What's it going to take to win?

t5 cutoff?

t10?

Seems like lots of warring has gone on, I think t5 will take 50M, and t10 will take 30, like a good express set.

I feel like it should be a bit more than that at least for T10. Maybe T5 will be 50m because people are still feeling out the server rhytm.

It's surprised me how many people got fat eventually. Assuming their tech levels are decent now, the people above 20k acres should mostly get past 30-35m unless they get into lategame war or such. Plus, there should be 2-3 techers in the T10 given how high tech prices were in the midgame.

So just looking at the 10 fattest I would suggest 33m for T10, 50m for T5, 65-75m for T1 depending on how the endgame is for the top players.

75M in the first round here would be pretty epic, I don't think I have a chance to hit that number but I certainly think I'm a t5 country as things stand

I think it's interesting that nobody seems to be headed for 30k acres, it's all petering out in the upper 20s

There are a bunch of 35 M NW all-X finishes in Express and Conquest has more turns and a lot more bonus points. I don't know if top all-X finishes will be seen in round 1 but the potential is certainly there.