lisunken; Raphael found the first star cluster. The wormholes are not one of the categories and even if they were they would be immediately thrown out because they took absolutely no effort to find or use. Star clusters seem to have been fully implemented as of today, and anyone can find the clusters. I do not know how many Sir Emi has implemented so far, but it looks like he's not giving out any spoilers, only watching in game messages and corp boards for when to announce what the "explorers" discover.

So, you have been given important information here (AND I AM NOT GONNA TELL YA WHAT IT IS)...


I'll see you out there...

I take your on it  my is 2/1963

Oh my, I was the guy that got your babysitter pregnant...

I found the first Safety Override and Dadds found the first Crematorium (in that order).

first, sign in and we will determine the stakes.

1. first to discover (FtD)New Star Cluster(won by Raphael)

2.  FtD Space monsters

3. FtD alien civilization

4  FtD alien relic

5.  the first to bring home an unknown mineral or gas

6.  FtD 'rogue' planet/stellar system

there are 1 day 17 hour until the update is ready...


(edit - I propose that all participants dedicate 1 QP in each of the above categories and pay that QP to the first to discover it.  and so on with each category thereafter)

CATEGORY 1 Has been won by our good friend Rafe...

and these are the stakes for those too lazy to go back and find therm...

it's a little starry looking thingie...

look for it...

It looks like nuthin' y'all have ever seen...

And those guidelines are typically what I follow anyways.  I am looking for good quality members. Not routine crappy players who likely will end up quitting sooner or later and not ones who are just in it for free stuff.  All the top corps had moments where they got a rush of players like you are.  NHC had it first. That is what mostly made up NHC. It is one of the reasons they went into a slump.  I am glad to see they are slowly recovering from it.  When PMI was formed, we got a rush of members as well.  Not all stuck around. Some were actually booted or left because of inactivity, wanting us just for free stuff, didn't want to do work for themselves and some were such horrible players that they couldn't be kept around.  I try to give everyone a chance who wants in.  I do have some interview questions I ask, but that is just so i can find out more about them first. There was one guy who it was hard to even make sense of his messages back to me. It was like he wasn't hardly reading my messages to him at all.  I thought it might be a language barrier at first. But after a while I began to doubt even that.  He never even really made any effort to socialize with the rest of the corp.  Even my more solitary members at least post something every now and then or reply to my messages.  Not this guy.  So I had to give him the boot.  He is currently in ITO and to be honest I am surprised he hasn't gotten booted from them yet.   Now IMG was the next corp to really get a big surge in members.  I am sure they faced many of the same issues with new members.  Eventually mostly only the good ones stuck around the game and in the corp.  ITO was the next to get a wave of members.  Then EoS.  It wasn't until the fall of the GC that SSS finally began to experience the same thing.    Like with the rest of us, in time that will slow down too.   Part of the main problem though is that there isn't really any good ways to let the corps know about us. We have to look for them in the game which isn't always easy.  Then add in the fact there are so many inactives, the majority of the player base is inactives, it makes life difficult for us. Those who are actively seeking, tend to look at the top rankings which unfortunately isn't always a good indication to how good a corp or a player might be.  Raph you are really lucky you have Rostin here.  He is a great asset to you and your corp.  Freeze is another great asset to your corp.  Good players like them are hard to come by.  I am glad I do have some good members in my corp now.  My number 2 sauron  in particular has been really helpful in helping me keep the corp science ships updated and helped put in a lot into the corp mothership which is getting close to being done.  The thing is though asides from him, none of the others really want to take a leadership type role. Which is ok with me.  Though it does mean I have less people out there trying to help recruit and stuff.  Once apon a time I also had the same loyalty from Sargas and Mata that those 2 have shown you. Especially when it comes to Rostin.  He's to you a lot like Sargas was to me.thank you  Though Sargas has always been a bit more outspoken. lolgiggle.   There could come a day though when either one of them may decide to try their hand at running a corp.  Some of your people may even go with one of them.  Your corp could end up becoming like mine is now.  It is still a good corp.  We do well and have good people.  But it isn't the same as it once was.  What helped to really save my corp from falling into decay though was the change of direction we took.  We began to focus more on COMs and having stronger ships rather then doing mining. We even changed our name.  Even though we have changed, I still allow my people to have an open voice and despite my "title"  we still make major corp decisions together.  I do miss the old glory days. But things are still all good and I have no complaints. Enjoy your days of glory and savor them. It never last forever.

kinda looks as if we are all in the same sector...

please post findings in the AG forum...

@JamJul: if "the one above all else" chooses to threaten your people, contact my lieutenant, Jake, if you need some sort of block. We are not on good terms as you know, especially since you also "friended" the enemy, but as always, my prime enemy has been SSS and that wont change. i have the authority to offer a temp cease fire and combat RoE.and we who have lived through the earlier war know what your 'cease-fire' really means. and please let me know what you mean by the acronym 'RoE' Those offers are only open to TGE. Members of dishonor such as SSS and EOS dont qualifyThe EoS doesn't care about what honor means to IMG.  We are not only honorable and fair, but we are also just.  Please explain why you think otherwise..

We are not on good terms because you decided to declare war on us over a stupid and idiotic reason.  lndeed!  This is the Almighty's own truth!

please do...

No, Daddy was discharged before my conception.

He already did his job:

Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan...

That was my fault...

DADDS, RAFE!!!!

what has this to do with welcoming the new SSS member?

GET BACK TO TOPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I will always (at least from now forward) give positive feedback in the forums.  If I have negative feedback, it will be discussed via PM...

thanks...

'KA-CHING'

you on, my dog license against your. 

11:58 AM Pacific Standard Time, 13 January, 1946...

bring it on...