Well I guess I will be the first to reply in here so here's my two cents... aimed towards Wheeloffire of course.
Since you've been gone there has been a great 'uproar' with regards to the Metaverse and the forming of a 'council' of a sort that from what I've gathered is meant to 'represent' various factions/voices throughout the Metaverse. I'm not sure if you have gone to the OP and read through the 'vast' amount of text (more closely resembling 'legalese' if you ask me)but if you have, I was wondering if you truly understand what you've just read.
I did wade through some of the earlier posts and even gave 'props' for the effort as it seemed worthy, at least with respect to what little I could comprehend from the thread. Regardless, you know my real take on the Metaverse, and the main issue I have as to why I don't post games there (not to mention your original comment in this thread's opening lines regarding people thinking that those who don't post are potential cheaters/novices who don't know snot about the game)but nonetheless I am trying to work around this issue so that I can submit to prove a point to some (Thagee stands out as one particular agitator of my bowels)regarding my knowledge of this game.
To any newbies reading and wishing to join an empire, consider ours, the illustrious EMPIRE OF STANDARDS. We are looking for a few good men/women who wish to represent a faction that seeks nothing less than total bedlam and carnage... not necessarily in that order. Seriously though, we aren't about the scores but we are about putting the smackdown on those who question our 'abilities'. So if you're the type who takes pride in what you do but hate condescending people, this is the place for you.
Oh, and please, for the love of God, bring a dictionary if you have issues spelling.

What are your thoughts on the political process? After what I read in the core, I did have to warn people against hijacking the thread. No manifesto here.

Considering our pace of posted games, each passing day is certainly mocking the scoring machines. We have 4 games and we're ranked 73. That's amusing.

Well, that was half-snarky talk aimed at you on account of your OP here seeming more like a call to a street brawl than an effort to build a Metaverse empire.

But I'm still so new to all this that I'm barely aware that empires get ranked also. We're #41 over at the AltMeta, I think b/c the ranking there throws out scores over 6 months old while the "real" Metaverse depreciates them via quirky formula.

If you're even half-serious asking about "the politcal process," it is mostly boring details. Self-gov't is like that--thankless work for things people end up taking for granted.

I think you should try keeping this thread for "recruiting" and offer your 2 BC over at the Core if you end up having opionions about things that are coming to a vote. If the EoS grows and I stay with it, I'll eventually make a habit of doing my best to get a vote within the empire before I make a vote at the council.

DEATH TO FRAKTARDS!

That's one hell of a motto. That will be our unofficial one as kryo might have a problem with that as an official motto. And, gods forbid, a diplomat decides to whisper in his ear about our uncivilized behavior and the indisputable fact that "Wheeloffire has no redeeming value"/"wof is an a$$."

Welcome to the Empire of Standards, Mistralok.

GW, this thread is for recruiting. Don't worry about that. I hope you stay with EoS.

As far as offering my 2 BC at the core... I'll try. I'm deep in a huge Real Life (TM) project right now and it will be a couple weeks to get up to speed anyway.

Tough is fun. It's a different game on the higher levels.

Thanks for the warm welcome. Darn glad to be teamed up with a great bunch of guys. Let's show them what we're about.

Incidentally, I was attempting to register over at the Galactic Core, since 8:30 am and still haven't received an activation email. Now I am not sure how long the response time is, but I resubmitted four times throughout the course of today to no avail. No email response whatsoever to activate my account (and yes, all spam filters are off just in case). Anyone reading know what gives?

Anybody know what happened to n0v4k4n3?

I prefer tiny and small maps. Brad said somewhere that the game is optimized for medium maps. I played large because it was set for random and I wanted to play it anyway for experience's sake. With 3 victory types behind me and the fact that this empire isn't about scoring or even logging games (log one and you're Standard for life:) ), I personally discourage large maps.

Everybody has to work for a living. If you can play to put 5000 ships in a sector, it's time to find something else.

Difficulty >= Tough. Maps <= medium. That keeps the game fresh and challenging... in my humble opinion.

Sorry all. I lost a cook, and had to cover his shifts.

I generally play large maps, for the reasons GW stated. I've had some interesting experiences with smaller maps, one of which I will post about. (When I finish my first E of S game, of course.)

It is. AltMeta ignores anyone with 0 games posted.

Flagged games are counted as 0-score games for the purpose of your overall score (which can be painful if one hits you unexpectedly), but otherwise they aren't counted as either a win or loss, and I believe the game-count medals are only based on wins.

I'm sorry guys. I started a DL game just before DA went gold. I was doing well, so decided to continue. I wanted to make my first posted game something special. I rocked. But I updated to 1.5 during the game, and when I won, I got a 'buffer overrun' message. This had never happened to me in any previous version. Quelle surprise. Veni, vici, vidi, buffer overrun. I'm going to take a 'leap of faith', and start a DA game. Hopefully things will turn out differently this time. If they don't, I'm going to scream bloody murder.