Power's Edge: Web of Intrigue - International News for Turn 80

From the NewsWire:

From the Grapevine:

  • Observers report seeing a diplomatic message pass between Bionicle and The Watchers.
  • A secret message has leaked! One player reportedly sent this message to another:
    Hi there, Mr. Loki. I once played a game called 'Baldur's Gate', and remember there was a Loki there, but I din't know if there was a connection. I also don't remember if Loki was a good or bad. :-) Anyway, I wanted to send hi's and lovies! I hope we can be good friends!

  • Emissaries of H. Hornblower carry this message to all:
    A new age has begun. A like minded group of nations has joined together to form The Alliance. It's goal is to establish hegemony over the world. Alliance members are AFENG, Batu, Drixtar, Hornblower, Huitzilopochtli, Ima Noob, painted dog, TwoCool, Watchers. See diplomacy board for details.

  • Emissaries of The Watchers carry this message to all:
    The Watchers have joined The Alliance. We regret that we could not invite all our friends but at least now it will be exciting!

  • Emissaries of TwoCool carry this message to all:
    I, TwoCool , a resident of Coolsville, being of sound and disposing mind and memory and not being actuated by any duress, menace, fraud, mistake, or undue influence, do make, publish, and declare that I have joined The Alliance for the sole purpose of world domination.

  • Emissaries of painted dog carry this message to all:
    Be it known to all, the nation of okavango, has joined The Alliance, any nations bordering okavango w/ questions, please contact me - painted_dog@ameritech.net

  • Emissaries of Ima Noob carry this message to all:
    My country has joined The Alliance. Please read the diplomatic news for more details.

  • The nation known as Golden Horde has been renamed Golden Horde (TA)!
  • Frobenius has renamed the region The Order-288 as Calloused Sole.
  • The nation known as Flighterside has been renamed Flighterside TA!
  • The nation known as Coolsville has been renamed Coolsville, TA!
  • The nation known as Royal Navy has been renamed Royal Navy (TA)!
  • The leader The Watchers TA has taken over from The Watchers!
  • The nation known as Aztec has been renamed Aztec (TA)!
  • The leader Ima Noob (TA) has taken over from Ima Noob!
  • Battle! There are reports that The Watchers TA attacked WI-Independents at Independent-173!
    ... the victorious attackers rename the region Watchers-173!

  • Region Disconnect: The connection between Simbrah and M/C-511 has broken. Both places now have an additional external connection possible.
  • P.E. Census Report: The gamespace now contains a total of 542 regions controlled by a total of 26 Leaders.

    The Leading Leaders on Turn 80

    (To be listed this turn, a Leader must control 10 or more Regions and be among the top 10 Leaders for a given stat.)

    Most
    Regions    		Most
    Units    		Most
    Production    		Best Regions
    (Prod./Region)    		Best Defenses
    (Units/Region)    		Maxing Out
    (Units/Prod.)
    1.The Watchers TA 40
    2.Batu 33
    3.H. Hornblower 33
    4.Ubuu 32
    5.Kirdel 32
    6.-xXx- 31
    7.Huitzilopochtli 30
    8.My Pretty Pony 25
    9.Drixtar 24
    10.painted dog 24
    1.The Watchers TA 1264
    2.H. Hornblower 1212
    3.Batu 999
    4.Ubuu 922
    5.Huitzilopochtli 911
    6.Kirdel 853
    7.-xXx- 805
    8.painted dog 792
    9.Picard 728
    10.Frobenius 683
    1.The Watchers TA 86
    2.H. Hornblower 79
    3.-xXx- 66
    4.Picard 60
    5.Huitzilopochtli 58
    6.Batu 55
    7.Ubuu 55
    8.My Pretty Pony 52
    9.Kirdel 51
    10.painted dog 49
    1.AFENG 2.6
    2.Picard 2.5
    3.H. Hornblower 2.4
    4.The Watchers TA 2.1
    5.-xXx- 2.1
    6.the Council 2.1
    7.My Pretty Pony 2.1
    8.Bionicle 2.1
    9.Frobenius 2.1
    10.painted dog 2.0
    1.Frobenius 40.2
    2.AFENG 37.7
    3.H. Hornblower 36.7
    4.Bionicle 33.8
    5.Jaranka 33.7
    6.painted dog 33.0
    7.TwoCool 31.9
    8.Tzu Doh Nam 31.8
    9.The Watchers TA 31.6
    10.Huitzilopochtli 30.4
    1.Frobenius 19.5
    2.Jaranka 19.0
    3.Batu 18.2
    4.Kennendras 17.5
    5.Ubuu 16.8
    6.Kirdel 16.7
    7.Ima Noob (TA) 16.6
    8.Drixtar 16.5
    9.TwoCool 16.4
    10.Bionicle 16.4

    Strategic Status Summary for Turn 80

    Units and Production

    LeaderNationRegionsUnitsProductionProd/RegionUnits/RegionUnits/Prod
    -xXx--xXx-31  805  66   2.1   26.0   12.2  
    AFENGFlighterside TA14  528  36   2.6   37.7   14.7  
    BatuGolden Horde (TA)33  999  55   1.7   30.3   18.2  
    BionicleBionicle15  507  31   2.1   33.8   16.4  
    Brown CowBovinland15  401  29   1.9   26.7   13.8  
    ChrysostomTallandor4  153  11   2.8   38.2   13.9  
    DrixtarYuxtors24  642  39   1.6   26.8   16.5  
    FrobeniusThe Order17  683  35   2.1   40.2   19.5  
    H. HornblowerRoyal Navy (TA)33  1212  79   2.4   36.7   15.3  
    HuitzilopochtliAztec (TA)30  911  58   1.9   30.4   15.7  
    Ima Noob (TA)Diseased18  447  27   1.5   24.8   16.6  
    JarankaTau Baba Mundi13  438  23   1.8   33.7   19.0  
    KennendrasAstoec12  315  18   1.5   26.2   17.5  
    KirdelKirdel32  853  51   1.6   26.7   16.7  
    LokiBalder12  248  24   2.0   20.7   10.3  
    My Pretty PonyPetunia Pasture25  558  52   2.1   22.3   10.7  
    Nahvahokh SehvteeD'ni10  201  19   1.9   20.1   10.6  
    PicardThe Federation24  728  60   2.5   30.3   12.1  
    SkeletorSnake Mountain16  339  28   1.8   21.2   12.1  
    The Watchers TAWatchers40  1264  86   2.1   31.6   14.7  
    TomasTomas1  6  1   1.0   6.0   6.0  
    TwoCoolCoolsville, TA20  638  39   1.9   31.9   16.4  
    Tzu Doh NamPlack19  604  37   1.9   31.8   16.3  
    UbuuUbuu's World32  922  55   1.7   28.8   16.8  
    painted dogokavango24  792  49   2.0   33.0   16.2  
    the CouncilIvhaa21  469  44   2.1   22.3   10.7  

    Connections, Borders and Links

    LeaderNationRegionsNeighboring
    Players    		Established
    Borders    		Internal
    Links    		Borders
    per Region    		Links
    per Region
    -xXx--xXx-31  8  15  84   0.48   2.71  
    AFENGFlighterside TA14  7  9  32   0.64   2.29  
    BatuGolden Horde (TA)33  8  14  66   0.42   2.00  
    BionicleBionicle15  8  10  26   0.67   1.73  
    Brown CowBovinland15  5  12  38   0.80   2.53  
    ChrysostomTallandor4  1  2  8   0.50   2.00  
    DrixtarYuxtors24  7  10  48   0.42   2.00  
    FrobeniusThe Order17  7  7  30   0.41   1.76  
    H. HornblowerRoyal Navy (TA)33  11  24  78   0.73   2.36  
    HuitzilopochtliAztec (TA)30  11  25  64   0.83   2.13  
    Ima Noob (TA)Diseased18  8  15  40   0.83   2.22  
    JarankaTau Baba Mundi13  2  3  30   0.23   2.31  
    KennendrasAstoec12  6  6  28   0.50   2.33  
    KirdelKirdel32  16  31  70   0.97   2.19  
    LokiBalder12  5  7  24   0.58   2.00  
    My Pretty PonyPetunia Pasture25  11  17  54   0.68   2.16  
    Nahvahokh SehvteeD'ni10  5  6  18   0.60   1.80  
    PicardThe Federation24  8  17  58   0.71   2.42  
    SkeletorSnake Mountain16  6  11  40   0.69   2.50  
    The Watchers TAWatchers40  14  31  94   0.78   2.35  
    TomasTomas1  2  2  0   2.00   0.00  
    TwoCoolCoolsville, TA20  7  10  42   0.50   2.10  
    Tzu Doh NamPlack19  5  9  44   0.47   2.32  
    UbuuUbuu's World32  9  21  70   0.66   2.19  
    painted dogokavango24  10  14  46   0.58   1.92  
    the CouncilIvhaa21  8  12  50   0.57   2.38  

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