VALEX Research - August 2015

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ʟᴏɢɪᴄ_ᴍᴀɴ ➊ & ᴊᴀɢʜᴜᴛ ➋§0 §0▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂▂§0 §0 §0➊ VALEX ʀᴇꜱᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ɪɴꜱᴛɪᴛᴜᴛᴇ, ʟᴇᴠᴇʟ 3, ꜱᴇᴘᴛᴜᴍ ᴅᴀᴛᴀᴠᴀᴜʟᴛ, ꜱᴇᴘᴛᴜᴍ (/ᴜ/ᴅᴏʟᴀɴ_ᴅʀᴀᴘᴇʀ)§0 §0 §0➋ ᴠᴅᴛ ᴛᴏᴡᴇʀ, ʀᴇᴍɴᴀɴᴛ (/ʀ/ᴄɪᴠᴄʀᴀꜰᴛVALEX)

§0 §0 §0 §8§o[ in memoriam of§0 §8§o Mutton_Sandwich,§0 §8§o now 'deceased' ]

░ §0§lExec Summary§0 §0 §0Atrophy is named after the phenomenon of players who become regularly or permanently inactive, stagnating settlements in Civcraft to the point of total degeneration and abandonment.

There are now more than 178 areas of the map affected by Atrophy, spread across all four quadrants.§0 §0 §0Atrophy continues to confound the scientific community, resisting even the most desperate reversal efforts

in severely affected regions.§0 §0 §0We now know that not only does Atrophy cause permanent inactivity (death) of individual players, but it can also close entire cities and shut down regional economies.

§4Player contact with§0 §4Atrophic zones is§0 §4extremely toxic and§0 §4often fatal.§0 §0 §4§lExposure should §0 §4§lbe avoided.§0 §0 §0Atrophy appears to be spreading by direct and indirect means of conveyance, which are in most

cases connected to the actions (or inactions) of players, with the remainder of instances attributable to the server’s own forces of nature.§0 §0 §0There is currently no known cure for Atrophy; however prescribed

treatment plans may provide temporary relief in some cases.

░ §8 VALEX funded§0 §8░ §8 research shows§0 §8░ §8 the following§0 §8░ §8 incidence of§0 §8░ §8 §8§oAtrophy§8 related§0 §8░ §8 ailments§0 §8░ §8»§0 §8░§0 §8░§0 §8░§0 §8░§0 §8░§0 §8░

░ §0§l'Silent Towns'§0 §0 §0§o Settlement§0 §0§o Population Ailments§0 §0 §0Stagnated: §0§l39§0 §0 §0Dormant: §0§l24§0 §0 §0Abandoned: §0§l61

░ §0§l'Strangled§0 §0§l §0§l Economies'§0 §0§o Trade Market§0 §0§o Ailments§0 §0 §0Total Markets Lost: §0§l17§0 §0 §0Total Estimated Loss of Value: §0§l30,000§0 §0§ldiamond units§0*

§0 §0 §0 §0 §0 §0 §0 §0 §0* §0§o(based on combined§0 §0§ofirst quarter market §0 §0§oratings).

░ §0§lAtrophy Related§0 §0§l §0§lDeaths§0 §0 §0Elderly: §0§l900§0 §0 §0Working Adults: §0§l350§0 §0 §0§lAdolescents: §0§l2,700§0 §0 §0Newborns:§0§l 1,500

░ §0§lDefinitions§0 §0 §0§lElderly: §0§l§oveteran§0 §0§l§oplayers, 700+ days§0 §0 §0Working Adults: §0§opower§0 §0§oplayers, prone to§0 §0§oburnout§0 §0 §0§oAdolescents: §0§onot well§0 §0§oestablished in world,§0 §0§ovulnerable

░ §0§lDefinitions§0 §0 §0Newborns: §0§o< 50 days,§0 §0§ostruggle to survive§0 §0§owithout help§0 §0§o ▂▂▂§0 §0 §0§oStagnated: §0§ozero or§0 §0§onegative growth§0 §0 §0§oDormant: §0§olittle to no§0 §0§oactivity but

░ §0§lDefinitions§0 §0 §0Dormant: §0§o(cont.)§0 §0§opossible to revive.§0 §0§oCitizens are 'sick'§0 §0 §0§oAbandoned: §0§ozero§0 §0§oactivity observed.§0 §0§oCitizens are 'dead'§0 §0 §0 §0 §0§o░░░░░░░░░░░░░