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Nice. Less then 11 hours to go and both PL and PR are in the top 100 for Most Survivors- #16 and #72 respectively- AND the top 50 for Most Survivors + No Zombies- #8 and #42!

We're totally clean, with only 40 cure missiles fired throughout the whole event (for 42 million zombies cured). That confirms that research is more important than cure missiles.

Also, I still only have Mk III missiles, despite having never been targeted with one. I think it's due to the research progress reset partway through the event (which, to my understanding, was not an intentional complication, but rather a slapdash fix to some sort of glitch, so it probably won't happen next year).

Alright, final positions are #13 and #50 for Most Survivors with no Zombies, #15 and #63 for Most Survivors. TNP somehow got #1 in both despite being a feeder.

I hope everyone has a happy heartwarming and a Happy New Year

Well. My Development Index is now officially 100.00.

Lifespan is 99.99 years, so bound to be there soon.

EDIT (six days later): Huh. Jumped straight from 99.99 to 100.01 years.

Heads up: this year's April Fools event has been announced (with timer).

Trotterdam wrote:

Heads up: this year's April Fools event has been announced (with timer).

Already seen. Anyone have half an idea of what should be done?

The April Fools minigames usually aren't explained until they actually happen. Anyone who wants to participate will have to set a timer for when it starts and try to adapt quickly.

The news post does suggest that regional cooperation will be important to some degree, but we don't know how.

Okay, the trade fair is up, and from what I can tell, the "inspections and confiscations" are basically the main gameplay. It's basically a game of stealing and back-stealing, and from what I can tell, little to no way to generate new goods other than stealing them, except for a small number of goods that you spawn with when you start playing.

It's possible to stash goods in your region. This is permanent, stashed goods cannot be retrieved, but they also can't be stolen, and serve as trophies to show off how much stuff you've won (but only shows in certain themes).

The available goods are:
Uranium
Gas Centrifuges
Electronics
Tractor Parts
Kittens
Humanitarian Potatoes
Inspector Uniforms
Coffee Beans
Gold Bullion
Patriotic Flags
Shipping Containers
Sticky Labels

Several goods have useful applications:
Inspector Uniforms help you perform inspections faster.
Sticky Labels help you stash goods faster.
Shipping Crates probably help you ship goods to other nations faster, but I've never actually done that.
Kittens and Patriotic Flags protect you against inspections. However, they don't protect against themselves being confiscated, even though they protect against each other being confiscated.
As far as I can tell, the other 7 goods have no use other than collecting them for bragging rights.

Well, well, well! Congrats on not only getting over a thousand Boxes of Kittens stashed, but also being one of only two regions to do so! And the other one are the guys who took literally all of the first places! Well done. I got PR up to #19 on the Gas Centrifuges briefly, but that didn't last. Best over here is #92 in Coffee Beans at 26 sacks. To be fair I don't think we made much of an effort over in PR.

Well, I tried to contribute as much as possible, even though I split over other goods while Trotterdam filled us with kittens. I had to do it to divert the attention of other nations, otherwise they would rip off the newly stolen goods.

Yes, I saw your contribution :) Every bit is appreciated!

Greetings from your equally quiet neighbors, I hope Pony Lands has been doing well these days.

If you don't mind me asking, what became of Magical Equestria?

Trotterdam wrote:

Cozy Glow, presumably.

Err, that is an interesting response that I fear the implication of.