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	<title>Comments on: CrunchReview: MMO Civilization-game Ikariam</title>
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		<title>By: moh_elarabawy</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-116699</link>
		<dc:creator>moh_elarabawy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In fact I like Ikariam I like the Idea to be king</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In fact I like Ikariam I like the Idea to be king</p>
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		<title>By: Morbidbleak</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-63532</link>
		<dc:creator>Morbidbleak</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 04:10:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It starts out fine there a thrill while pillaging other peoples cities. as You progress it usually stays the same city after city pillaged. I could not appease the other inhabitants of the Island with the amount of my donating of resources so I ended up having my cities taken over after my soliders were decimated meaning that all my hard work was for nothing. This game allows free range battle meaning that a level 16 can openly attack a level 10 without any restriction. If you decide to play this game be prepared to do a lot of kissing up to the higher level players they will expect you to donate everything you reap and will attack you if you dont and some will attack you just for the hell of it</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It starts out fine there a thrill while pillaging other peoples cities. as You progress it usually stays the same city after city pillaged. I could not appease the other inhabitants of the Island with the amount of my donating of resources so I ended up having my cities taken over after my soliders were decimated meaning that all my hard work was for nothing. This game allows free range battle meaning that a level 16 can openly attack a level 10 without any restriction. If you decide to play this game be prepared to do a lot of kissing up to the higher level players they will expect you to donate everything you reap and will attack you if you dont and some will attack you just for the hell of it</p>
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		<title>By: Annonomous</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-56951</link>
		<dc:creator>Annonomous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is no good &#039;ole boys club with the GO&#039;s. People get banned for cheating. Rules are not clear ? What What. http://ikariam.com/rules.php looks like they are as clear and transparent as day. And those good &#039;ole boys.girls GO&#039;s have supervisors who are also volunteer with a supervisor who is also a volunteer and then and supervisor who is paid who oversees the volunteers to ensure clear fair and transparent game play. 

The game is in beta though so yes... bugs issues and regular changes as they try and balance the game out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is no good &#8216;ole boys club with the GO&#8217;s. People get banned for cheating. Rules are not clear ? What What. <a href="http://ikariam.com/rules.php" rel="nofollow">http://ikariam.com/rules.php</a> looks like they are as clear and transparent as day. And those good &#8216;ole boys.girls GO&#8217;s have supervisors who are also volunteer with a supervisor who is also a volunteer and then and supervisor who is paid who oversees the volunteers to ensure clear fair and transparent game play. </p>
<p>The game is in beta though so yes&#8230; bugs issues and regular changes as they try and balance the game out.</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-51887</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve played the game for some time and the rules are not that difficult to understand. I would recommend playing for a few weeks and understanding the rules before investing any money in the game. That way if you get banned you don&#039;t loose any money.

Overall it&#039;s an enjoyable game, but one that is still in heavy development. Since this review there have been major overhauls to the battle engine and research trees. If you are prepared to accept these shake ups two or three times a year then come and join the fun. 

Oh, and the original review neglected to mention the expansion (empires consist of multiple towns on multiple islands) which makes the game interesting, and the cooperative development of island resources. If you get on a non-marble island to start it only takes one palace to allow you to set up a town on another town with marble, hence solving your marble need.

Overall a good interesting and entertaining game.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve played the game for some time and the rules are not that difficult to understand. I would recommend playing for a few weeks and understanding the rules before investing any money in the game. That way if you get banned you don&#8217;t loose any money.</p>
<p>Overall it&#8217;s an enjoyable game, but one that is still in heavy development. Since this review there have been major overhauls to the battle engine and research trees. If you are prepared to accept these shake ups two or three times a year then come and join the fun. </p>
<p>Oh, and the original review neglected to mention the expansion (empires consist of multiple towns on multiple islands) which makes the game interesting, and the cooperative development of island resources. If you get on a non-marble island to start it only takes one palace to allow you to set up a town on another town with marble, hence solving your marble need.</p>
<p>Overall a good interesting and entertaining game.</p>
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		<title>By: Krul</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-34999</link>
		<dc:creator>Krul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@Current Ikariam

I just got banned for multi, but have been trying to get them to refund or transfer my ambrosia. So far have been getting a run around between gamepay and the GO&#039;s. In reading the T&amp;C and the rules, I see nothing that will allow them to keep my money (in the form of Ambrosia, so I&#039;m curious as to why you think it&#039;s unrefundable. Commercial law should prohibit them from enjoying your property (i.e. the cash you paid for the amrosia). Write back, will you?</description>
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<p>I just got banned for multi, but have been trying to get them to refund or transfer my ambrosia. So far have been getting a run around between gamepay and the GO&#8217;s. In reading the T&amp;C and the rules, I see nothing that will allow them to keep my money (in the form of Ambrosia, so I&#8217;m curious as to why you think it&#8217;s unrefundable. Commercial law should prohibit them from enjoying your property (i.e. the cash you paid for the amrosia). Write back, will you?</p>
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		<title>By: Current Ikariam</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-26549</link>
		<dc:creator>Current Ikariam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I current play on the .org server world Eta. I have enjoyed this game very much, but the GO&#039;s make it very hard to abide by the rules. There is not a defined list of rules, they are left to interpretation. The &quot;bans&quot; that are given are also not consistent. ie: 1 player gets banned for 3 days for a staff insult the other 1 year. I encourage you to play the game, but do not invest in &quot;Ambrosia&quot; If you get banned for something stupid (like 9 of my Alliance just did) Your money is non-refundable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I current play on the .org server world Eta. I have enjoyed this game very much, but the GO&#8217;s make it very hard to abide by the rules. There is not a defined list of rules, they are left to interpretation. The &#8220;bans&#8221; that are given are also not consistent. ie: 1 player gets banned for 3 days for a staff insult the other 1 year. I encourage you to play the game, but do not invest in &#8220;Ambrosia&#8221; If you get banned for something stupid (like 9 of my Alliance just did) Your money is non-refundable.</p>
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		<title>By: FormerIkariam</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-24980</link>
		<dc:creator>FormerIkariam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:02:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was enjoying Ikariam for some time, and also started paying for the Ambrosia and such, thinking I was enjoying it, so why not pay a little.

However, after not long some major flaws are becoming apparent.  The game is run by volunteer GO&#039;s (Game Operators).  A thankless and unpaid job.  However, they have formed a sort of &quot;Good &#039;ol Boy/Girl&quot; network of their own.  They are not individually allowed to be the operator on a world they also play on, but they just have their buddies do their dirty work.  It becomes clear after awhile there is little point in even playing when there are a few abusing their powers and just doing whatever they please, taking banning to a nit picky extreme against those they dislike while ignoring all but the most obvious cheating of those they like or are GO&#039;s of other worlds.

There is already no true &quot;end game&quot; or way to win, and once is clear that it is all twisted in favor of an &quot;in&quot; few makes it even more pointless.  It has been removed from my own ggod game list for sure, and am sorry I gave them any money at all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was enjoying Ikariam for some time, and also started paying for the Ambrosia and such, thinking I was enjoying it, so why not pay a little.</p>
<p>However, after not long some major flaws are becoming apparent.  The game is run by volunteer GO&#8217;s (Game Operators).  A thankless and unpaid job.  However, they have formed a sort of &#8220;Good &#8216;ol Boy/Girl&#8221; network of their own.  They are not individually allowed to be the operator on a world they also play on, but they just have their buddies do their dirty work.  It becomes clear after awhile there is little point in even playing when there are a few abusing their powers and just doing whatever they please, taking banning to a nit picky extreme against those they dislike while ignoring all but the most obvious cheating of those they like or are GO&#8217;s of other worlds.</p>
<p>There is already no true &#8220;end game&#8221; or way to win, and once is clear that it is all twisted in favor of an &#8220;in&#8221; few makes it even more pointless.  It has been removed from my own ggod game list for sure, and am sorry I gave them any money at all.</p>
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		<title>By: Akriloth</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-17197</link>
		<dc:creator>Akriloth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:27:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I can&#039;t seem to sign in to my Ikariam account, or create a new one, is that some sort of bug with just me? well, w/e, it was goodd while it lasted.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can&#8217;t seem to sign in to my Ikariam account, or create a new one, is that some sort of bug with just me? well, w/e, it was goodd while it lasted.</p>
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		<title>By: theo</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-16148</link>
		<dc:creator>theo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 17:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>tribalwars 
search on google way better than both


im over em both i wish there were other games</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>tribalwars<br />
search on google way better than both</p>
<p>im over em both i wish there were other games</p>
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		<title>By: maiman</title>
		<link>http://www.mmocrunch.com/2008/06/03/crunchreview-mmo-civilization-game-ikariam/comment-page-1/#comment-15389</link>
		<dc:creator>maiman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>you guys know any other good games???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>you guys know any other good games???</p>
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