Chapter 5: Rise of the Machines
The Void – Spring 2003
v March 12 - May 25
Ø March 12
§ IX Leadership is as follows:
· Duque – President
§ The new reset starts with the promise of yet another SoF/NATO conflict.
Ø March 21
§ A bot batters IX and destroys a considerable amount of countries.
Ø March 23
§ IX has sustained 25,383 hits and around 120 casualties from the bots.
Ø March 24
§ The Saints police for IX for the time being as they try to resolve their bot problem.
Ø April 2
§ TeamWork and HH merge to form the Teamhunters (TH).
Ø April 21
§ CWG kill off a few LaF top rankers that had farmed their alliance.
Ø April 23
§ LaF counterstrikes CWG and the latter is forced to ask for peace.
Ø April 26
§ SoF and RAGE declare war on RD.
§ Yet another bot assault on IX.
Ø May 6
§ SoL declares war on Gesta Non Verba (GNV).
Ø May 11
§ Quebec strikes LaF. LaF and LCN combine to overwhelm the attacker.
Ø May 25
§ LaF wins total net worth with 139 countries and $4,440,302,000.
§ SoF briefly fills in the vacated superpower void.
§ IX finishes 17th in total net worth.
§ Duque retires from the Presidency.
§ IX is unable to neither garner a strong position in net worth nor enter a war due to earth-wide bot attacks.
§ The bots mark an IX downfall since the alliance’s membership decreases, it can barely contend for a top 5 alliance ranking and it loses its status as a superpower.
Ricochet - Summer 2003
v May 27- August 15
Ø May 27
§ IX Leadership is as follows:
· Mega – President
· De1i – Main FA
§ Mega assumes the Presidency of IX.
Ø June 4
§ A bot hits IX, killing over 30 countries.
Ø June 16
§ CIA and DU declare war on LaF due to apparent over farming by the latter.
Ø June 23
§ LaF disposes of the two small attackers.
Ø June 26
§ SoL declares war on TIE since the latter had been extensively grabbing the attacker.
§ SoL rips through TIE with a 5,366 hit and 23 kill first strike.
Ø July 1
§ TIE surrenders to SoL.
Ø July 2
§ A cease fire is effectuated at 12:01am between TIE and SoL.
Ø July 5
§ Up to this point IX has sustained 10,932 hits from untagged bots and suffered 65 deaths.
Ø July 6
§ The RAGE War - victory
· Citing farming of a retal country and lack of communication to resolve the problem, RAGE declares war on IX. This starts the 4th IX/RAGE clash in 15 months.
Ø July 8
§ LaF declares war on PDM in defense of Infidels. LaF quickly disposes of the PDM to rankers and sustains the breaking edge for the remainder of the war. PDM is left to kill small countries and restarts.
Ø July 11
· RAGE establishes their lead at 9,716 hits and 40 kills. IX trails with 6,452 hits and 26 kills.
Ø July (2nd week)
· IX recalls hidden countries in allied tags, followed by RAGE who receives volunteer countries from Elysium, SoF and other allies.
Ø July 15
§ SoL declares war on Danish Dynasty (DaneDyn) in defense of their allies at Sparta.
Ø July 18
· RAGE leads with 18,437 hits and 76 kills meanwhile IX trails with 14,057 hits and 58 kills.
Ø July (4th week)
· A multiple-day battle with DeityLord ensues after he tags his country RAGE, becoming the biggest on the tag.
Ø July 24
· RAGE leads with 25,465 hits and 102 kills as IX keeps lagging behind with 19,385 hits and 83 kills.
Ø July 28
· DeityLord’s country is killed in a swift and coordinated night attack.
Ø July 29
· IX shortens RAGE’s hit lead and kill count by increasing to 24,954 hits and 110 kills as RAGE continues with 29,994 hits and 112 kills.
Ø July (4th week)
· IX kills all of RAGE’s top countries and embarks on evening up the hit score of the war by out-hitting RAGE restarts. RAGE, in turn, is left to kill IX restarts.
Ø August 5
· IX commands the kill count with 153 as RAGE is behind with their 141 kills. However, RAGE still leads hits scores 34,594 to 33,499.
Ø August 10
§ DeityLord states that he and WoG will re-join IX if Duque reclaims the Presidency. Upon denial, DeityLord and WoG move to SoF.
Ø August (2nd week)
· IX finally surpasses RAGE in kill and hit amounts. By this point IX has about x4-x5 the total net of RAGE.
Ø August 15
· The fourth war with RAGE ends with IX having 43,873 hits and 204 kills meanwhile RAGE ends up with 41,642 and 176 respectively.
· The IX tag has 79 tagged countries, with an average net worth of $5,806,000 and a total net worth of $458,727,000. The victory is clearly confirmed when one compares those stats to RAGE’s 71 members, $463,000 average net worth and $32,874,00 in total net worth.
· IX wins its fourth conflict with RAGE with a come from behind victory.
§ Arrow wins the total net worth title with 239 countries and $5,580,084,000.
§ LaF has completely defeated PDM in their 1/1 war.
§ Earth once again turns bipolar with Arrow and SoF in competition for hegemonic rule.
§ IX gets a top 10 player as Vince reaches the 10th spot in net worth.
§ IX finishes with total net worth and tagged countries.
§ The victory stops IX’s downward spiral, signaling a reemergence into the top 5 alliance rankings and giving promise of a future comeback.
Judgment Day – Autumn 2003
v August 17 – November
Ø August 17
§ IX embarks on a net gaining reset after the previous war.
§ Duque returns as an advisor to Mega.
§ IX leadership is as follows:
· Mega – President
· De1i - VP of FA
· LordGul – VP of IA
· Duque – Presidential Advisor
· Kaiser – Secretary of War
Ø August 18
§ Yheti retires from IX.
Ø August (4th week)
§ SoF and RAGE are hit by bots.
Ø August 28
§ SoF makes a counterstrike against the bots.
Ø August 30
§ RAGE and ICN join SoF in their effort.
Ø September 2
§ Elysium joins the campaign against the bots.
§ SoF has suffered 72 deaths at the hands of the bots.
Ø September 3
§ IX is struck by a bot.
§ The bot then switches target and hits Diablo.
Ø September 6
§ The RD vs. Elysium, ICN, RAGE SoF conflict stats are as follows:
· RD bots
¨ 38,010 hits on SoF
¨ 400 on RAGE
¨ 200 on ICN
· Elysium – 5,032
· ICN – 5,933
· RAGE - 7,937
· SoF – 12,367
Ø September 12
§ Sparta merges into Steel.
Ø September 13
§ Helmet makes a defiant post and challenges RD to try to tag kill SoF.
Ø September (3rd week)
§ By this point the bots have destroyed practically all of SoF.
§ Helmet decides to withdraw SoF from Earth: 2025 and moves his alliance to TEQ, another turn-based game.
Ø September 21
§ MD declares war on SoL on the basis of excessive top feeding. Their strike destroys SoL’s top rankers and hinders the breaking efforts of the attacked.
Ø September 23
§ MD has complete superiority in terms of top countries and breaks SoL at will; meanwhile, SoL is doing double the hits MD is performing and closes on the kills/hits gap.
Ø September 24
§ SoL calls in its ally Arrow since it has been caught off-guard by the more prepared enemy war machine.
§ Arrow declares war on MD in defense of SoL and makes the 2nd largest FS in Earth history.
§ Arrow’s attack confirms their status as the most powerful alliance on Earth at this point. Combined with their brother alliance SoL, Arrow and SoL confirm themselves as the power duo of the dominant NATO bloc.
§ ICN, Elysium and UBB (Quebec) declare war on Diablo on the basis that the latter farmed Elysium while they were fighting the bots.
Ø September 25
§ Helmet makes his official withdrawal from Earth on AT.
§ DoMinion is created as an outpost of Steel.
§ Upon the attack on Diablo, Vince and the several Pinoys that were hiding on that tag hit Elysium and then jump off to IX, creating a diplomatic problem with that alliance.
Ø September 27
§ Arrow ceases fire on MD after they are asked by SoL to withdraw. Arrow efforts amount to 50 MD kills and 12,387 hits.
§ SoL leads MD with 52 kills and 12,629 hits as their combined attacks with Arrow completely demolish MD. MD has a 43 kill and 10,781 hit output.
§ Diablo is once more botted.
§ Steel declares war on Ragnarok in response to apparent farming.
Ø September 28
§ SoL ceases fire after MD is hit by the bot that hit Diablo on the previous day. SoL declares that it will fight the bots that are attacking MD.
§ LCN declares war on Infidels.
Ø September 29
§ Infidels are hit by the bot that hit Diablo and MD.
§ Several TH countries switch tags to IX. Among them is Chump, one of IX’s founders.
Ø September 30
§ ICN declares an end to the Diablo War and states that ICN will now be in a state of war against the bots that hit MD.
§ The Coalition of Independent Alliances (CIA) declares war on Steel in defense of Ragnarok.
§ Marked for Cult (M4C) declare war on JMGang because the latter had killed an M4C country without prior authorization.
Ø October 1
§ CIA and Steel come to a ceasefire.
Ø October 3
§ Neo reaches the #1 rank.
§ Rival declares war on TH.
Ø October 4
§ Rival’s attack amounts to 3,669 hits and 18 kills on TH.
§ Despite of the bots, IX stands 7th on the total net worth rankings.
§ The SoL/MD War end hit stats are as follows:
· MD - 11,481 hits and 48 kills on SoL.
· SoL -12,995 hits and 55 kills on MD.
· Arrow - 13,491 hits and 55 kills against MD.
§ The bots have struck MD with 8,405 hits and 41 kills meanwhile MD and SoL have combined 17,863 hits and 67 kills against the bots.
Ø October 5
§ CAF declares war on Devil’s Advocate (DA).
§ Adingson jumps to the #1 net worth ranking.
§ Elysium declares war on Rival in defense of TH.
Ø October 6
§ UBB declares war on MAD Phoenix Empire (MPE) and later both reach a ceasefire.
§ Mega posts on the Heads Board that Scarface will return to the fold.
Ø October 7
§ Adingson and Neo hold the #1 and #2 net worth spots for IX, disrupting LaF’s total domination of the top 10.
§ Ampy returns as President of MD.
§ LCN declare war on CAF in defense of DA.
Ø October 8
§ IX sends foreign aid to the Steel restarts to help in their war with Ragnarok.
Ø October 9
§ Letterman returns to IX.
Ø October 11
§ Mega marries Something, the FA of Steel.
§ CAF is botted.
Ø October 12
§ The One Shamrock confirms the creation of the Guardians of Destiny (GoD), a spin-off alliance consisting of departing Arrow members.
Ø October 13
§ LoN merges into the forming Genocyde alliance. The alliance is composed of ex-SoFers.
Ø October 15
§ Cepheus and Lucky Me proclaim that Infidels and the Sky Elitez will cease as independent alliances. They will both merge to form the Sky Infidelz.
§ Unknown declares war on UBB.
§ LCN declares war on DaneDyn.
§ RAGE is botted.
Ø October 16
§ Adingson, Neo and Vince and 43 other IXers are deleted as IX falls from 4th to the 6th position in total net worth in what is the low point of the reset.
§ Khan, Helmet and other SoFers begin massive flaming of IX on AT.
Ø October 20, 2003
§ Comintern declares on AT that AzN will merge into the new alliance Syndicate.
Ø October 22
§ Vengeance declares war on IX due to farming.
· In the small attack, IX veteran Letterman is killed.
§ TF announces that they will move to TEQ.
- Winter 2003 THE FUTURE! J
v October 27 – December
Ø October 27
§ IX Leadership is as follows:
· Mega – President
· Scarface – President
· External VP – de1i
· Internal VP – Gul
· Head FA – Something
· Head IA – Superstar
· War Head – Kaiser
· External Advisor – Duque
Internal Advisor – Serpentor