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Here is the complete Ogame Tutorial in one place. (cited from ogame.org).

In the beginning build a metal mine.
To do that click on the ‘Resources’ link at the left, pick the metal mine and click on ‘Build’.
Now you have some time to get know the game.
You are going to find help:
At the Tutorial
On the Boards
Or you can ask for help at the IRC support channel: #ogame.org and #ogame.org-support at:

http://www.onlinegamesnet.net/javaChat.php?game=ogame&cc=en

You can also request support from the team by using the Ticket System
By now your mine should be built.
As mines don’t produces anything without energy you should also build a solar plant, go back to Buildings and choose the solar plant and build it up.
To see all the ships, defensive structures, buildings and research that you are able to develop you can also have a look at the tech tree under ‘Technology’ in the menu at the left.
Now the universe conquest can begin … Good luck!

Task 1 – Basic supply

To expand your home planet you first of all, will need enough resources. You can produce these via mines. Secure your basic supply by expanding your metal and crystal mines. Please note that the upkeep of supply buildings use up a lot of energy. You can produce this energy by, for example, using solar power plants.

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Tasks:

• Upgrade metal mine to level 4
• Upgrade crystal mine to level 2
• Upgrade solar power plant to level 4

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Reward: 150 units metal + 75 units crystal

• Click on `Resources` in the left menu
• Select the solar power plant
• When you click on the green button `Improve` the expansion of the solar power plant starts
• The resources needed for the improvement will be deducted from your credit on the resource display above.
• As soon as your first solar power plant has been constructed, you should build a metal mine
• If you commission the construction of a wrong building, you can cancel the process by clicking on the red cross. The resources you invested will be completely reimbursed.
• To find out more detailed information about a building, click on the question mark in front of the short description on the building view.
• Generally, players` preferred building sequence is: Solar 1, Metal 1, Metal 2, Solar 2, Metal 3, Metal 4, Solar 3, Crystal 1, Crystal 2

Task 2 – Planet defence

To protect your resources from enemy pillagers, you should think about the expansion of your defence facilities early on. You can, for example, read up about what you need to build a rocket launcher in the rocket launcher techtree. You need deuterium to expand your defence facilities. Hence you should establish a basic production of this resource first.

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Tasks:

• Upgrade the deuterium synthesizer to level 2
• Build a robotics factory of level 2
• Build a shipyard of level 1
• Build a rocket launcher

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Reward: +1 rocket launcher

• You need deuterium to build defence facilities.
• Go to the supply menu and build a deuterium synthesiser on level 2.
• Keep an eye on your energy supply, as the production of deuterium uses up a lot of energy.
• Select the rocket launcher in the defence menu.
• Click on the Techtree-symbol to see what kind of preconditions need to be fulfilled for the construction of a rocket launcher.
• Go to the defence facility menu and select the robotics factory.
• As soon as you have produced enough deuterium, upgrade your robotics factory to level 2.
• A robotics factory of level 2 allows you to build a shipyard. You will also find this in the defence facilities menu.
• After you have finished building the shipyard you can commission the rocket launcher.

Task 3 – Planet supplies

After the foundations for supply have been laid, you should intensify them. Please always make sure there is enough energy available.

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Tasks:

• Upgrade your metal mine onto level 10
• Upgrade your crystal mine onto level 7
• Upgrade the deuterium synthesizer to level 5

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Reward: 2,000 metal + 500 crystals

• Expand the mines in the supply menu.
• Should you have problems with it, check the extension menu under item 1.
• Solar power plants are the cheapest energy sources. Make sure there is an adequate energy supply available.
• If you should get into energy problems, then you can reduce the energy consumption of facilities under the resource settings option to shut down the production of less needed resources

Task 4 – The first ship

Ships as well as rocket launchers can protect you from opponents. They have the advantage that they can additionally be used for offensive purposes. However, ships and modern defence facilities have to be researched first. You will need a research lab to do that.

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Tasks:

• Build a research laboratory with level 1
• Build a small cargo
• Research the combustion drive on level 2

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Reward: 200 Deuterium

• You can find the research lab in the defence facility menu.
• Look at the techtree of the small transporter in the shipyard.
• On the techtree you will see that you need to know about the combustion drive before you can build a transporter.
• As soon as the construction of the research lab is finished, research energy technology on level 1.
• Subsequently you should research the combustion drive on level 2.
• When you have finished your research, build a small transporter in your shipyard.

Task 5 – Information networks

You are not alone in the universe! Information- and contact networks are very important. Those who socialise can rely on help from other players and can find trading partners more easily. A lot of players organise themselves in alliances to reach their targets together.

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Tasks:

• Rename a planet
• Visit the forum and copy the forum URL into this window: 
  
• Create a buddy request
• Become a member of an alliance with more than 3 members

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Reward: 2,500 units of Dark Matter (are needed for the next step of the tutorial)

• In the overview menu you can rename your planet.
• You can find the link to the forum in the footer. Click on it to visit the forum.
• You find the URL, that you have to enter above, in the input winow in the upper area of your browser.
• If you have signed yourself up to OGame with a friend, use the search function in the header and look for his or her nickname. Subsequently click on the buddy symbol and send a buddy request. If you do not know anyone in your universe, just send a request to your neighbour. Visiting foreign solar systems costs 10 deuterium.
• To become a member of an alliance you can found your own one with your friends or apply to a different one. You can found an alliance in the menu item `network`. If you want to apply to another alliance, then select your desired alliance and click on the application symbol.

Task 6 – Trader

The merchant is a so-called premium feature with which you can swap a resource via a system configured exchange rate for other resources. The maximum possible swap is restricted to the amount of your resources and the maximum load of your storage capacity.

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Tasks:

• Build a resource storage of your choice on level 1
• Make use of the trader`s services (costs 2,500 dark matter)

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Reward: +1 level on a resource storage space

• You can build a resource storage space in the supply menu.
• You can find the trader in the left menu task bar.
• If you want to call a trader, you should offer to trade a resource that you have a surplus of.
• By simply clicking on the symbol next to `exchange rate` you can get a new exchange rate for all goods if you are not happy with the current rate. This system is quicker than calling the trader. Every change of the exchange rate costs 2,500 dark matter.
• You need dark matter for the trader. As a reward for concluding item 5 of the tutorial, you should have received enough dark matter to conclude the trade.
• Should you need more dark matter, you can get it on the officer recruitment view.

Task 7 – Fleet action

Another way to get hold of resources is to pillage foreign planets. However, beware that some planets are very well protected. To find out information about foreign planets, you can spy on them.

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Tasks:

• Build an espionage probe
• Spy on another player`s planets

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Reward: 2 espionage probes

• In the espionage probe`s techtree in the shipyard, you will see all the requirements you need for building. Fulfil all the preconditions and subsequently you will be able to build a probe.
• Choose a target in the galaxy view and memorise the coordinates.
• Go to the fleet menu, choose the espionage probe and click on `next`.
• Enter the coordinates and click on `next`.
• Choose the fleet action espionage and start the fleet.
• Next you will be redirected to the fleet overview, where you can view all your active fleets.

Task 8 – Deep space

The universe is an endless ocean of space. Time and time again, researchers attempt to explore unknown territories and come across opponents, abnormalities and new resource sources. A respected emperor like you should allow yourself this luxury too and send some brave researches on expeditions. Simple espionage probes do not have a sufficient range and deliver inaccurate data.

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Tasks:

• Go on an expedition

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Reward: 2 heavy fighters, 5 small cargoes

• Research astrophysics in the research menu on level 1
• Fly to a system at position 16 or start an expedition via the galaxy view with the button `Expedition`.
• The outcome of an expedition is always uncertain, so do not risk your entire fleet immediately.

Task 9 – Expanding your empire

An emperor is always anxious to expand his empire. You have already laid the foundations for this on your home planet, but at some point it will be completely expanded. Develop new planets early on, to get hold of resources more quickly and to get hold of new building spaces. Through flexible air traffic between the planets, you also have a powerful device to protect your resources from enemy attacks.

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Tasks:

• Found a colony

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Reward: Commander for three days

• Build a colony ship
• Choose an empty, appropriate position on the galaxy view and send the ship there.
• It is always a good idea to send a few resources along with the colony ship.

Task 10 – Debris field

After fighting in the Orbit, debris fields are formed from metal- and crystal residues from fired ships. The decomposition of this debris offers you an important alternative method to win resources.

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Tasks:

• Dismantle a debris field

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Reward: 1 recycler

• Build a recycler in the shipyard.
• Select a debris field in the galaxy view.
• Send a recycler fleet to this position. Make sure that you have selected a debris field and not a planet when a fleet is dispatched.
• If you have an active commander, you can fly to the debris field directly from the galaxy view via the debris field tooltip.

So this is a bit of a … Well it is a random post. for those of you who don `t know, I’m playing a browser-based strategy game called OGame. The game is owned & operated by Gameforge productions, and is simple in its setup at least.

The game is mostly text based, but it also has a lot of different shots, some changes as you progress through the ranks. But this game is extremely time consuming and very strategic. Everything is real-time based and has a kind of resource cost. You as the emperor to promote your worlds from a fundamental (before the war, but the computer, or sci-fi) community to a space fairing empire. Sorry this description sounds a little weird, but that’s what the game is basically.

I play it with my uncle who is a good little ways in front of me, but we started around the same time. I introduced him to the game, he just went to a high-speed server, where time for construction, manufacturing, research, oh and leads to everything is quicker, before I switched to it.

Anyways, we are both OGame users. When we get up in the morning, check out our game is one of if not the first thing we do. To be around three months old players, we know our way around and my uncle is certainly notorious. In OGame terms he is a Raider, but he will be a fleet one of those days. I think you need a fleet to attack and bring back resources. So I know he will be a fleet, because the man can `t go one hour without sending some sort of attack.

My uncle rank of around 391,514 points, and ranks in at 2054. What I have 25,437 points and ranks in at 4718. In total there are around 10,000 other players on our server and to be at a 4x speed server, all fighting for their right to survive, and check their nine planets. But then again it `s hard for me, with my 2 (soon 3) planets, I can only imagine having the 9th

We are also part of an alliance, for those of you who don `t play games an alliance that is exactly what it sounds like. A group of people or even other alliances that play under one name and banner. We could not have the # 1 fighting alliance (But we are currently number one in research), but we played with very cool and relaxed people.

From large to small, we have them all. We are the people who attack with reason, be it just or not. Me now I’m more a turtle / miner, where as my uncle is a bloody Raider, he shows little mercy, if any. So if you come over to Electra, watch out because he has big plans to move to the top, and he will step on anyone & everyone to get theirs. less he goes on a second expedition, because he always runs into some hostile alien race, and destroy his fleet … or he picks up these “furry little animal” * cough * * cough Tribble *.

I don `t know why I like this game as much as I do, but I do. OK? IF YOU have a problem with IT, COME do something about it … PUNK! Well now that I think about it, I have no idea why I `m writting about all this … Hmm. Well, it `s my blog so.

But this game is strangely brought me and my uncle closer together. It `s somthing we both enjoy and can do toghter … I think over the galaxy. He dosn `t think I can or will, but I want to overtake him just once, if at all possible to get to # 1 spot for him. Just so I can look down (HAHA! Get the look down, it `s funny, because he` d be a lower rank than me, LOL) and say “NANANANANA!” HAHA, I `m such a little kid sometimes. Well I guess that `s my jake, time of day. Oh I just thought of something bad. I will send my uncles coordinates for all of you to attack. again to make, in a way. I `ll get him one way or another. Thanks tho, for someone willing to attack him.

Well im going to stop babbling about this game and go play it some more. I got an empire to build.

Until next time thanks for reading.

So this is a bit of a … Well it is a random post. for those of you who don `t know, I’m playing a browser-based strategy game called OGame. The game is owned & operated by Gameforge productions, and is simple in its setup at least.

The game is mostly text based, but it also has a lot of different shots, some changes as you progress through the ranks. But this game is extremely time consuming and very strategic. Everything is real-time based and has a kind of resource cost. You as the emperor to promote your games worlds from a fundamental (before the war, but the computer, or sci-fi) community to a space fairing empire. Sorry this description sounds a little weird, but that’s what the game is basically.

I play it with my uncle who is a good little ways in front of me, but we started around the same time. I introduced him to the game, he just went to a high-speed server, where time for construction, manufacturing, research, oh and leads to everything is quicker, before I switched to it.

Anyways, we are both OGame users. When we get up games in the morning, check out our game is one of if not the first thing we do. To be around three months old players, we know our way around and my uncle is certainly notorious. In OGame terms he is a Raider, but he will be a fleet one of those days. I think you need a fleet to attack and bring back resources. So I know he will be a fleet, because the man can `t go one hour without sending some sort of attack.

My uncle rank of around 391,514 points, and ranks in at 2054. playstation What I have 25,437 points and ranks in at 4718. In total there are around 10,000 other players on our server and to be at a 4x speed server, all fighting for their right to survive, and check their nine planets. But then again it `s hard for me, with my 2 (soon 3) planets, I can only imagine having the 9th

We are also part of an alliance, for those of you who don `t play games an alliance that is exactly what it sounds like. A group of people or even other alliances that play under gamesone name and banner. We could not have the # 1 fighting alliance (But we are currently number one in research), but we played with very cool and relaxed people.

From large to small, we have them all. We are the people who attack with reason, be it just or not. Me now I’m more a turtle / miner, where as my uncle is a bloody Raider, he shows little mercy, if any. So if you come over to Electra, watch out because he has big plans to move to the top, and he will step on anyone games & everyone to get theirs. less he goes on a second expedition, because he always runs into some hostile alien race, and destroy his fleet … or he picks up these “furry little animal” * cough * * cough Tribble *.

I don `t know why I like this game as much as I do, but I do. OK? IF YOU have a problem with IT, COME do something about it … PUNK! Well now that I think about it, I have no idea why I `m writting about all this … Hmm. Well, it `s my blog so.

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But this game is strangely brought me and my uncle closer together. It `s somthing we both enjoy and can do toghter … I think over the galaxy. He dosn `t think I can or will, but I want to overtake him just once, if at all possible to get to # 1 spot for him. Just so I can look down (HAHA! Get the look down, it `s funny, because he` d be a lower rank than me, LOL) and say “NANANANANA!” HAHA, I `m such a little kid sometimes. Well I guess that `s my jake, timeplaystation of day. Oh I just thought of something bad. I will send my uncles coordinates for all of you to attack. again to make, in a way. I `ll get him one way or another. Thanks tho, for someone willing to attack him.

Well im going to stop babbling about this game and go play it some more. I got an empire to build.

Until next time thanks for reading.

Source:  usemythings.com

Karlsruhe-based company as a “Great Place to Work” award

Karlsruhe, 25 February 2010. Gameforge, the largest independent provider of online games, according to one of the benchmark study “Germany’s best employer 2010″ Great Place to Work ® Institute’s 100 best employers in the country.

The award as top employer was passed by the Great Place to Work ® Institute Germany in the presence of Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Ursula von der Leyen during a major gala took place last night in Berlin, and certifies to the Karlsruhe-based company once again a special appeal as an employer. Recently, Gameforge was through the nationwide comparison and cross-industry businesses TOP JOB has been awarded as one of the top 100 German SMEs.

Gameforge in the study was his commitment and his achievements in creating a quality workplace culture impressively demonstrated. The company shows responsibility for the staff and a great vision for the importance of trusting relationships between staff and management for business success.

“The joy and pride in this latest award motivates us to pursue this avenue in Personnel consistently. We see the result as an invitation to collectively continue to ensure that Gameforge continue to be a ‘Great Place to Work’ remains, “says Klaas Kersting, CEO and founder of Gameforge.

The extensive employee survey on key issues such as workplace culture and business success, participation and cultural change, lifelong learning, balance between work and life, pay and benefits took place anonymously. The investigation was conducted in Germany in addition to 14 other European countries. More information about Benchmark Studies of the Great Place to Work ® Institute is on the Internet at www.greatplacetowork.de

About the Great Place to Work ® Institute Great Place to Work ® is a founded in 1991 and internationally networked research and consulting firm headquartered in the United States. Basis of the work is an empirically grounded model that encompasses the key aspects of an excellent staff from the perspective of the employer. The focus is on the relationship between management and employees, the relationship of employees to their own operations and the company as a whole and the relationships among colleagues. Employers are the key characteristics of excellent credibility, respect and fairness of management, as well as the pride and team spirit among employees. Supported on this basis and advises the Great Place to Work ® Institute enterprises in the systematic creation of a high-quality, attractive workplace culture and is currently identified in over 40 countries worldwide regularly Best Employer lists.

The German Great Place to Work ® Institute carried out annually since 2002, the benchmark study, “Germany’s Best Employers” and through since 2006 “Best Workplaces”. The institute also offers individual consulting and training events.Legal representative of the Great Place to Work ® Institute Germany is the GPW Germany GmbH based in Cologne.

More Info: www.greatplacetowork.de

About Gameforge:

Gameforge is the largest independent provider of online games. The Karlsruhe-based company offers 18 games in 50 languages, including Metin2, the largest massively multiplayer online game in Europe. Also in Gameforge portfolio are well-known games like OGame, Ikariam, Guild 1400, or 4Story Gladiatus. The Gameforge MMOGAME.COM portal integrates all Gameforge games in a comprehensive community network. Gameforge has received numerous awards including the ‘Technology Pioneer 2009′ by the World Economic Forum and the ‘Entrepreneur of the Year 2008′. Ikariam won the German Game of 2009 award in the category ‘Best Browser Game’. The German Developer Award 1400 guild chose the best German browser game 2009th 2010 Gameforge the ‘TOP JOB was named Employer of the Year’. In addition, the Great Place to Work ® Institute Germany awarded Gameforge out as one of the best employers 2010th

Source: gameforge.de

Do you want to change your skin in the mmo Redesigned Ogame? If yes, than keep reading.

First, I will start by saying how it was in the old Ogame.  You would simply go to “options” and then paste your skin URL in the form field “Skin path “.  There are many skins out there; here. you can find skins for old ogame.

However, the new Redesigned Ogame doesn’t have that option, making it impossible for changing the skin! BUT!!!!!!! There is one way we can hack this massive multiplayer game “ogame” to support skins. You will need two things (all free).

1- Firefox browser (which you might already have)

3- Stylish (more info here)

After you finished installing, you can simply create a new style in “Stylish” (name it whatever you want) and simply past in the skin code.

Where can I get skin codes? You can simply drop by OGAMEBLOG SKINS page and simply look for Ogame Redesign Skins, were the code will be underneath each skin.

ENJOY

Re-style the massive multiplayer online game with Stylish, a user styles manager. Stylish lets you easily install  skins for Ogame and also many other sites.

User styles are themes for web sites. User styles empower your browsing experience by letting you customize the space game “Ogame”. Take out irrelevant content, change colors, or completely redesign the entire site. You can even use user styles as themes on the interface of Firefox, Thunderbird, and SeaMonkey themselves.

For you technical types out there, think of it this way: Stylish and userstyles.org are to CSS as Greasemonkey and userscripts.org are to JavaScript.

More info and Download of Stylish, here

How to install skins in the New Redesigned Ogame, here

Skin Codes for the strategy game “Ogame”, her

CODE

“Moonshine Girl” for massive multiplayer online game (mmo) OGAME

Skin for Ogame Redesign!!!!

Learn how to get skins in the new Ogame redesign, here.

CODE

Anteprima theme for online space strategy game “Ogame”.

Skin for Ogame Redesign!!!!

Learn how to get skins in the new Ogame redesign, here.

Picking a universe isn’t simple or in any case shouldn’t be randomly chosen. The fist thing needed to be said is that all universes are different. Some differences include:

number of players, how old a universe is ( you can tell by looking in the statistics, look at how many points the best player has. The more points the older the uni.), what kind of alliances are there (lets say you are Australian, maybe you want to join a Australian alliance, or maybe start one?), rules of selected universe ( some universes are for example anniversary universes with different rules like, debris fields can be made out of ships and defense ), look what kind of buildings are available, do you know anyone in this uni.? how resource hungry are other players ( meaning do they raid you a lot?) what about ACS (Alliance Combat System, a system allowing an alliance’s members to station their fleets at another member’s planet, currentlyin  universe 5, 32, 13, 18.

Those are just some major differences that come to my mind right now. Picking a universe that is right for you is critical, it can make you love or hate ogame! So choose wisely. I would recommend setting up a couple accounts (on different universes see my rules page), see which one works best for you. Join a alliance and talk to members to find out more about your selected universe. When you decide which universe is right for you, forget about the other accounts and just stick with the one you picked. The other accounts you set up will be banned after a number of days of being inactive, But before they get banned they will be much appreciated farming material for other starting players. So it works out for everyone.

From my personal experience its good to join a universe were you know somebody. If you don’t that’s ok, just look for a good alliance, maybe a country alliance or an alliance that has the same values and goals in common.

Every player has different goals but most of us would probably say that being the best player is the ultimate goal. Well if you choose a old universe than forget about catching up to the best players! I’m not saying its impossible but probably just wont happen. The best players in old universes have insane amount of points, and remember that points grow exponentially.

Sometimes when you are signing up for a new account ogame recommends universes [ universe # (recommended) ], they do that because the number of players is low (many reasons why). You would think that new universes are recommended because it needs new players, but that’s not the case, usually when a new universe is started new players flock just to have a head start, greatly increasing their chance of being the bets player or at least being in the tops of the statistics.

So these are just some aspects to consider when picking a universe, I hope these ogame tips will improve your game play.

If you have any tips or know of anything that should be added, please share.

Advanced Options Features:

• Selective advertisement remover
• Resources can have different colors at your own desire
• Collect debris fields resources in Galaxy view
• Spy moons directly from Galaxy view
• Display the total of researches done so far in Research view
• Display maximum ships and defenses that can be built with easy input buttons
• Display the time left to build every ship, defense, building or research
• Shows a calculator in “Fleet” page to help you calculate the number of cargo ships needed to send
• Gives the possibility for a minimized mode of each build
• Shows a calculator in resources page for hours and days of production calculation

Installing and Using this script for online game Ogame:

First, you must be aware that scripts are forbidden in mmo OGame, and even if this script can’t be detected if you say in forums (for example) that you use them you will be banned!!
IN CASE YOU DON’T KNOW THIS BY NOW, YOU NEED TO USE Firefox AND THE Greasemonkey ADDON!!

1. First click the install link at your right and click install in the popup window
2. Login to you account
If your language is one of the list below the script is already working, if not you need to wait that i update the languages support, if you see stuff like ?????? that’s because it isn’t updated yet, to this i can’t do anything, i only know two languages and bad, so if you want to help translating i would be very glad, and this is the forum topic where you can do it: http://userscripts.org/forums/1/topics/392
3. Change the settings as you like in the options page

A frequently asked questions is “Can this script be detected?”
In a short answer, no! it cannot be detected?
The long answer, actually there is a way they can detect, not the script itself but they can detect you are using something different than the original massive multiplayer ogame, so they can conclude you are using a script, and these are the harvest link and the spymoon link, and reason is when you click them, you are sending a information to the server without previously request for any page, in the normal way you would have to request for the fleet page first and his successive pages, and only then send the information to spy something or harvest something, but with the script you only request the galaxy page, BUT this kind of feature exist long before my script and until now I never heard of anyone getting banned because of it, so I can conclude they don’t have any kind of tracking system for this case or they aren’t doing anything… but if you feel more comfortable you can disable these two feature, everything else in the script doesn’t depend of pages requests, so it’s simply impossible to get caught…

FOR MORE INFO AND DOWNLOAD >>> ADVANCED OPTIONS

Greasemonkey is an add-on for Firefox browser. This add-on allows installing different types of scripts that alter web pages. There are many scripts to do many different things, but the reason why I chose to tell you about Greaemonkey is because there are a few useful scripts for the massive multiplayer OGAME.
I must remind you that using some scripts for ogame is illegal in game and if ditected can get you banned. Here is what rule number 8 for Ogame says:

VIII. Scripting
Using a program as interface between the player and his game is prohibited. Any other form of automatically generated information generated for a group of players advantage with malicious intentions is forbidden as well.
This includes but is not limited to: Bots, Macros, Automated galaxy databases. Only exceptions to this are programs that are expressly approved by Game Forge.

Download Greasemonkey here.

So now that I explained what Greasemonkey is, my next posts will be about specific scripts for Ogame. So be sure to drop back to read more.

This is for all the cat lovers. It appears that this Siamese cat is enjoying a good online game.

If anyone has any more pics of their pets plying Ogame, please contact me. THx

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Free Ogame high definition wallpaper.

I’ve been playing Ogame for years now, that’s what makes this online game so great. I started over a couple of times but recently I’m being faced with a new dilemma! As you all know Ogame was redesigned, however the “old ogame” is still available. The New Ogame are all the universes with names such as: Andromeda, Draco, Electra,… The old ones are simply named universes 1,2,3,4… I have signed up for the new one, but only to take a look around, but i haven’t treated that account seriously.
But day by day i want to just give my old account away and start playing the new ogame. There are several reasons why, but the biggest one is the fact that the number of players is falling on the old universes, and only the top players are staying behind (me being one of them). As mentioned earlier that I’m a top player (in top 100) its very hard to walk away and start over. I also have another pretty serious account and I’m in the (top 500) there, I thinking that maybe i should give that one away??!?!? that would leave me with a top 100 account on a old uni and i would start a noob account on a brand new redesigned universe.
I probably should start thinking of a useful way to get rid of that top500 account, maybe some sort of contest?!? I’m thinking best ogame tip. Anyway let me know what you think
thanks

“Look here Son, one day these planets will be yours.”

This new generation of online gamers will be so good, better train some more to be able to survive in a galaxy of players raised on Ogame.

Massive Multi-Player Online & On-The-Go Game.

“Ogame – pocket edition. Now you can fleetsave even when you’re wasted or tripping on LSD in some godforsaken trance underground club.”
by Alex

Wow this is crazy, someone is playing Ogame on a CNC Machine!!
I guess if you think about it, Ogame is the perfect game for work. You can’t play xbox or playstation at work, being it a warehouse or office; you also cant play other computer games like first person shooters, or even Mario bros, that demand your full and complete attention. But Ogame is different, its a slow strategy game! You can send a fleet and walk away for hours, perfect for getting things done at work. Depending on your style of play, Ogame can be low maintenance, long term space conquest. Imagine coming to work for a year and logging into your Ogame account for your daily routine, this would produce a monster mmo ogame player!

LOL, this is funny!!!!!!!!!
He fell asleep while playing Ogame, hahahaha thats not how you fleetsave.

Just a common sense tip; DON’T FALL ASLEEP WHEN FLEETSAVING

Startup partners with market leader for online games, gives 85 million players free access to virtual goods

Berlin, 20 August 2009: Just a short time after its market launch, SponsorPay GmbH’s innovative payment system is already reaching millions of online gamers around the world. Gamers are thrilled by the opportunity to receive virtual goods and items for free by accepting an offer from one of SponsorPays 1,000 advertising partners. And the industry is swiftly embracing the Berlin-based company’s ground-breaking approach: SponsorPay proudly presents its newest client, Gameforge, the biggest publisher of browser and client-based MMOGs worldwide.

Free access to online content that usually has to be paid for. This is made possible with the new payment method provided by Berlin-based SponsorPay GmbH. “Instead of paying with real euros a player can now complete one of our advertising offers to purchase, for instance, a virtual item for a computer game”, comments Jan Beckers, Managing Director and co-founder
of SponsorPay. “In return, he’ll receive the virtual good for free.”

But not only gamers benefit from the new system. For publishers of online games, it works as an effective tool to raise revenues and increase their reach. Previously many players did not access premium content, being unwilling to pay for it. The possibility to receive it for free increases the games attractiveness and player activity. And the game publisher is paid a commission by the advertiser for each completed offer and thereby receives his real euros.

These arguments now have convinced one of the most important companies of the digital entertainment industry as well. “Our new customer Gameforge is one of the leading independent providers of browser and client-based online games”, Jan Beckers comments. “This cooperation means a boost in reach for our advertising partners in Europe who now have access to an additional 85 million registered users.” And Klaas Kersting, Managing Director of Gameforge, is sure to have entered a successful cooperation with SponsorPay: “As we are pursuing a long-term growth strategy, which is based on high consumer satisfaction, we are putting a high value on the transparency of advertising offers. With SponsorPay, we are happy to have found a partner who shares our philosophy completely and already serves a large portion of our markets in Europe.”

by: Hzarz_Kar

Recyclers and Debris Fields
Another way to obtain additional Metal and Crystal in OGame is to go to the sites of space battles and collect the debris fields left over from the battle. The only ships in the game that can do these are Recyclers.

To locate debris fields, switch over to the Galaxy View again. You will see a column called Deb. If a particular planet has a debris field orbiting it, you will see a small graphic in this column. To check the size of the field, hover your cursor over the field and you will see the amount of resources left in the field. Once you have a likely candidate, just note down the coordinates.

To send out your recyclers to the field, go to the Fleet screen, select recyclers and punch in the coordinates as usual. However, instead of selecting “Planet” in the target field, select “DF’, which stands for Debris Field. The recycler will then go to the debris field orbiting the planet and harvest the debris there. (Note: If you have Commander, you can send out your recyclers from the Galaxy View).

Harvesting missions are invisible (except in certain situations) so, the player around whose planet the debris is orbiting will typically not be able to know whose recyclers are harvesting the debris. Debris fields found in this manner can be a useful supplemental source of income but the chances of harvesting can be somewhat low as recyclers are very slow, so chances are that somebody closer may get there first. So, you will have to decide whether your fleet slots are best used for harvesting, or for raiding.

However, as debris fields are formed by destroying ships and fleets, many players target to destroy other player’s fleets and collect the residual debris to obtain a profit. In OGame language, this is called ‘fleetcrashing’. Most players time their recyclers to arrive just after a battle to obtain the debris.

Points Calculation and Newbie Protection
Just a last note about points. In Ogame, there are four types of points:

Normal points:
The amount of points you’ve got is very simple to calculate: You get 1 point for 1.000 resources used. You can have a million resources on your planet but it will not add to your point score until you use them to build or research things. One example: an colony ship costs 10’000 metal, 20’000 crystal and 10’000 deuterium. That’s altogether an amount of 40’000 resources, with the result that every colony ship you own gives you 40’000/1’000 = 40 points in the stats. If you lose a colony ship (because of a combat or you’ve colonised a planet with it) you will lose that amount of points. This means that ships and defensive structures aren’t a permanent investment for points – you can lose them at any time when you lose your ships or defenses because other players destroyed them while raiding you.

Other investments like buildings are “semi-permanent” investments – other players can’t destroy them and cause a reduction of your points – you can lose them only when you erase your planet or downgrade your buildings. The last investment are research and technologies: Once a tech is researched and you have gained points from it, nobody can take them away from you.

Fleet points:
Your fleet points are calculated in a simpler way than your normal score: One point for each ship you own – a death star counts as much as a light fighter or a solar satellite. The fleet points of a player gives you an indication of the quantity of his or her ships – not of the type.

Research points:
Similar to the fleet points, you get one point per researched technology or upgrade of it – how much it cost to research or upgrade that technology isn’t essential.

Alliance points
These points are calculated like the normal points, but this time all points of all alliance members are added together and then divided by 1000. I.e. when you have used 1’000’000 resources to build something, that gives 1000 points for you and 1 point for your alliance.

Normal points are important to take note of in the early game, because of something called ‘Newbie Protection’. This was introduced in order to give new players a chance, to learn the game without being abused but will not entirely protect you from all attacks.

The rules are as follows:

Under 5000 points you can’t attack players who have more than 500% or less then 20% of your own points. Contrawise, these players also can’t attack you.
Over 5000 points, you can attack all players who have more points than you and you can also be attacked by them, but players who have less than 20% of your own points still can’t be attacked or attack you.
Over 25000 points you can attack or be attacked by all players who have more than 5k points.

Therefore, by the time you reach 5000 points, the honeymoon is over and you can be raided by stronger players. By that time, you need to be at least relatively aware how to deter attacks on your worlds and colonies.

To do that, I strongly recommend you sign up as an Strategic Insomniacs OGame Alliance member on these forums, and you’ll have the benefits of access to our more detailed guides and discussions.