I used to play on world 40 in the NW (K20) area in a tribe called "Rising Phoenix (RPX)" or something like that. My name back then was Tr00per666. If you're from that world, feel free to reach out.
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“Buy the ticket, take the ride.”
“We can't stop here, this is bat country!”
“Too weird to live, too rare to die!”
“Good people drink good beer.”
“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.”
“Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Five years later? Six? It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era—the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. . . .
History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of “history” it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time—and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.
My central memory of that time seems to hang on one or five or maybe forty nights—or very early mornings—when I left the Fillmore half-crazy and, instead of going home, aimed the big 650 Lightning across the Bay Bridge at a hundred miles an hour wearing L. L. Bean shorts and a Butte sheepherder's jacket . . . booming through the Treasure Island tunnel at the lights of Oakland and Berkeley and Richmond, not quite sure which turn-off to take when I got to the other end (always stalling at the toll-gate, too twisted to find neutral while I fumbled for change) . . . but being absolutely certain that no matter which way I went I would come to a place where people were just as high and wild as I was: No doubt at all about that. . . .
There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . .
And that, I think, was the handle—that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting—on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . .
So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark—that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back.”
Combat achievements
Plunderer (Gold - Level 4)
Plunder resources from other villages 10.000 times.
Robber (Silver - Level 3)
Loot a total of 1.000.000 resources.
Leader (Bronze - Level 2)
Defeat a total of 100.000 enemy units.
Self-attack (Bronze - Level 2)
Attack yourself and lose more than 100 units in one battle.
Successful noble claims (Bronze - Level 2)
Conquer 25 claimed villages.
The Warlord (Bronze - Level 2)
Attack 25 different players
Wallbreaker (Bronze - Level 2)
Destroy 250 Wall levels using your rams.
Conquest (Wood - Level 1)
Conquer a total of 5 villages.
Death of a hero (Wood - Level 1)
While supporting other villages, lose 1.000 of your units.
Lucky fellow
Conquer a village by getting the loyalty down to exactly 0.
Master of the Battlefield (Wood - Level 1)
Completely destroy 25 hostile armies.
Reliable Commander (Wood - Level 1)
Support other players 50 times in battles.
Self-conquest
Conquer yourself, because that's the only way to show them who's boss.
Unlucky fellow
Fail to conquer a village due to the loyalty only being reduced to +1.
Social achievements
Beloved Friend (Bronze - Level 2)
Make a total of 15 friendships.
Brothers in Arms (Wood - Level 1)
Be a member of the same tribe for 30 consecutive days.
Philanthropist (Wood - Level 1)
Gift a Premium subscription to 1 player.
Growth achievements
Librarian (Gold - Level 4)
Discover 12 unique Skill Books.
Market Guru (Gold - Level 4)
Trade resources using the market 1.000 times.
Gatherer (Silver - Level 3)
Scavenge a total of 10.000.000 resources.
Paladin's level (Silver - Level 3)
Level up your paladin to level 20.
Recruitment Drive (Silver - Level 3)
Recruit a total of 50.000 units!
Score champion (Silver - Level 3)
Climb the rankings tables and reach 100.000 points.
Accomplished student (Bronze - Level 2)
Improve your paladins' skills to a combined total of 50 skill levels.
