Hi guys! I wanted to post an announcement because things have been going really well lately. Since we launched on August 5th (remember we had 0 nations) our community has grown bigger and faster than I ever could have imagined! Before speed round we peaked at around 1,600 nations and ~850 logging in per week (I think 600-650 per day). Right now we're looking at almost 1,200 nations and 700 logging in per week and 500+/day! It's amazing that we've come this far in just 36 days or so.

I wanted to remind everyone that if you haven't received your $50,000 nation bonus for having a forum account with at least 3 posts, that option is still available! Simply make a post in this thread.

Development wise I've mostly been hammering out the few minor technical glitches with the game, and also working on some fancy new charts. My next major goal is to create another server for the game that will be a permanent speed round, with turns being every half an hour and nations starting with more money, etc. This server would automatically reset every 2 weeks or month or something, (some finite period of time) and awards would be handed out to the winners. I don't have an expected date for this yet, I haven't had time to start working on it yet.

Lastly, I want to thank everyone for the donations they've made to the game. I know the $300,000 bonus for $15 USD isn't huge, but enough of you have donated that we're officially out of the red and into the black! Assuming things continue to go swimmingly I'll see about upgrading our servers and continuing to invest the money I get back into the game. I couldn't have done any of this without you guys, the players!

And that's a perfect segway into the last thing I wanted to say, which is a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has played Politics & War! There wouldn't be a game without you guys.

-Sheepy

Comment on this update via the forum post, here: http://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2755-992014-general-update/

There was a minor exploit I found a user abusing, and while I was investigating the issue the game was offline for approximately 45 minutes. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it is of the utmost importance that these things get fixed ASAP and I took every precaution available to me. The issue should be fixed now, if you'd like you can read more about it on the forum here: http://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2681-912014-game-currently-offline/

Don't forget that for $15 USD you can receive $300K in-game! These donations are still limited to 1 per nation per month, but if you haven't donated yet please do. These donations are important to keep the game sustainable! Donation Page

Link to forum post

There is now a $15 USD donation option to get your nation $300,000 in-game. You can only purchase this donation for your nation once per month. See it available on the Donate Page. Read the forum post for more information on the rules of the donation option.

There is now a player survey that can earn you $50,000 just for completing it!

A new donation option will be available starting September 1st, for $15 you can get your nation a bonus of $300,000 in-game.

Read more here: http://politicsandwar.com/forums/index.php?/topic/2641-8272014-player-survey-and-donation-bonuses/

When you post a trade offer and already have an existed trade offer of the same type, resource, and price, your new trade offer will be consolidated into your old one so we don't have as much spam in the market.