League 2020 Season Dates and Developments

Hello League Players! As of June 7th all Long Format Games are now closed. 

Important Dates

• Oct 1st - Accellerating FoF begins for long game formats. This will almost certainly trigger the end of all games within 25 turns. (fof will rise faster each time it increments)
• Nov 1st - Cutoff for Short Format Game starts. 
• Season Hard End Date: Dec 1st. (all running games will be ended)
• Dec 1st - Dec 15th - Season Awards, Organization and joining of Championship Games
• Dec 1st - Jan 5th - League Break
• Jan 1st, 2021 - Start Date of 2020 Season Championship Games 
• Jan 5th, 2021 - Start Date of 2021 Season (Games created) 

Championship Matches

In our inaugural 2020 season we are pleased to announce there will be 2 championship matches. The top 11 teams will earn a chance to become "Emperor of the Echo Cluster" in the A final. 

In addition, a second championship match will be run for those teams finishing 12-22. These players will be competing for a chance to become the first "Grand Marshal of the Unknown" in the B final. Read the backstory below to understand what this new important title is all about!  

Details on the Championship match format are still being determined however our goal is to limit those games to a maximum length of 1 year so that a new Emperor can be crowned each season.  

2020 Season Prizes! 

League Season prizes:

1st:

Team is awarded the 1st Place Trophy for the season (badge on their team page).

Team is given first race pick in the Emperor game.

Team is allowed to create up to 11 new planet names to be used in game. 

2nd:

Team is awarded the 2nd Place Trophy for the season (badge on their team page).

Team is given 2nd race pick in the Emperor game. 

Team is allowed to create up to 11 new planet names to be used in game.

3rd:

Team is awarded the 3rd Place Trophy for the season (badge on their team page).

Team is given 3rd race pick in the Emperor game. 

Team is allowed to create up to 11 new planet names to be used in game.

4-11th - "Inner Circle" team badge. Entrance to the Emperor game and corresponding race pick.

12-22nd - "Primary Ring" team badge. Entrance to Grand Marshal game and corresponding pick.

23-33rd - "Outer Ring" team badge. 

In addition, all players from teams finishing 1st-33rd will be awarded achievement and megacredits. (amounts to be decided) 

Winner of the Emperor Game: 

Primary Player becomes Emperor of the Echo Cluster. (badge and title) 

Primary Player earns free lifetime premium membership. 

Primary Player earns opportunity to create a new ship or advantage for any race (with approval from Planets Nu team).   

First Officer earns "Emperors Hand" badge and title and 1 year of free premium membership. 

Chief Diplomat earns "Grand Vizier" badge and title and 1 year of free premium membership.  

Team earns Emperor team badge. 

Team earns opportunity to create 11 new Star Cluster names. 

Winner of the Grand Marshal Game:

Player becomes Grand Marshal of the Unknown. (badge and title) 

Player earns 1 year of free premium membership. 

Player earns opportunity to make one new "discovery" in the Echo Cluster. (details to be discussed with the winner)  

First officer earns 3 months of free premium membership. 

Chief Diplomat earns 3 months of free premium members. 

Team earns opportunity to create 11 new Planet names.

Team earns Grand Marshal team badge.  

All other championship participants

All participants in the championship games including First Officers and Chief Diplomats will earn achievement and MC from the game per the normal calculation.  

The Unknown Defense Force (Grand Marshal Backstory!)

The Echo Cluster consists of 3 major organizational regions known as The Inner Circle, The Primary Ring and The Outer Ring. Beyond this there are 3 further rings known as The Unknown Worlds, The Badlands and The Great Void. (see the map) 

Over the past few decades populations and military have been rapidly growing in the regions outside of the core Echo Cluster. Thousands of light years from the core lawlessness reigns and warlords are building armies. 

To counter act this growing threat to the Emperor's power a new government called the Unknown Defense Force (UDF) has been formed which will be centered in the Galaxtia sector - traditionally Crystal territory. This sector is well known for it's numerous large stable worm holes which connect to many areas throughout the Badlands and Unknown Worlds (a source of several historical invasions the Crystals have had to repel). 

Far from Charmed world and working with near complete autonomy the new leader of the military government will rule over this vast outer domain and be known as the "Grand Marshal of the Unknown Defense Force", popularly shortened to "Grand Marshal of the Unknown". Arguably the second most powerful person in the known galaxy.    

The search for the first Grand Marshal has begun and the elite are fighting to prove their worth to earn a shot at the title.