Administrators Popular Post Alex Posted December 22, 2017 Administrators Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2017 Hi everyone, I just wanted to make a short post now that the year is mostly wrapped up. This year has been exciting for P&W, and we've seen a lot of growth. In February we introduced the Alliance Control Panel, making alliance management a little easier. In March, I screwed up and put everyone in the alliance Rose. Two weeks later, you all overloaded the server and caused it to crash because it couldn't handle the huge spike in activity. (We upgraded the server.) In May we introduced some Politics and War merchandise (Politics and Store.) It didn't last long, unfortunately, but I got a couple sweet P&W mugs. In June we upgraded the forum software to IPS4. In July we experienced the "Great Deflation" where I united the players of P&W in their disdain for me reduced resource production and changed commerce. Later, I redeemed myself by introducing the long sought alliance Tax Brackets. In August we celebrated P&W's 3 year anniversary. I also reduced the number of captchas players faced. In September we introduced the Credit subscription option. In October I introduced the verification system, allowing legitimate nations operated by separate persons to play cooperatively on the same network. This has been very helpful for schoolmates, coworkers, and families playing P&W together. Later in October I introduced in-game treaties and fixed up the Treaty Web. And just think month one of the P&W servers died (some sort of hardware failure) but luckily we had a backup taken immediately beforehand and the game was shortly back up-and-running again without a hitch. Along the way, we introduced P&W apps for iOS and Android. While these apps are not great (I am not app developer), they have brought in a huge number of new players. We've gone from about a steady 2,000 active players at the beginning of the year to sustaining 3,000-4,000 active players. Something like 30% of all new players come from the Android app alone. Here's a neat graph of the total number of nations and the active nation count (active within a week) over the course of the year. You'll note the spike in July correlated with the release of P&W on the App and Google Play Stores. Now I've got a few fun stats for you all: Nations Created in 2017 41,038 Alliances Created in 2017 312 Most Viewed Player Ad Most Clicked Player Ad Aggregate Soldier Casualty Count Game-Wide 2,280,521,215 Total Nukes Game-Wide 4,450 Total Nukes Launched in 2017 5,156 Total Number of Wars Won (Since we started keeping track) 6,705 Aggregate Steel Amount in Nations Game-Wide 41,020,000.49 Aggregate Steel Amount in Alliances Game-Wide 8,320,068.73 --- Lastly, I just want to say thank you to everyone who makes the P&W such a great and fun game. It really wouldn't be the same without a strong community behind it. I apologize that I have been less active than usual these past few months, many of you know that I'm in college and I had a particularly tough semester (this past one) which meant more time studying and less time than I would have liked working on Politics & War. However, going forward I should have more time to dedicate to the game, which means more improvements as we move forward. Thanks for playing Politics & War, and enjoy the holiday season. I wanted to note too that we're approaching 100,000 nations created in P&W's lifetime, which will be a huge and exciting milestone. It will also herald six digit nation IDs! Also I want to give a huge shoutout and thank you to all of the wonderful moderators, here on the forums, on the wiki, and Discord for their help. I couldn't do it with you. And thank you to everyone making reports, allowing us to catch cheaters and hold each other accountable for fair and fun gameplay. 39 Is there a bug? Report It | Not understanding game mechanics? Ask About It | Got a good idea? Suggest ItForums Rules | Game Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillzBob Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 so good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post evilpiggyfoofoo Posted December 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2017 Aggregate Steel Amount in Nations Game-Wide 41,020,000.49 Aggregate Steel Amount in Alliances Game-Wide 8,320,068.73 Hmmmm....Arrgh! 15 Order fresh quality ads, flags, and graphics at Makin'Bacon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kalev60 Posted December 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2017 Reading the summary here makes it look much more brighter than some players have painted the game and actions of Alex in the past, so there is that Hopefully next year will be even better. 12 Charlie Chaplin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Costello Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 It's been an awesome journey Alex. I'm glad I have become a part of it. Happy Holidays everyone I hold the Right to my own Fate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felkey Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 o/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian Rederic Gray Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 it was an okay year if the great inflation did'nt happen it would have been better 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Curufinwe Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Neat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle N Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Yay! I love PnW! It's come so far 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Who Me Posted December 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2017 28 minutes ago, Alex said: In July we experienced the "Great Deflation" where I united the players of P&W in their disdain for me reduced resource production and changed commerce. Later, I redeemed myself by introducing the long sought alliance Tax Brackets. Adding tax brackets in no way redeemed you for the screwing you gave low and mid tier nations with your resource and commerce changes. 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trajan Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Yay PnW! \O/ Roman Empire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aksel Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) "Short post" "Am not app developer" Edited December 22, 2017 by Mad Max 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buorhann Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Not too shabby. Warrior of Dio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfPCFQfOnLg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DragonK Posted December 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2017 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Epi Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Fun year, loved being apart of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Queen M II Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Which month can we anticipate the disappearance of Politics & Snore? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RyanK Posted December 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2017 Out of those 100,000 nations created I'm probably half 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apeman Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Great game Alex. Love it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Traveler Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 This game has become a big part of my life over the past six months - I have met a lot of great people and have had a ton of fun. I'm excited to be a part of the continued growth of this community and I look forward to another year of good times. Keep up the good work, buddy! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fraggle Posted December 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 22, 2017 (edited) Total Nukes Game-Wide 4,450 I see this and do some quick math. I see that one nation controls 15.89% of those nukes. Not a single mention of that? Not only did the game fail this year, but you failed to recognize how the world will end. Sad! Fake News! Tax Cuts! Sad! Edited December 23, 2017 by Fraggle 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryleh Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Aggregate Soldier Casualty Count Game-Wide 2,280,521,215 these are noob numbers. Come on orbis, lets get it up past 8b 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sketchy Posted December 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted December 23, 2017 We had one global war all year. It was a shit year. I expect next year to be even worse. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 (edited) With better game improvement and an active online community, PnW will only grow leaps and bounds beyond. I wish you Success and good health, Alex. Glad to hear you focus on your studies. It what that matters. Alex, continue the good work and your undying spirit to excel, burning. With better game improvement and an active online community, PnW will only grow leaps and bounds beyond. I wish you Success and Good Health. Glad to hear you focus on your studies. Its what matters. Alex, continue the good work and your undying spirit to excel, burning forevermore. Edited December 23, 2017 by Seraphim Spelling 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince McMahon Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Muh shekels 3 "YOU ALL BOUGHT IT! YOU ALL BOUGHT IT, HOOK, LINE, AND SINKER! YOU ALL BOUGHT IT! EVEN MY FAMILY - EVEN MY IMMEDIATE FAMILY BOUGHT IT!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh-of-Clan-Mason Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Thanks for all you do @Alex. I remember when I first found the game back in March 2016. Remember when you deleted my entire families accounts? Lol. Thanks for the game and hard work! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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