Introduction
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Before the general game news, it seems that we have come across a thief. |WU|-Justin-[F.T.W] (11382) is accused of stealing an unknown amount from Warriors Underfire before leaving the gang for 7s. He claims that he simply removed his own assets placed in the gang. The Natural is rather upset that Andi and other staff have failed to make a move, as well as being bitter over the fact that Twidget didn't immediately kick Justin from 7s when revealed his betrayal.
However... in my 5 years experience both as a player and a gang owner, you never give someone you don't trust a co spot - let alone perms to access the gangs assets. Nat claims he didn't get around to editing permissons after Twigs left, in which case it's his own fault for being so lax.
We'll see what happens over the course of the next month...
Back on to the actual news now, though, and welcome to this month's only new gang, The Breach (121). Good luck!
Updates and Downtime
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- CW was down for a period of up to 48 hours, depending on who you ask. This is due to an error Andi made while configuring the CW DNS.
- The second period of downtime, lasting for 1-2 hours, was again due to Andi and was only supposed to last for a few minutes.
- Despite these little incidents, CW has not suffered adversely (although the usual bonus DDs for lost of playing time have not shown up) and continues to.. ah... "thrive".
- Although Andi has evidently been into the live code at least twice, we've yet to see any updates or fixes. I suppose it was his birthday this month, though.
The Economy
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Unfortunately, Dwarf has been busy with school and work and hasn't had time to give us any detailed information. However, EC prices are again on the rise. I could tell you by how much if he had put the base level in last month's news but I'll just have to tell you that the average price is now $393,949 - nearly back to where it was before they crashed down to $340k and less.
ECs and DDs have stuck to the pre-reset equilibrium of around 5:1, fluctuating between 4:1 and 6:1. It seems that this relatively reasonable ratio is set to stay.. again.
The Top10 and Monuments
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Changes to the Top 10
Top 10 as of Monday 13th December, 2010.
- #1 - -0 - [7s] Twidget - Net Guards
#2 - -0 - ShOzTron {DD} - Hackers
#3 - ↑1 -[1] Digital Void - Hackers
#4 - ↓1 -GK is HUNG - Hackers
#5 - -0 - HUNG Like A Mentor - Hackers
#6 - -0 - [OSX] Snaggy Claws - Net Guards
#7 - -0 - [7s] FlasHu - Hackers
#8 - -0 - [OSX] Myckaal - Net Guards
#9 - ↑1 - {DD}Maggie mee - Hackers
#10 - ↓1 - Hung Like Apollo1 - Hackers
Although it's not all represented with this list, there has quite a bit of movement within the top 10. As well as Void finally getting the #3 spot he's been working for for so long, there has been a lot of swapping places between Mentor and Snags. For a lot of the month, Myck held the #7 spot, however, Flash recently regained this position and Myck is yet to debunk him.
Maggie has also overtaken Apollo to regain his #9 spot.
Richest Hacker (Bank)
- CJ has maintained his #1 position as the richest player, as well as being the first to achieve $3billion
{DD}Maggie Mee has moved up to #8th position, pushing Iljo and |DOA| JadeKnight down one rank each.
Phildo has been replaced as #3 on the monument by cmsjr123-Puppet Master, although he's a long shot from catching up with the #2 spot.
[1]Digital Void has gained 2 ranks, placing him at #5, pushing down PelicanBay and H[TMZ] down one rank apiece.
Kali no longer has a place on this monument.
Richest Hacker (Websites)
- dimension hunter has gained 2 ranks and is now placed at #3.
moodlessly gained 1 rank, placing him #4th.
Phildo has lost 2 ranks, placing him in moodlessly's abandoned #5 spot.
[AD]DaFreek is no longer in this monument, having been debunked by GK is HUNG, who proceeded to take the #9 spot.
[7s]uNknown is now #10 on the monument.
Highest Level
- [1]Digital Void has gained 1 rank in this monument, replacing GK is HUNG, who is now #4th.
HUNG like a Mentor has moved up one place to get rank #5, moving [OSX]Myckaal down to 6.
[OSX]Snaggy Claws is now ranked #7 having replaced [7s] FlasHu who takes the abandoned #8 spot.
link1n has jumped into this monument and taken residence at #9, pushing Sha{DD}ow down to #10 and losing Super{DD}RAWR his place on this monument.
Most Wins
- [1]Digital Void has gained one rank and has taken the #5 spot in place of [LAW]Cire.
Most Intent
- GK is HUNG has taken over the #2 spot, moving Snowy Bolognie to third place.
Most Scouts
- {DD}pedro has gained 1 rank to take #4, moving GK is Hung down to #5.
moodlessly has lost the #8 spot to dimension hunter and is now placed at #9.
[1]Digital Void has entered the monument at #10, losing {DD}Ujnex his place on it.
Richest Gang (CDs)
- 7s have regained some of last month's lost ranks and are now #6.
LAW have moved up to #4, pushing The Casino down to #5.
ONE have also regained a place on the monument, jumping into #7th position.
MoD have been pushed down 2 ranks to take #8.
The Clinic have lost their place on this monument.
Richest Gang (Websites and ECs)
- Coffin Cheaters have lost one rank on Richest Gang (Websites), placing them at #6. They were replaced by ONE.
Cave Canem lost one rank to place them at #8 on the Richest Gang (ECs) monument. They were debunked by DOA, who take rank #7.
Fin
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The Marky Corner
- Mark did pop on to try to get someone to write a paper for him but gave up after he was banned a few times.
There'll be no more news before the new year, so happy holidays everyone!
