Census(c) Treaty 819(c) - 20% more per colonist - 20 red tape

• Colonist Accord 20.r(b) - +20% colonist capacity - 25 red tape

• Ship Concessions s10 - Ships cost 10% less - 30 red tape

• Alien Negotiation Contract - MV price 25% less forever - 35 red tape

• Colonist Accord 144.33(b) - +33% colonist capacity (200% cumulative) - 35 red tape

There's RED TAPE Everywhere!

Very recently there has been reports of mysterious RED TAPE appearing all over the TE3K Universe!  When you  buy or sell a ship you get one, five from the Mysterious Black Diamond Vessel. It's looking like from almost any activity at this time!  What is it for?  No one knows yet...  Below is the one I got for buying a ship, and how it appears in your accounting tab.

Incoming Finds:

Nathalie Schnute: I just got 5 RED TAPES for doing the call of leadership, Step 2. That's the one with the hydro farm cultures. And I got the colonists increase as given in former times too. Cost for that step is 400000000. But 5 red tapes is amazing.

Have your own theory or know something we don't yet?  Got RED TAPES from some odd place? Please Leave a comment, or IM Alamiga Anatine in Second Life, if you think it warrants a new post!

Robyn Hirano Launches 33rd Guild!

January 19, 2012 Today Robyn Hirano  initiated the launch of Tiny Empires 3000's 33rd Guild, calling it the Andromeda Alliance.  She ascended from Hades Revolution. The news was announced as such:

Nov 3993] Guildleader Robyn Hirano formed the guild "Andromeda Alliance".

[Mar 3994] Rebel Queen Tia Antwerp left her old superior Guildleader Toohey Paneer of Hades Revolution and joined with Guildleader Robyn Hirano of Andromeda Alliance.

[Apr 3994] Robyn Hirano now leads one of the top ten guilds in the sector.

I asked Robyn for a quote upon her ascension, she said:

Is there truth in the myth?
Do phoenixes exist?
Resurrection of the Rebellion in Andromeda!

Congratulations Robyn and The Andromeda Alliance!

CREDIT CAP DISCOVERED!

Once you get to Director there is not too much to do except watch your credits grow for what seems an eternity, Well I heard Amaya Heart-Aeghin (ranchan.weidman) had reached it. What follows is our little chat about it:

Alamiga Anatine: Hello Amaya, I was told you reached the credit cap in Tiny Empires 3000.  Could you tell me about it for the TE3K Blog?

Amaya Heart-Aeghin: I reached that. while  I was still in Serenity.  10.4 trillion.

Alamiga Anatine: Still at the cap?

Amaya Heart-Aeghin: No. not any more. Being a Guildleader has much more in the way of expenses. And the credit return rate isn't as good s in TE regular

Alamiga Anatine: Yes several Guild leaders have said its hard to keep it up there.

Amaya Heart-Aeghin: Hadn't thought about it.  Didn't know Ihad actually reached it till the time of ascension and had mentioned it to Ultra.  The biggest cut on the guild leader is the taxes..   Being that it takes take a huge chunk. if you stay up there at the cap.

Alamiga Anatine: Wonder if taxes is higher if you have the ship reserves built up to maximun..

Amaya Heart-Aeghin: I'll find out when we get to the guild reserve up to the 10k

Alamiga Anatine: Well thanks for the information!

Amaya Heart-Aeghin: anytime :)

Newly Discovered Punishment: Stripping of Medals

Yesterday at some time Guild Leader BigJohn (bigjohn.troglodite) tried the "Strip a Medal" option with Mari (marielle.itano) that came up on the Punishment screen, he made it public so we all could see the result. This was not meant as a malicious act, Mari had requested a new title and had 3 medals already.  So in order for Mari to get a new title, a medal had to be stripped away.  I asked about the process in the following interview text:

Alamiga Anatine: Hello BigJohn... Im tring to get some info on the medal stripping I heard you did last night for the TE3K Blog...
Alamiga Anatine: It was part of prison yes?
BigJohn: no it wasn't
BigJohn: I will tell you though
BigJohn: if someone has been given 3 medals by a guild, they can't get another one
BigJohn: ie
BigJohn: no titles
Alamiga Anatine: right
BigJohn: so Ultra added that
BigJohn: so I can strip a medal
BigJohn: which is why she got the medal and title afterwards
Alamiga Anatine: ok
BigJohn: it doesn't have any effect on ships
Alamiga Anatine: good
BigJohn: it's not like prison
Alamiga Anatine: so it was an option when you tried to give her a 4th medal
BigJohn: no
BigJohn: it came on the punishment screen
BigJohn: it's a 2 part process
Alamiga Anatine: ok first part was?
BigJohn: punishment
BigJohn: stripping of a medal is actually something that is good for the player
Alamiga Anatine: ok
BigJohn: but it is just a very super expensive way of titling someone
BigJohn: I was able to give ships again also
BigJohn: with the medal
Alamiga Anatine: now she wasn't at the 3500 cap?
BigJohn: no she was
BigJohn: it auto sells them
Alamiga Anatine: ok
BigJohn: he said he added it a while back
Alamiga Anatine: ah
BigJohn: it's actually a show of caring to strip a medal
BigJohn: it doesn't sound that way but
Alamiga Anatine: so did she get jail too?
BigJohn: no
BigJohn: you get 3 options now
BigJohn: jail, banish, strip a medal
Alamiga Anatine: great
BigJohn: so basically there's no negative to it
BigJohn: but it makes sense to put it in punishment
Alamiga Anatine: cept in credits
BigJohn: which was good cuz I could re title them
BigJohn: in like 4 turns
BigJohn: credits lol
BigJohn: once you top a trillion who cares
Alamiga Anatine: I got so many it isn't funny
BigJohn: but yeah, basically if you see a title stripped
BigJohn: it means that they had been titled 3 times already
BigJohn: and can't be OM
Alamiga Anatine: So with OM's you don't see that option?
BigJohn: I have no idea
BigJohn: I don't think OM's can jail
BigJohn: otherwise you get messages about OM's
Alamiga Anatine: so you have to strip a medal to give a new title in her case?
BigJohn: yes
BigJohn: no way around it
Alamiga Anatine: ok
BigJohn: otherwise you get messages about OM's

Thank you Big John for sharing this with us!

Rosaria Constantine Lanches New Guild

At 4:50 pm SLT September 19th, 2011 [Jul 3647] Guildleader Rosaria Constantine formed the guild "Space Odyssey".

Chancellor Ultralite made the following official announcement:

Please join me in congratulating Rosaria Constantine, Guildleader of Space Odyssey. Her guild arose from within Styx Imperium on September 19.

Well done, Rosaria!

Chancellor Ultralite

TE3000 Guild Change

Due to some unusual circumstances, the guild formerly known as "Styx Imperium II" has had a change of name. It is now called "Hades Revolution."

Guild name changes are not normally done. This was just a special exception to solve a problem of name confusion.

Please continue with your normal trade routes. All glory to the fine guilds of our Sector!

Chancellor Ultralite

Pegasus Ascends from Medusa's Neck

Did that title above, get your attention?

On Friday, August 12th, 2011 (March 3253 TE3K) Aderyn "Addy" Quinnell took the reigns of the Pegasus and created Tiny Empires 3000's newest Guild! Ascending from Twilight Zone she had the following words for us, from which I derived the title:

Pegasus is one of my favorite mythology stories. We were looking at different constellations and this one just fit. He rose up out of Medusa's neck when she was beheaded. He was the carrier of Zeus' thunderbolts... More aptly put, he was born out of Medusa's severed neck... Given more time, I could probably tell that better I'm sure LOL ( http://www.pegasus70.com/legend.html )

Thanks to Snookums for being a good mentor. Thanks to Tremor for giving me the confidence in myself and proving I could do this and thanks for all the support of my guild. I have the most amazing downline. They've been behind me and supported me 100% Oh... and special thanks to Twilight Zone for their hospitality while I waited to guild.

Congratulations to Addy and we wish Pegasus a bright future!

Ranchan Weidman Launches Guardian Angels

Early on July 2, 2011, Ranchan Weidman takes the call to form Tiny Empires 3000's newest Guild, Guardian Angels. Ascending from Serenity, with the blessings of all there. I contacted her later and what follows is the impromptu interview:

Alamiga Anatine: Congratulations on the Guild!

Ranchan Weidman: Thankies.

Alamiga Anatine: I know you ascended from Serenity, today sometime...

Ranchan Weidman: This morning SLT.

Alamiga Anatine: Would you have a quote I could use, like what the Guild stands for, thanks to folks etc?

Ranchan Weidman: I haven't prepared a proper motto yet, but Guardian Angels is a friendly place.

Alamiga Anatine: I assume you expected to be a minor Guild?

Ranchan Weidman: Yes.

Ranchan Weidman: It's one one the things that I'd expected... and discussed with Flonne before I went under Flonne's partner in Serenity

Alamiga Anatine: Many have ascended to just retire from the game, doesn't sound like that's your plan.

Ranchan Weidman: Nope, I do plan to keep going and build to out of the minors.

Alamiga Anatine: Wonderful, that's good to hear!

Ranchan Weidman: Thanks. Being queen in TE and Guild Leader now, in TE3K I do plan to keep helping to build the guild.

Alamiga Anatine: Myself I find growth in TE3K extremely slow in comparison to Classic. Do you find it the same?

Ranchan Weidman: There is a big difference in the two games. as far as growth. Most of the time, , from my observation, new players are usually introduced to the "Vanilla" version of TE ( as my partner calls it ) before they are tossed into the TE3K version

Alamiga Anatine: Maybe I need to be tossing players around too! But I find new people either choose one or the other, not seen many take on both initially.

Ranchan Weidman: Right, doing both from the get go is rather a challenge, unless someone is really bored or pays attention. definitely a way to learn how to multi-task. A thing to remember about 3k is that things happen, even if they take time.

Alamiga Anatine: Mhmm, yes they do... Anyone you would care to send thanks to at this time?

Ranchan Weidman: All the folks that have made this possible. Which includes Guardian Angels Guild members, members from Serenity, specifically Guild Leader and SL sister, Flonne, her partner Skyelynne and Serenna.

Thank You Ranchan for your time and again, Congratulations!

Lasch Avro Ascends Into Retirement

Lasch Avro ascending today from Styx Imperium II and formed a new guild called "Intimate Confessions."
After the guild formed, all lines returned to Styx II and Lasch into a self imposed retirement from Tiny Empires 3000.

Toohey Paneer had the following words to add:

Lasch's ascension as Guild Leader see's her going into retirement in Tiny Empires 3000 as she did in Tiny Empires Classic. Her work in TE and T3K was honorable and was a huge help immediately after I personally Ascended. Many like her and love her and we, as a Guild, wish her all the best in her future in Second Life.

Congratulations Lasch on your retirement!

Cornholio Lilliehook Becomes Latest Guild Leader

Ascending from the Federation Guild on May 8th, 2011, Cornholio Lilliehook forms the newest guild in Tiny Empires 3000. The Guild is named "Helion Prime" and came to be in TE3K Year: June 3736.

Congratulations Cornholio and best of Luck with Helion Prime!

Borg Capalini forms The Collective

After a long dry spell of no new guild launches, Borg Capalini launches TE3000's newest Guild.

"The Collective". Created out of the Shadow Guild on the 1st of May 2011 in April 3478 in game time.

Congratulations Borg!