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So here's my proposal.

We play a game that's sort of like Risk, conquering areas as indicated by the map by the black lines. I gave each clan 3 areas and their own color that indicates the areas they control. The white areas are not owned by anyone at the start of the game.

Battles would happen in the weekend, but it'd be up to the clans to discuss where they intend to attack. There would also be a GameMaster, who's job is to collect the attack plans of each clan, which they would provide to him/her by PM.

After the weekend comes, there's the usual score tally thing. Maybe like... if two clans are going for the same uncontested area, the one who manages to raise their Defense Score more wins the spot. Attacking a clan would require for their Defense Score to drop below what it started as.

As another example, say Dynami is going after B7, but Igneus decides that they will attack owned Dynami lands. At the end of the weekend, Igneus has successfully lowered Dynami's D.S. which will result in their attempted capture of B7 to fail. This is a tad easier to do than to somehow keep score on the Dynami's attempted capture of B7 AND Igneus' attack on Dynami lands, that'd then occur in Dynami possibly capturing B7 but also losing an area to Igneus.

If anyone has better ideas for these, do tell.

Anyway.

The attack plans have ONE little thing to 'em. They will only be revealed AFTER each weekend plan. Sure, the clans can go about diplomacy and make treaties and plans, but for the sake of the game's secrecy and THRILL, we politely ask that they keep such actions a secret. Anyway, after the weekend is over, the map is updated along information being given out who did what, attacked who, repelled who's attack and so on.

The first round will sort of be crucial, as it will give each clan an idea which clan they should focus their effort afterwards, one way or another.

Also, each clan can only take ONE action per weekend. Like attack an enemy clan area or try to capture a free area.

Speaking of which, the free areas are currently labelled as A, B and C.

B currently has a LOT of free spots, but it's sort of a historical area so I figured it would be allright to make it tougher to control. In case people are upset about it, go ahead and say and I can cut down on 'em.

A is the route for Glacius, Nocturu and Geoto to go about in their own corner, primarily for Glacius since they lack any contact to the mainland, just like Aerodu, who have the C area for them, along Igneus and Nautica.

While Glacius really has no chance right now but to attempt capture of either A1 or A2, depending who they wish to go after, Aerodu has the chance of either capturing C2 or attacking Nautica.

I figured the best way to go about the uncontested areas which connect some Paxia areas to the main one is to make it a 2-step thing, so it won't be that Aerodu makes one move and by next week they're ready to invade the mainland.

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Because of this case of multiple attack and such, I think a change in the attacking rules might be needed. Since it's so hard to tell which clan did the most casualty in a joint attack against another clan, we'll have to change from dropping the other clan's score to raising own clans score. We'll have to do like what we did with the Battle contests. Basically, instead of determined the winner by if the clan have a positive or negative fluctuation, the two clans defend, and the one who has a better rising in points win. For multiple attacks, if the two or more clans manage to beat the defender's score raise, the defending clan lose, andthe area is given to the clan who had a better fluctuation of points.

Now, since I almost confused myself, an example is required.
Igneus, Nocturu and Lucian attacks Glacius. At the end of the weekend, Glacius managed to rise it's defense points by 3000, Nocturu by 1000, Igneus by 1200 and Lucian by 1500. Since the total raise of the three clans exceeds 3000, the coalition of three clans won. However, since Lucian has the highest amount of points gained, the area Glacius had is now under Lucian's control.

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f we don't score using the above format, I'd say the land should become neutral/uncontested after a joint attack, simply because you cannot determine the true winner. Do you think that's preferable to having a winner each time?

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If we were to use the above format, I have a couple questions regarding its fairness: why wouldn't Glacius simply keep the land in that instance? Their defense score went up the highest out of all 3. It's not like it's "Attackers" vs. "Defending Clan". Each clan is independent. It's Noctoru vs. Igneus vs. Lucian vs. Glacius. And if it's determined by which teams' defense score goes up most, it should be done on an individual basis. If Glacius had +3,000 forces, they should not lose their land to a clan with a smaller increase. By the score being determined by defense forces, it "incentivizes" or "promotes" defending your clan instead of attacking the enemy clan in a 1v1v1 situation (because if you attack instead of defend, you won't be sure which enemy would have been the mathematically better one to attack come Monday), so I definitely support that ... but only in 1v1v1 (or more) situations.

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ecause of this case of multiple attack and such, I think a change in the attacking rules might be needed. Since it's so hard to tell which clan did the most casualty in a joint attack against another clan, we'll have to change from dropping the other clan's score to raising own clans score. We'll have to do like what we did with the Battle contests. Basically, instead of determined the winner by if the clan have a positive or negative fluctuation, the two clans defend, and the one who has a better rising in points win. For multiple attacks, if the two or more clans manage to beat the defender's score raise, the defending clan lose, andthe area is given to the clan who had a better fluctuation of points.

Now, since I almost confused myself, an example is required.
Igneus, Nocturu and Lucian attacks Glacius. At the end of the weekend, Glacius managed to rise it's defense points by 3000, Nocturu by 1000, Igneus by 1200 and Lucian by 1500. Since the total raise of the three clans exceeds 3000, the coalition of three clans won. However, since Lucian has the highest amount of points gained, the area Glacius had is now under Lucian's control.