CROSSROADS -- GP EDITION -- 8

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CROSSROADS -- GP EDITION -- 8

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Crossroads Edition -- 8!


How space travel was invinted

In the year 1980 a young boy, maybe 13 or so, asked his dad, "If we can fly planes inside of our atmosphere then why can't we fly outside of this galaxy." The dad slowly looked at the young boy and replied, "It just isn't possible that's all." "It hasta be." mumbled the boy as he walked out of their small one bedroom house. He was an only child and his mother had died giving birth to the boy. The boy walked out unto their two acres of land and sat on a stump. Just then a 747 jumbo jet went flying over head. "I will fly outside of our galaxy." thought the boy as the plane diassappeared behind a clump of oak trees. The boy pulled an old rumpled piece of paper out of his pocket and began to draw on it. He soon came up with an idea for a space ship. Then he went to their old barn that was ajoining the house and began to make the space ship. Actually it was a space shuttle. It took him three years to finish the space craft but when he did he so proud that he went into the house and told his dad to come out and see what he made. "What's it supposed to be?" asked the elderly man. The boy simply giggled and remarked, "It's a space ship." The old man was suprised at the answer but was further when he saw the drawing lyeing on the table. The boy had named the space ship, The U.S.S Enterprise. "I couldn't figure out how to power it so I was going to ask you." replied the boy. "Well if it's going to fly out of this galaxy it should be powered by rockets." groaned the old man as he sat down. "Rockets, I never thought of that." smiled the boy. "But rockets don't come cheap anymore." said the old man. "I'll get a job." yelled the young boy as he bolted out of the barn. The boy worked his skinny fingers sore. He did anything that he could find. It took another five years before he was able to buy a rocket. The boy and his old dad were able to put the rocket the space craft. "Perfect." stated his father when they were finished. The boy just stood there staring at his new found invintion. "Well, aren't you going try it?" asked the man. "Yeah." said the boy. He ignited the rockets and the scape ship jutted up through the barn roof and through the sky. The man turned toward the boy, but he was not there. He quickly galnced at the table. The paper was gone. The man slowly smiled, then walked back into the house. Later that evening the boy walked into the house carrying a television set. "Were did you get the money for this?" asked his father. "You'll see." replied the boy. The young boy plugged the television into the plug in and turned it on. Soon he had changed the channle, to a news channle, and he and his father sat down on the wood floor. The boy had sold the plans of the space ship NASA and they payed him 3 billion dollars. That is how space travel was invinted.



Mario's Curse

The ex-leader of CoS, Mario seems to have a curse that follows him around. As we have all seen, his time as leader of CoS lead to the break up of that alliance. Many say that it was due to poor leadership that many left. But it seems that there must be a curse that follows him around stricking any alliance he joins. The latest manifestation of this curse can be seen in the recent split of newbie alliance TSG. It seems that for "various reasons" several members of TSG have broken off to form Space Barnacles. When questioned there was no definate answer for why they left, which leads many to the conclusion that Mario does indeed have a curse which causes alliances to break apart when he joins. In fact the Ik'Thorne Board for Voodoo, Black Magic and Other Mystical Occurances has issued a warning to all alliance leaders to refuse Mario's admitance to any alliance, unless of course you are trying to destroy your alliance.



Who's hot and who's not

Well its now the 8th issue of the GP and its time to check up and see how the alliances are fairing. I'm sure first on everyones mind is the fall of CoS, falling from 1st place to... well almost non-existance with only 8 members left. But thats old news, lets take a look at some other alliances. Someone else that seems to be the talk is CK, coming in 3rd for exp they often lead the game for kills, expect big things from them this game. Leading the exp race is FTV, but that seems to be all they are leading coming in 9th for kills they definatly seem to be a traders haven. BSA seems to have startled just about everyone being the only alliance to make the transition from the NG to the open games and remain a top performer, remaining in the top 2 for both exp and kills. Armada, the 2nd place finishers of the last vet game, seem to be focusing on on a more defensive stratagy for now, but that can be expected to change. LoM is another name on peoples minds, coming in 3rd for kills and 7th for exp they are definatly a fighting alliance, made up of many players from SPB, the 1st place finishers from last vet game. TD and THS both expected to be making a bigger showing that they actually are not even placing top 5 for kills. Crusaders another trading alliance from last game are showing that they cant compete well in a vet environment and TSG has dropped lower and lower every day, loosing players and exp constantly. Following the fall of CoS, BH seems to have risin in status adopting several CoS members but not really making much of it yet, White light also coming from CoS may make an interesting game. There are several other alliances like Minor Eclipse and Alpha Factor that may bloom later on, but for now seem to be minor players. The game is still young and much of this will change, but for now, thats the way the alliances are shaping up.


Clash of the Titans!

It would appear that Hunting is the new trend in the Space Merchant world, after personally being a part of 3 games i can say that Crossroads is perhaps the most hostile game i have taken part in!! Nearly all he major alliances have a number of select hunters all of whom travel to the trading galaxies in the hope of podding those unsuspecting traders, however most hunters seem to be ending up figting each other as territory battles are an act of principal and honour! so is Crossroads turning into a hunters game with each hunter trying to get one over on the other!!? In my experience of hunting this game the majority of online encounters has been with other such hunters in bids to gain control of key hunting sectors!! only yesterday did I find mysef in a vicious battle with Page over Alskant banking sector 276, there was no apparent winner but with each player trying to get one over on the other it is clear that the title of Best Space Merchant hunter is going to be a closely fought battle!



COMPETITION OF THE HUNT

The galaxy is divided into two parts. The weak and the strong. The weak are killed, and the strong are the deliverers of this atrocity. Hunters from almost every galaxy have been on the move, going not for the #1 spot as of experiance, but for the most kills in the game. This has become the talk of the galaxy. This....."COMPETITION OF THE HUNT". Those on top of this competition are our very own Top 10 killers in the game. Leading in kills are Avenger and Frosted Flakes with 18 kills a piece. Folowing in a close third and fourth are Hawkke and [Nx]Se-PuLsAr. For the fifth position, the most seeked hunter for his bounty of over $40 MILLION, Speaker for the Dead. Hang Sa Joe, OmegaRenegade (former leader of Omega's Renegades, and current leader of Black Sun Ascending), and Rage666 cover the sixth, seventh, and eighth slots. For the ninth and tenth spots, barely getting into the top ten are Ecks and one of the greatest hunters for their wits, Frost. Now some of these hunters have chosen to stay neutral(2, 3, 4, 7, & 8), which is ok, but makes you have a wierd alignment number, but hey, you do your thing, and Ill do mine! 1, 6, and 10 have chosen the path of the righteous, and gone good, which is a breath of fresh air to the galaxy. NOW onto the meat of the bone. The 2 most evil hunters ever to grace this good game. Speaker of the Dead and Ecks have been putting up quite a show. Each with less than -350 alignment, and each reaching for that #1 spot. Will these 2 ever meet? Only time will tell. All this reported knows is that the galaxy better be ready for these ten goresome hunters, because armed with the finest Warbirds, these players will stop at nothing and let NO MERCHANT get in their way of The Competition of the Hunt!
Ingenius, Armory Armory v2, Lords of the PingsSuckas, AoC, Green Skulls, DoW, Shadow, MoM, Xenocide, NE, ST, HA, PI, FI, Armada, DC, LoP, AS, Lom, MH, RC
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